By now the majority of us can agree the Grammy Awards validity isn’t worth its weight in mustard packets — especially when it comes to their representation of the rap Hip-Hop category. I can remember Mystikal’s hit-less Tarantula getting a nominee in the midst of Eminem automatically getting a win whenever the Awards coincided with an album released.

But with the unveiling of the nominees for 2009′s Best Rap Album, it seems like either the committee experienced some sort of Hip-Hop head revelation or Public Enemy actually bum rushed the show, seeing that the albums chosen were amongst the brightest in terms of visibility while simultaneously serving as some of the best as well. Hit the break for a more thorough analysis of our culture’s nominees and see how good their chances are of actually earning a golden gramophone. Read the rest of this entry »