Best Rock Performance
最佳摇滚演奏
“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams
“Do I Wanna Know?” – Arctic Monkeys
“Blue Moon” – Beck
“Fever” – The Black Keys
“Lazaretto” – Jack White
Note: All these songs, save Arctic Monkeys’, are nominated for Best Rock Song too, so that doesn’t help clarify anything. So is it going to be a BlackKeys or Jack White kind of year?
注：除了北极猴子乐队的歌曲，所有其他的候选歌曲都同时被提名为最佳摇滚歌曲，所以在此很难判断。也许今年黑键乐团或者杰克·怀特会赢也说不定。
Best Metal Performance
最佳金属演奏
“Neon Knights” – Anthrax
“High Road” – Mastodon
“Heartbreaker” – Motorhead
“The Negative One” – Slipknot
“The Last in Line” – Tenacious D
Note: Anthrax has been nominated every year since 2007. The winner in 2006? Slipknot. The winner in 2005? Motorhead. Mastodon has been nominated a ton, but has never won. It comes down to Motorhead and Slipknot, and I think the latter is more the academy’s view on metal’s preference.
注：炭疽乐队自2007年以来每年都会获得提名。2006年的赢家是谁?Slipknot。2005年的赢家是谁?乳齿象乐队无数次获得提名，但是从来没有获奖过。那么获奖者应该在 Motorhead 和Slipknot两者之间，我觉得后者更符合评委会对金属音乐的眼光和偏好。
Best Rock Song
最佳摇滚歌曲
“Ain’t It Fun” – Paramore
“Blue Moon” – Beck
“Fever” – The Black Keys
“Gimme Something Good” – Ryan Adams
“Lazaretto” – Jack White
Note: Beck being nominated for Album of the Year confuses things more. I’m going to stick with my Jack White clean sweep.
注：Beck也获得了年度最佳唱片的提名，所以事情就更扑朔难辨了。我还是坚持一边倒的观点，支持杰克·怀特获胜吧。
Best Rock Album
最佳摇滚专辑
Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Morning Phase – Beck
Turn Blue – The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Songs of Innocence – U2
Note: Again, logic dictates a Beck win, and that’s what I’m going with, but someone else winning wouldn’t surprise me at all.
注：再一次，按道理beck应该会赢，我就认定他会赢吧。不过如果赢家另有其人，我也丝毫不会感到意外。
Best Alternative Music Album
最佳另类音乐专辑
This Is All Yours – alt-J
Reflektor – Arcade Fire
Melophobia – Cage the Elephant
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Lazaretto – Jack White
Note: That sneaky Jack White; he entered his rock album in a different category! Sly devil. You earn yourself a win for that!
注：狡猾的杰克·怀特将自己的摇滚专辑归入了另一个类别!真是个滑头的坏蛋!为了你的小伎俩你也应该获奖!
Best R&B Performance
最佳R&B歌手
“Drunk in Love” – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
“New Flame” – Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross
“It’s Your World” – Jennifer Hudson feat. R Kelly
“Like THis” – Ledisi
“Good Kisser” – Usher
Note: A Jennifer Hudson/R Kelly combo is intriguing, but I think Beyoncé takes this
注：珍妮佛·哈德森与罗伯特·凯利联手的阵容非常有诱惑力，不过我认为还是碧昂斯会获奖。
Best R&B Song
最佳R&B歌曲
“Drunk In Love” – Beyoncé feat. Jay Z
“Good Kisser” – Usher
“New Flame” – Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross
“Options (Wolfjames Version)” – Luke James feat. Rick Ross)
“The Worst” – Jhene Aiko
Note: Fill up that trophy case, Beyoncé!
注：满载而归吧，碧昂斯!
Best Rap Performance
最佳说唱歌手
“3005” – Childish Gambino
“0 to 100 / The Catch Up” – Drake
“Rap God” – Eminem
“I” – Kendrick Lamar
“All I Need Is You” – Lecrae
Note: By Grammy standards, it’s Eminem versus nobody, so Eminem wins.
注：从格莱美的评奖标准来看，这个奖项阿姆无人能及，所以阿姆赢定了。
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
最佳说唱歌曲合作
“Blak Majik” – Common feat. Jhene Aiko
“The Monster” – Eminem & Rihanna
“Tuesday” – I Love Makonnen feat. Drake
“Studio” – Schoolboy Q feat. BJ the Chicago Kid
“Bound 2″ – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
Note: Well, at least this one has competition: Eminem’s legacy versus Kanye’s. Eminem gets a step up because of Rihanna’s inclusion, though Bound 2 made the bigger splash via its ridiculous music video.
注：好吧，还好这个奖项上有点竞争性：这是阿姆的权威性与卡内的权威性之间的较量。阿姆由于蕾哈娜的加盟更胜一筹，虽然Bound 2 滑稽的音乐视频得到了更多的关注。
Best Rap Song
最佳说唱歌曲
“Anaconda” – Nicki Minaj
“Bound 2″ – Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
“I” – Kendrick Lamar
“We Dem Boyz” – Wiz Khalifa
“0 to 100 / The Catch Up” – Drake
Note: Here’s the thing: if I don’t know rap, the Grammy’s sure don’t know rap. Wiz Khalifa wins.
注：事实是这样的：如果我不了解说唱音乐的话，格莱美奖就更不了解说唱音乐了。Wiz Khalifa 肯定会赢。
