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Kanye West leads the pack with the most Grammy nominations this year. Kanye is also famous for throwing a tantrum every time he ends up being beaten out by anyone else for any other award. This time around, we think maybe Kanye should be crossing his fingers in hopes that he doesn't win.
Our times are choked with so many awards shows, it's impossible to really take any of them seriously anymore. Sure, the Grande Old Dames like the Emmys, the Oscars, the Tonys, and the Grammys seem to garner the most attention and respect; but do they really deserve either anymore?
Honestly, of the shortlisted awards shows, we would have to say that the Grammys are the least indicative of the arts scene it is connected to. If anything, the Grammys do an excellent job highlighting just how unwilling the music industry is to even acknowledge, much less embrace, the changes that are tearing its corporate structure apart at the seams.
So, is it really a compliment for a forward thinking artist such as Kanye to be "honored" by an organization that is obviously so behind the times? Wouldn't that signal that they're not really respecting Kanye's musical contributions as much as they're leveraging his popularity to prop up their own sagging influence?
So wouldn't it be better if Kanye lost? Or, better yet, pulled a Brando and just sent a statement-making emissary — say, the woman whose kid upset Prince so much a while ago — to refuse any awards he was unlucky enough to win?
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Rapping over someone else's song, and saying "uh" "yeah" "C'mon" is forward thinking?
Kanye is as forward thinking as he is street.
It's funny when people attach value to some vanilla mainstream artist.
word Tony B,
I'm so tired of that Shawn P Silly wanna be that I could spit, "how high? To touch the sky!" He's such a lame and when Cool Moe Dee wore those rap around sunglasses it was cool, Kayne needs to give it up and go back to college.
I guess Kyane is like the O'Bama of the rap music world huh, Tank Boy? Makes you feel good right?
Poppin niggers and bangin hoes IS forward thinking, isn't it?
Also, didn't he retire and then not retire in the matter of a week a few months ago? Or am I thinking of another one of these same guys??
Wrong guy, huckeyes. Save your moral indignation for someone else.
TonyB and Spook, you're both regular readers so you know I include a caveat in the "forward thinking" category in that Kanye sells millions of albums and still manages to create music that is stylistically ahead of the pack of monochromatic other hip-pop hits and club bangers. I'm on record as saying his actual rhymes are far from being his strong point.
And huckeyes, you are thinking of 50 Cent.
I stopped paying attention to the Grammys after Jetrho Tull won the Best Heavy Metal award.
"Kanye sells millions of albums and still manages to create music that is stylistically ahead of the pack of monochromatic other hip-pop hits and club bangers"
His lyrics are great as is his musical abilities. Sure he uses samples but what hip hop doesn't? Graduation is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Don't dismiss something you haven't even bothered listening to spook, huckeyes and tonyb
Tankboy & TNGN2 - Agreed.
Matty - I've listened to each of his albums, they're nothing more than bubblegum rap. The Daft Punk portion of the one song is the ONLY good part of it.
Anyone defending that no talent assclown needs to look no further than his craptacular 'performance' doing Message In A Bottle with The Police.
Matty, what's up with that? Clearly Tony B and I have listened to Kayne Pest, sorry, I mean Kayne West. And since you wanna dis, I bet my knowledge of hip hop is greater than yours!
I think bubble gum rap is so on target, that 'm gonna jack the term for myself :-)
Tanky
I know what you’re saying, but I think you are actually giving testimonial demonstrative of just how Corporate America has subverted hip hop.
Yea Kayne is stylistically ahead of "the pack of monochromatic other hip-pop hits and club bangers," but by how much? I don't know, maybe I'm just hating on him or as Kayne said in one of his songs
"You might see me in my brand new whip, with my brand new b*tch, you don't like it, get off my brand new d*ck"
As many times as you posted about Kayne Pest, I mean West, what about more on Common, Talib, Mos Def, Alchemist, Aesop Rock, Madlib, MF,Doom
etc, etc, etc, And of course we got some local talent with folks like All Natural,etc that never get the spot light.
Well, we have covered most of those folks in one way or another, though I admit it has been more as pieces of news or listings of notewarthy shows. I diod uncover these with a quick search though:
Common
Aesop Rock
And we have touched upon Kid Sister and the whole crew surrounding her ... but we're always looking to do a better job so thanks for the suggestions on who else to profile.
yea honestly, you folks keep an ear to the underground, aint no denying. Its just that Kayne seems to have totally turned his back on the underground that put him on and no body is talking about it
Spook, I dunno how true that is. He certainly helped Lupe and Rhymefest gain exposure, and didn't he just guest on Kid Sister's "Pro Nails?"
I mean, he isn't exactly producing Dälek, but if he did snub the Grammys, wouldn't that make a nice statement for the Underground?
alright, i take it back. if you legitimately don't like it, that's one thing, i just hear too many responses from people who call anything related to hip hop "jungle music" or whatever.
sorry for not giving you guys enough credit. :\
Kanye does act like a bitch when he loses, I bet its because george bush hates black people. Im sure he will take home a few awards, he is talented as a producer and his sound is very good but some of the lyrics well not so good.