The 52nd annual Grammy awards are this Sunday and we’re expecting another phenomenal performance by our boy Eminem. Eminem is already joining a pretty nice list of performers including Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and The Dave Matthews Band (where have they been?).
The question of who will be Lady Gaga’s mystery collaborator at the Grammy’s keeps popping up. There have been rumors floating that Eminem’s drug addiction helper, Elton John, might be joining her on stage just like he surprised audiences when he performed “Stan” with Em so many years ago. I must say that Lady Gaga and and Eminem would make for a sensational performance. They are both a bit sadistic, they both hate being celebrities, and they both continue to push the envelope in everything they do. In addition to their similarities, I think they just would sound great together. I would like to hear Lady Gaga come out with a heavy bassed remix of Paparazzi and then have Eminem come in and start shitting on paparazzi and everyone else in the room!
Even if Kanye West decided to make a normal rap album this year rather than his poppy achy breaky heart album ”808s and Heartbreak,” he probably wouldn’t have won just because that ridiculous stunt he pulled on Taylor Swift at the Video Music Awards. Either way he did leave one spot open for someone new to take home the rap album of the year so thanks for that Kanye.
Good old Hova will also be absent from the nomination for best rap album due to the one month advance to the eligibility period. Put simply his album released too late to be considered for the 2010 Grammy’s. This is good news for Eminem because “The Blue Print 3″ was pretty incredible and I’m not even that big of a Jay-Z fan.
Other nominees include Q-Tip, Common, Mos Def, and Flo Rida. Q-Tip’s album “The Renaissance” included some interesting collaborations with my girl Norah Jones and Timberland’s past project Nelly Furtado. This would normally be something that Grammy judges eat up but they simply won’t be able to ignore Eminem’s much anticipated album from a five year absence which sold off the charts.
I confidently believe that Eminem’s Relapse has the best rap album of the year on lock down and he will be taking home that shiny new award to put right next to the other three he probably has in his basement somewhere.
Q-Tip’s single “Getting Up” from his Grammy nominated album “The Renaissance”
Common’s track “Everywhere” featuring Martina Topley-Bird from his Grammy nominated album “Universal Mind Control”
