Tampa Calling

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse (if the poor girl survives her months-long bender) are poised to collect the most hardware Feb. 10 at the 2008 Grammy Awards (complete list). As expected, quite a few hacks (yeah, I’m talking to you T-Pain) got nominated, and it’s criminal that M.I.A.’s Kala isn’t up for Album of the Year.

Yeah, I could go on and on about all the acts that should have been honored with a nom, but instead of griping, here are my picks (in bold)  for who I’d like to see win in the major categories.

Record Of The Year

• Irreplaceable
Beyoncé

• The Pretender
Foo Fighters

• Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

• What Goes Around…Comes Around
Justin Timberlake

• Rehab
  Amy Winehouse

Album Of The Year

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters

• These Days
Vince Gill

• River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock

• Graduation
Kanye West

• Back To Black
Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year

• Before He Cheats
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

• Hey There Delilah
Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)

• Like A Star
Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)

• Rehab
Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)

• Umbrella
Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart,

Best New Artist

• Feist

• Ledisi

• Paramore

• Taylor Swift

• Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Candyman
Christina Aguilera

• 1234
Feist

• Big Girls Don’t Cry
Fergie

• Say It Right
Nelly Furtado

• Rehab
Amy Winehouse

Best Dance Recording

• Do It Again
The Chemical Brothers

• D.A.N.C.E.
Justice

• Love Today
Mika

• Don’t Stop The Music
Rihanna

• LoveStoned/I Think She Knows
Justin Timberlake

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• We Are The Night
The Chemical Brothers

• †
Justice

• Sound Of Silver
LCD Soundsystem

• We Are Pilots
Shiny Toy Guns

• Elements Of Life
Tiësto

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• Timebomb
Beck

• Only Mama Knows
Paul McCartney

• Our Country
John Mellencamp

• Radio Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen

• Come On
Lucinda Williams

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• It’s Not Over
Daughtry

• Working Class Hero
Green Day

• If Everyone Cared
Nickelback

• Instant Karma
U2
Track from: Instant Karma – The Campaign To Save Darfur

• Icky Thump
The White Stripes

Best Hard Rock Performance

• Sweet Sacrifice
Evanescence

• The Pretender
Foo Fighters

• I Don’t Wanna Stop
Ozzy Osbourne

• Sick, Sick, Sick
Queens Of The Stone Age

• The Pot
Tool
Track from: 10,000 Days
[Volcano]

Best Metal Performance

• Nothing Left
As I Lay Dying

• Never Ending Hill
King Diamond

• Aesthetics Of Hate
Machine Head

• Redemption
Shadows Fall

• Final Six
Slayer
Track from: Christ Illusion

Best Rock Song

• Come On
Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams)

• Icky Thump
Jack White, songwriter (The White Stripes)

• It’s Not Over
Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young, songwriters

• The Pretender
Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett, songwriters (Foo
Fighters)

• Radio Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album

• Daughtry
Daughtry
[RCA Records]

• Revival
John Fogerty
[Fantasy]

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Foo Fighters
[Roswell/RCA Records]

• Magic
Bruce Springsteen
[Columbia]

• Sky Blue Sky
Wilco
[Nonesuch Records]

Best Alternative Music Album

• Alright, Still…
Lily Allen

• Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
[Merge Records]

• Volta
Bjork
[Elektra/Atlantic]

• Wincing The Night Away
The Shins
[Sub Pop]

• Icky Thump
The White Stripes
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• Just Fine
Mary J. Blige
[Geffen]

• When I See You
Fantasia
Track from: Fantasia
[J Records/19 Records/S Records]

• No One
Alicia Keys
[J Records/MBK Entertainment]

• If I Have My Way
Chrisette Michele
Track from: I Am
[Def Jam Recordings]

• Hate On Me
Jill Scott
Track from: The Real Thing
[Hidden Beach Recordings]

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Woman
Raheem DeVaughn
[Jive Records]

