Kanye leads all nominees

Kanye leads all nominees with eight Grammy nominations and UGK gets a long over-due nomination for “Int’l Players Anthem” ( Oh, and your favorite rapper Soulja Boy gets a nomination also. Here’s the complete list of Hip-Hop/R&B nominations:
Album Of The Year
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters
These Days — Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock
Graduation — Kanye West
Back To Black — Amy Winehouse

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
“Same Girl” — R. Kelly Featuring Usher
“Disrespectful” — Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige
“Hate That I Love You” — Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo
“Baby” — Angie Stone Featuring Betty Wright
“Bartender” — T-Pain Featuring Akon

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Konvicted — Akon
Just Like You — Keyshia Cole
Fantasia — Fantasia
East Side Story — Emily King
Because Of You — Ne-Yo

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

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Common ft. Kanye West — “Southside”
Fat Joe ft Lil Wayne — “Make It Rain”
Shop Boyz — “Party Like a Rock Star”
UGK ft. OutKast — “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)”
Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One, Rakim — “Better Than I’ve Ever Been”

Best Rap Song
Ayo Technology” — 50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
“Big Things Poppin’ (Do It)” — T.I.
“Can’t Tell Me Nothing” — Kanye West
“Crank That (Soulja Boy)” — Soulja Boy
“Good Life” — Kanye West Featuring T-Pain

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“I Wanna Love You” — Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
“Kiss, Kiss” — Chris Brown & T-Pain
“Let It Go” — Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil’ Kim
“Umbrella” — Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
“Good Life” — Kanye West Featuring T-