Bootsy Collins: Bootsy's Rubber Band (Bootzilla - 1978) video

Bootsy's Rubber Band (Bootzilla - 1978)
Bootsy's Rubber Band performing Bootzilla at Houston, TX during the Player Of The Year tour.


"You can't get funkier than that" - Snoop Dogg

Mary J Blige - Hope For Haiti Now

Sade "Soldier of Love"

Grammy Awards 2010 Nominations List and Preview

Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2010 on CBS

Album of the Year:

* “I Am…Sasha Fierce” - Beyonce Knowles
* “The E.N.D.” - Black Eyed Peas
* “The Fame” - Lady GaGa
* “Fearless” - Taylor Swift

Record of the year:

* “Halo” - Beyonce Knowles
* “I Gotta Feeling” - Black Eyed Peas
* “Use Somebody” - Kings of Leon
* “Poker Face” - Lady GaGa
* “You Belong with Me” - Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:

* “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” - Beyonce Knowles
* “Poker Face” - Lady GaGa
* “Pretty Wings” - Maxwell
* “Use Somebody” - Kings of Leon
* “You Belong with Me” - Taylor Swift

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:

* “I Gotta Feeling” - Black Eyed Peas
* ” We Weren’t Born to Follow” - Bon Jovi
* “Never Say Never” - The Fray
* “Sara Smile” - Daryl Hall & John Oates
* “Kids” - MGMT

Best Rap Solo Performance:

* “Best I Ever Had” - Drake
* “Beautiful” - Eminem
* “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” - Jay-Z
* “Day ‘N’ Nite” - Kid Cudi
* “Casa Bey” - Mos Def

Best Rock Album:

* “Black Ice” - AC/DC
* “Live From Madison Square Garden” - Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
* “21st Century Breakdown” - Green Day
* “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” - Dave Matthews Band
* “No Line on the Horizon” - U2

Best New Artist:

* Zac Brown Band
* Keri Hilson
* MGMT
* Silversun Pickups
* The Ting Tings

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:

* Adele - “Hometown Glory”
* Beyonce Knowles - “Halo”
* Katy Perry - “Hot N Cold”
* Pink - “Sober”
* Taylor Swift - “You Belong With Me”

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:

* John Legend - “This Time”
* Maxwell - “Love You”
* Jason Mraz - “Make It Mine”
* Seal - “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
* Stevie Wonder - “All About the Love Again”

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

* Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen - “Sea of Heartbreak”
* Ciara & Justin Timberlake - “Love Sex Magic”
* Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat - “Lucky”
* Willie Nelson & Norah Jones - “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
* Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat - “Breathe”

Best Pop Vocal Album:

* Black Eyed Peas - “The E.N.D.”
* Colbie Caillat - “Breakthrough”
* Kelly Clarkson - “All I Ever Wanted”
* The Fray - “The Fray”
* Pink - “Funhouse”

Best Dance Recording:

* Black Eyed Peas - “Boom Boom Pow”
* David Guetta & Kelly Rowland - “When Love Takes Over”
* Lady GaGa - “Poker Face”
* Madonna - “Celebration”
* Britney Spears - “Womanizer”

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:

* Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
* Melanie Fiona - “It Kills Me”
* Lalah Hathaway - “That Was Then”
* Ledisi - “Goin’ Thru Changes”
* Jazmine Sullivan - “Lions, Tigers & Bears”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:

* Anthony Hamilton - “The Point of It All”
* Maxwell - “Pretty Wings”
* Musiq Soulchild - “Sobeautiful”
* Pleasure P - “Under”
* Charlie Wilson - “There Goes My Baby”

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:

* Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - “Blame It”
* India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild - “Chocolate High”
* Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige - “Ifuleave”
* Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters - “Higher Ground”
* Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby - “Love Has Finally Come at Last”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:

* Beyonce Knowles - “At Last”
* Anthony Hamilton - “Soul Music”
* Boney James & Quinn- “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight”
* Ann Nesby - “Sow Love”
* Calvin Richardson - “Woman Gotta Have It”

Best R&B Song:

* Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - “Blame It”
* Jazmine Sullivan - “Lions, Tigers & Bears”
* Maxwell - “Pretty Wings”
* Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
* Pleasure P - “Under”

Best R&B Album:

* Anthony Hamilton - “The Point of It All”
* India.Arie - “Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics”
* Ledisi - “Turn Me Loose”
* Maxwell - “BLACKsummers’night”
* Charlie Wilson - “Uncle Charlie”

Best Contemporary R&B Album:

* Beyonce Knowles - “I Am…Sasha Fierce”
* Jamie Foxx - “Intuition”
* Pleasure P - “The Introduction of Marcus Cooper”
* Trey Songz - “Ready”
* T-Pain - “Thr33 Ringz”

Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group:

* Beastie Boys & Nas - “Too Many Rappers”
* Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent - “Crack A Bottle”
* Fabolous & Jay-Z - “Money Goes, Honey Stay”
* Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common - “Make Her Say”
* Kanye West & Young Jeezy - “Amazing”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

* Beyonce Knowles & Kanye West - “Ego”
* Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo - “Knock You Down”
* Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - “Run This Town”
* The Lonely Island & T-Pain - “I’m On A Boat”
* T.I. & Justin Timberlake - “Dead And Gone”

Best Rap Song:

* “Best I Ever Had” - Drake
* “Day ‘N’ Nite” - Kid Cudi
* “Dead And Gone” - T.I. & Justin Timberlake
* “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” - Jay-Z
* “Run This Town” - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Rap Album:

* “Universal Mind Control” - Common
* “Relapse” - Eminem
* “R.O.O.T.S.” - Flo Rida
* “The Ecstatic” - Mos Def
* “The Renaissance” - Q-Tip

Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media

* Miley Cyrus - “The Climb” (From “Hannah Montana: The Movie”)
* Paramore - “Decode” (From “Twilight)
* A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash - “Jai Ho” (From “Slumdog Millionaire”)
* Beyonce Knowles - “Once in a Lifetime” (From “Cadillac Records”)
* Bruce Springsteen - “The Wrestler” (From “The Wrestler”)



Michael Jackson Tribute

The tribute will be the first 3-D performance ever on the 52nd Grammy Awards that will be broadcast on Sunday, January 31, 2010 on CBS. The 3-D mini movie "Earth Song" will be presented along with awarding Jackson posthumously with the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. Viewers will be able to pick up free 3-D glasses from Target to fully enjoy the experience.



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General Larry Platt will perform ‘Pants on the Ground’ before the ceremony actually starts, at the pre-show.

iPhone Concert

IntraV: a tale in two parts
On Thursday, December 3rd, a small group of students and faculty performed as the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO).