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The Grammy Nominations were released last week with Beyonce leading the nominations with a staggering 10 including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. All from I Am..Sash Fierce of course. Other nominees included Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, Kanye West, Keri Hilson, Ciara, John Legend, and Jay-Z to name a few. For a full list click here to visit Grammy’s Website.

None of those nominations surprised me until I got to Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. The nominees were Beyonce’s remix of “Ego”, Keri Hilson’s “Knock You Down”, Jay-Z’s, “Run This Town”, T.I.’s “Dead and Gone”, and The Lonely Island’s, “I’m On A Boat.” If you remember “I’m On A Boat” was a rap video comedy short about being on a boat featuring Andy Samburg and T-Pain. The song was hilarious and Andy Samburg is good at what he does but since the song was made for comedy, should it have been in the comedy category? Andy’s group Lonely Island’s did release an album titled Incredibad which contained “I’m On A Boat”,the infamous “D*ck In A Box” and other hilarious songs so technically the nomination is legit. But some may argue, how you do you put “I’m On A Boat” in the same category with Jay-Z’s “Run This Town”. We’ll see what happens. The Grammys air on January 31, 2010.