[Ashrock]

Mess at IKYWT snubbed for Record Of The Year while Merry Go Round made it

I told some Tay stans no to vote for it

[supaspaz]

ANNOUNCER: Well, that was...something. Thank you, Katy, for filling time.

This gorgeous and talented star of "Scandal" became the first black woman nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in almost twenty years at this year's Emmys. Here to announce the R&B nominees is Kerry Washington!

KERRY: Yes, that's a Michael Kors train dress that I'm wearing to the ATRL Grammys Nominations Concert. Olivia Pope doesn't do casual. And the nominees are...

[Hunter_13]

Horrible performance.

[supaspaz]

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

"#Beautiful" Mariah Carey ft. Miguel

"Baby I" Ariana Grande

"Body Party" Ciara

"Hold On, We're Going Home" Drake ft. Majid Jordan

"Loveeeeeee Song" Rihanna ft. Future

[Hunter_13]

"#Beautiful" Mariah Carey ft. Miguel

YAYYYY

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Originally posted by supaspaz

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

"Body Party" Ciara

"Hold On, We're Going Home" Drake ft. Majid Jordan

"Loveeeeeee Song" Rihanna ft. Future

I am surprised Drake made it in here.

[Changes]

Uh..ok. Those songs are OK, but not a fan of them being nominated here.

[August]

Originally posted by supaspaz

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

"#Beautiful" Mariah Carey ft. Miguel

"Baby I" Ariana Grande

"Body Party" Ciara

"Hold On, We're Going Home" Drake ft. Majid Jordan

"Loveeeeeee Song" Rihanna ft. Future

How am I supposed to possibly pick between Mariah and Drake, two of the best songs of 2013?

[supaspaz]

BEST R&B SONG

"#Beautiful" Mariah Carey ft. Miguel
Songwriters: Mariah Carey, Miguel Pimentel, Nathan Perez, Brook Davis

"Body Party" Ciara
Songwriters: Ciara Harris, Nayvadius "Future" Cash, Michael L. Williams II, Pierre Ramon Slaughter, Carlton Mahone, Rodney Terry

"Hold On, We're Going Home" Drake ft. Majid Jordan
Songwriters: Aubrey Graham, Noah Shebib, Majid Al Maskati, Jordan Ullman

"Loveeeeeee Song" Rihanna ft. Future
Songwriters: Nayvadius Wilburn, Denisia "Blu June" Andrews, Robyn Fenty

"Treasure" Bruno Mars
Songwriters: Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Phredley Brown

[MP2K]

Supa, how would you personally distinguish song vs performance?

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Originally posted by Changes

Uh..ok. Those songs are OK, but not a fan of them being nominated here.

what were your choices

[supaspaz]

BEST R&B ALBUM

Ciara
Ciara

Girl On Fire
Alicia Keys

The Electric Lady
Janelle Monáe

True
Solange Knowles

Two Eleven
Brandy

[Changes]

Originally posted by Rumpelstiltskin

what were your choices

For Performance:
All of Me
Fire Me Wake
Primetime
Q.U.E.E.N.
V.S.O.P

K. Michelle getting snubbed once again.

[supaspaz]

Originally posted by MP2K

Supa, how would you personally distinguish song vs performance?

Performance is awarded to the performers and producers, song to the songwriters.

[Achilles.]

Only one nom for Janelle?
Still better than the actual Grammys though.

[August]

Originally posted by supaspaz

BEST R&B ALBUM

True
Solange Knowles

OH MY GOD.

YES.

[supaspaz]

Originally posted by Changes

K. Michelle getting snubbed once again.

I was actually surprised by that. She did really well in the submissions round.

[Changes]

Ok, the albums are pretty good.

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Originally posted by Changes

For Performance:
All of Me
Fire Me Wake
Primetime
Q.U.E.E.N.
V.S.O.P

K. Michelle getting snubbed once again.

I'm here for 3 of these and I haven't heard V.S.O.P. or Fire Me Wake.

[MP2K]

The album cat ***** on the actual grammys, lacks males though but still.