• B.U.D.D.Y.
Musiq Soulchild
Track from: Luvanmusiq
[Atlantic Records]

• Because Of You
Ne-Yo
[Def Jam Recordings]

• Future Baby Mama
Prince
Track from: Planet Earth
[Columbia/NPG Records]

• Please Don’t Go
Tank
Track from: Sex, Love & Pain
[Blackground/Universal Motown]

Field 6 – R&B
Category 25 -  Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Same Girl
R. Kelly Featuring Usher
Track from: Double Up
[Jive]

• Disrespectful
Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
[Burgundy/Sony/BMG]

• Hate That I Love You
Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
[Def Jam Recordings]

• Baby
Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
[Stax]

• Bartender
T-Pain Featuring Akon
[Jive]

Field 6 – R&B
Category 26 -  Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Otis Clay
Track from: Walk A Mile In My Shoes
[Echo Records]

• All Night Long
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Track from: Feeling Good
[PRA Records]

• In My Songs
Gerald Levert
Track from: In My Songs
[Atlantic]

• I Apologize
Ann Nesby
Track from: This Is Love
[Shanachie/It's Time Child Records]

• I Am Your Man
Ryan Shaw
Track from: This Is Ryan Shaw
[One Haven/Razor & Tie Entertainment]

Field 6 – R&B
Category 27 -  Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Make A Baby
Vikter Duplaix
Track from: Bold And Beautiful
[BBE]

• That’s The Way Of The World
Dwele
Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
[Stax]

• Daydreamin’
Lupe Fiasco Featuring Jill Scott
Track from: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

• Fantasy
Meshell Ndegeocello
Track from: Interpretations: Celebrating The Music Of Earth, Wind & Fire
[Stax]

• Dream
Alice Smith
Track from: For Lovers, Dreamers & Me
[BBE Records]

Field 6 – R&B
Category 28 -  Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award.  For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3.  (Artist names appear in parentheses.)  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Beautiful Flower
India.Arie & Joyce Simpson, songwriters (India.Arie)
[Universal Republic Records; Publishers: Gold & Iron Music Publishing, WB Music Corp.]

• Hate That I Love You
M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring
Ne-Yo)
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
[Def Jam Recordings; Publishers: EMI April Music, Sony/ATV Tunes]

• No One
Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
[J Records/MBK Entertainment; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI April Music, Book Of Daniel Music/EMI Music Publishing, D. Harry Productions]

• Teachme
Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie
Smith II & Corey Latif Williams, songwriters (Musiq Soulchild)
Track from: Luvanmusiq
[Atlantic; Publishers: Nivrac Tyke/Universal Publishing, Latif Music/Universal Publishing, Tetra Grammaton/Universal Music Publishing, Melodic Piano Productions, HC 1030 Publishing]

• When I See U
Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam
Watters, songwriters (Fantasia)
Track from: Fantasia
[J Records/19 Records/S Records; Publishers: Breakthrough Creations/EMI April Music, S.M.Y. Publishing/Sony/ATV Tunes, Break North Music/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Wayne Writers/Sony/ATV Tunes, J. Sewell Publishing, Golden The Super Kid Music]

Field 6 – R&B
Category 29 -  Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Funk This
Chaka Khan
[Burgundy Records]

• Lost & Found
Ledisi
[Verve Forecast]

• Luvanmusiq
Musiq Soulchild
[Atlantic]

• The Real Thing
Jill Scott
[Hidden Beach Recordings]

• Sex, Love & Pain
Tank
[Blackground/Universal Motown Records]

Field 6 – R&B
Category 30 -  Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Konvicted
Akon
[SRC/Universal Motown]

• Just Like You
Keyshia Cole
[Geffen]

• Fantasia
Fantasia
[J Records/19 Records/S Records]

• East Side Story
Emily King
[J Records]

• Because Of You
Ne-Yo
[Def Jam Recordings]

