Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "2024 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS: SEE THE FULL NOMINEES LIST”

Episode Date: November 20, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticDelve into the world of music's most prestigious awards ceremony as we unveil the electrifying nominations for the 2024 GRAMMYs. Join Analytic Dreamz as we dissect the captivating contenders across a diverse range of genres, from the soulful melodies of R&B to the electrifying beats of pop dance. Get ready to discover the rising stars and established legends vying for the coveted golden gramophone. Tune in to this segment and immerse yourself in the captivating realm of the 2024 GRAMMYs.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's hard to celebrate musicians on the highest stage possible without ruffling and some feathers. And by that, I mean, some musicians are not going to feel as appreciated as they would feel like they are deserving. With that being said, I'm getting into the full list of 2024 Grammy nominations and the full nominee list, of course, is extensive. So I'm just going to get into certain parts, give my personal opinions, and then after that, I'm going to particularly talk about some categories, like the biggest categories, like album of the year. I have to start off with acknowledging Drake because I'm a humongous Drake fan, pause if needed. And by ruffling some feathers, I mean Drake, the Weekend, Nicky Minaj, a lot of other prominent musicians that have impacted the music industry in ways that was once unimaginable. But now, in current day and time, we see that these particular artists have stood against the Grammys for, I don't know if it's because of a lack of diversity. unfair nomination process or if they perceive the Grammys is just being overall corrupted.

These artists do not take too kindly to the Grammys. So for the weekend, of course, he particularly was putting out his album after his singles from like blinding lights, a bunch of other massively like commercial successes and his singles. But then when it came to the Grammys, he was performing at the Super Bowls and apparently allegedly Rumor Mill has it that they told him if you perform at the Super Bowl then you could not

win at the Grammys or even perform. So they gave him like an ultimatum because if you don't know, that happens even on the lower scale of things in the music. music industry. If you're performing at a club in a certain city, they will tell you that there's a non-compete whereas if that non-compete wasn't there, that artist could go perform at that club for a certain price point and then turn around and perform at another club the same night or the next day. So to make that club owner feel more secure in his bookings, because they pay a lot for these artists to perform. They put an NDA to, well now, it's a non-compete to where

that is the only place you're going to be able to see that artist in your town. And so therefore, people are going to spend more at that particular place. And therefore, the owner of the club will feel like they are recouping on their investment. So with that being said, this is just the largest of scale that this is happening on. Grammys Super Bowl told the weekend, well, allegedly, the Grammys told the weekend, you have ultimatum choose one of the other so ever since then the weekend has had a bad taste in his mouth and has maintained his stance or not submitting any music for consideration for the grammy award so this was during 2021 when the whole blinding light single was going crazy and his album after hours was just by far what i think would have won many of awards and was just a overall quality body of work so he ended up just cutting all loose ends with the Grammys in 2021. Then we have Drake.

The reason I'm going through these particular artists, because these are the biggest artists in the world. So some people may be like, where are their names on this list? They're not on here simply because of boycotting. Of course, Drake, you may see his name on here, but that's only because of his collaboration album with 21 Savage. I mean, imagine beefing with the Grammys so you don't let your man get a nomination like that's kind of messed up so Drake was like well not even Drake somebody in this camp probably submitted it and hopes that 21 Savage could get some more acclaim and appeal and the

in the general consensus by being a Grammy nominee because if you don't know articles blogs they start referring to you as so-and-so rapper or whatever and they start talking about Grammy nominated rapper is a really big thing a really big deal when it comes to performing at shows and just showing up to different talk shows, if that makes sense. So anyways, Drake has been criticizing the Grammys for like several years at this point. And he has not submitted music since 2020. So around 2020, which is like peak of COVID, these musicians started to completely stop submitting music and expressing the frustration with the award's lack of recognition for hip hop and R&B artists. I mean, is it crazy to think that Drake is not.

being highlighted enough at the Grammys when he has had such a mammoth of a run and hip-hop and he has no album of the year as far as in the hip-hop or in general to show for it as far as award winning so that's kind of weird to me but that's whatever um nika menage nicky menage makes me feel like this is all because of little wayne drake and nick and nick minage having such turmoil with their relationship with the Grammys makes me feel like it started it with Little Wayne because Little Wayne co-signed both of them. If you don't know, it was like some type of huge beef between Grammys and Little Wayne. You'll have to look at it up yourself. But I totally forgot the details of it. But I think that's one of the reasons why a Little Wayne is

not as award winning or nominated as you would think in his iconic career. Nick Minaj being the best women rapper ever, not being as award winning or nominated, in the Grammys and then some other musicians, I would say, that falls under the Little Wayne umbrella like a Drake, like a Nicky Minaj. The whole cash money umbrella, I just feel like it's ironic, not ironic, but it's very coincidental that those are the only artists really lacking the amount of recognition. Now, of course, you can say Drake has won at the Grammys as he's wrapped about using Grammys as his doorstop, but at the end of the day it's like lebrine only winning certain awards every three to five years you would think something is up as

well you're telling me the best in the world isn't receiving multiple at the highest stage but it's whatever so then we have frank ocean he's also boycotting grammy saying that his consideration or withdrawing with drawing his album channel orange for consideration back in 2013 basically saying that the lack diversity and the award categories was the premise and the foundation for him with drawing his album and he later performed at the award ceremony but has not submitted music since but i mean frank ocean doesn't really make music like that but anyways uh Kanye west he's also feuding i mean he's feuding with everybody but especially the Grammys as he boycotted the award show on several occasions and basically saying that criticizing the award's lack of recognition for hip-hop artists and

and also made some controversial statements about the voting process, which controversial and Kanye in the same sentence, you could probably already imagine what that sounded like. So those are just some prominent artists that have been impacting the music industry, and their gripes with the Grammys. And the reason why I'm bringing their names up, like a Kanye, Drake, the weekend, Nicky Minaj, Frank Ossum, which is basically showcasing the top of the top, feeling like they have been neglected. in the highest stage for recognizing musicians and for that those are just a few of the artists who spoke out but i understand why they have so many concerns about the voting process because if you was running the game and not getting the recognition on the highest stage possible i'm pretty sure you would probably feel slightly offended it reminds me of the time this may date me but throwback to win lebron first got to the league right and he was putting up numbers to where they

could have had him in an all-star game but they did it in his rookie year why nobody knows but they wanted him in the dunk contest and lebron notoriously since then has not done the dunk contest simply for the fact and this is rumored right alleged you know no i mean i have stuff to base it off of but it's not like lebron said it basically lebron was or felt slighted that they asked him to do the dunk contest and didn't have him involved into the all-star So guess what? He never did a dunk contest in his in his entire career and maybe just maybe if they would have had him in an all-star game for his rookie season He would have done contest so for that Just another example of just a high

