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Originally posted by supaspaz
Is that really how they do it? I was looking around and couldn't find anything.
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Well, these are all the submitted contenders for Best Rap/Sung category. There's obviously a pattern here.
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Angel Haze ft. Sia - Battle Cry
B.o.B ft. Priscilla - John Doe
Bas ft. Mack Wilds - Your World
Big Sean ft. Miguel - Ashley
Chill Moody ft. Mack Wilds - Concrete Jungle
Chuck Inglish ft. Chromeo - Legs
Common ft. Jhene Aiko - Blak Majik
Damani Nkosi ft. Musiq Soulchild & Robert Glasper - Now That's Love
Danny Brown ft. Purity Ring - 25 Bucks
Dilated Peoples ft. Aloe Blacc - Show Me the Way
Eminem ft. Rihanna - The Monster
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib ft. BJ the Chicago Kid - Shame
G-Eazy ft. Jay Ant - Far Alone
ILoveMakonnen ft. Drake - Tuesday
Kanye West ft. Charlie Wilson - Bound 2
Kid Ink ft. Chris Brown - Main Chick
Kirko Bangz ft. August Alsina - Rich
Ludacris ft. Wiz Khalifa & Jeremih & Cashmere Cat - Party Girls
Pusha T ft. Chris Brown - Sweet Serenade
Sage the Gemini ft. August Alsina - Down On Your Luck
Schoolboy Q ft. BJ the Chicago Kid - Studio
T.I. ft. Skylar Grey - New National Anthem
The Roots ft. Modesty Lycan & Greg **** - When the People Cheer
Theophilus London ft. Jesse Boykins III - Tribe
Wale ft. Jeremih - The Body
Wiz Khalifa ft. Ty Dolla $ign & Snoop Dogg - You And Your Friends
YG ft. TeeFLii - Do It To Ya
YG ft. Ty Dolla $ign - Sorry Momma
Young Money ft. Christina Milian & Lil Wayne - Video Model
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They're only now allowing songs with the rapper as the lead artist to contend in this category. Beyoncé and a bunch of other past winners and nominees in this category were relegated to R&B Performance or Pop/Duo Group this year.
The Grammys don't always make rule changes public but its not hard to spot the difference between the past years' submissions list to this year's (and last year's) submissions list.