Suffice it to say, there have been a few oversights on the part of the National Academy of Recording and Sciences when it comes to Hip Hop. Many fans were in an uproar Sunday night when Macklemore & Ryan Lewis took home the “Best Rap Album” Grammy Award over Kendrick Lamar. You could hear the sound of dozens of hack writers cuing up The Heist jokes as Macklemore posted a text message he sent to Kendrick Lamar telling him, “You got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and it sucks that I robbed you…”
If you’ve been following the Grammys since the inception of the “Best Rap Album” award at the 38th Grammy Awards, you know there have been plenty of oversights. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince decided to boycott the 31st Grammy ceremony because the presentation of the “Best Rap Performance” award was not televised. The following year, Chubb Rock and Howie Tee named their album, And the Winner Is… and included the following shots at the Grammy Academy on the title track:
“That’s some shit / What our raps ain’t valid / Whitney sang some B.S. ballad / Our records could’ve sold 50 million if it had to / But they won’t give us no statue, that’s the Grammys…”
HipHopDX’s staff looked back at the history of the “Best Rap Album” award with 10 of the biggest snubs since the category was instituted in 1995. Individual staff members weighed in with their own picks using the same criteria as the Grammy Academy. Picks were made by DX’s Features Editor, Omar Burgess; DX’s News Editor, Soren Baker; and DX’s Senior News Writer, Andres Tardio. Albums must have been released during the Grammy eligibility window. For the 2013 Grammys, that window was from October 1, 2011 through November 30, 2012. An eligible album must contain at least 51% playing time of tracks with newly recorded rapped performances. And voters shall not be influenced by personal friendships, company loyalties, regional preferences or mass sales. With that said, you’ll find our picks below. Not that you’ve ever needed an invitation, but feel free to disagree and/or include your picks in the comment section.
38th Annual Grammy Awards: Naughty By Nature Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Naughty By Nature – Poverty’s Paradise
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Bone thugs-n-harmony – E. 1999 Eternal
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Mobb Deep – The Infamous
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): Nas – Illmatic
40th Annual Grammy Awards: Puff Daddy Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Puff Daddy & The Family – No Way Out
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee Allstars – The Carnival
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
41st Annual Grammy Awards: Jay Z Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Jay Z – Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): OutKast – Aquemini
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): OutKast – Aquemini
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): OutKast – Aquemini
42nd Annual Grammy Awards: Eminem Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): The Roots – Things Fall Apart
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Mobb Deep – Murda Muzik
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
45th Annual Grammy Awards: Eminem Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Eminem – The Eminem Show
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Talib Kweli – Quality
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Cee-Lo – Cee-Lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
49th Annual Grammy Awards: Ludacris Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Ludacris – Release Therapy
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): The Roots – Game Theory
51st Annual Grammy Awards: Lil Wayne Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Nas – Untitled
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): DJ Muggs vs. Sick Jacken feat. Cynic – Legend Of The Mask And The Assassin
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): DJ Muggs vs. Sick Jacken feat. Cynic – Legend Of The Mask And The Assassin
52nd Annual Grammy Awards: Eminem Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Eminem – Relapse
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Part II
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Part II
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): Brother Ali – Us
53rd Annual Grammy Awards: Eminem Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Eminem – Recovery
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): The Roots – How I Got Over
56th Annual Grammy Awards: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Wins “Best Rap Album”
Grammy Winner: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
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way too many 12-14 year olds on this site
Killer mike should have one, fuck all that commercial shit.
How about when the Black Album lost?!
It lost to College Dropout, which in hindsight I wouldn’t agree with, but I’m not mad about it.
It’s not called Aquemeni.
I agree with the Eminem and Lil Wayne picks but everything else is retarded, how does some no name beat out Illmatic or Pdiddy beatin out Biggie. And lastly Macklemore beating Kdot smh
The Grammy Committee gets it wrong pretty much every year. Macklemore’s more talented than people give him credit for (check out his 2005 album “Language of My World” for proof…real Seattle Soul Hip-Hop)…but I don’t think Macklemore or Kendrick should have won Hip-Hop Album of the year. No disrespect to Kendrick…I think that he’s dope and his album was better than “The Heist”…but there were just better Hip-Hop albums in 2012:
-Trophies O.C. & Apollo Brown
-Monochrome Skies Epidemic
-Skelethon Aesop Rock
-The Idea of Beautiful Rapsody
And these albums were dope too:
-Home Is Where The Art Is Substantial
-First Of A Living Breed Homeboy Sandman
-3 Typical Cats
-Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them Blu & Exile
-Detroit Revolutions Clear Soul Forces
-Magna Carta Melanin 9
-Control System Ab-Soul
-Cancer 4 Cure EL-P
-Beats For Brothels Vol. 2 The Doppelgangaz
-Self Sacrifice Mello Music Group
-The Purpose Of Confidence Purpose & Confidence
^^^No hate…I like Kendrick. He’s really talented. There were just better albums in 2012 in my humble opinion
My man you know your hip hop and I like most of the albums that you placed… Kdot is cool for the radio but heads arent going crazy over him…..He raps over terrible radio beats and his flow doesn’t cat me but he can rap… All the Grammy winners have been bad and the HHDX choices have been bad as well… The Mobb Deep Nas one is the only won they hit on the head and I loved both albums….
are you fucking kidding me with SSLP and Eminem show not deserving??
