My Favorite Day

Sunday is my favorite day of the year.No, it's not my birthday.The Grammys come on tv.I can't wait.Call me a music nerd, but when it's Grammy time, I do absolutely nothing that day.If it has nothing to do with music or the Grammys, don't ask me to do it.The answer is no.My mom doesn't even bother me on that day.Nobody does.They know the deal.Well, this post is my predictions for the 2010 Grammy awards.You'll see the nominees, who I think will win, and who I think should win.I'm only doing the ones I care about.If you want complete coverage, follow me on twitter on Sunday, I'll be live tweeting them.

Album of the Year

* I Am... Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé
* The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
* The Fame, Lady Gaga
* Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux Kings, Dave Matthews Band
* Fearless, Taylor Swift

-The Grammy voters are comprised of mostly, middle-aged white people, so just the fact that most of these artists are pop artists is a triumph in itself.With that being said, I think Dave Matthews will win this one.They will probably win just because they are the closest thing to the type of artist Grammy voters usually give this award to.Lady Gaga deserves this award the most because four number 1 singles off of a debut album hasn't happened in decades.I'm a believer in giving credit where its due.If the Grammys do the same, expect to see some wild ass outfit on stage when the winner is announced.

Record of the Year

* "Halo," Beyoncé
* "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
* "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
* "Poker Face," Lady Gaga
* "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift

-This one primarily goes to the record that got on the public's nerves for most of the year.Looking at the nominees, that's going to be a hard one.The Grammy voters will, most likely, give this award to The BEPs simply because they are old white people love this song.This should go to my boys, Kings Of Leon.Even if you don't know who they are,you know their song.That's essentially what this award is for.

Song of the Year

* "Poker Face," Lady Gaga
* "Pretty Wings," Maxwell
* "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," Beyoncé
* "Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
* "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift

-The best wriiten song in this catagory is Maxwell's, but I think will go to ones of the ladies in this catagory.Doesn't matter wich one because they all had an amazing year.



Best New Artist

* Zac Brown Band
* Keri Hilson
* MGMT
* Silversun Pickups
* The Ting Tings

-Being that this catagory is usually career homicide, I don't want anyone to win.For every Mariah Carey that won this, there's a Paula Cole.Who?Exactly!Keri isn't going to win.It will probably be a country act or something of that nature.



Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

* Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
* Melanie Fiona, "It Kills Me"
* Lalah Hathaway, "That Was Then"
* Ledisi, "Goin' Thru Changes"
* Jazmine Sullivan, "Lions, Tigers & Bears"

-Beyonce is going to win.She's going to win because of politics and not merit.Beyonce is nominated for all major awards and because she won't win any of those, she'll get all the R&B catagories.Melanie Fiona is my favorite, of course.

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

* Anthony Hamilton, "The Point of it All"
* Maxwell, "Pretty Wings"
* Musiq Soulchild, "Sobeautiful"
* Pleasure P, "Under"
* Charlie Wilson, "There Goes My Baby"

-The same goes for Maxwell as it did for Beyonce.He's nominated in major catagories.He's not going to win those, so to appease him, he'll get this.But all of these songs were my jams this year.

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

* Jamie Foxx and T-Pain, "Blame It"
* India.Arie and Musiq Soulchild, "Chocolate High"
* Musiq Soulchild and Mary J. Blige, "Ifuleave"
* Robert Randolph and the Clark Sisters, "Higher Ground"
* Calvin Richardson and Ann Nesby, "Love Has Finally Come at Last"

-Jamie Foxx is going to win.The Grammy voters love songs like these.Lyrics are easy to remember and Musiq is the most deserving for this award, but his two nominations cancel each other out.

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

* Beyoncé, "At Last"
* Anthony Hamilton, "Soul Music"
* Boney James & Quinn, "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"
* Ann Nesby, "Sow Love"
* Calvin Richardson, "Woman Gotta Have It"

-All these songs are just ok.So really who cares who wins?

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

* "Daykeeper," The Foreign Exchange
* "All Matter," Robert Glasper and Bilal
* "Pearls," India.Arie and Dobet Gnahore
* "A Tale Of Two," Eric Roberson, Ben O'Neill and Michelle Thompson
* "Blend," Tonex

-Robert Glasper and Bilal have the best song out of the group, but the Grammys are still trying to make it up to India Arie for nominating her seven times and not giving her one award in 2002.Expect to see her win.

Best R&B Song

* "Blame It," Jamie Foxx and T-Pain
* "Lions, Tigers & Bears," Jazmine Sullivan
* "Pretty Wings," Maxwell
* "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", Beyoncé
* "Under," Pleasure P

-Jazmine Sullivan hands down should win.That song is the best written song.PERIOD.Beyonce is probably going to win though.

Best R&B Album

* The Point of It All, Anthony Hamilton
* Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics, India.Arie
* Turn Me Loose, Ledisi
* Blacksummers' Night, Maxwell
* Uncle Charlie, Charlie Wilson

-Maxwell is getting this because his album is the most cohesive musically.India Arie comes in a close second.

Best Contemporary R&B Album

* I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé
* Intuition, Jamie Foxx
* The Introduction of Marcus Cooper, Pleasure P
* Ready, Trey Songz
* Thr33 Ringz, T-Pain

_Trey Songz should win because nobody was really expecting him to make an album that damn good.Beyonce had the biggest year out of these nominees, so you already know.

Best Rap Solo Performance

* Drake, "Best I Ever Had"
* Eminem, "Beautiful"
* Jay-Z, "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
* Kid Cudi, "Day and Night"
* Mos Def, "Casa Bey"

-While Drake deserves it, he hasn't put out an album and that does make a difference here.Expect this to go to either Eminem or Jay.

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

* "Too Many Rappers," Beastie Boys and Nas
* "Crack a Bottle," Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent
* "Money Goes, Honey Stay," Fabolous and Jay-Z
* "Make Her Say," Kid Cudi, Kanye West and Common
* "Amazing," Kanye West and Young Jeezy

-Either Em or Beastie Boys are going to walk away with this one and those two are the most deserving.Although, I'm rooting for Kanye and Jeezy.

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

* "Ego," Beyoncé and Kanye West
* "Knock You Down," Keri Hilson, Kanye West and Ne-Yo
* "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
* "I'm On a Boat," The Lonely Island and T-Pain
* "Dead and Gone," T.I. and Justin Timberlake

-Jay isn't going to win.The Lonely Island was only in here because there was no other place to put them.T.I. is the most deserving, but I have a strong feeling Keri is getting this.

Best Rap Song

* "Best I Ever Had," Drake
* "Day 'N' Nite," Kid Cudi
* "Dead and Gone," T.I. and Justin Timberlake
* "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)," Jay-Z
* "Run This Town," Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West

-Drake should get this because he has the best wriiten song,but he won't because he doesn't have an album yet.That's really killing him. Cudi or T.I. will wind up making a speech for this.

Best Rap Album

* Universal Mind Control, Common
* Relapse, Eminem
* R.O.O.T.S., Flo Rida
* The Ecstatic, Mos Def
* The Renaissance, Q-Tip

-Flo Rida being nominated in this catagory exemplfies my point about Grammy voters being older white people.because he isn't really a rapper.Q-Tip should get this because he had the most creative album out of this group.Eminem is going to win because this was his comeback album.

Those are the predictions for the catagories I really care about.I will be live tweeting on Sunday So if you haven't, follow me on there.(twitter.com/kingsiizepoppa).Then Monday's blog will be my review of The Grammys.