to me the d smoke isnt on the same level and the jay elec is a bit of a stretch as well. there are definitely some albums i think deserved the nomination more than some of these but overall im not mad at it.

pretty surprised to see royce on there, probably my fav of the 5.

i definitely think nas is going to win it.

im guessing adding that melodic rap category helped remove some of those mainstream albums people would complain about getting nominated as rap.