Feb. 02, 2007 | 04:00 PM EST

Kanye Roots for Someone Other Than Himself

Photo by: Michael Loccisano / FilmMagic; TLP / MARCEL THOMAS IMAGES
Kanye Roots for Someone Other Than Himself 
 | James Blunt, Kanye West
The notorious sore loser and stage crasher, who once claimed he "was robbed" after Gretchen Wilson beat him out for breakthrough artist at the AMAs in '04 and Maroon 5 took the best new artist Grammy, is – shockingly – ready to hand this year's best new artist Grammy to someone besides himself. And it's not who you'd think: "James Blunt should win," he told us at a Super Bowl kickoff concert. Is this a softer, gentler, more "Beautiful" Kanye West? One who sings "My life is brilliant/ My love is pure" in the shower?