Impact or of a certain industry and not feeling recognized by his highest award show So with that being said, let's get into the 2024 Grammy nominations and as always go to analytic dreams video on my Spotify channel to see the video element along with the audio this list is extensive i mean straight up voluminous i think that's how you use it i need my word of the day and i think that was it so anyways um 2024 grammy nominations let's get into it basically it's going to be a lot of categories and i'm going to give my opinions i'm trying to keep them short but for the most part all you need and know is that the Grammys will air live February 4th from the crypto.com arena in Los Angeles. Oh, would you look at that.

Maybe LeBron will show him himself. No, I'll just play. He probably won't. Final round voting takes place December 14th through January 4th, and eligibility for nominations required releases between October 1st, 2022 and September 15th, 2023. Interesting. Some of the big details before getting

into the actual list. We have the event, the Dayton Vingu, which already went over. Of course, Olivia Rodrigo and her receiving so many nominations, but to put a number on it, she's received six nominations for the upcoming Grammy Awards.

She said it's, quote, an honor to be recognized by the music community, of course. Of course, What else? So Olivia Rodriguez is one of the biggest nominees. And of course, the leader of nominees is none other than Cizza. Come on now.

And Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodriguez, Billy Elish, Miley Cyrus, and Boy Genius. So Cizza has nine nominations leading the entire pack. If you don't know, women has dominated 2023. So it makes sense that they make up seven of the eight nominees in the top three categories as far as women versus male. Even though it's not versus, I'm just giving you a ratio. Cizzer leaves with nine nominations, while Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodriguez, Billy Eilish, Molly Cyrus, and Boy Genius each have six. I think that's very interesting because with those nominations, it's almost like Taylor Swift had one of the best years. as a musician that could be put up against any musician dead or alive.

Like the year that Taylor Swift has had in 2023, releasing two albums and both of them selling one point something million first week, if y'all don't know how crazy that is, basically the next pop and rapper, which would be a Drake, a bad bunny, was selling four to 500,000 first week. And Taylor dropped two albums in the same year, and both of them, was plus million when it comes to first week sales. So she had one of the best years as a musician that I've seen ever, like ever. Drake at his peak with views was only able to sell like 900 some thousand first week.

And that was at his peak. Taylor Swift has done $1.2, $1.5 million first week for both albums and a singular year. i'm just trying to put it in perspective so anyways uh other prominent nominees we have victor monae receiving seven nominations including record at a year for on my mama all my mama's funny uh taylor swift also can make uh history with potential fourth album of your win which i do have another take you know even though that she's had a very statistical dominant year re-releasing music should not afford you the luxury of winning album a year. It's very much a lazy take if the Grammys give that to Taylor Swift.

Because if that's the case, let Drake re-record take care. Y'all are going to have the same energy or are we going to act like Take Care wasn't one of the greatest albums ever released? So, or let Kanye West, forget Take Care, let Kanye West re-record graduation. Is he going to get another Alamedier I think it's a slippery slope if they give it to Taylor Swift as far as winning nomination I'm not mad about because of course she put up numbers and obviously people listen to it like it just was brand new but as far as winning I don't think it should I think obviously that should go to Siza with her SOS album so I kind of spoiled my take on who I think she win but of course we're sticking again to the list what else doja cat 2025

eligibility. Okay, so she's not eligible for this year, but next year. That's weird. That is kind of weird. I don't even think she'll win at all. Like, did y'all see them first week sales? 94, what was it, 70-some thousand for Dojicat? I think it was 90-some or 70-some.

I don't know. It was something low. So, yeah, long ways down from the Taylor Swift 1.1 million plus first week sales. celebrities like Merrill Streep Michelle Obama William Shanter Senator

Senator Bernie Sanders received nominations for best audiobook narration and storytelling Best Comedy album nominees include like Day Chappelle Chris Rock Trevor Noah Man that's a list right there Rwanda Sykes and Sarah

Silverman. If you don't know, I'm a huge comedy connoisseur. I love just getting into the background and just the execution of comedy on the highest level. And I wonder what would happen if Andrew Schultz made a comedy album. Maybe he has, and I just haven't acknowledged it, but he is one of the bigger comedians that nobody really knows about. I'm not going to say he's underground and I'm not going to say he's like superstar status. I'm just going to say as far as the numbers he's putting up, it's very much comparable to the likes of a day Chappelle or Chris Rock or Trevor Noah but hey at the end of day

maybe one day he'll get some recognition but I ain't mad at the people of color again most of the comedy slots you know what I mean ain't gonna you know I know y'all gonna be like why you advocating for the white man and first of all that's racist but you know what I mean we're gonna let it slide so the best album nominees

as far as comedy is pretty stacked if I do say so myself uh soundtrack nominations of course we have Barbie which is that's gonna win i'm not even going like that's gonna win um what else so that's basically it so yeah let's get into the list um that was more of an overview for people who want to get like a more synopsis of the grammy nominee list but now we're going to get to the actual list in this entirety obviously i'm going to skip some that i don't know too much about so when i can go on through

the entire list that would take like years i mean have you seen these nominee lists they don't be playing so anyways let's start with the general field um record of the year of course you see right here that we have i'm gonna try to highlight it because it's kind of i think y'all could yeah it's kind of the background they should have bowed the letters if they was gonna put this many list like they should have did it like the game awards like had different uh slides for it instead of just putting it all on the it's just it looks bad anyways and this is like the official website too so yeah record of the year we have john batese with worship not strong enough with boy genius flowers with moly cyrus man she threw the hannah manna montana character to the side and still blew up in music

