At the end of 2008, "The Way I See It" was included in a number of critics' best albums lists. It was named one of the year's 10-best records by the "Los Angeles Times", "The Wall Street Journal", and the "Houston Chronicle", which cited it as ninth best. It was also ranked at number five by "Exclaim!", number seven by "The Irish Times", number one by NPR, number five by "The Observer", number three by "Time Out", and number two by "USA Today". "The Way I See It" was voted the 18th best album of 2008 in the Pazz &amp; Jop, an annual poll of American critics nationwide, published in "The Village Voice"; the poll's singles list had six of the album's songs voted in, including "100 Yard Dash" at number 114 and both "Love That Girl" and "Big Easy" at number 250. Nate Chinen of "The New York Times" included "100 Yard Dash" in his top-five singles list for 2008. "The Way I See It" also nominated for the 2009 Grammy Award for Best R&amp;B Album. "Love That Girl" was nominated for Best Traditional R&amp;B Vocal Performance, while "Never Give You Up" was nominated for Best R&amp;B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.