Grammy Picks

Record of the year:
Irreplaceable- Beyonce
The Pretender- Foo Fighters
Umbrella- Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
What Goes Around....Comes Around- Justin Timberlake
Rehab- Amy Winehouse

Adam: Easy pick. Umbrella. Althought my heart is with the Foo.
Josh: Foo Fighters deserve this win, but the trophy goes to Rihanna


Album of the year:
Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace- Foo Fighters
These Days- Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters- Herbie Hancock
Graduation- Kanye West
Back To Black- Amy Winehouse

Adam: I'd love to see Kanye win but I think its gonna be Vince Gill.
Josh: Foo Fighters take top honors. Vince Gill? Really Adam?


Song of the year:
Before He Cheats- Carrie underwood
Hey There Delilah- Plain White T's
Like a Star- Corinne Baily Rae
Rehab- Amy Winehouse
Umbrella- Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

Adam: Toss up between Umbrella and Delilah. Ill go with Delilah.
Josh: My sleeper pick of the awards. The Umbrella and Delilah votes cancel each other out and Corinne Baily Rae sneaksin for the win.


Best new artist:
Feist
Ledisi
Paramore
Taylor Swift
Amy Winehouse

Adam: Very simple. Taylor Swift. Maybe Winehouse but I doubt it.
Josh: I've been thinking about this one since the nominations were announced. My first thought was Winehouse, but since crack-gate, i'm leaning towards Feist. Screw it, crack never held Whitney down...take it Amy.


Female pop vocal:
Candyman- Christina Aguilera
1234- Feist
Big Girls Dont Cry- Fergie
Say it Right- Nelly Furtado
Rehab- Amy Winehouse

Adam: Grammy's love X-tina. Im still pissed she won best new artist over Kid Rock.
Josh: It saddens me to see that Fergie is even nomiated. Rehab wins.


Male pop vocal:
Everything- Michael Buble
Belief- John Mayer
Dance Tonight- Paul McCartney
Amazing- Seal
What Goes Around...Comes Around- Justin Timberlake

Adam: Timberlake.
Josh: I'm also picking Timberlake. But keep in mind how gay the Grammy's are for old people who just stick around for the hell of it. McCartney might have bought this one.


Pop performance by duo or group:
(You Want To) Make a Memory- Bon Jovi
Home- Daughtry
Make Me Wonder- Maroon 5
Hey There Delilah- Plain White T's
Window in the Skies- U2

Adam: Here is my lock of the night. U2. Bet all the money you can on this pick. U2 craps grammy's.
Josh: I heart Maroon 5.


pop collaboration with vocals:
Steppin' Out- Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera
Beautiful Liar- Beyonce and Shakira
Gone Gone Gone- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
The Sweet Escape- Gwen Stafani and Akon
Give It To Me- Timbaland with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake

Adam: X-tina and Bennett.
Josh: I agree. It's all about pairing the old classic artist with the hot young one. I've never even heard this song and I already know it's going to win.


Best pop vocal album:
Lost Highway- Bon Jovi
The Reminder- Feist
It Won't Be Soon Before Long- Maroon 5
Memory Almost Full- Paul Mecartney
Back To Black- Amy Winehouse

Adam: This will be her only win. Winehouse.
Josh: I thought about snubbing Feist completely, but this one is hers.


Best Dance recording:
Do It Again- The Chemical Brothers
D.A.N.C.E.- Justice
Love Today- Mika
Don't Stop The Music- Rihanna
LoveStoned/I Think She Knows- Justin Timberlake

Adam: JT.
Josh: D.A.N.C.E. was one of my favorite tracks of 2007, but hearing "Don't Stop the Music" on every radio station every 15 minutes has me brainwashed. Rihanna wins, because I'm a slave to the radio.


Best Electronic/dance album:
We Are The Night- The chemical brothers
+ - Justice
sound of silver- LCD Soundsystem
We are pilots- Shiny Toy Guns
Elements of life- Tiesto

Adam: Justice
Josh: LCD Soundsystem. This one's too easy.



Solo rock vocal performance:
Timebomb- Beck
only mama knows- paul mccartney
our country- john mellencamp
radio nowhere- bruce springsteen
come on- lucinda williams

Adam: Bruce. Grammy's love old crap.
Josh: Bruce and The Grammy's go together better than peanut butter jelly time.


rock performance by duo/group with vocals:
its not over- daughtry
working class hero- green day
if everyone cared- nickelback
instant karma- U2
icky thump- white stripes

Adam: You not gonna pick U2? Maybe Nickelback, but thats like 1000:1.
Josh: U2. This is more predicatable than a Patriots super bowl win. (oops...)


best hard rock performance:
sweet sacrifice- evanescence
the pretender- foo fighters
i dont wanna stop- ozzy osbourne
sick,sick,sick- queens of the stone age
the pot- tool

Adam: Foo.
Josh: Fighters.


best rock song:
come on- lucinda williams
icky thump- white stripes
its not over- daughtry
the pretender- foo fighers
radio nowhere- bruce springsteen

Adam: I like White Stripes.
Josh: The universe might explode, but Foo Fighters beat down Bruce.


best rock album:
daughtry- daughtry
revival- john fogerty
echoes, silence, patience and grace- foo fighers
magic- bruce springsteen
sky blue sky- wilco

