2009 Grammys + The Biggest Names in Hip Hop Today perform 'Swagger Like Us' Live

I turned it off just after Coldplay won song of the year, and are still wearing their 'Fggt D Sgt Pepper' jackets, but the grammy winners was not all that bad really for me.

Also watching diplo and a-traks twitters were fuckin awesome. some of diplos were (earliest first, meaning more sober)

• Should I bumrush mccartney
• yo quest if u dont give me after partee instructions im gonna bury u in cheesesteaks
• i bigged up karl marx in my head
• where u at now? lets get dronk
• we goi to questlove vs radiohead. meet us at coy resteraunt right now for sushi and whiskey
• Ok gane on.. Flasks refilled pickin santogold and findin questlove and unpluggin hiz serato in 1 hour
• Wuts bigger news mia pregnant swagger or chris brown domesrtic violence?
• I'm gonna robert plant my fist in our driverz face if he don't find this hotel

• Ok.. -Im bak. Santi died of peanut overdose. We r goin to find questlove and hit him like an r4 train. Then do the stank leg with thom york

MIA was pretty much bursting at the baby seems, check the vid

Doc Carter, illin'Kanye (with what HRO calls his new frullet) and EstellierSwagger

Anyway some winners

• Album of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand - My dad listens to this album all the time, now its got grammy recognition maybe i will too

• Best Rap Album: Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin (Death Magnetic, Home Before Dark, Mercy, Seeing Things, Weezer) - Still doing amazing stuff after all these years
• Best Rap Song: Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major, "Lollipop" (D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer and R. Zamor, songwriters)
• Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Estelle Featuring Kanye West, "American Boy"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z and T.I. Featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne, "Swagga Like Us"
• Best Rap Solo Performance: Lil Wayne, "A Milli"

• Best Electronic/Dance Album: Daft Punk, Alive 2007 - Did Daft Punk accept their awards?
  

• Best Dance Recording: Daft Punk, "Harder Better Faster Stronger"

• Best Traditional World Music Album: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu

• Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Juno - In my opinion one of the best OSTs ive ever heard

This was sick, Kanye, MIA, Jay-Z, TI and Lil Wayne - Swagger like us LIVE. So impressive

Samples Galore Jay-Z, Jurassic 5, Kanye West

For all you kids out there. This is a selection of a couple of my favourite samples used by some of my favourite players in the Hip Hop game today.


RIP Jurassic 5, Long Live the Kings


Mr Welfare Man- Curtis Mayfield - As used in Jurassic 5's 'Gotta Understand'
Music Man Pts 1 & 2 - Pleasure Web - As used in Jurassic 5's 'Jayou'
Make The Road By Walking- Menahan Street Band - As heard in Jay-Z's 'Roc Boys'
Move On Up- Curtis Mayfield - As used in Kanye West's 'Touch the Sky'

"The Twelve Most Powerful Musicians of Today"....Apparently

Just on Thursday MuchMusic.com released a list of the "Twelve Most Powerful Musicians of Today". They say when compiling a list like this they take into account not only the album sales, but the whole 'franchise' that comes with them.
It's a pretty ok list, except I'm not sure about Hilary Duff sitting at No.5 most powerful musician of today. Amirite?

Here's a little summary of the artists on the list, head to MuchMusic.com to see the full list plus some little descriptions.

12. 50 Cent The King of Drama

11. Christina Aguilera The Chameleon

10. Miley Cyrus The Teen Queen

9. Bono The Global Ambassador

8. Kanye West The Loudmouth

7. Beyonce The Bootylicious Businesswoman

6. Timbaland The Music Maestro

5. Hilary Duff The Mini Mogul

4. Diddy The Unstoppable Entrepreneur

3. Madonna The Living Legend

2. Jay-Z The Franchise

1. Justin Timberlake The New King of Pop