that stuff's crazy um what was i made for billy i didn't even know she put out oh i did i remember i listened to that from barby on my mama that's such a funny title by victor uh victoria mona by olivia rodrigo anti-hero by taylor swift and kill bill by scissor now if i had to this is what i'm going to do so i'm going to give my personal pick and i'm going to give the pick that i think the industry's going to go with and by industry i mean like the politics or whatever so record of the year i would think would have to go to either olivia rodrigo or ciza because the numbers that ciza and olivia has been putting up has been crazy and i think that think the grimmies are not the billboard awards they don't go strictly off statistics but

i feel like that plays a big part into it i'm surprised morgan walling isn't on this as far as record of the year like the way that he dominated 2023 that would have to be a snub right anyways uh for all my country fans out there that was for y'all i don't know too much about it but i do know that i do know he had a dominant 23 um i would go with statistically I think you would probably go with flowers I think that was like in a top five for most of 2023 but I think they'll either go with Olivia I think they would go with Olivia Rodriguez as far as record at the year unless they're trying to you know please the diversity crowd and I think they'll go a scissor for kill bill but I'll probably say Olivia

Rodrigo will win record at the year for me personally I I'm going to pick Siza Kill Bill because if y'all heard the remix with DojCat, that was one of the better verses of the year as far as vocal inflection, flow, what she was saying lyrically. It really fit into the Kill Bill storyline in such a way that I'm like, DojCat to me, have one of the better performances lyrically of 2023. So I'm going to go with Kill Bill, even though it's not the remix, and with doja cat i'm still going to say kill bill with uh sizzle by itself because that track

is still fire uh album of the year we have john pateist uh boy genius miley cyrus lena del ray janele monay and olivia rodrigo taylor taylor swift and scissah far as alamed a year i think they would have to go with uh that's a tough one i feel like john patees bring that home. I'm not even going to lie. I feel like his album was very well received. No, I think I'm, I think I'm thinking of somebody else. Was it the Chicago kid? I think I'm, I'm thinking of somebody else. I think they'll probably pick Olivia Rodriguez with guts. I do believe that since Taylor Swift re-recorded all of her music, she won't win these

awards because these are not new material. It's not new material. So since it's not it's not, new like is re-recordings and they're like three to four new tracks tacked on the end of it i think they'll probably give it to olivier rodrigo guts but my personal opinion of course i would pick ciza with sOS so that's what i'm picking for uh album of the year song of the year now i'm not going to lie to you where is morgan walling maybe i'm tripping did he miss the deadline for the twenty twenty three grammy awards or the twenty twenty four quote unquote Um, that's weird. Because Morgan Wallen, the way he dominated 2023, it was like insane.

Like it was Morgan Wallen, then Little Uzi put up some numbers, then Travis Scott put up numbers, Drake put up numbers, Taylor Swift put up numbers like twice. No, no. Taylor Swift put up numbers before Drake put up numbers. And then she put up numbers again, like a month or two after Drake put out his album. So she put up numbers twice. and that's basically how 2023 went

I'm trying to think of anybody else I mean Olivia Rodriguez John Cook from K-pop but you know they're not going to nominate a K-pop artist you all right know how that go so yeah for a song of the year

I would probably go with song of the year it would have to be Kill Bill I don't see Olivia Rodriguez on here and the reason why I'm focusing on them because I don't think you get

nominated this many times in an award show and come away with no wins like obviously this happened before so let's not get twisted that happens all the time um for some people but for sisa i don't think they would nominate her this many times just to give her no wins so i would say kill bill will win song of the year so i'll see olivia drag rodrigo right here with uh vampire they'll probably pick vampire so i'm thinking that the grammies are going to go with the safe bet and to give it to Olivia Rodriguez, but personally, I'm still picking Sizzar with Kill Bill. That album and singles are just phenomenal. Siza has probably one of the better voices in the music industry.

Like out of all the people who make music, Siza has one of the best voices, if not the best voice in music currently. All right, so best new artist, Gracie Abrams, Fred again. I don't know what that is. Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Noah. khan victoria monae the war and treaty if y'all don't think ice spice isn't bringing a home a win like if y'all don't think she's fin to get a grammy after literally collaborating with taylor swift and her rookie that's like collaborating with taylor swift in your rookie year is like if

you was on lebrons team in the NBA finals like you demate it like at that point you really dem made it like you stamped in history so ice spice i think would get you're your best new artist by far i produce at a year i don't really know too much about the different producers obviously i know hip uh hip boy metro in them but i don't know the other categories so i'm gonna ignorantly say metro because that's my personal opinion because i feel like metro has put out a great body of work oh and they're counting the uh heroes and villains album because that came out last year. Yeah, that came out late last year. And then the Spider-Verse album came out. And then he was supposed to put out an album with Future, but he probably saw the way that the Spider-Verse album was performing. He was like, let me just ride this wave. So he put out Heroes and Villains. Then he put out Spider-Man across the Spider-Verst soundtrack. And then he was supposed to put out the Future album, but he ended up not. I don't know why. He did the Young Thug album, but nobody wants to talk about that. I'm gonna choose Metro.

Even though he took my boy Drake off a trance. If you don't know, there's an OG version or not OG, but there's a leaked version of trans out there with Drake, and it sounds 10 times better than the original track. But because Metro and Drake are beefing, the track that's on DSPs only has Travis Scott and Yon Thug. Sad day in history, but, hey, it's reality. Metro and Drake beefing was not on my bingo card,

but with my, uh, Drake bias set to decide. I will say that Metro should win, produce it a year. Yeah, I really don't see anybody on this list that could compete with him. I mean, I guess they could give it to the person that produced for Olivia Rodriguez.

