The Official 2025 Hip Hop Grammys Thread

[Ziggiy]

Variety taps Kendrick for Record of The Year

Record of the Year
Kendrick Lamar
Photo : Kendrick Lamar, YouTube
“Now and Then,” the Beatles
“Texas Hold ‘Em,” Beyoncé
“Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter
“360,” Charli XCX
“Birds of a Feather,” Billie Eilish
“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar
“Good Luck, Babe!,” Chappell Roan
“Fortnight,” Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone
Will win: “Not Like Us”

Could win: “Birds of a Feather”; “Good Luck, Babe!”

Hip-hop has sadly been a non-starter in this category, but a win has happened before for Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” five years ago, so there’s precedent (barely). If the genre is ever going to prevail here again — still a big if! — it will be for a single as culturally ubiquitous as Lamar’s. Huge numbers of voters who feel a significant stake in rap being represented at the Grammys can and will coalesce behind it… even if some Academy members who are less invested in that representation might be docking it for being a diss track. A progressive mindset would also favor Roan’s song since it would become the first single with an overt LGBTQ+ theme to win record of the year, not to mention it just having that great, dog-whistle hook. Then again, how could you rule out recurring Grammy queen Eilish for a sing-along that has commercially surpassed all of her previous award winners to become her biggest single to date? It’s easy to see this one going any of those three ways. Or five ways, since Beyoncé and Carpenter are the other candidates that can’t completely be counted out.

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variety.com

 

[Ziggiy]

Uproxx says Billie Eilish will Record of The Year but Kendrick DESERVES to win

Record Of The Year

The Beatles — “Now And Then”
Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Billie Eilish — “Birds Of A Feather”
Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”
Charli XCX — “360”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”
Taylor Swift Feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”

Will Win: “Espresso”
Should Win: “Not Like Us”

“Not Like Us” wasn’t technically the biggest song of 2024 (by Spotify streaming numbers, it was “Birds Of A Feather”), but it felt like it. Kendrick Lamar’s diss track unified generations against a Degrassi: The Next Generation star; if he played it five times in a row during his Super Bowl halftime show, would anyone complain? (Well, one person might.)

All that being said, “Not Like Us” might be too incendiary — too daring — for the Grammys, especially with all the lawsuits swirling around the song. The correct “safe” pick is Sabrina Carpenter’s exquisitely crafted “Espresso.” In recent years, this category has frequently gone to songs (er, records) that have a retro quality to them — think: Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” Silk Sonic’s “Leave The Door Open,” Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic,” Adele’s “Hello,” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” 2024’s retro-pop Song Of The Summer certainly applies here.

But there’s one thing to remember: Record Of The Year is given to the overall recording, including the work of the producers, recording engineers, etc. Would anyone be surprised if the award went to the stitched-together “final” Beatles song?

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uproxx.com

 

[Ziggiy]

@hex can we get a sticky?

 

[Ziggiy]

 

[Ziggiy]

The Independent says that Sabrina Carpenter WILL win Record of The Year but Kendrick Lamar DESERVES to win.


Record of the Year

The Beatles - “Now and Then”

Beyoncé - “Texas Hold ’Em”

Sabrina Carpenter - “Espresso”

Charli XCX - “360”

Billie Eilish - “Birds of a Feather”

Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us”

Chappell Roan - “Good Luck, Babe!”

Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone - “Fortnight”

A reminder for the uninitiated: the Record of the Year prize is distinguished from Song of the Year by recognising the artists, producers and engineers who contributed to the recording, while Song of the Year deals more with the composition and recognises the songwriters behind the track. That said, most people – voters included – don’t often find much meaningful difference between the two.

If we are following those Grammy guidelines, though, The Beatles could be a controversial win due to the use of AI technology to retrieve the vocal and instrument stems of a muddled recording by John Lennon at his piano in the years before his death. It’s certainly clever, perhaps even groundbreaking, and The Beatles’ status alone could help to sway voters.

However, there’s plenty of competition from Kendrick Lamar’s slick and sharp “Not Like Us”, a Monk Higgins’-sampling diss track aimed at fellow hip-hop star Drake that served – to many – as the killshot in their longstanding feud. Charli XCX’s “360”, the second single from her critically adored album Brat, incorporates hyperpop and electropop fizz from regular collaborators AG Cook and Cirkut.

Grammys favourites Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Beyoncé are all in the mix: Swift with her gloomy, Eighties-influenced “Fortnight” ft Post Malone, Eilish with her sleeper hit “Birds of a Feather”, and Beyoncé with “Texas Hold ’Em”, her foray into country music.

Relative newcomer Chappell Roan is nominated for her runaway hit, the shuffly, squelchy baroque-synth bop “Good Luck, Babe!”, while her fellow breakthrough star, Sabrina Carpenter, feels like a potential shoo-in thanks to “Espresso”, a shot of perfectly produced pop.

Should win: Kendrick Lamar - “Not Like Us”

Will win: Sabrina Carpenter - “Espresso”

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www.independent.co.uk

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I can't wait for the rioting when they announce AOTY. People will either be pissed Beyoncé lost because she'll most likely never have another shot or they'll be pissed she won because they'll feel like she was given the award out of pity.

Let Andre win and this place will riot.

 

[semicko82]

Predictions for categories

AOTY- Taylor Swift
ROTY- The Beatles- Now and Then
SOTY- Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
New Artist - Chappel Roan

This is not who I want to win, but this is who I think will win

 

[TXTrill1]

Now who the fukk picked Eminem?

 

[Ziggiy]

I can't wait for the rioting when they announce AOTY. People will either be pissed Beyoncé lost because she'll most likely never have another shot or they'll be pissed she won because they'll feel like she was given the award out of pity.

Let Andre win and this place will riot.

Andre won’t win but he’d be a dark horse candidate because of possible vote splitting. Most are expecting the vote splitting to favor Beyonce this go round but whats often forgotten is that jazz and classical recirding artists make up a MASSIVE portion of the voters and the fact Andre even got nominated suggests a large amount of support for him in that sector.

 

[Ziggiy]

Predictions for categories

AOTY- Taylor Swift
ROTY- The Beatles- Now and Then
SOTY- Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather
New Artist - Chappel Roan

This is not who I want to win, but this is who I think will win

Taylor won’t win a fifth AOTY trophy this year.

 

[semicko82]

Taylor won’t win a fifth AOTY trophy this year.

We will see

 

[CASHAPP]

Kendrick is going to lose record of the year

Not wishing for it to happen just saying.They want him to seem human after he rocked up W after W

Sabrina Carpenter "Espresso" is gonna win. They gonna go with what white women been listening to more.

Beyonce has the most nominations but is going to lose big. Taylor Swift is their star now

 

[Jaguar93]

I doubt Kendrick is winning ROTY

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Hope he smack a nikka in honor of quincy

 

[Illmagic]

Ain’t no way Taylor Swift winning AOTY. That album was mid and made very little impact. This is one instance where numbers do lie. Last year Midnights was legitimately dope and anti hero was a smash. Despite what the numbers say this album was not that

AOTY is between Billie Eilish and Beyonce.
ROTY is between NLU and Expresso
SOTY is between Birds of a feather and Die with a smile

Kendrick will win in both rap categories
Future and Metro probably win Rap album of the year