With the nominees for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards recently announced, Busta Rhymes fielded questions and offered his opinion on the nominations in an interview with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show earlier today.
Busta began with a congratulations to one of the younger nominees. “I’m happy for Kendrick, I really think Kendrick deserves his seven nominations man,” he said. “I’m happy for Jay Z, I think he deserves his nine nominations.” Both Kendrick Lamar and Jay Z are nominated for Best Rap Album for Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City and Magna Carta Holy Grail respectively.
Busta Rhymes continued with his thoughts on two other nominees and eventually commented that the “overall nominations for the Grammy’s was powerful.” “I think Drake should have got more nominations,” he said. “And I think Kanye should have got more nominations because, I think especially Kanye, he made a brave album. I’m a fan of the dude I think he could really rap.”
While West’s Yeezus album is up for Best Rap Album next to albums from Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and Drake, the Chicago rapper’s only other nomination comes in the form of Best Rap Song for “New Slaves.” Despite his relatively small number of nominations this year, Kanye West has garnered 53 nominations and 21 Grammy awards throughout his career. Earlier this week, Kanye commented on his nominations with frustrations over his track record against white nominees. “They try to trivialize my words and try to make it seem like my importance as a musician is less important than what it is,” he said. “I mean, we can even take a look at some recent nominations that came out. Now I’m 36-years-old and I have 21 Grammys. That’s the most Grammys of any 36-year-old. Out of all those 21 Grammys, I’ve never won a Grammy against a white artist.”
Announced on the night of December 6, the list of Grammy nominees is topped by Jay Z with his nine nominations. The Reasonable Doubt rapper is followed closely by other Hip Hop and R&B acts Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Pharrell Williams, and Justin Timberlake with their seven nominations each. Toronto rapper Drake received five nominations including a chance at the Best Rap Album.
While on the show, the Busta also commented on his latest collaborative mixtape with A Tribe Called Quest rapper Q-Tip. “It’s a beautiful project,” he said of the mixtape called The Abstract And The Dragon which is now streaming. “It’s just a body of work, the first to come, ‘cause we really been rocking for over twenty plus years man.”
He also commented on his recent single, encouraging listeners to support another Q-Tip featuring release on iTunes. “In addition to that, ya’ll might as well just go right on iTunes and download the official first single of my new album coming early 2014, Extinction Level Event 2,” he said. The song, “Thank You,” was released early last month and features Lil Wayne and Kanye West alongside Q-Tip.
About damn time Busta Rhymes getting recognition for his work he’s been killing it on all his albums and features that mixtape goes to show yall sleeping on him and his new album ELE part 2 will be flames trust me the first one is a classic for sure!!!!
recognition for what and from who? hes not nominated for shit
drake doesn’t even deserve a nomination for that trash album
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So Drake and Kanye lost, Hov and Kendrick won, yay for lyricism
Amen…brother!!
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This BS!!! Black Milk has shown the world what rap is suppose to be. He should’ve been nominated more then these two.
Only Kendrick should be on there Jay’s album was lyrically wack yeezus was complete shit n drake is fuckin rnb. So many better hip hop albums
I downloaded macklemores but only skimmed thru it still laughing at him thinkin he was gay as a child
I applaud Busta for speaking out against Drake being slighted by the Grammys. Plain and simple, Drake is the greatest musician of our time. Even hip-hop legends understand that.
Drake and 40 do nothing but drop timeless classics.
You’re wrong, dickrider.
dumbest thing said this century
I hate kanye as a person but I dont think hes talking out his ass he has a point. Why is Taylor Swift nominated for album of the year every year? grammys are as fixed as the emmys(abc comedies plz). Its gonna be k.dot vs daft punk for aoty but swift will still come out on top #Fearless
Busta is a fucking sellout and dickrider. You call drake hiphop? And you riding kanye dick? Go suck Birdman dick fucking sellout
shut that shit up disgruntled Lupe Fiasco/Hopsin fan
How can he be a sellout when he sounds and raps exactly the same hes just with a different crew?? dummy
Most Underrated rappers are Busta and Twista cause theyre always relevant and kept their unique styles
he may not of sold out with his style but his name he mos def has
when he puts his name as cosign of shit he knows is wack just because of his label affiliation hes selling out
when he signs with a label like cashmoney just for a payday hes selling out
Its not a surprise that Rap/Hip-Hop still gets the short end of the stick. It’s because its the most popular genre of music that everyone of all races love that couldn’t be stolen by white people and distort history. Black people created this out of the gutter and the powers that be hate it. Like Kanye said its the new Rock N Roll. Theyll still try to sell you that Eminem is the best rapper off some Elvis shit FOH! Peace God
You’re an idiot, Black people didn’t create shit. A handful of black people did not all black people so quit tryna claim credit for the race when the race didn’t do shit. White people and Hispanic people were involved from the jump too. You really think Hip Hop would of gone global without Rick Rubins contributions, REALLY, no Rick, no Def Jam, no Def Jam well scrap Hip Hop pretty much coz 90% of the 80s and 90s was a result of them.
Fucking idiot
oh and your acting like cats like Beastie Boys and Kid Capri werent there from the jump too
Hip Hop was there waaay before Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys so what are you saying? Yeah Russel Simmons AND Rick Rubin helped to commercialize it globally but that doesn’t change the fact of where and who made it dummy. Ask Rick and the Beasties they know what it is. They were accepted into black culture for accepting it and being dope so stop getting defensive at history kid its fact. Read a book and understand that blacks were pioneers for a lot of these genres you listen to while whites were just execs taking control of it
Gucci mane is the blueprint of a real nigga and heres why
GUCCI MANE is the realest rapper and heres why.
1) all other rappers rap about being gangster shooting and killing but they havent done it.
2) Eminem raps about killing he hasnt.
3)Jay z raps in open letter about sending shots he hasnt.
4)Nas raps about how he is a queens thug but he wasn’t.
5)Most of the rappers rap about stuff they havent done yet you all support them and say its real rap.
6)When rick ross does it you all claim he is fake and say its fake rap.
This shows that hiphop fans are hypocritical and all these real hiphop fan wanna be’s are just some unjustified haters whose opinions are just as irrelevent as the swag fag rapper fans.
GUCCI MANE KILLED A MAN HE WAS A DRUG DEALER BEFORE RAPPER HE HAS STREET CREDENTIALS HE IS THE ONLY RAPPER THAT RAPS ABOUT FACTS THERE FORE BIG GUWOP IS THE REALEST RAPPER IN THE RAP GAME AND THATS A FACT!
Quit playing.
Heard this nigga Busta got nominated like ten times but never won any LMAO
Of course Busta gonna take Drake side he’s Cash Money after all
where the fuck is tech & krizz nominations
LOL @ anyone actually caring about the fucking Grammys smh
wheres some of rappers and skateborders n some others looking for those fagget bitches
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9 nominations for Magna Carter? That’s gotta be a joke…smh/lol. Jay’s one of the greats but that album shouldn’t nominated for anything except for maybe best marketing scheme.
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All these has been rappers cheerleading Kendrick. No wonder hip hop is dead.
Why is busta sucking drake dick, why the fuck are all these legends fucking up there legacy? they gonna remember the music not your fucking money for dickridin all these homo rappers!