The Grammy Rap Nominees was a series of various artists compilation albums that were released from 1999–2001. Albums are released before the airing of the annual Grammy Awards. All of the songs on the albums are Grammy nominated in the year released. The last edition, released in 2001 was a compilation of both rap and R&B nominated songs.
1999 edit
| Grammy Rap Nominees 1999 | |
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | February 9, 1999 |
| Genre | Rap |
| Length | 52:47 |
| Label | Elektra |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| No. | Title | Music | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dangerous" | Busta Rhymes | When Disaster Strikes | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Lost Ones" | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Gone till November" | Wyclef Jean | The Carnival | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" | Will Smith | Big Willie Style | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Intergalactic" | Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Money Ain't a Thang" | Jermaine Dupri featuring Jay-Z | Life in 1472 | 4:16 |
| 7. | "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" | Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz | Make It Reign | 4:43 |
| 8. | "Rosa Parks" | OutKast | Aquemini | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" | Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard & Mýa | Bulworth | 4:26 |
| 10. | "You Came Up" | Big Pun featuring Noreaga | Capital Punishment | 4:03 |
| 11. | "Sweetheart" | Jermaine Dupri & Mariah Carey | Life in 1472 | 4:22 |
| 12. | "Lookin' at Me" | Mase featuring Puff Daddy | Harlem World | 4:15 |
| 13. | "Find a Way" | A Tribe Called Quest | The Love Movement | 3:23 |
2000 edit
| Grammy Rap Nominees 2000 | |
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | February 8, 2000 |
| Genre | Rap |
| Length | 40:55 |
| Label | RCA |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| No. | Title | Music | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gimme Some More" | Busta Rhymes | E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front | 2:39 |
| 2. | "My Name Is" | Eminem | The Slim Shady LP | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Wild Wild West" | Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee | Wild Wild West: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture | 4:06 |
| 4. | "What's It Gonna Be?!" | Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson | E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front | 5:24 |
| 5. | "Still D.R.E." | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg | 2001 | 4:29 |
| 6. | "Guilty Conscience" | Eminem featuring Dr. Dre | The Slim Shady LP | 3:20 |
| 7. | "You Got Me" | The Roots featuring Erykah Badu & Eve | Things Fall Apart | 4:20 |
| 8. | "She's a Bitch" | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | Da Real World | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Nas Is Like" | Nas | I Am... | 3:57 |
| 10. | "The Next Movement" | The Roots | Things Fall Apart | 4:10 |
2001 edit
| Grammy R&B/Rap Nominees 2001 | |
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | February 6, 2001 |
| Genre | R&B, Rap |
| Length | 73:21 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| No. | Title | Music | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Try Again" | Aaliyah | Romeo Must Die: The Album | 4:05 |
| 2. | "Bag Lady" | Erykah Badu | Mama's Gun | 4:07 |
| 3. | "He Wasn't Man Enough" | Toni Braxton | The Heat | 4:22 |
| 4. | "As We Lay" | Kelly Price | Mirror Mirror | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Gettin' In the Way" | Jill Scott | Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" | D'Angelo | Voodoo | 4:21 |
| 7. | "I Wanna Know" | Joe | My Name Is Joe | 4:56 |
| 8. | "I Wish" | R. Kelly | TP-2.com | 5:34 |
| 9. | "Stay Or Let It Go" | Brian McKnight | Back at One | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Thong Song" | Sisqó | Unleash the Dragon | 4:13 |
| 11. | "The Light" | Common | Like Water for Chocolate | 4:04 |
| 12. | "Party Up (Up in Here)" | DMX | ... And Then There Was X | 4:31 |
| 13. | "The Real Slim Shady" | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | 4:47 |
| 14. | "Shake Ya Ass" | Mystikal | Let's Get Ready | 4:18 |
| 15. | "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" | Nelly | Country Grammar | 4:48 |
| 16. | "Alive" | Beastie Boys | Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science | 3:49 |
| 17. | "The Next Episode" | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg | 2001 | 2:44 |