Hip Hop Scores Big as VMA Nominations Announced

    The MTV Video Music Awards usually bring out some of the greatest
    musicians of the year. 2007 is no different. With Hip-Hop being so prominent in
    the music industry, rappers/singers will make their mark on the evening.

    After all, Wyclef adds a Hip-Hop element to a
    Video of the Year nominee and Busta, Kanye West, T.I., Llloyd Banks,
    Papoose, and DMX
    may get nods for their videos as they are all named
    in the Best Male Video category.

    While the Best Female Video category doesn’t boast
    any femcees, several of the  ladies in got assistance from some
    Hip-Hop staples in the form of  Timbaland and Wyclef.

    Hip-Hop will be all over the
    VMA’s and expect to see some of the
    nominees to perform. Scheduled to appear are T.I., Beyonce, Ludacris and more to be announced soon.

    Without further
    ado, here are the 2007 Video Music
    Award
    nominees, according to MTV.  

    VIDEO OF THE YEAR

    Christina Aguilera:
    “Ain’t No Other Man”

    Madonna: “Hung Up”

    Panic! at the Disco: “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dani California”

    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: “Hips Don’t Lie”

    BEST MALE VIDEO

     Busta Rhymes f/ Mary
    J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX: “Touch
    It Remix”

    James Blunt: “You’re Beautiful”

    Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx: “Gold Digger”

    Nick Lachey: “What’s Left of Me”

    T.I.: “What You Know” 

    BEST FEMALE VIDEO

    Christina Aguilera: “Ain’t No Other Man”

    Kelly Clarkson: “Because of You”

    Madonna: “Hung Up”

    Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland: “Promiscuous”

    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: “Hips Don’t Lie”

    BEST
    GROUP VIDEO

    The All-American Rejects: “Move
    Along”

    Fall Out Boy: “Dance, Dance”

    Gnarls Barkley: “Crazy”

    Panic! at the Disco: “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dani California”

    BEST
    RAP VIDEO

    50 Cent: “Window Shopper”

    Busta Rhymes f/ Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose
    & DMX: “Touch It” (remix)

    Chamillionaire: “Ridin’ “

    T.I.: “What You Know”

    Yung Joc f/ Nitty: “It’s Goin’ Down”

    BEST
    R&B VIDEO

    Beyoncé f/ Slim Thug: “Check on It”

    Chris Brown: “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)”

    Jamie Foxx f/ Ludacris: “Unpredictable”

    Mariah Carey: “Shake It Off”

    Mary J. Blige: “Be Without You”

    BEST
    HIP-HOP VIDEO

    Black Eyed Peas: “My Humps”

    Common: “Testify”

    Daddy Yankee: “Rompe”

    Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx: “Gold Digger”

    Three 6 Mafia: “Stay Fly”

    BEST
    DANCE VIDEO

    Madonna: “Hung Up”

    Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland: “Promiscuous”

    Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg: “Buttons”

    Sean Paul: “Temperature”

    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: “Hips Don’t Lie”

    BEST
    ROCK VIDEO

    30 Seconds to Mars: “The Kill”

    AFI: “Miss Murder”

    Green Day: “Wake Me Up When September Ends”

    Panic! at the Disco: “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dani California”

    BEST
    POP VIDEO

    Christina Aguilera: “Ain’t No Other Man”

    Madonna: “Hung Up”

    Nelly Furtado f/ Timbaland: “Promiscuous”

    Pink: “Stupid Girls”

    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: “Hips Don’t Lie”

    BEST
    NEW ARTIST IN A VIDEO

    Angels and Airwaves: “The Adventure”

    Avenged Sevenfold: “Bat Country”

    Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana, “Run It!”

    James Blunt: “You’re Beautiful”

    Panic! at the Disco: “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

    Rihanna: “S.O.S.”

    VIEWER’S
    CHOICE

    Chris Brown f/ Juelz Santana: “Run It!”

    Fall Out Boy: “Dance, Dance”

    Kelly Clarkson: “Because of You”

    Rihanna: “S.O.S.”

    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: “Hips Don’t Lie”

    BEST
    DIRECTION IN A VIDEO

    10 Years: “Wasteland” (Director: Kevin Kerslake)

    AFI: “Miss Murder” (Director: Marc Webb)

    Common: “Testify” (Director: Anthony Mandler)

    Gnarls Barkley: “Crazy” (Director: Robert Hales)

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dani California” (Director: Tony Kaye)

    BEST
    CHOREOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO

    Christina Aguilera: “Ain’t No Other Man”

    Madonna: “Hung Up”

    Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg: “Buttons”

    Sean Paul: “Temperature”

    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: “Hips Don’t Lie”

    BEST
    SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A VIDEO

    Angels and Airwaves: “The Adventure”

    Beck: “Hell Yes”

    Missy Elliott: “We Run This”

    Pearl Jam: “Life Wasted”

    U2: “Original of the Species”

    BEST
    ART DIRECTION IN A VIDEO

    10 Years: “Wasteland”

    Common: “Testify”

    Panic! at the Disco: “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dani California”

    Shakira f/ Wyclef Jean: “Hips Don’t Lie”

    BEST
    EDITING IN A VIDEO

    The All-American Rejects: “Move
    Along”

    Angels and Airwaves: “The Adventure”

    Gnarls Barkley: “Crazy”

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dani California”

    U2: “Original of the Species”

    BEST
    CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A VIDEO

    AFI: “Miss Murder”

    Ashlee Simpson: “Invisible”

    James Blunt: “You’re Beautiful”

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dani California”

    Prince: “Black Sweat”

    BEST
    VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK

    “Final Night Round 3” (Electronic Arts)

    “Burnout Revenge” (Electronic Arts)

    “NBA 2K6” (2K Games)

    “Driver: Parallel Lines” (Atari)

    “Mark Ecko’s Getting Up” (Atari)

    BEST
    VIDEO GAME SCORE

    “Hitman: Blood Money” (Jesper Kyd)

    “Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter” (Tom Salta)

    “Dreamfall: The Longest Journey” (Even “Magnet” Johansen)

    “Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion” (Jeremy Soule)

    “Electroplankton” (User Generated Soundtrack)

     

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