Slim Shady LP is not better than Things Fall Apart, not even close.
Eminem Show deserved to win though.
HHDX turning into Eminem haters lately… wtf
saying someone else had a better album doesnt mean they’re hating
I doubt those album were better.
They also called Marshal Mathers LP 2 the biggest let down of 2013. That, and the fact that they couldn’t even agree that the Grammy’s actually had it right with Recovery as best rap album, I would say that I smell a little bit of hate for Eminem lately
^ Recovery is one of the two worst albums of Em’s career. Don’t even start putting that shit up like its actually good.
They have been hating on him lately..he’s usually the only mainstream rapper that doesn’t get much hate on here cus he can still spit anyone denying that is lying but recently the hate on him is just so they seem more underground and against the mainstream
eminem and lil wayne pretty much deserved those awards
Who REALLY should have won the rap categories this year http://sofa-kinghiphop.tumblr.com/post/75056575223/who-should-have-won-the-grammys-for-rap
Lol…@ sslp, TeS and recovery not deserving. Suck it DX.
this is why people shouldnt take these awards so seriously
The fact that these so called editors got different opinions means is subjective.
Funny how we’re the so called editors getting paid a great salary and you’re still a lowly, minimum wage drone.
I’m surprised hhdx did not mention that nas should have won over drake.
We all felt drake deserved that award. He took hiphop into a more relatable direction to women and all you want to do is hate on drake. Nas is overrated BTW.
No he is not. BTW.
Nas is overrated??? Yet here I was actually thinking your comments are worth reading. What an Idiot, going on and on about Drake yet you can claim Nas is overrated.
LMAO, so Eminem should have never won a grammy, just keep stirring that pot DX
NO. They didn’t include his Grammy for Marshall Mathers LP so obviously they agree he should have won for that.
This one has got to be the funniest shit any of these clowns has ever been a part of:
Grammy Winner: Eminem – The Eminem Show
HipHopDX Staff Picks:
Omar Burgess (@omarburgess): Talib Kweli – Quality
Soren Baker (@SorenBaker): Cee-Lo – Cee-Lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections
Andres Tardio (@AndresWrites): Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly
None of those albums are even remotely close the that Em album, I can see it for his other albums but this one made me laugh.
You have to have heard those albums to actually comment, clown.
He’s right and I have heard all those albums there all great but not eminem show damn dx hates on Em when they want to seem more underground still and they dick ride him when they want people on the site
Not just critical acclaim or cult boys opinions are considered when awarding grammys. Adele won AOTY in 2012, but there were dozens of albums better than hers imo.
soren doesnt know his ass from his face.
I’ve actually met Soren. He does know his ass from his face.
The Kendrick dick-riding is unbelievable. HHDX and everyone acting like Kendrick had “best rap album” locked, like it was light-years better than Yeezus and Nothing Was The Same. GKMC is crazy overrated. Any of those albums (outside of Macklemore) could have rightfully won the award, not just GKMC.
Have to disagree there, I definitely feel you about GKMC being overrated but the other 2 you mentioned were even worse. Drake should not ever be brought up & Kanye seems to have lost his creative mind. Mackelmore was also Pop music so really none of those albums are worthy.
Would Kendrick have given you money if he won? No, so shut up.
DX Staff getting hella salty and unprofessional on here. The comments section should be for readers to debate and offer up opinions, not for DX staff to shoot down and criticize those who don’t agree with all of their opinions.
I still can’t believe Em won albums of the year for Relapse and Recovery…smh/lol. Em could put out a blank CD and he’d still win.
word lolz
the eminem show should have absolutely won at the 45th grammy awards you faggots
Eminem Show was Sick! Release Therapy was Sick!! Marshall Mather LP was sick! those 3 were deserving. Other Eminem albums was Macklemorish
Carter III was sick as fuck too! FOH. Shit deserved it
carter 2 was dope carter 3 is when wayne started to become a fuckin joke
I don’t see a problem with any of those picks,,, Other than this year from the example Hiphopdx showed the Grammys surprisingly got it right for the most part.
How about Drake’s R&B album beating out Nas last year?
We told you, life is good was overrated. Ok I guess but Take Care did more for hiphop by taking it in a new direction.
