In 2004, Giovanni was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards for her album "The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection". This was a collection of poems that she read against the backdrop of gospel music.(29) She also featured on the track "Ego Trip by Nikki Giovanni" on Blackalicious's 2000 album "Nia". In November 2008, a song cycle of her poems, "Sounds That Shatter the Staleness in Lives" by Adam Hill, was premiered as part of the Soundscapes Chamber Music Series in Taos, New Mexico.