Kendrick Lamar with 5 grammys

[CORREA]

With the 58th GRAMMY Awards among us, we're largely here for Kendrick Lamar. The Compton native lead the pack with 11 nominations, the most important and notable being Rap Album of the Year and Album of the Year for To Pimp A Butterfly. For the most part, the GRAMMYs are little more than a celebration of the top selling music, but every once in a while in the hip-hop world, a commercially successful album IS one of the best albums in the genre.

UPDATE (9:43 p.m.): Kendrick Lamar performed "Alright" and "The Blacker the Berry." The king has risen. You'll catch some bias here, but that was easily the best performance of the night so far. Coming out in shackles, he broke free then performed the songs with a charged up clique behind him. He ended the performance with what we assume is "Untitled 3." Earlier today, we shared Kendrick had a whole bunch of songs that didn't make the cut of To Pimp A Butterfly he wanted to share live, and that was one of them. The production Kendrick and the "prisoners" walked out to was Iman Omari's "Omari's Loop" off High Loops & Higher Loops.

Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar's "Alright"
Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar's "Alright"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kendrick Lamar's "These Walls"
Best Music Video: Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" with Kendrick Lamar
Best R&B Album: D’Angelo and the Vanguard's Black Messiah
Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Weeknd's Beauty Behind The Madness
Best R&B Performance: The Weeknd's "Earned It"
Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly
Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud"
Best Rock Album: Alabama Shakes' Sound & Color
Album of the Year: Taylor Swift's 1989 (a.k.a not Kendrick)
Record of the Year: Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" (a.k.a TRINIDAD JAMES WON A GRAMMY FOR RECORD OF THE YEAR. Everything's okay.) UPDATE: turns out he doesn't get a direct win for Record of the Year -- it goes to performers. Still, he had an influence, and that's amazing. Who knows, maybe he does get a trophy.

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[Chamillitary Click]

What's his competition look like?

[GangstaBoogy]

Go Kendrick!

Urban contemporary? Was Weeknd's album not considered R&B?

[CORREA]

What's his competition look like?

Record of the Year:

"Really Love," D'Angelo and The Vanguard
"Uptown Funk," Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
"Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran
"Blank Space," Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face," The Weeknd

Song of the Year (songwriter's award):

"Alright," Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams
"Blank Space," Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
"Girl Crush," Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose
"See You Again," Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth and Cameron Thomaz
"Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge

Album of the Year:

"Sound & Color," Alabama Shakes
"To Pimp a Butterfly," Kendrick Lamar
"Traveller," Chris Stapleton
"1989," Taylor Swift
"Beauty Behind the Madness," The Weeknd

Best rap album:

"2014 Forest Hills Drive," J. Cole
"Compton," Dr. Dre
"If You're Reading This It's Too Late," Drake
"To Pimp a Butterfly," Kendrick Lamar
"The Pinkprint," Nicki Minaj

Best Rap Performance

"Apparently," J. Cole
"Back To Back," Drake
"Trap Queen," Trap Queen
"Alright," Kendrick Lamar
"Truffle Butter," Nicki Minaj f. Drake & Lil Wayne
"All Day," Kanye West f. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"One Man Can Change The World," Big Sean f. Kanye West & John Legend
"Glory," Common & John Legend
"Classic Man," Jidenna f. Roman GianArthur
"These Walls," Kendrick Lamar f. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat
"Only," Nicki Minaj f. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

Best Rap Song

"All Day," Kanye West f. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney
"Alright," Kendrick Lamar
"Energy," Drake
"Glory," Common & John Legend
"Trap Queen," Fetty Wap

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

"Ego Death," The Internet
"You Should Be Here," Kehlani
"Blood," Lianne La Havas
"Wildheart," Miguel
"Beauty Behind the Madness," The Weeknd

Best R&B Album:

"Coming Home," Leon Bridges
"Black Messiah," D'Angelo and The Vanguard
"Cheers to the Fall," Andra Day
"Reality Show," Jazmine Sullivan
"Forever Charlie," Charlie Wilson

Dance Recording

"We're All We Need," Above & Beyond featuring Zoe Johnston
"Go," the Chemical Brothers
"Never Catch Me," Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Runaway (U & I)," Galantis
"Where Are U Now," Skrillex and Diplo with Justin Bieber

Dance/Electronic Album

"Our Love," Caribou
"Born in the Echoes," the Chemical Brothers
"Caracal," Disclosure
"In Colour," Jamie XX
"Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U," Skrillex and Diplo

[Chamillitary Click]

Kid is bodying it right now.

No chance he wins album of the year. But still a great year for the kid.

[bouli77]

the grammy's have always been irrelevant at judging hip hop but it's better him than any other rapper, at least it makes sense.

the grammy's are doing heavy damage control though. they're trying to make up for the outrage sparked by Macklemore's wins two years ago. They're also trying to avoid a "racial" controversy and debate ala Oscar. I'm pretty sure if Macklemore's wins hadn't led to such drama, the nominations and wins this year would have been different. Can't say that it's for the worst.

[Blood$]

I only tuned into the Grammys briefly because Kendrick actually got his this time around, his performance was dope too 

[doggfather]

Congrats!

[Chef_YRD]

Anyone know what song he performed second? Ever since I saw him and quik together I keep speculating as to when we will hear some snippets or maybe a live version and every beat he raps on now is so quik it's crazy

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sad typical dub forum rather talk about some dusty old ass rappers from the 90s that will never accomplish what kendrick accomplished west coasts  best since pac

[Diggfinger]

I think Josef Leimberg (from Da Soundscannerz) were somehow involved with or played instruments on those songs?

Quaze posted a video about it on FB.

- Digg

[Chef_YRD]

I swear on everything I love you must be a Virgin man....Kendrick is the greatest since pac I agree that's why the collaboration is so appealing a multi generational effort wouldn't just band the young people together but the old heads too...besides if pac was alive you wouldn't like him cuz he's too old?? Get out here bro

[M Dogg™]

the grammy's have always been irrelevant at judging hip hop but it's better him than any other rapper, at least it makes sense.

the grammy's are doing heavy damage control though. they're trying to make up for the outrage sparked by Macklemore's wins two years ago. They're also trying to avoid a "racial" controversy and debate ala Oscar. I'm pretty sure if Macklemore's wins hadn't led to such drama, the nominations and wins this year would have been different. Can't say that it's for the worst.

I have to agree. Even giving Taylor Swift the album of the year got Twitter mad last night. But it would have been worse had Kendrick not won 5 already. The Grammys also let him do Blacker the Berry on live TV, something I thought I'd never see, then finish off with Untitled 3. I'm glad he won 5 Grammys, last hip-hop artist to do that in one show was Lauryn Hill and that's because half her album was R&B. If there was ever an artist to do it, I'm glad it's Kendrick as there's a sense he deserved it.

[Chamillitary Click]

Anyone know what song he performed second? Ever since I saw him and quik together I keep speculating as to when we will hear some snippets or maybe a live version and every beat he raps on now is so quik it's crazy

I'm pretty sure he did a verse from "Blacker The Berry", then a verse from "Alright" & then freestyled some new shit.

Coulda just been too wavy though lol.

[Sccit]

They blocked out the part about killin popo or what not