The Apocalypse Is Upon Us: Lil Wayne Leads Grammy Nominees

Posted at 2:07 PM Dec 04, 2008

By Kenny Herzog



The Recording Academy has officially broken their backs in an attempt to reverse years of just criticism for The Grammys being a mundane, lily-white affair that primarily celebrated commercially viable but critically neutered bands. And the week of weird, which previously constituted a high-charting album by Guns 'N Fuckin' Roses, continues, as it has been announced that New Orleans' resident lunatic mastermind/frequent source of NCDSUV curiosity Lil Wayne leads this year's pack with eight nominations, including Album Of The Year, for Tha Carter III.

It's actually a bit difficult to process, and potentially puts the broadcast in a position to outhip the increasingly uninspiring MTV Video Music Awards. And I can't be the only person who may actually reserve this as an occasion to spend with their elder relatives, just to watch them kvetch about how our culture has gone to hell in a hip-hop basket, as they desperately cling to copies of their Melissa Manchester records.

Make sure to tune in (or perhaps Auto-Tune?) to next year's Grammys, when Deicide takes the stage for the opening performance and DJ Assault wins the Best Gospel trophy.