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By The Urban Daily December 3, 2009 12:23 am

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The nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards were just released. The cut-off for eligibility is August 31st so albums that came out after that, like Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 will have to wait until next year to be considered.

Following  is a short list of potential award winners from  several categories. The full list can be seen at www.Grammy.com.

I remember when the last thing a rapper wanted was a Grammy.  Now we’ve got rappers like Drake being nominated before they even release full projects. Times, they are a changin’

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

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

* Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),Beyoncé

* It Kills Me, Melanie Fiona

* That Was Then, Lalah Hathaway

* Goin’ Thru Changes, Ledisi

* Lions, Tigers & Bears, Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

* The Point Of It All, Anthony Hamilton

* Pretty Wings, Maxwell

* Sobeautiful, Musiq Soulchild

* Under, Pleasure P

* There Goes My Baby, Charlie Wilson

Hip-Hop Categories (jacked from Nahright who copy and paste better than we do)

Best Rap Album

Common – Universal Mind Control

Eminem – Relapse

Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.

Mos Def – The Ecstatic

Q-Tip – The Renaissance

Best Rap Solo Performance

Drake – “Best I Ever Had”

Eminem – “Beautiful”

Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”

Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”

Mos Def – “Casa Bey”

Best Rap Song

Drake – “Best I Ever Had”

Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”

T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”

Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)”

Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group

Beastie Boys & Nas – “Too Many Rappers”

Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – “Crack A Bottle”

Fabolous & Jay-Z – “Money Goes, Honey Stay”

Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – “Make Her Say”

Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amazing”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Beyoncé & Kanye West – “Ego”

Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock You Down”

Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

The Lonely Island & T-Pain – “I’m On A Boat”

T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”

Full list @ Grammy.com