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2008 Grammy Award Winners & Performances

 While accepting the Best Rap Album of the Year award, Kanye really got disrespected by the producers as they cued the “get the @#$! off” music 20 seconds in. Damn, can a black man get a chance? The Foo Fighters sure did.

Amy Winehouse killed it, performing her two smash hits off Back To Black via satellite in London. In case you didn’t know, Amy Winehouse is more gangster than your favorite rapper. Even shouted out her incarcerated husband Blake.

In the suprise (read: disappointment to anyone under the age of 45) of the night, Herbie Hancock won album of the year for an album no one knew existed a month ago.

In short, Kanye and Amy owned the night, Will.I.Am just ruined it.

Check out Kanye’s performance with Daft Punk for Stronger and an emotional tribute to his mother

Kanye’s acceptance, Amy’s performance and Will.I.Am’s …. clips after the jump

Album Of The Year:
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters

Record Of The Year:
Amy Winehouse - Rehab 

Song Of The Year:
Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Best New Artist:
Amy Winehouse

Best Rap Album
Kanye West - Graduation

Kanye’s acceptance speech for best rap album

Amy Winehouse’s performance

Will.I.Am looked way too comfortable singing that Bobby McFerrin song

here are some more of the night’s winners 

Best Rap Solo Performance
Kanye West - Stronger

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Common feat. Kanye West - Southside

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Rhianna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella

Best Rap Song
Kanye West feat. T-Pain - Good Life

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Alicia Keys - No One

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Prince - Future Baby Mama

Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals
Chaka Khan feat. Mary J. Blige - Disrepectful

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Gerald Levert - In My Songs

Best Urban / Alternative Performance
Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott - Daydreaming

Best R&B Song
Alicia Keys - No One

Best R&B Album
Chaka Khan - Funk This

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Ne-Yo - Because Of You

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Mark Ronson

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