More Grammy nominees

Here is the second part of the list of nominations for the upcoming 44th Grammy Awards. Understandably, space prevents me from putting down all of the nominees. The list can fill up an entire magazine. So for those interested in the Classical, Country, New Age, Latin, Tejano, Packaging and other categories that I am not able to include, check out the Grammy site on the net. That is where they have everything listed down.

Take note that rap music acquires bigger importance at the awards this year with the addition of the new category of Rap/Sung Collaboration. This award goes out to rappers and singers who choose to work together on a recording as differentiated from collaborations among rap acts. As you will also surely notice, Aaliyah, the young singer who unfortunately perished in a plane crash last year, is a nominee for Best Female R&B Vocals and for R&B Album.

Female R&B Vocals: Rock the Boat by Aaliyah; Family Affair by Mary J. Blige; Hit Em Up Style (Oops!) by Blu Cantrell; Video by India Arie; Fallin’ by Alicia Keys; A Long Walk by Jill Scott.

Male R&B Vocals: Missing You by Case; Lifetime by Maxwell; Love of My Life by Bryan McKnight; Love Musiq by Soulchild; U Remind Me by Usher.

R&B By Duo or Group with Vocals: What Would You Do by City High; Survivor by Destiny’s Child; Can’t Believe by Faith Evans featuring Carl Thomas; Contagious by the Isley Brothers; Peaches & Cream by 112.

R&B Song: Didn’t Cha Know by Erykah Badu; Fallin’ by Alicia Keys; Get Ur Freak On by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot; Hit Em Up Style (Oops!) by Blu Cantrell; Love of My Life by Bryan McKnight; Video by India Arie.

R&B Album: Aaliyah by Aaliyah; No More Drama by Mary J. Blige; Survivor by Destiny’s Child; Acoustic Soul by India Arie; Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys.

Traditional R&B with Vocals: This is Regina by Regina Belle; An American Original by Lamont Dozier; Three Wishes by Miki Howard; At Last by Gladys Knight; For the Love by The O’Jays.

Rap Solo Performance: Because I Got High by Afroman; Who We Be by DMX; Get Ur Freak On by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot; Izzo (H.O.V.A.) by Jay-Z; Ride Wit Me by Nelly.

Rap /Sung Collaboration: Area Codes by Ludacris and Nate Dogg; Let Me Blow Ya Mind by Eve and Gwen Stefani; Livin’ It Up by Ja Rule with Case; Where the Party At by Jagged Edge and Nelly; W by Mystic and Planet Asia.

Rap Duo or Group Performance: Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz; Put It on Me by Ja Rule featuring Vita; Change the Game by Jay-Z featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek; Ms. Jackson by OutKast; Bad Boy for Life by P. Diddy, Black Robb and Mark Curry.

Rap Album: Stankonia by Outkast; Scorpion by Eve; Pain is Love by Ja Rule; The Blueprint by Jay-Z; Back for the First Time by Ludacris.

Contemporary Jazz Album: Cab 2 by Dennis Chambers, Tony MacAlphine, Brian Auger and Bunny Brunel; Soul Insider by Bill Evans; Ethnomusicology Vol. 2 by Russell Gunn; M2 by Marcus Miller; Voices by Mike Stern.

Jazz Vocal Album: The Mose Chronicles, Live in London, Vol.1 by Mose Allison; Ballads, Remembering John Coltrane by Karrin Allyson; Flirting with Twilight by Kurt Elling; You’re My Thrill by Shirley Horn; The Calling by Diane Reeves.

Jazz Instrumental Solo: Fragile by Kenny Barron and Regina Carter; Lost in a Fog by Terence Blanchard; Chan’s Song by Michael Brecker; Move by Gary Burton; All Blues by Pat Martino.

Jazz Instrumental Album: Kindred by Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson; Birds of a Feather, a Tribute to Charlie Parker by Roy Haynes with Dave Holland, Roy Hargrove, Dave Kikoski and Kenny Garrett; Not for Nothin’ by Dave Holland Quintet; Live at Yoshi’s by Pat Martino; This is What I Do by Sonny Rollins.

Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Impulsive! by Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer and the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra; Rob McConnell Tentet by Rob McConnell Tentet; Group Theraphy by Jim McNeely Tentet; Homage to Count Basie by Bob Mintzer Big Band; Dear Louis by Nicholas Payton.

Compilation Soundtrack Album: Bridget Jones’ Diary; Moulin Rouge; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Shrek; The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs.

Musical Show Album: The Full Monty: The Broadway Musical; Mamma Mia! The Musical; The Producers; Seussical, the Musical; Sweeney Todd: Live at the New York Philharmonic.

Song Written for a Motion Picture or Television: Boss of Me from Malcolm In the Middle by They Might Be Giants; A Love Before Time from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Coco Lee; My Funny Friend and Me from The Emperor’s New Groove by Sting; There You’ll Be from Pearl Harbor by Faith Hill; Win from Men of Honor by Brian McKnight.

Short Form Music Video: Fly Away from Here by Aerosmith; One Minute Man by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot featuring Ludacris; Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins; Don’t Tell Me by Madonna; Ms. Jackson by Outkast.