It's simple: No one -- not record label reps, nor any member of the Recording Academy -- thought to enter the Neptunes or Perry. That rendered them ineligible, according to Roecker. The Neptunes' Pharrell Williams has publicly blamed industry execs for the slight, but he could just as easily look in the mirror: Roecker points out that producers are allowed to nominate themselves. Unless, of course, they're too busy being N.E.R.D.s.