Like, honestly, I feel like they're really going to be rodding, well, pause. They're really going to be caping for Olivia Rodriguez and trying to give her all the awards as far as propping her up for the future. But my personal opinion, I think Metro Boomer should win producer of the year. All right, songwriter.

of the year. So songwriter of the year it's hard because they're not really publicized and from the look of this, from the looks of this I don't know too many of these names. So let's just look at the tracks. What do they write? Hold up. I'm seeing Cardi.

Why am I seeing so many hip hop artists? Let me find out y'all ain't writing y'all stuff. Now I'll just play. Most of these hip hop artists don't write. That's funny. Because I don't recognize any of these writers, but I do recognize these tracks. That's how it goes. Being a songwriter

is very much a behind the scenes type job. It's almost like being a camera worker. Without you, it would not look the way it does or sound the way it does, but you get none of the spotlight. So just because I see most of the hip-hop artists under Theon Thomas, Duran Thomas, I'm gonna go with him. So that's my pick. I think Duran Thomas

would probably win a songwriter a year or not. classical pop and dance okay okay we'll get into the honestly never mind portion of the gramees not just joking obviously direct didn't start that but you know how to make that joke anyways uh pop solo performances molly cyrus doja cat billy ish eliz olivier rogerie go and tayloriggo and taylor swift now as far as performances not going to lie to you my personal bias got to give it to dojicat paint the tower red that chorus i've been saying that over and over and over and over again. I don't know what it is.

I think it really is Dojikas's vocal inflection. I think she's really the woman version of Kendrick Lamar because the way that she raps is such on a lyrically enhanced level that it's above most of the rappers that's talking about certain things

in a promiscuous manner. Dojicab would say some promiscuous things, but then she would bar you up and away with the flow and vocal inflection that's like, man, she is above the pack when it comes to giving you bars in a digestible manner like she's not just barring you to death she's putting in in a replayable fashion so for best pop solo performance i'm definitely

gonna have to take dojicad with paint to town red that is my personal pick i'm biased of course because i love the album but for who i think they'll go with like a lot to you i feel like for best solo performance they could probably give this to billy eyelish because this was for the motion picture barbie and you know Whenever it's for a movie, they always give them more prestige over other tracks because they're like, oh, you are performing for a movie, movie, for a soundtrack, you know, for some reason that's bigger. So I think they'll get Best Pop Solo performance to Billy Eilish. Surprise not to see a Cizan here.

That's interesting. What if they replaced her? It seems like they replaced it with Doja Cat. Dang, we can't have two. Oh, let me chill. All right, best pop duo slash group performances. I don't know. I don't, most of these names I don't even,

like, what is this? Oh, I see Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice. That's interesting. Even just being nominated should show y'all the direction that the Grammys is trying to go into. Like, by any means necessary, they're going to try to highlight Taylor Swift and give her a win.

So, Karma is a completely new track. So I think the Grammys would probably go, no, because that track was so atrocious. Like, from a sonically, sonically speaking, That track is horrendous. This shows you that it's not what you know, but who you know. Just because it's Taylor Swift or Ice Spice, this was nominated for a Grammy. But Karma as a song, it's completely trash.

Like the Grammys should have karma done to them for what they did with this track as far as nominating it, because this is not it. But personally, I would probably go with, I don't recognize any of these tracks. So I would probably see Miley Cyrus with a thousand miles and Brandy Charles. I feel like the Grammys is going to try to go with Taylor Swift and Ice Spice, even though that track is horrendous. Anyways, pop vocal album. I don't know too much about this, so I'm just going to keep going. As far as the names, pop vocal album, I can see going to maybe Ed Shearing. I see him on this list is Kelly Clarkson, Molly Stires, Olivia Rodrigo, Ed Sharon, and Taylor Swift.

I can see it going to Ed Shearing simply for the fact that he's probably one of the better performers when it comes to males and the R&B singing field, Pop field, I guess. Best dance slash electronic recording. That's not my bag at all. Best pop dance recording. Still not my bag. Okay, there's a lot of dance stuff. All right.

Rock, and this is field, too. Rock, metal, and alternative music. That's interesting. That's not my bag. So we're going to skip this entire category. I wonder for a seat Liliati. You know, that man is horrendous. That man was talking about he was switching genres.

No, the genres switch you. Like hip hop switch you to another genre because obviously you wasn't making good hip hop You know like it was it was sad sad day in history for for loyalty but his business mind is something I do like to pay attention to because I feel like as marketing when as far as marketing is concerned He really has his post on like how people React to things if that makes sense but as far as him sonically putting out music some of the worst things I've ever heard in life and I've heard nails on a chalkboard before. So anyways, R&B, rap and spoken word poetry. Interesting. Best R&B performance. We have Chris Brown with Summer 2 Hot, Robert Glasper with Back to Love, ICU with Coco Jones, Victoria

Monet with how does it make you feel and kill Bill with Siza. Obviously, personally, I think they're going to go with Siza Kill Bill. I'm surprised to see Chris Brown on here because you know, every time Chris Brown's nominate or even get some type of shine at award shows. They'd be bringing up the Rihanna scenario. Like, she ain't forgave him herself, which, you know, they could say that's a sign of abusive relationship. Like sometimes the abuse forgives the abuser because out of some psychological effect, I don't know.

But people still haven't forgiven Chris Brown and, hey, that's his fault. You know, you put hands on a woman. You know, hey, I can't feel sorry for you for the ramifications of that. So anyways, I think Sizzah Kill Bill will probably win for best R&B performance. Then we have best traditional R&B performance. Babyface. Kian Dixon, Victoria Monet, P.J. Morton and Siza. As far as traditional, I always feel like they give this to an older person.

So I'm going to say baby face featuring Coco Jones with Simple, simply for the fact that baby faces, you know, on the older side. and I may be wrong with that. They may end up giving this also to Cizzer, but we'll have to see. But personally, I would say Cizor, but for the war show, I think they may give it to a baby face. But, I don't know. Or Victoria.

Well, if I had to pick one, I would say baby face. So anyways, best R&B song. We have Holly Bailey. Holly Bailey? Holly Bailey? I don't know, man. I can't talk. I'm surprised to see her nomination.