DX Staff ur fucking retarted, Life is Good was the first album from a veteran (fully grown up) MC that actually showed the real life struggle of a man going through divorce, parenthood, and other real life situations, rather than bragging about how much money he’s made over his career and about a lavish lifestyle no one can relate to. Life is Good did more for hip hop than take care, not even comparable
Drake is more than just rapping about lifestlye and money. He also rapped love songs about girls, something most rappers don’t do today. Nas, in comparison, seems too critical of Kelis. Drake’s ability to blend singing and rap changed hiphop landscape, not this former wannabe gangster.
wow dx staff is retarded, and i’m a fan of drake.
nas also had a love song on there. singing and rapping has been done for forever. andre 3k would do it all the time, eminem did it all the time. drake just combined r&b elements with hip-hop because 808s & heartbreaks was his shit.
nas came out with a great album, production-wise, lyrical-wise, and skill-wise. very overlooked. how is it overrated if no one even talks about it.
That’s not the DX staff sayin’ that.
And “Life Is Good” is a great album. “Illmatic” is obviously his best, but “Life Is Good”‘s a solid second imo.
Wow, u mad right now? Nas’s “love song” is more of a diss against kelis after he initally complimented her. Eminem talked about killing his wife and as for andre 3k, he ain’t hiphop. Drake complimented women and treated them as human beings. True there’s the money and hoes songs but he also has a soft side.
Life is Good is ok but nothing to write home about. His only great album was ILlmatic and everything else is ok at best.
SON. Drake does NOT treat women like equal human beings.
Yes Drake does. His song, Hold on We’re Going Home illustrates that. He’s a tough nigga yet soft enough for women.
Just stop yo
I don’t agree The Roots – Things Fall Apart should have received something. Same with outkast~!
Slim Shady LP deserved the win cant believe Naughty by Nature beat Illmatic Infamous and e.1999 that’s fuckin insane. Matter fact all them are apart from shady lp
IT’S PRETTY EVIDENT, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE WINNERS AND LISTS, THAT WHAT COUNTS THE MOST IS, WHO HAS THE BIGGEST SINGLE?? RAEKWON OB4CL2, OF COURSE THAT ALBUM WAS BETTER, BUT THAT’S NOT GONNA WIN A GRAMMY BECAUSE IT’S NOT POPULAR ENOUGH AND HAS NO HIT SINGLE. JUST HOW IT IS!
Kendrick’s album was better obviously, but Macklemore had WAY MORE IMPACT commercially than Good Kid did. It’s pretty easy to see why Macklemore won.
Mack’s album did not register on anywhere near the same level that Kendrick’s did within the Hip-Hop community.
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Any year Eminem won best album was fluke and there were better albums out. I do agree with Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury over Release Therapy. wth was that??
P.S.
Fishscale and More Fish are very slept on Wu albums
dammit soren baker. you are my new arch nemisis. you always had to be that guy.
You mean… the guy with an actual opinion? You hate those types? Figures..
Who the fuck puts The Carnival over Life After Death? The Carnival is one album that’s more cluttered than Biggie’s double album.
I see a bunch of people being pissed off just because their favorite rapper is being snubbed. Biggie made a great album but Puff Daddy had a fantastic debut with memorable lines and great guests.
And “Life Is Good” is a great album.
Like we said, its ok. Just not the 5/5 album almost everyone gives it. It’s more like 3/5. Take Care is a lot closer to 5/5. It’s respectful hiphop without soley dedicating to money and cars.
Take Care is respectful? Gotta be trolling.
He is a terrific singer and speaks about how to please women. You don’t see eminem doing that.
“Nas is overrated??? Yet here I was actually thinking your comments are worth reading. What an Idiot, going on and on about Drake yet you can claim Nas is overrated.”
Someone’s feelings got hurt today.
DAH FUKK?? I can’t believe you just put Drake over Nas. You have poor taste.
No one’s telling you to agree fucktard. We just think Drake advanced hiphop further than Nas. His big moment came with illmatic and then the rest of his albums were ok at best.
Drake objectifies and patronizes women. You’re also really bad at trolling.
And how?
Half of Drake’s songs about women are all about how they need to be “saved” for some stupid ass reason, like they can’t take care of themselves, but if they had Drake in their lives, then everything would be better. That’s patronizing.
Not to mention that Drake’s been on plenty of songs that treat women like shit. “Bitches love me” comes to mind pretty quick.
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Funny how we’re the so called editors getting paid a great salary and you’re still a lowly, minimum wage drone.
c’mon guys…Let’s be serious a minute
We totally forgot about Gucci Mane. He should have won a grammy for realest rapper of all time
Thank you loyal staff member. Gucci is a very underrated rapper that’s just misunderstood by law enforcement.
I agree on all the snubs “EXCEPT” the ones on Eminem. I think people in the hip-hop community forget that the Grammy award’s who every makes the biggest impact on the music culture aka (pop culture) and none of the albums come close to doing that.The albums you listed where good but there is no honest way you can say that they made a bigger impact on the “Culture” on sales,hits,lyricism to the point that they got snub aka “Robbed” out of a Grammy. Out of anything they where a good second or third .
tell me what you think.
