Grammy nominations had their own TV special last night. If you turned the channel 30 seconds in because you couldn’t get through the tortured opening dialogue between LL Cool J and Taylor Swift (oh, LL, a honky-tonk is a bar, silly!), you missed a tribute to Johnny Cash, a performance by Maroon 5 and all men being nominated in the category of Album of the Year. Philly connections for the nominations: The Temple University Symphony Orchestra picked up two spots in the Best Instrumental Composition category; Bruce Springsteen picked up three (including Best Rock Album for Wrecking Ball); and The Roots scored one for Best Rap Album. [Philly.com]
Holy Crap: #Undun got nominated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #!!!!!!!
— Questo of The Roots (@questlove) December 6, 2012