I didn't know she made music. I'm lying. I did know she made music. I just really didn't care or pay attention to her music. So, surprised to see her nominated on here, along with a lot of other artists for Best R&B song.

For me, not to recognize a lot of these tracks for Best R&B song. Like, that's kind of crazy. Oh, never mind. I see Snooze on here. They put the artist's name at the end. So we have Snoo's on my mama,

I see you, Back to Love, Angel. you have to go to snooze I really don't see anybody beating out scissor like scissor I may be riding or whatever you know they may be like hey he glazing or w glaze or l glaze

but hey cissor really ain't nobody messing on her so I'm gonna say snooze Cizza for best R&B song and I also feel like the Grammys would probably go with Cizza I think Cizza's gonna win a lot of awards you know by my takes at this point

you could probably summarize that I think Sitz is going to bring home a lot of awards. Then we have Best Progressive R&B album. For albums containing greater than 75% playing time of newly recorded progressive vocal tracks derivative of R&B. I don't know what that means. So anyways, we have Black Since I Have a Lover, Diddy, the Love album Off the Grid, Nova, Terence Martin, and James Fontalore.

I've heard his name said before. I don't know why I can't pronounce it. James Fauntoroy. Yeah, I'm completely butchering that. Janelle Monet and Siza. All right. Y'all going to be surprised by my pick, but I think Diddy is going to get this album.

Knock on line, that album by Diddy, straightfire. Like, I was surprised by the amount of high quality he put out with that album, which I shouldn't have been, because it's like being surprised when LeBron puts up like some type of triple double stat line at age 80, you know? Diddy still knows what a great R&B song sounds like.

And for the album, obviously, he showcased that he knew what a great R&B album is supposed to flow like, if that makes sense. And for the love album off the grid by Diddy, I mean, I have that. To quote my man, Deonti Wilder, I have that my rotation to this day. So, yeah, that Diddy album, straightfire. And if you don't believe me, just go to the Diddy album. Hold on. Let me pull that up right now. So basically go to the Diddy album, right? Which is the Love album.

And then all you got to do is listen to What's Love by Nova Way. And you're going to get a sense of why this album is nominated and why I think it's also going to win. Speaking of What's Love, is that actually on here? Because I forgot that's the track title. Was that on here? I don't think it was. I don't even think I've seen Nova Anyways

I think Diddy The Love album off the grid Is gonna win Best Progressive Album Best R&B album We have Babyface Coco Jones Emily King Victoria Monet

And Summer Walker This is the first time I've seen Summer Walker Best R&B album I think we'll have to go to Babyface Can I don't see Sizzar

Wouldn't Siz would be the obvious choice Maybe they was like Oh we gave you the album of the year So Best R&B like it's okay if we missed that i don't know that's weird but i would say baby face should get this simply off name recognition i haven't heard it but um as far as the other artists i won't be surprised if they get it either but that's my pick best rap performance are we getting the best rap i thought they lumped it all into one category i thought it was just an rmb right now anyways all right

to my bag. Best rap performance. We have the Hillbillies by Baby King featuring Kendrick Lamar, which to this day, I don't know why I keep quoting Deonti Wilder, but it's my best performing segment. I guess people like my take over the track where I called it the most unsurious music video I've ever seen in my life. Like I compared it to SpongeBob and Patrick at the Goofy Goober because it was just straight up goofy and it worked not gonna lie it worked i like the vibe they was going for obviously they wasn't trying to remake a family ties based off the energy of the track and the video so best rap performance i didn't even finish the nominee list uh we have love letter by black thought rich flex by drake and 21 savage killer mike scientists and engineers and players

by quiller ray well i already started off the segment about telling me you, Drake is boycott in the Grammys. So they ain't really messing with him like that. And personally, I think the Hillbillies by Baby Kim and Kendrick Lamar, when it comes to performing rap, I think they put on a performance with the way that the Hillbillies was just straight goofy. I'm just joking. I think this is obviously going to go to scientists and engineers. I mean, imagine again, Andre 3,000 rapping on a track with Killer Mike and Future.

like that just says Grammys in itself I'm surprised to see Coil-L-Rae on here How much does she pay for that Ain't no way The Grammy voters looked at Coil-Rae

and was like Oh you know what We're missing We're missing the Coila Ray track For Best Rap Performance Ain't no way bro Ain't no way Like I don't know what

That was on But Let's just say Like my man Stephen A said You gotta stay off Them substance Man got to stay off them substances some the i think i added too many s substances

like a tongue twister yeah i get what i'm saying right stay off them substances so you won't sound like me no i'm joking all right best melodic rap performances burn a boy sitting on top of the world featuring 21 savage attention my doja cat spin bout you with drake and 21 savage all my life with little dirk featuring j cole and low with Siza. For best melodic rap performance, it would have to go to all my life with Little Dirk featuring

in J-Code just to showcase that all you spin the block, kill them till they dead rappers are not going to win any award rapping about that stuff. It would be so ironic for the only Grammy win for Little Dirk to have is about him rapping at a positive like because I think that would set the precedence for hip hop and this is on a serious note I'm not

even joking letting all my life win a best melodic rap performance will be so impactful for the hip hop community because you can highlight a positive message for our community winning an award on the highest stage possible and I'm being so serious best melodic rap performance I think should go to all my life with little dirk and j cole anyways best rap song Attention by Doja Cat, Barbie, Barbie, the album, Oh, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, Just Wanna Rock, Little Uzi Verk, Rich Flex with Dracon 21 Savage,

and scientists and engineers with Killer Mike, Andre 3,000, and Future. Now, as far as best rap song, I would have to go with Doja Cat if it was Painted Town Red, because I feel like that's still a rap song. Like, she was giving bars and everything. I told you, I really did like the album. but because of my bias and what I think is one of the best albums that Drake has ever put out and her loss like I think her loss as far as a mixtape is on the same level of if you're reading this is too late like that's really how I view that album as far as mixtape land like you have so far gone you have um what a time to be alive more life her life her loss by Drake and Tonya Savage is in the upper half of Drake's discography.

