Category 31

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Testify
  Common
  Track from: Be
  [Geffen]
  
  
• Mockingbird
  Eminem
  Track from: Encore
  [Aftermath/Shady/Interscope Records]
  
  
• Disco Inferno
  50 Cent
  Track from: The Massacre
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]
  
  
• Number One Spot
  Ludacris
  Track from: The Red Light District
  [Def Jam South]
  
  
• U Don't Know Me
  T.I.
  Track from: Urban Legend
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
  
  
• Gold Digger
  Kanye West
  Track from: Late Registration
  [Roc-A-Fella]
  
  
  

Category 32

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Don't Phunk With My Heart
  The Black Eyed Peas
  Track from: Monkey Business
  [A&M Records]
  
  
• The Corner
  Common Featuring The Last Poets
  Track from: Be
  [Geffen]
  
  
• Encore
  Eminem Featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
  Track from: Encore
  [Aftermath/Shady/Interscope Records]
  
  
• Hate It Or Love It
  The Game Featuring 50 Cent
  Track from: The Documentary
  [Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope Records]
  
  
• Wait (The Whisper Song)
  Ying Yang Twins
  Track from: U.S.A.: United State Of Atlanta
  [TVT Records]
  
  
  

Category 33

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 1,2 Step
  Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
  [LaFace/Zomba Label Group]
  
  
• They Say
  Common Featuring Kanye West & John Legend
  Track from: Be
  [Geffen]
  
  
• Soldier
  Destiny's Child Featuring T.I. & Lil Wayne
  Track from: Destiny's Fulfilled
  [Columbia Records/ Sony Urban]
  
  
• Numb/Encore
  Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
  Track from: Collision Course
  [Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Machine Shop/Warner Bros.]
  
  
• Rich Girl
  Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve
  Track from: Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
  [Interscope Records]
  
  
  

Category 34

Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Candy Shop
  Curtis Jackson & Scott Storch, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Olivia)
  Track from: The Massacre
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: 50 Cent Music, Scott Storch Music, TVT Music.]
  
  
• Diamonds From Sierra Leone
  D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters; (J. Barry & D. Black, songwriters) (Kanye
  West)
  [Roc-A-Fella; Publisher: EMI Unart Catalog.]
  
  
• Don't Phunk With My Heart
  William Adams, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr., songwriters;
  (Kalyanji Anandji, Full Force & Indeewar, songwriters) (The Black Eyed Peas)
  Track from: Monkey Business
  [A&M Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music, Zomba Enterprises, Saregama India, will.i.am Music, Cherry River Music, Printz Polar Publishing, Songs Of Universal, El Cubano Music, EMI Blackwood Music.]
  
  
• Hate It Or Love It
  Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor & M. Valenzano, songwriters; (Baker,
  Felder & Harris, songwriters) (The Game Featuring 50 Cent)
  Track from: The Documentary
  [Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope Records; Publishers: Black Wall Street, Each1Teach1, 50 Cent Music, Dade Co. Project Music, Zomba Songs, Golden Fleece Music, Mured Music.]
  
  
• Lose Control
  M. Elliott, C. Harris & G. Isaacs III, songwriters; (J. Atkins, R. Davis & C.
  Hudson, songwriters) (Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop)
  Track from: The Cookbook
  [Goldmind/Atlantic; Publishers: Mass Confusion Music, WB Music, Royalty Rightings, Warner Tamerlane Publishing, Big Colorado Music, Deep Space Music, Publishing Corp. of America, Pure Energy Music Publishing.]
  
  
  

Category 35

Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Be
  Common
  [Geffen]
  
  
• The Cookbook
  Missy Elliott
  [Goldmind/Atlantic]
  
  
• Encore
  Eminem
  [Aftermath/Shady/Interscope Records]
  
  
• The Massacre
  50 Cent
  [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]
  
  
• Late Registration
  Kanye West
  [Roc A Fella]