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The September 30th eligibility deadline for the 2019 Grammy Awards passed yesterday, meaning every album that will eventually be nominated for Best Rap Album is now out.


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— Barbra Streisand"Northern Soul" — Above and Beyond featuring Richard Bedford"Ultimatum" — Disclosure (featuring Fatoumata Diawara)"Made for Love" — Charlie Wilson featuring Lalah Hathaway"Come Through and Chill" — Miguel featuring J. Cole and Salaam Remi"Chris Dave and the Drumhedz" — Chris Dave And The Drumhedz"Sicko Mode" — Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, and Swae Lee"Like I Do" — Christina Aguilera featuring Goldlink"King's Dead" — Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake"Sicko Mode" — Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, and Swae Lee"Meant to Be" — Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia LineLike what you see here?

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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Willie Nelson's Grammy-winning album had multiple Frank Sinatra tributes. Despite his obvious appeal to the voters, While soundtracks have had success outside of their dedicated categories—If the Academy loves Kendrick, then they hate J. Cole.

And on top of that Jay Z gets like 9 nominations and doesn't win a single one? This is why I have taken the liberty of compiling a list of all eligible albums for the 2019 awards as well as some analysis on which albums are most likely to pick up nominations come award season.Now this list is by no means comprehensive as I'm sure there were far more than 120 projects released within the eligibility period.

For the Grammy nominees, hip-hop titans Kendrick Lamar and Drake face-off in several non-rap categories.














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