So if the Grammys aren't hating, which I think they will, but if they aren't hating, I think Rich Flex will get a award win for Best Rap Song. Now, who do I think the Grammys is actually going to go with? So that's my personal pick. I will pick Rich Flex for Best Rap Song. But who do I think the Grammys is going to go with? Of course. I don't know, because they don't like Nikki either, but they do like ice spice.

That's very interesting. Maybe Barbie World? Hmm. That's a hard one because no way in, you know what, are they giving it to Little Uzi Verk and Doja Cat? And it's simply for the word that I just bleeped out. Killer Mike, I could see winning. But that would be two award wins, and I don't think they would give two award to one singular track by Killer Mike.

I think they would end up giving it to Drake in 21. Not going to lie. I think best rap song will go to Drake in 21. As much as they hate them or as they hate Drake, I think they still acknowledge that he's the biggest impactful artists in the music industry. So I don't think they'll ever completely shun Drake, even though Drake completely shuns them. Like Drake does what he wants at this point.

He doesn't submit his music and still wins. That's the reason I say that is because it happened last year. He didn't submit his music, song that he did with Future was submitted off of the future album and ended up winning and wait for you. So I think that's going to happen again in this year's award show with Rich Flex. And maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they keep shunning us, even though we keep giving him award wins.

And they'd be like, you know what? We ain't giving you no award wins this time because he won last year and he's still trashing the Grammy. So I don't know. It depends on if the Grammys want to be in their feelings or not. I think it's totally understandable if you're still in your feelings. Like you put your big boy pants on and still gave him the win for a wait for you and he's still trashing your award show.

So I don't know if Rich Flex should or will win, but I think it should win. And I'm predicting that they'll put their beef to decide to give a win to this track. Because Rich Flex, I mean, y'all remember when this track came out and everybody and their mama was saying, 21, can you do something for me? Like, come on now. the memes goes without saying y'all know what y'all was doing y'all was doing unthinkable with them binge i ain't trying to i ain't trying to hear it anyways best rap album we have drake and 21 savage her loss michael killer mike heroes and villains metro booming kings disease three naz and utopia by

travis scott i'm interested to see why travis scott is nominated i thought he was i thought he was being boy, not blacklisted, but like, I thought they was easing them into the fray. Like, imagine killing people at your concert and still getting nominated for music. Like, at that point, even O.J. Simpson couldn't have done any better. Anyways, that's what I was the size point. I think Best Rap album should go to Metro Boomer with Heroes and Villains. The whole theme of that album, sonically, the tracks that came out of it, by far in the way i think it's the best project only reason it probably won't end up on my

personal list for best albums is simply because i never put producer albums on my top five album list because i think it's such a cheat code like imagine if you get the best of a drake a travis a young thug a future like that's a cheat code right do that on your own body of work while also contributing vocally. Vocally is a big thing for me, so that's why I've never had producer albums on my top album list, but as far as the Grammys,

I'm going to say that Metro Boomer Heroes and Villains by far will win Best Rap album. Even though personally, I would say it's Drake and 21 Savage, but I think the Grammys hate Drake currently, even though they can't, I don't know, it's such a weird relationship with them.

Personally, I think Drake and 21 Savage has the best rap album out of this list with her loss but I think the Grammys would either go with Metro or Killer Mike, and I'm leaning towards Metro Boomer with Heroes and Villains. Best spoken word poetry album, man, I don't even know that. We're skipping that one entirely. Jazz, traditional pop, contemporary instrumental and music theater.

Guess what we're doing to that? What Shannon Sharp used to say, we skipping that. Yeah, so we're going to skip that whole thing because that's not my bad country American roots music I just want to see Morgan Wallen let me see is Morgan Waller on this list

I see a lot of Zach Brian which deservedly saw I see him a lot on the charts that's interesting does the Grammys hold up why is Morgan Wallen not nominated for the Grammys

am I did he miss the deadline I'm about to look that up because that's kind of weird like the way that he has such an impactful year video surfaced stuff. Oh, that's tough. Oh, interesting. I don't know. That's, uh, hmm. I mean, could I say I'm surprised? But also, it's still not right. You got to acknowledge it's not right, but

y'all, y'all probably wonder what in the world I'm looking at right now? Y'all don't even want to see it. It's interesting. Ain't no way. There's got to be rumors. I've never heard that. Okay. I'm trying to. Okay. So apparently, wow. So he's been entirely shut out of the Grammy nominations on purpose. Like literally on purpose. Like last night is apparently on the best country song, but he doesn't have a writing credit for it since it's a songwriter category. So they literally found a way to nominate him in the only way to not give him credit, which is through a songwriter. somebody said Grammy nominations day but for Morgan Wallen it's just another day

why they treat him like this I mean I've seen why but is it true like do they have a video they just accuse a man of you know okay so I'm just gonna let y'all know apparently Morgan Waller said a racial slur and that's why he's been shut out to Grammys

I know it's rumors it's alleged but even I was perplexed I'm like I don't even listen to country I'm like why is Morgan Wallen not even nominated for a Grammy. Apparently they was taking a stand or whatever. That's crazy. People are accusing him a bot streams now.

Ah, okay, yeah. So people are just saying he's racist. Well, that's unfortunate. I mean, if you use the N-word as a Caucasian, this is probably what would happen. So, uh, yeah, man, they's,

I guess apparently this man racist. I just found that out in real time. So that's why he's not nominated. Just how fast. You see how the internet works in your favor if you know how to use it? That's crazy. um yeah so morgan wallins completely shut out of the grimmies because apparently he's a little racist

so uh yeah that's uh yeah that's unfortunate for him all right so let's keep going gospel and contemporary christian music hmm not really my bag is lecrayon here let's see if he's still holding his uh streak ah here he is church closed for i see you that uh hard work cannot be I don't even know what I was supposed to say there. Anyways, that man's just, that man's longevity is unmatched when it comes to putting up numbers in the Christian category. Well, it's Kanye?

No, I'm just joking. I feel 7, Latin, global, reggae, and New Age, ambient, or chant. Yeah, that's not my bag. I was trying to see if I noticed any of the names, but I really don't. I can't wait to watch the Grammy Awards. Like, for me covering it,

it's just so encapsivating of what I do to the point where the Grammy Awards to see who wins. Like I like to see the politics and the behind the scenes workings and you know, I don't know,

I'm just a nerd when it comes to that type of stuff. So I can't wait for the award show to happen to see who acts out, who doesn't. Kind of like at the MTV Awards where Nika Minaj had her husband act out against Cardi B

and now he's on house arrest. Sort of like that. Like I like seeing behind the scenes stuff like that. So anyways. Field 8, children's comedy, audiobooks visual media and music video slash film okay best comedy oh let's get into best comedy album again so obviously I've read it off in the overall

segment I did at the beginning but basically this is more in detail so we we have I wish you would by Trevor Noah I'm an entertainer by Wanda Sykes selective outrage by Chris Rock that's the one where he was talking about Will Smith giving him the hands of God on his cheek but um anyways someone you love Sarah Silverman and what's in a name

Dave Chappelle I don't think I've heard it wasn't a name maybe I'm tripping I do want to see what Sarah Silverman looks like because Sarah Silver is that what she looks like

Cherished Jenner dang all these people speaking on that's crazy why the first pictures that's pulls up is Sarah Silverman and Blackface am I missing something what's up with these races man in the world in 2010 Sarah Silverman tweeted a photo of herself in Blackface a company with a cheeky caption I'm having menstrual cramps you know one time I was in college right personal story which is gonna you know pertain to this and it was this particular person where I don't think she was racist.

Nobody else thought she was racist. But one time, you know how you all live in the dorms? You know, it's different levels and stuff. We just having like a dorm-wide meeting to discuss something. I don't know. I think it was about the lobby, cleanness or cleanliness or something like that, right? And it was at a weird time of the day.

Like, it was really night. I mean, it was really late at night, like 10 or 11, something like that. So we all in there, you know, getting ready for the meeting. And then she comes in. And obviously you could tell it's for her acne or whatever, not acne, but like, it's like part of her facial care routine. Because I ain't gonna lie, she looked decent. And it was a little darker, you know, it was, it wasn't black, but it was like brownish. And everybody kind of was uncomfortable.

And you could sense the tension and see the tension in the room simply because her coming out like that. Obviously, she was white. And I didn't feel like it was rude or weird, but I could see a scenario where a person could be like, do that after or before the meeting. Don't come to a meeting because, I mean, it was a very mixed group of ethnicity. So it wasn't like mostly white or mostly black, you know. It was like a group of black people. It was really, you know, looking back on it, that was really diverse as far as that group I came in with.

But it was a good enough amount of black people for a. the, you know, number of white people to feel uncomfortable, right? And after the fact, I mean, people was talking about it, but I didn't think it was a big deal. Obviously, you know, I was just listening. But so pertaining it is, I'm not giving,

I'm not shooting her any bell, but it's just like, I've seen scenarios where somebody could wear something on their face where it's a darker color and it makes sense. That's it. I'm not, I'm not defending black face. I just giving you a personal story

that I've experienced and the different perceptions negative or positive. So, you know, maybe Sarah Silverman had a little, you know, acne she was trying to clear up. Not just play. All right. So best comedy album, I would say it's full of minorities,

you know, since, you know, Sarah Silverman wore blackface. So technically, we have all black people in this list. But I just shrugging, my fault, my fault. My fault. All drugs aside, I would probably say, Trevor Noah should win this award as far as best comedy album because have y'all heard a comedy set by Trevor Noah? Like I feel like Dave Chappelle gets all the praise in the world because he's the best, right? My personal pick for the best comedian ever is Dave Chappelle. And then close is Eddie Murphy.

It's real close between him and Dave Chappelle because it's don't let me get into my nerd bag of comedy because I will. But I would say Trevor Noah with I wish you would, he really gets into. aspects because of his perspective coming from overseas, right? It's such a nice perspective from a guy who's very intellectual and puts it in a way that he elicutes very, very effectively. There's a reason why he did the day show for as long as he did and stepped away from it on his own terms. It wasn't like, oh, we kicking you out. He stepped away on it, stepped away from it to go back into the comedy space because that's where he felt he needed to be. So I would say Trevor Noah should win this, but I wouldn't be mad if he

goes to Dave Chappelle. Actually, switch that. I think Trevor Noah should win personally, but I would not be surprised if the Grammys do what I think they will pool and giving Chris Rock a best comedy album simply for the fact

that they know it would get clicks. I can see the headline now. Chris Rock turns infamous slap into a Grammy Award winner. A Grammy Award. Yeah. The headline would be Chris Rock turns infamous slap into a Grammy Award.

I can see it now. So I can see the Gramm is giving it to Chris Rock for selective outrage. Anyways, best art, but that list is stacked. Like, Travanoa, Wanda Sykes. Like, even Wanda Sykes. Like, she's hilarious. So, yeah.

Only person I didn't know was Sarah Silverman, and it's probably because she out here doing blackface but you know it's all right um best audio book narration and storytelling recording that's not my bag i'm just gonna say michel obama just because let's keep going black panther oh best compilation soundtrack for visual media i don't have to go to gardens at the galaxy come on now y'all know if there's one thing i'm a cape for is anything marvel like i saw the marvels like not too long ago like two or three days ago i enjoyed it i'm not going to say a fire like I enjoyed it you know it's not bad it's not great it's just it's good I thought it was

good you know hey maybe people just tired of Marvel maybe that's just a thing for me as a marvel fan I see what they're going to I see what they're going towards so I'm willing to put up with certain stepping stones because each and every Marvel project saw attention well not really because gardens of the galaxy one so it lends me the ability to talk about Marvel The stepping stones that Marvel is using with these movie and TV shows are just done or being done too slowly. Like the way I will fix it is the way that they had A-list heroes show up in Spider-Man, No Way Home, but Dr. Strange, that's how it has to be in every movie. Like, enough of trying to build up C to D-List characters, you have the Fantastic Four and X-Men. I need to start seeing Wolverine pop up, which is why Deadpool 3 has Wolverine in it.