Agreed
Mostly everyone on here agrees with that ..TES and Sslp are considered classics dx needs to seem real underground at times especially cus Em is so big . And The Dx staff is a troll who really has no life
How the fuck does only one staff member think that the 38th grammy deserved to go to Illmatic… Not to mention one dude thought that WYCLEF deserved a grammy over BIGGIE?
I get it. People have their opinions, but those are some sus picks.
Out of 100 staff people, 98 went for illmatic. We just wanted diversity with selections. Nas fell off big after illmatic.
Drake’s albums are the closest thing to illmatic.
NAS fell off???? And thats from a DX Staff??? Wow man.. and then you mention Drake in the same argument. The F outta here… rappers like Nas have to dumb it down to the square root in order for you critics and 90% of hip hop listeners to understand. I’m sick of this Drake 2 chainz high school music.
@Resign Dude’s a troll, not actual DX Staff.
lmao, if your a white rapper and you won a grammy, your on the list. How was The Eminem Show not COMPLETELY deserving for the grammy? IMO, it’s his best album.
Look, black rappers aren’t getting enough praise. And we did not include MMLP on the list. We just thought there were better albums on it. Though dope, I can honestly think that 500 degrees from wayne challenges it.
52nd Eminem did not deserve
damn, hiphopdx editors have shit taste on most of these
Because different picks equals shit taste? Fuck outta here.
If you are a white rapper you good to go and wining a grammy, out of all the grammy Eminem only really win one the rest was giving to him for being white, F the grammy
The fact that you have a staff member that thought that Wyclef’s The Carnival should have beat Biggie and Wu-Tang tells me all I need to know about the people you hire.
Carnival was good potentially great. Forever and Life After Death were classics.
It’s his opinion idiot. He never said it was a fact. It’s also our opinion that Take Care shits on Life is Good.
People are hating on us just because we have opinions that differ from theirs.
^ You’re trying too hard, “DX Staff”.
That’s our opinions. How are we trying? DOn’t be mad that we have jobs and you don’t.
DX Staff isn’t anybody from HHDX, it’s dentalbitch in disguise.
Eminem show deserved it over the others.Relapse never
Relapse shits on recovery
I’m not a huge fan of either
What about get rich or die trying? That shouldve won a Grammy, anyway awards are opinions, fuck them
That was shit. Rick Ross was more lyrical than him.
thank you ma nigga hartman!!! many niggas out there like to overlook fif for get rich die tryin that is one of hip hops greatest album!!!!!
ps F*** YOU DX STAFF you ain’t know s***
Get Rich had great production, awesome hooks, but 50 overall has always been lyrically weak. Nothing impressive. Rick Ross is still trash tho.
Get Rich sucked on almost every level except for the occassional hook. Don’t be mad just because we criticized your favorite artist.
GRODT is one of the best albums to ever come out in the 2000s but the Grammys would never glorify and album like that. they don’t like black gangster takeover. They want something less threatening with a message
If Get Rich sucked on every level, why did you guys put out this review when it came out:
https://hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.259/title.50-cent-get-rich-or-die-tryin
seems to say the opposite of it “sucked”. In fact, this review (4/5), put out by this website says the opposite. says the hooks get tiresome, but the rest is pretty great.
the fact is, it’s easy to hate on 50 now, he’s no longer popular. when he was, hiphopdx ate it up.
Get Rich is one of the best rap albums ever but Speakerboxxx/Love Below won the Grammy that year. That is totally alright. It even won the general Album Of The Year category.
FUCK THE GRAMMYS – THEY HATE BLACK PEOPLE!!
BOB MARLEY NEVER WON A GRAMMY
Why was snoop doggs first album not mention
ps Jay z is soooo overated!!!!
I disagree with DX Staff picks apart from the 56th grammys K-dot killed err one in the game
Sorry to hear that hater.
most of these arent snubs?…other than Aquemini obv
Do you remember, when Missy Elliot won instead of The Game? It would have appear on the list.
Are these commentators idiots? They can’t tell that “DX Staff” is actually dentaldambitch in disguise? That guy keeps praising drake. I’m surprised that you are all too stupid to realize that.
I’m surprised you’re too stupid to realize that staff means more than one person.
Funny how every time eminem wins it is considered a snub. If he is considered one of the best rappers of all time then why is it weird for him to win all the Grammys? Don’t be foolish people
Relapse, Encore, and Recovery are all terrible albums.
They agreed with “The Marshall Mathers LP” winning. And I agree with the anonymous replier. Those three LPs did suck.
