The 53rd Grammy Awards

The Grammys are upon us again and the internet is buzzing not only about who was nominated, but also with who was snubbed and why, along with who shouldn’t have made the list but did. But in exactly 16 days, the whole world would know who amongst the hoard of nominees got one of the coveted gramophone looking thingys .

Whilst reviewing the list of nominees, I noticed a number of unexpected nominees, some snubbed potentials and some really old songs made the list and I  am even more suspicious now than ever as to how this whole Grammy thing works.

  First off, why didn’t Nicki Minaj and Bruno Mars get nominated for best new artist? Well apparently their albums dropped after the cutoff date which is Sept 30th.which if you ask me is a silly rule but I’m guessing that would change pretty soon

  Another raised eyebrow for me was the best female RnB vocal performance; The whole list stinks Faith Evans? Fantasia? Kelly price? smh would be interesting to see who wins that one but what do i know! Remember in the land of the blind the one eyed man is the king.

  The fact that Fantasia has 3 nominations i would never understand. All I can remember her for last year was attempted suicide over some other woman’s man. So i am guessing you get a Grammy nod if experience some tragic shit; remember Jennifer Hudson?

 In other news,  what jayz's blue print 3 is doing on the list. With 6 nominations for that matter. Bear in mind that his album dropped before the dead line last year (Sept 8 2009). Not to say i didn’t like Empire state of mind but im sure its not on your playlist at the moment.

  Our dear egotistical Kanye’s near perfect album wasn’t nominated at all. Don’t get mad though, he didn’t make the cutoff. So when you see My beautiful dark twisted fantasy all over the Grammys next year (despite being played out) don’t be surprised

 Not one Nigerian was nominated for the Best contemporary world music album category, which was really sad, maybe Asa would make the cut next year but till then I would be rooting for Angelique Kidjo’s “OYO”

  Who else you say? How about Kid cudi? (pursuit of happiness) I’m guessing doing so much drugs doesn’t make you a favorite. How about ke$ha? Maybe she needs to shower and do some grooming to get on the list. Christina Aguilera (Bionic) was shunned – Not surprisingly though. Even her movie burlesque was shunned at the Oscars

 As for performances, Cee-lo greens F*** you would be interesting to watch and I am sure swarm of pre-teens out there would be looking forward to Willow Smith, Usher and Justin Bieber performing together

S.N: It’s funny how despite all the drama, no one has pulled a "Dream" on us yet (remember his rant on twitter last year when he was snubbed)

 Check out the list of 2011 Grammy nominees below and let us know which of these surprised you the most.

SONG OF THE YEAR

“Beg Steal Or Borrow” – Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs

“Forget You” (aka “F**k You”) – Cee Lo Green

“The House That Built Me”- Miranda Lambert

“Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem feat. Rihanna

“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum

BEST NEW ARTIST

Justin Bieber

Drake

Florence + The Machine

Mumford & Sons

Esperanza Spalding

RECORD OF THE YEAR

“Nothin’ On You” – B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars

“Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem feat. Rihanna

“Forget You” (aka “Fuck You”) – Cee Lo Green

“Empire State Of Mind” – Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum

BEST RAP SONG

“Empire State Of Mind” – Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Sylvia Robinson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)

“Love The Way You Lie” – Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna)

“Not Afraid” – M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem)

“Nothin’ On You” – Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars)

“On To The Next One” – Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)

BEST RAP ALBUM

The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, B.o.B

Thank Me Later, Drake

Recovery, Eminem

The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z

How I Got Over, The Roots

BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE

“Second Chance” – El DeBarge

“Finding My Way Back” – Jaheim

“Why Would You Stay” – Kem

“We’re Still Friends” – (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild

“There Goes My Baby” – Usher

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP

“Take My Time” – Chris Brown & Tank

“Love” — Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller

“You’ve Got A Friend” – Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin

“Shine” – John Legend & The Roots

“Soldier Of Love” – Sade

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Over” – Drake

“Not Afraid” – Eminem

“How Low” – Ludacris

“I’m Back” – T.I.

“Power” – Kanye West

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION

“Nothin’ On You” – B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars

“Deuces” – Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall

“Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna

“Empire State Of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

“Wake Up! Everybody” – John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE

“Gone Already” – Faith Evans

“Bittersweet” – Fantasia

“Everything To Me” – Monica

“Tired” – Kelly Price

“Holding You Down (Going In Circles)” – Jazmine Sullivan

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS

“Airplanes II” – B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams

“Imagine” – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare

“If It Wasn’t For Bad” – Elton John & Leon Russell

“Telephone” – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé

“California Gurls” – Katy Perry & Snoop Dog

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE

“Haven’t Met You Yet” – Michael Bublé

“This Is It” – Michael Jackson

“Whataya Want From Me” – Adam Lambert

“Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars

“Half Of My Heart” – John Mayer

For the full list of nominees, click here