Adam: Bruce. Trust me, they like old crap. Remember when U2 swept everything with how to dismantle blah blah blah. Exactly.
Josh: Everything Adam says is right. Every year I say "but this is the year someone cool is going to win," and they never do. This is the year someone cool is going to win. Foo Fighters sweep the rock category. How's that for confidence?



best alternative music album:
alright, still...- lily allen
neon bible- arcade fire
volta-bjork
wincing the night away- the shins
icky thump- the white stripes

Adam: I say Arcade Fire over The Stripes for an upset
Josh: Flip that and reverse it. Stripes win. If the White Stripes lose, Jack White might kick everyone's ass in Arcade Fire.


female R&B vocal performance:
just fine- mary j. blige
when i see you- fantasia
no one- alicia keys
if i have my way- chrisette michele
hate on me- jill scott

Adam: Mary J. Another Lock.
Josh: Mary J. Blige is the U2 equivalent in the R&B category.


male R&B vocal performace:
woman- raheem devaughn
b.u.d.d.y.- musiq soulchild
because of you- ne-yo
future baby mama- prince
please dont go- tank

Adam: Prince by elemination.
Josh: I don't think I've heard any of these songs....Ne-Yo?



best R&B song:
beautiful flower- india.arie
hate that i love you- rihanna featuring ne-yo
no one- alicia keys
teachme- musiq soulchild
when i see you- fantasia

Adam: Alicia Keys
Josh: Alicia Keys.


best contemporary R&B album:
konvicted- akon
just like you- keyshia cole
fantasia- fantasia
east side story- emily king
because of you- ne-yo

Adam: Keyshia Cole.
Josh: This award goes to a female singer 99% of the time. Keyshia Cole.



rap solo performance:
the people- common
i get money- 50 cent
show me what you got- jay-z
big things poppin'- t.i.
stronger- kanye west

Adam: Kanye. I've gone from loving this song to never wanting to hear it again. I always liked Can't Tell Me Nothin' better though.
Josh: He saved the year for rap thanks to Daft Punk.


rap performance by duo or group:
southside- common featuring kanye west
make it rain- fat joe featuring lil wayne
party like a rockstar- shop boyz
int'l players anthem- ugk featuring outkast
better than i've ever been- kanye west, nas, krs-one

Adam: Two great Kanye tracks that are kinda on the DL. But I like Shop Boyz.
Josh: Can you imagine if Fat Joe and Lil Wayne won and all you hear over the P.A. system is "I make it rain, I make it rain, I make it rain on these ho's!" The reaction shots of all the old white people in the crowd would be priceless. Kanye's out of the running because he'll win too many other awards. Shop Boyz.


best rap/sung collaboration:
i wanna love you- akon featuring snoop dogg
kiss, kiss- chris brown featuring t-pain
let it go- keyshia cole featuring missy elliott and lil kim
umbrella- rihanna featuring jay-z
good life- kanye west featuring t-pain

Adam: Ella, Ella, Ella...
Josh: Under my Umbrella.



best rap song:
ayo technology- 50 cent featuring justin timberlake and timbaland
big things poppin- t.i.
can't tell me nothing- kanye west
crank that- soulja boy
good life- kanye west featuring t-pain

Adam: Kanye, Nothin.
Josh: I think T.I. won this last year, so that automatically eliminates him. I'm following Adam.


best rap album:
finding forever- common
kingdom come- jay-z
hip hop is dead- nas
t.i. vs t.i.p.- t.i.
graduation- kanye west

Adam: Graduation. Simple. Look for Nas to sneak in.
Josh: How can you say simple, immediatley followed by, "look for Nas to sneak in"? Graduation is the obvious choice.


female country vocal performance:
simple love-alison krauss
famous in a small town- miranda lambert
nothin' better to do- leann rimes
before he cheats- carrie underwood
heaven, heartache and the power of love- trisha yearwood

Adam: Hairy underpits.
Josh: Don't talk about my wife like that. That song was written about me by the way. winnahhh!



male country vocal performance:
long trip alone- dierks bentley
a woman's love- alan jackson
if you're reading this- tim mcgraw
give it away- george strait
stupid boy- keith urban

Adam: Why do all country singers names sound like porn stars. It's true. George Strait.
Josh: Dierks Bentley because it sounds like Dicks Bendy.



country performance by duo/group with vocals:
proud of the house we built- brooks & dunn
how long- eagles
moments- emerson drive
lucky man- montgomery gentry
sweet memories- the time jumpers

Adam: Emerson Drive.
Josh: Emerson Drive. I bought one country album in 2007 and it was Emerson Drive.



best country song:
before he cheats- carrie underwood
give it away- george strait
i need you- tim mcgraw and faith hill
if you're reading this- tim mcgraw
long trip alone- dierks bentley

Adam: Tim and Faith
Josh: Carrie underwood calls her ex Tony Romo to brag about her trophies; meanwhile he contemplates killing Jessica Simpson.



best country album:
long trip alone- dierks bentley
these days- vince gill
let it go- tim mcgraw
5th gear- brad paisley
it just comes natural- george strait

Adam: Dierks.
Josh: Brad Paisley. Can you tell we know absolutely nothing about country music?


best short form music video:
god's gunna cut you down- johnny cash
1234- feist
gone daddy done- gnarls barkley
d.a.n.c.e.- justice
typical- mute math

Adam: Feist
Josh: Adam's probably right, but I'd be doing myself an injustice if I didn't pick D.A.N.C.E.