Em is prolly sipping fine wine with one of those grammys right now. Halie is kicking another around the house. Kim is masturbating with the other. Debbie matters is using one is a candle stool. Nathan is doing his special flavour weed and coke with the last one. That’s 5, right? Now suck it DX
Em fans are pathetic goddamn
E. 1999 Eternal over illmatic? Come on son.
^^^^1999 Eternal is a great album but not in the same league as Illmatic and neither is “The Infamous.”
Someone tell me if I’m missing something. But Illmatic came out in april of 94. So how would that have been eligible Andres Tardio? The date for the first grammys would’ve been October 94 to November 95.
“Half of Drake’s songs about women are all about how they need to be “saved” for some stupid ass reason, like they can’t take care of themselves, but if they had Drake in their lives, then everything would be better. That’s patronizing.”
And women do need help in life.
“Not to mention that Drake’s been on plenty of songs that treat women like shit. “Bitches love me” comes to mind pretty quick.”
And its true. Women and bitches are interchangeable words but they describe women. Bitch isn’t an offensive term in this context.
How long can Drake last doing the same thing all the time?
forever my nigga forever
I’d say I’ve met more pathetic, thirsty ass dudes who need more help in life than women.
Not to mention that “Bitches Love Me” is basically another song about how Drake, Future, and Wayne keep women around like loyal pets or some shit, which is offensive.
Dx rides Ems dick all year long and now they stay putting up shit trying to show the opposite…I agree relapse and recovery shouldn’t have won but damn eminem show ?? Slim shady lp?? There were other good albums but Wtf cut the shit already . Ems first 3 all deserved the award never heard anyone bitch about it ..stop frontIn
It’s our fucking opinion asshole.
ILLMATIC AND E 1999 ONT ADD UP DIFF YEARS RIGHT?
yeh. i think they messed up.
we need a very authentic hiphopdx music video award show for hiphop culture.
dx is the most respected in the community and consistent
everyone needs to humble themselves and come together for this .
we are mocked for our willy lench syndrome in rap and they ( grammy people , outsiders ) will continue to psychologically abuse the hiphop community .
the award show should be mandatory dress code to carry on a certain standard.
we should have learned from our source awards fiascos , what an embarrassment.
our power is in participation , grammys is only about exposure, but we must seriously consider building some solid foundations.
the “DX” SHOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT TO A GRAMMY IN EVERY WAY . LETS GET IT POPPIN!!!! RT
I have been thinking the same thing for the past couple of days. Hip Hop, specifically black artists, need a proper representation of our culture. We need at least a handful of our own people casting ballots in the votes. I’m not being racists by mentioning that aspect, I just think that more than anyone, we understand our own culture more than anyone else…especially our Hip Hop culture.
the Best rap album ever is Its dark and hell is hot by DMX
all of this is fucking funny LMFAO
hhdx.com would be legendary if it wasn’t for all the racist comments and straight idiots spouting incoherent nonsense, should have an age limit, hiphopsite.com is a much frienlier place to be, hhdx, go ask pizzo how to bring in some intelligent commenters
they need to make people have accounts to post on here. then the morons could be easily banned and it would curb the amount of foolish attention seeking comments.
Completely agree with this guy ^
HHDX snubbed DISTANT RELATIVES…..
that is one GRAMMY SNUB that is BONKERS AS HELL!
for reggae or rap?
Rap,,, that album had some unreal lyrical content, with some incredible hiphop blended with JR GONGS rythmic reggae hop stylings…
SLEPT ON BY THE GREY HAIR SUITS AT THE GRAMMY TABLE
Aint no reggae categories at the Grammys.
HipHop category obvi.
There is a Reggae category, non televised.
Jimmy Cliff Rebirth won it last yr. Not sure about this Yrs.
Dj Muggs vs Sick Jacken is a masterpiece Soul Assassin All Day
the year ludacris won T.I. had best rap album hands down wit that “KING” album
king is overrated. lupe or roots should’ve won.
Lets be honest here. the eminem show and slim shap lp Deserved the win for many reasons along with the lyrical content although (the other albums mentioned were good)and it seems many people on here agree. Dx just wants to go against Em lately as much as they can when he’s usually the only mainstream rapper they love . Relapse and recovery def did not deserve the wins although relapse isn’t as bad as people say they just compare it to his first 3 albums. Besides that every other winner up there was bullshit another reason why I don’t get why people were so shocked kendrick lost .the Grammys usually get rap wrong
nah slim shady lp didnt deserve the win. the roots had things fall apart same year.
I can see all of these except The Eminem Show.
White America is incredibly culturally relevant.
Soldier and ‘Till I Collapse go hard.
yep
Eminem show as a whole, is a classic for real everyone always talks about it 3rd behind his first two albums
C3 worst rap grammy winner ever?
release therapy tho…? take care tho…? …the heist tho?
tons of hate for eminem rofl bet all yall haters are black and just bein racist cuz macklemore stole kendricks award…
Chill bruh. Hip Hop is black culture, respect it.