Field 7 – Rap
Category 31 -  Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• The People
Common
Track from: Finding Forever
[Geffen]

• I Get Money
50 Cent
Track from: Curtis
[Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]

• Show Me What You Got
Jay-Z
Track from: Kingdom Come
[Roc-A-Fella Records]

• Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

• Stronger
Kanye West
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella Records]

Field 7 – Rap
Category 32 -  Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Southside
Common Featuring Kanye West
Track from: Finding Forever
[Geffen]

• Make It Rain
Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
Track from: Me, Myself & I
[Terror Squad Entertainment]

• Party Like A Rockstar
Shop Boyz
Track from: Rockstar Mentality
[OnDeck/Universal Republic Records]

• Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
UGK Featuring OutKast
[Jive]

• Better Than I’ve Ever Been
Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One
[Nike]

Field 7 – Rap
Category 33 -  Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• I Wanna Love You
Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
Track from: Konvicted
[SRC/Universal Motown]

• Kiss, Kiss
Chris Brown & T-Pain
[Jive]

• Let It Go
Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim
Track from: Just Like You
[Geffen]

• Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
[Def Jam Recordings]

• Good Life
Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella]

Field 7 – Rap
Category 34 -  Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award.  For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3.  (Artist names appear in parentheses.)  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ayo Technology
Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake,
songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
Track from: Curtis
[Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: 50 Cent Music Publishing/Virginia Beach Music/Danjahandz Music/WB Music Corp./Tenman Tunes]

• Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)
Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner Chappell Music, Fresh Is The Word]

• Can’t Tell Me Nothing
A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]

• Crank That (Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy Tell’Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell’Em)
[Collipark/Interscope Records]

• Good Life
A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)
(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978, Warner-Tamerlane Punlishing, Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music]

Field 7 – Rap
Category 35 -  Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Finding Forever
Common
[Geffen]

• Kingdom Come
Jay-Z
[Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings]

• Hip Hop Is Dead
Nas
[Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience]

• T.I. vs T.I.P.
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

• Graduation
Kanye West
[Roc-A-Fella Records]

Field 8 – Country
Category 36 -  Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Simple Love
Alison Krauss
Track from: A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
[Rounder]

• Famous In A Small Town
Miranda Lambert
Track from: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
[Columbia Nashville]

• Nothin’ Better To Do
LeAnn Rimes
[Curb Records]

• Before He Cheats
Carrie Underwood
Track from: Some Hearts
[19 Recordings/Arista Nashville]

• Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love
Trisha Yearwood
[Big Machine Records]

Field 8 – Country
Category 37 -  Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Long Trip Alone
Dierks Bentley
Track from: Long Trip Alone
[Capitol Records Nashville]

• A Woman’s Love
Alan Jackson
Track from: Like Red On A Rose
[Arista Nashville]

• If You’re Reading This
Tim McGraw
Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records]

• Give It Away
George Strait
Track from: It Just Comes Natural
[MCA Nashville]

• Stupid Boy
Keith Urban
Track from: Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
[Capitol Records Nashville]

Field 8 – Country
Category 38 -  Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups with vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Proud Of The House We Built
Brooks & Dunn
[Arista Nashville]

• How Long
Eagles
[Eagles Recording Co. II]

• Moments
Emerson Drive
Track from: Countrified
[Midas Records, Inc.]

• Lucky Man
Montgomery Gentry
Track from: Some People Change
[Columbia Nashville]

• Sweet Memories
The Time Jumpers
Track from: Jumpin’ Time
[Crosswind]

Field 8 – Country
Category 39 -  Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Days Aren’t Long Enough
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Track from: Washington Square Serenade
[New West Records]

• Because Of You
Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson
[MCA Nashville]

• I Need You
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records]

• Lost Highway
Willie Nelson & Ray Price
Track from: Last Of The Breed
[Lost Highway Records]

• Oh Love
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood
Track from: 5th Gear
[Arista Nashville]

