[PAR] [TLE] Grammy Award for Best Rap Album [SEP] The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.  Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". [PAR] [TLE] Capital Punishment (album) [SEP] Capital Punishment is the debut and only album released by rapper Big Pun during his life, released on April 28, 1998.  The album peaked at #5 on the "Billboard" 200 charts and #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks.  It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards, but lost to Jay-Z's "Vol.  2... Hard Knock Life".  It was also the first solo Latin hip hop record to go Platinum.
[PAR] [TLE] Grammy Award for Best Rap Album [ SEP ] The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards . Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to " honor artistic achievement , technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry , without regard to album sales or chart position " . [PAR] [TLE] Capital Punishment ( album ) [ SEP ] Capital Punishment is the debut and only album released by rapper Big Pun during his life , released on April 28 , 1998 . The album peaked at # 5 on the " Billboard " 200 charts and # 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks . It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards , but lost to Jay - Z 's " Vol . 2 ... Hard Knock Life " . It was also the first solo Latin hip hop record to go Platinum .
What was this Grammy award category originally called that Jay-Z's "Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life" won at the 1999 Grammy Awards?
What was this Grammy award category originally called that Jay - Z 's " Vol . 2 ... Hard Knock Life " won at the 1999 Grammy Awards ?
Gramophone Awards
Gramophone Awards