What???Everyone seems to think Em should’ve won for eminem show and slim shady lp which he really did deserve
slimshady lp is ems best album hands down but i dont see how murda musizk dint win?
fuck no it isn’t.. 3rd at best. his best albunm is Eminem show or mmlp 1.. imo its TES.
so basically, your saying that Eminem never should have won a best rap album?? ever? that’s stupid! and soren baker…on what planet does wyclef win over Life After Death? that alone ruins the credibility of this whole article…stupid. I want the last 5 minutes of my life back
If you noticed, MMLP isn’t included on this list. And objectively (I’m an Em fan), Encore, Relapse, and Recovery are subpar albums.
agree on relapse and recovery, but Encore was a great album, as were his other winners!plus, why is DX Staff so sensitive on this topic? they are cursing at and calling their own readers words like “fucking idiots”…im sensing hate!
MMLP1 and TES are his 2 best albums. relapse is slept on. sslp is cool rest are average at best or just suck.
correction…Recovery is great, not encore. encore and relapse are trash….
its mad embarrassing when white people argue about eminem yo.. We kno u dickride and think u kno hip hop and no one can EVER be better than Em etc., etc.. But chill.
plus, the year recovery won, the competition was weak. so hard to argue against it. and I love the roots, but still, recovery deserved!
im not white DUDE! and im not saying he deserved every award. I don’t think he’s the best rapper ever either so…WTF u talking about? what I did say, is it seems like HHDX was shitting on him. anyway, the craziest thing abt the article was the Wyclef Jean pick over B.I.G.
“How I Got Over”, is a grammy worthy album sorry to tell you this.
You stans have no objectivity, yo. ANY album with “Big Weenie” on it doesn’t deserve awards. Relapse is trash with the accents and lazy lyrics, and Recovery is all sorts of corny.
Wtf u talking about mostly every hip hop fan and more importantly MCs in the game have Em in the top 5 or at least top 10 does that make every single one of them Stans?? His first 3 Lps are all classic albums. Encore was weak to average to me and most fans I know think the same.. There no denying that eminem show and sslp deserved the Grammys even though the award doesn’t mean much
“DX Staff getting hella salty and unprofessional on here. The comments section should be for readers to debate and offer up opinions, not for DX staff to shoot down and criticize those who don’t agree with all of their opinions.”
That ain’t the real staff at all. Even you should know they don’t comment on here. That’s dentalbitch in disguise. It has his fingerprints over it.
I hope that’s not real staff. they should certainly realize that some ppl aren’t gonna agree with them…
I know that some of HHDX decisions pissed people off, in fact, Eminem show at least deserved its award. However, the staff would never attack them in comments.
Lmaooo at anyone who actually thinks that’s the real Dx staff in these comments
get rich or die tryin should’ve won in 04 over Speakerboxxx/Love below. Food n Liquor should’ve won over release fuckin therapy in ’07.. and how the fuck Nas, snoop, run dmc, public enemy, b.i.g, n pac aint never won a single grammy between all of em? the fuck? but they gon give eminem best rap album every year no matter what he release
u trip if you think grodt is better thatn speakerboxxx
This just goes to show you how idiotic the people that write for hip hop dx are, eminem deserved every one of these grammys. you mad bro? lmao
So 5 out of 10 award snubs are because of white rappers, you racist fucks? 4 Eminem albums. Wow, real creative. The Eminem Show deserved it that year. Slim Shady LP is a great album too, so while I don’t think it was the best of the year it’s not exactly a snub either.
And you don’t have Take Care winning over Life is Good?
Stop it. You know damn well that, at the very least, Em did NOT deserve Rap Album Grammys for Encore, Recovery, and Relapse.
There’s no way that Relapse/Recovery should have gotten the Grammy. Not even sure about the Eminem Show. Slim Shady LP and Marshal Mathers LP? Fuck yes.
recovery > relapse.
relapse shouldnt have won over ob4cl2
every other grammy he won wasnt a snub
I’m not saying Recovery and Relapse should have won it. Sir Luscious Left Foot and OBFCL2 should have won it those years, respectively. Encore never won a grammy.
But are you saying The Eminem Show didn’t deserve it? Look at the nominees for that year, and then talk to me. Quality? Never nominated, and I don’t think it’s as good as TES anyway. I’d have given Reflection Eternal it the year Slim Shady LP won, but again, it was never nominated.
I think the biggest travesty is Nas never winning a Grammy, not Eminem winning em.
Wow! Haha this site proves it hates on eminem once again. Dude is close to the greatest ever and you writers don’t think he should’ve won 4 Grammys. Y’all need to look in the mirror and get rid of that hate. It’s bad for your soul and business.