Field 8 – Country
Category 40 -  Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Little Monk
Russ Barenberg
Track from: When At Last
[Compass Records]

• Mucky The Duck
The Greencards
Track from: Viridian
[Dualtone Music Group]

• Throttleneck
Brad Paisley
Track from: 5th Gear
[Arista Nashville]

• Rawhide!
Andy Statman
Track from: East Flatbush Blues
[Shefa Records]

• Fidoodlin’
The Time Jumpers
Track from: Jumpin’ Time
[Crosswind]

Field 8 – Country
Category 41 -  Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award.  For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3.  (Artist names appear in parentheses.)  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Before He Cheats
Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Some Hearts
[19 Recordings/Arista Nashville; Publishers: That Little House Music, Mighty Underdog Music/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing]

• Give It Away
Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)
Track from: It Just Comes Natural
[MCA Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Mr. Bubba Music, Run Slow Music, EMI Blackwood Music]

• I Need You
Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music Publishing/Nervous Worm Music/Famous Music/Ed And Lucille Songs]

• If You’re Reading This
Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records; Publishers: Bucky And Clyde Music, Stylesonic Music]

• Long Trip Alone
Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
Track from: Long Trip Alone
[Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Ensign Music/Rancho Papa Music/Home With The Armadillo Music, Big White Tracks]

Field 8 – Country
Category 42 -  Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Long Trip Alone
Dierks Bentley
[Capitol Records Nashville]

• These Days
Vince Gill
[MCA Nashville]

• Let It Go
Tim McGraw
[Curb Records]

• 5th Gear
Brad Paisley
[Arista Nashville]

• It Just Comes Natural
George Strait
[MCA Nashville]

Field 8 – Country
Category 43 -  Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Cherryholmes II Black And White
Cherryholmes
[Skaggs Family Records]

• Lefty’s Old Guitar
J. D. Crowe & The New South
[Rounder]

• The Bluegrass Diaries
Jim Lauderdale
[Yep Roc Records]

• Scenechronized
Seldom Scene
[Sugar Hill]

• Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Tony Trischka
[Rounder]

Field 9 – New Age
Category 44 -  Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Faces Of The Sun
Peter Kater
[Silver Wave Records]

• Sacred Journey Of Ku -Kai, Volume 3
Kitaro
[Domo Records, Inc]

• One Guitar
Ottmar Liebert
[Spiral Subwave Records]

• Southwest
Eric Tingstad
[Cheshire Records]

• Crestone
Paul Winter Consort
[Living Music]

Field 10 – Jazz
Category 45 -  Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Party Hats
Will Bernard
[Palmetto Records]

• Downright Upright
Brian Bromberg
[Artistry Music]

• Re-imagination
Eldar
[Masterworks Jazz]

• River: The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
[Verve]

• He Had A Hat
Jeff Lorber
[Blue Note]

Field 10 – Jazz
Category 46 -  Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Avant Gershwin
Patti Austin
[Rendezvous Entertainment]

• Red Earth – A Malian Journey
Dee Dee Bridgewater
[DDB/Emarcy]

• Music Maestro Please
Freddy Cole
[HighNote Records]

• Nightmoves
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]

• On The Other Side
Tierney Sutton (Band)
[Telarc Jazz]

Field 10 – Jazz
Category 47 -  Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance.  Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry.  If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification.  Singles or Tracks only.)

• Levees
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: A Tale Of God’s Will (A Requiem For Katrina)
[Blue Note]

• Anagram
Michael Brecker, soloist
Track from: Pilgrimage
[Heads Up International]

• Both Sides Now
Herbie Hancock, soloist
Track from: River: The Joni Letters
[Verve]

• Lullaby
Hank Jones, soloist
Track from: Kids: Live At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (Joe Lovano and Hank Jones)
[Blue Note]

• 1000 Kilometers
Paul McCandless, soloist
Track from: 1000 Kilometers (Oregon)
[CamJazz]

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