I need to start seeing Fantastic Four show up with a Spider-Man cameo, like A-list cameos. No more, oh, the police officer from this TV show is popping up. Like, no, got to send the heavy hitters because people doubting y'all, and you got to show them that we still the number one superhero entertainment. You got the boys out here out working, y'all, Invincible out here out working, y'all. Don't let them make another Batman movie of that man just doing human feats. they're going to act like that's the greatest thing ever with uh what's his name christian not christian that was the o g one the dude from twilight y'all know i'm talking about the most recent batman

when he was just doing the most random regular human feet things and everybody's like oh batman's so great so they're going to put out another one of those they're going to be hyping that up so marvel just focus on your a list hitters because i swear when no way home came out everybody was acting like that was like the greatest thing ever And now people are just trashing that movie. So I've seen the perception just literally flip for no reason on certain movies that they used to enjoy. So now it's just like, hey, you may just have to stick to your heavy hitters. At this point, the bench players, the role players that may get some minutes, it's finals time.

Like they got to get some DMPs. Like it's only superstars from here and out. Anyways, I don't know how it turned down to like a Marvel segment. Let's keep going. Best score soundtrack, definitely going to Barbie. Sorry to all my black people out there for the Black Panther, but it has to go to Barbie. I know Rihanna came out of her finty bag just to give us a track, but I don't care. Barbie as a whole, as a project, is just way better than what Black Panther was.

But Black Panther also is pretty solid. Anyways, Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games. Oh, don't you love when music and gaming comes together? Anyways, Call it Duty Modern War 2, God of War of Wagner, Hogwarts, Legacy Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Stray Gods the Role-Playing

Musical. I'm surprised I don't see High Five Rush on here literally a game based off of music composition as far as the gaming mechanics and it played off of it in a way that some would say that is one of the best games of the year. With that being said,

obviously I have to give my pick based on the list that was given to me. I would say if I had to pick probably God of War Ragnarok I could see that winning Yeah I would say

God of War Ragnarok Just because it's so unique And when you hear it You automatically think of God of War And for Star Wars If you hear that I mean you could think

of a lot of Star Wars properties So I would say God of War Ragnor Yeah I've heard all the other ones And they're pretty bland Especially Hogg Wars Why is they even on here

Anyways Best Song Written for Visual Media Is Rihanna on here? Because that's the one I'm going with. Yep, here it is. Lift me up for Black Panther Waconda forever. That's the one I'm going with. I'm not even reading off the rest of the list.

Everybody wants to hate on that track. That's why Rihanna's never giving you an album ever in life. That track to me was fire. Lift me up for the Black Panther Wakanda. Did what it's supposed to do. And it's hard. In my opinion, that's a hard-to-hade-on-type track, format-wise and structure-wise.

And somehow people still found a way to hate on it. And I just, I don't understand. So I think that Rihanna track was fire. Remind me of when the weekend and Kendrick came together for the original Black Panther soundtrack. And that stuff was straight fire. I forget what that song was called. Let me see. That song with The Weekend and Kendrick for the original.

Yeah, pray for me. Oh my goodness. That's one of my favorite tracks of all time. And probably because it's the weekend and Kendrick. But come on now. Like, you don't get that. collaboration too often. So pray for me was a moment in time just like lift me up by Rihanna was a moment of time because let's just say she unofficially retired and the Navy is still in disbelief. Anyways, maybe y'all

can be satisfied with this award win when hopefully she gets it. I can see, you know, the Grammys going with another Barbie song, but personally I think it should go. I mean, they literally have two Barbie songs on here, three Barbie songs on here for best written visual media. So you could probably already took four songs what in the world this is the Barbie uh nominee list like literally Barbie world that's one by ice spice and Nikki dance the night which is do a lepa uh i'm just kin by ryan gosling and what was i made for by billy isleish all of those are from the barbie soundtrack and then the only one that's not is lift me up and i think the grammis is gonna pull a okey-doke on us i know have all those Barbie nominations but I think they're going to give it to Rihanna I don't think

it should go to Rihanna so that's what I'm picking for best song written for visual media all right best music video that's a tough one because I don't really watch music videos like that I didn't even watch the count me out by Kedric Lamar music video so yeah I can't really give a I can't really give an educational pick for that best music film music film i don't even know what that means uh okay so field nine package notes package notes and historical they just have to skip down i don't know what that means what was package notes what the world what is that production engineering composition and arrangement fancy parks from uh joe buddden on here no i don't think i don't think so anyways uh best engineer

yeah i don't know none of these names we're just gonna keep going just keep on going classical going keep on going classical again oh and that's it dang well the end no i'm just i'm just joking all right so anyways um getting back into my overview of the grammy 2024 nominees you know to see rihanna on here i think she's definitely going to get her one um overall i think I think Siza is going to be the one leaving with the most hardware and the realm that I cover the most as far as R&B and hip-hop. I could see Killer Mike may be coming away with multiple albums or multiple wins, but I don't believe that they would even spread it out like that. Like, Ice Spice I can see coming away with two wins with the Barbie track with Nikki and then the best new artist. but that's the only

Siza and Ice Spice is the only two artists I can see coming away with multiple award wins in the Grammy show so yeah as far as the overall pop field I mean it's nice to see Taylor Swift

nominated this many times but still like come on now like she literally re-recorded old music and I think the only reason is nominated is to showcase their love and appreciation for Taylor Swift literally boosting the U.S. economy

so they didn't want to just completely ignore that album. But at the end of day, I mean, come on now. It's re-recorded music. It should not win. Like, nomination is good enough. So I think Olivia Rodrigo would take home a lot of wins. Cizzo would take home a lot of wins. And High Spice would have the best showing as far as a new act in the award show. Yeah, I think that's pretty good. So anyways, click my link to you in my bio. Let me know one of my social media is. What do you think about the 2024 Grammy nominations? Who do you think is going to bring home the most hardware from the award show?

And what do you think about Morgan Wallen being the biggest snub simply because he was allegedly racist? And also, what is your pick for album of the year for 2023?