Haha true but Dx usually never gives any popular mcs love they and everyone know he’s top 5 ..dx gotta stay showing that there all underground and not mainstream but when Em whips his ass its a headline on the front page… He and Nas are the 2 mainstream MCs that never dumbed it down on the rhymes and lyrics real talk
Eminem is dope, but there is no way he is in the top 5. Nas, Rakim, Masta Ace, KRS, and Kool G/Melle Mel/Grandmaster Caz/Kool Moe Dee (pick one) are all higher. Em is in my top 30.
it’s funny cause in 2006 everybody was trippin about T.I. getting snubbed by Ludacris. that was the story, and not any of those.
Roots are great but they don’t capture enough audience for the Grammys and Lupe’s record hadn’t been fully appreciated yet at the time
wow you guys actually knew that that dj muggs and Sick jacken album exists. I’m actually impressed by you guys making that choice.
Guess I’m gonna have to check that DJ Muggs joint. Can’t go wrong with this if the same dude picked Brother Ali’s joint for album of the year, too.
FUCK EMINEM. FUCK JUSTIN BIEBER. FUCK MACKLEMORE. FUCK ELVIS!!! FUCK WILL SMITH TOO!!! FUCK ALL WHITE PEOPLE THAT APPROPRIATE BLACK CULTURE. THERE I SAID IT!!! NOW YOU FUCKING WHITE DEVIL REVERSE CCOOONS CAN FFFFUUUCK OFFF!!!!
ahh the years when albums like Aquemeni and hell hath no fury were coming out. We have nothing nowadays in terms of classic albums with replay value.
HHDX calling Captain Hindsight to the rescue!
LOL at half the list being white rapper albums. Yeah that doesn’t come across bad at all man, haha.
Em deserved it for SSLP, MMLP, Eminem Show, and Recovery. How I Got Over could have beaten Recovery, sure. Murda Muzik and Things Fall Apart could have beaten SSLP, but there’s no quarrels with him winning those. And Eminem Show should 100% have won that year.
And not including Drake winning over Nas is ridiculous.
Nas should have three Best Rap Albums (Illmatic, Untitled, and Life is Good). Em should have 3-4.
Honestly Co sign
“Albums must have been released during the Grammy eligibility window. For the 2013 Grammys, that window was from October 1, 2011 through November 30, 2012.”
That would be 14 months. The window for the 2013 Grammys was Oct. 1, 2011 to Sept. 30, 2012.
Guys!! You all sleep on relapse. Give it a listen. It’s great, fucking awesome with refill tracs. One of his best!!
Tons of people sleep on that album buts personally one of my favorites, such a dark and gritty feel to it. 3am, stay wide awake, medicine ball. Good stuff.
same here, i don;t why people insist on hating on relapse
Nice to know that only Tardio has a taste I can identify with.
Seriously people get over it. Its the fucking Grammys not the BET awards. Face it Macklemore had more exposure than Kendrick, just like each winner that you disagreed with and then picked your favorite lesser main stream artist (because thats the hip and cool thing to do) didn’t win.
Nas Untitled?? lol
Dx stop it! there’s not even enough trolls on here to back you up on jokes saying eminem show and slim shady lp shouldn’t have gotten a Grammy.. Come on now stop trying.. Grammys are usually trash on rap but those 2 weren’t like macklemore this year for real …I agree with most of the rest
That was Em’s best shit by far but it still isn’t anywhere near The Roots’ “Thing Fall Apart”
The fact that one a Grammy over the Root multiple times just shows how ridiculous those awards are. Its all about album sales not music.
Things Fall Apart is a classic for sure, but it didn’t have the impact that SSLP did, and it’s not as unique.
Things Fall Apart took the jazz hip hop genre and perfected it, but SSLP created something completely new.
whites rule
Parrish Smith put it best:
“The funk tracks produced by EPMD
But it’s a fat jam, that will never win a grammy
Unless we sellout and kill the black movement dead
Which means swallow our pride and become flunkies instead”
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis deserved this waaay more than Kendrick. Hip hop shouldnt be branded around blacks hispanics or whites, it should be whoever made the best album, not who had the coolest beats and features. The Heist deserved a Grammy, and maybe now fuck-ass rappers will step their lyrics up. The white boy took yall, easy.
saying Macklemore deserved this grammy more than Kendrick is like if the Broncos beat the Seahawks 50-0 in the superbowl but they give the superbowl trophy to the Seahawks. not even close dude. GKMC was the better album, not just because of beats and features, but it told a better story, was more original (yeah even more original than wack ass songs like thrift shop, who knew) and it showed that Kendrick can out rap just about anybody living on a song. it’s not a race issue, it’s an issue about how the grammy’s doesn’t respect hip hop and what it has to offer. Macklemore is a pop artist, which isn’t an insult, but clearly Kendrick proved to be the better and more captivating mc
Hiphop DX got right on the bong with DJ Muggs vs. Sick Jacken feat. Cynic – Legend Of The Mask And The Assassin. Straight Up Streets Music
Looking foward to hear the Cypress Hill Album with DJ Muggs as the producer.
Can’t wait for new Funkdoobiest Album The Golden B-Boys 2 featuring the Soul Assassin Family.
Hope to see a new Psycho Realm Album with Sick Jacken, B-Real, Cynic, Big Duke on production and Bobo on percusion.
Soul Assassins All Day
They also have a few tracks all in spanish that how good this album is.
Soul Assassin
Dr. Greenthumb is the greatest song ever from Cypress Hill IV Album and Los Grandes Existos En Espanol , English and in Spanish.
Detox album is most likely to be release that a Psycho Realm with B-Real.
Puppet Masters (Dr. Dre and B-Real from the Soul Assassin Chapter 1 album)
Crazy Video
Fucking faggots “Oh yeah Cee-Lo should have won”
haha for real though
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And Tells him what to do. Then thats a label. No matter how you want to look at it dumbass’s
Remember when Dr.Dre drop The Aftermath CD with East Coast/West Coast Killaz with KRS-One, B-Real, RBX and Nas called Group Therapy. Snoop Dogg,B-Real, Redman and Methood Man should release an album call Monunt Kushmore and bring the funky rhymes back from the golden age era.
the reason macklemore won the grammy is because his fanbase spends money…all the hiphop heads spend there money on weed and download shit for free. im a hiphop head!…….i only support a certain few,peace! im of to buy weed
Sensing a lot of hate towards eminem lol
especially on Slim Shady LP.. how is the first classic dropped by one of rap’s biggest name a snub? I’d say SSLP was one of the few very deserving and very hip-hop albums that actually did win.
and some of these people like sick jacken or atmosphere is never going to win the grammy’s, it’s not that type of award and they don’t have a big enough impact…
I’d say the most valid snub I agree with was OutKast’s Aquemini or whatever year they dropped Stankonia… I don’t know if they’ve ever won one, but they should have.
black people didn’t feel that cd as much
they did win for stankonia dumb ass
E. 1999 Eternal definitely should have won the grammy in ’95
fat joe j.o.s.e big pun capital punishment terror squad the album and the beatnuts a musical massacre should have won Grammys
57th Annual Grammy Awards:Eminem wins Best Rap Album
Grammy winner:Eminem -Marshall Mathers LP2
50 got robbed when Get Rich or Die Tryin didnt win.
Agreed. A great rap classic, perfectly produced.
true. Outkasts effort was dope as fuck but grodt was insane.
Eminem won for Recovery and Relapse? The fuck?
Both were dope albums. get over it. Relapse is the most slept on.
SSLP & The Eminem Show are the only valid wins here. The biggest snubs were OB4CL2, Aquemini and shit u can take your pick for the 38th Grammy award
Not really the “biggest Grammy snubs” when there’s not a general consensus even among the DX staff on most of these. I still think “The Eminem Show” is one of the best produced albums of all time. “Relapse” was amazing lyrically and conceptually. I think most Roots and Lil Wayne albums are hit-and-miss. And I thought Big Boi’s, Cee-Lo’s, and the DJ Muggs album were all pretty weak entries. Competition is usually tight though for every category, a wins a win though.
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Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors should have won this year.
hell no that should not of won that shit wasnt even hip hop 2 me malca how eva u spell that either they were equal sonically this is the grammys tho its not really anbout the music
Big ups for recognizing The Legend of the Mask & The Assassin though shit is beyond slept on
I don’t know why people are surprised that Macklemore won that Grammy or Eminem winning with Recovery or Relapse. We already know how the world works, instead of complaining about it do something about it. Stand up and push back against the corporations that push this shit down our throats and demand that the real music be heard. Take that one step further and lets push back all together against these money hungry pigs. This is our world, not theirs.
well at least we already know who winning rap album next year…eminem….he can rap the phone book and he would win
Yea the Grammy’s almost NEVER get it right.
Slim Shady LP and Eminem Show deserved to win.
Relapse and Recovery certainly did not.
that’s it haven’t had a body work better and if any one thinks gkmc is better than life is good is smoking
Is Andres Tardio retarded? How could Illmatic win the 1996 Grammys when it dropped in 1994?
Just a lot of Eminem hating tbh, he deserved it for recovery, slim shady lp and the eniem show which is probably his best effort.
Didn’t for relapse.
Not 2 sound racist but it seems as tho if ur a white rapper, u have a far greater shot at getting a Grammy over anybody else, even if ur album’s not as good as others.. smh.
Eminem deserved all of them.. Such a stupid funk,who made this thread
Whoever made this is a fucking retard. You shot down every Eminem album but MMLP. They all deserved it but relapse maybe and he didn’t win album of the year for it you fuck ass he won best rap duo for him and dre
its what sells not whats the best. i.e: yeah life after death beats no way out, but puffy had 3-4 chart topping songs and sold like 5 mil that year alone