nominations are here. everyone has questions.
http://www.grammy.com/news/jay-z-tops-56th-grammy-nominations-with-nine
― deez the season (some dude), Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:34 (eleven years ago)
sara bareilles??? did i just completely miss something this year?
― i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:39 (eleven years ago)
I don't know how any of this stuff works (was the nominations concert live? etc.) but I found it kinda awkward and hilarious when T. Swift was like, "thank you for the nominations" before her performance, which, at that point, only one category was announced and she wasn't nominated in that category. Unless she knew she was nominated beforehand. But it was funny to me, the viewer.
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:42 (eleven years ago)
you didn't. that album hasn't sold as much as either of her previous ones and the lead single (the one that sounded like Katy Perry's "Roar") is just now starting to pick up some steam on the charts after it was used in an ad. really one of the most random left field AOTY nominations ever. and i say that as someone who likes Bareilles's music ok and have listened to the album. xp
― deez the season (some dude), Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:44 (eleven years ago)
Looks like Tig Notaro will possibly, even probably, get a Grammy. That's cool.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:48 (eleven years ago)
she did the most amazingly funny bit on the Pete Holmes Show the other night
― deez the season (some dude), Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:49 (eleven years ago)
could someone kindly remind me of the difference btwn Song and Record again
― Simon H., Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:55 (eleven years ago)
Song is awarded to the songwriter(s).
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 7 December 2013 04:57 (eleven years ago)
why is james blake nominated for best new artist?
― dyl, Saturday, 7 December 2013 05:42 (eleven years ago)
also good for ariel rechtshaid getting a non-classical producer nom
Holy shit at the Timberlake snubbage.
― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Saturday, 7 December 2013 06:51 (eleven years ago)
Also Daft Punk vs. Kendrick Lamar in AotY. Good stuff, imo.
it's so strange seeing late-2012 stuff like the roomful of teeth album in the 2014 grammys. what is the cut-off period, in either direction?
― lime pickle (get bent), Saturday, 7 December 2013 06:53 (eleven years ago)
i mean it is pretty funny that jt wasn't nominated for aoty but he got 7 other noms (many of which were even less deserved than an aoty nom would have been imo) so it's not like he was completely snubbed or anything
― dyl, Saturday, 7 December 2013 07:18 (eleven years ago)
Surprised HAIM didn't get a best new artist gong, and that Janelle Monàe was completely snubbed. Then again, I never have any idea how they come up with the nominations for these.
― mums go off when i enter the building (monotony), Saturday, 7 December 2013 10:38 (eleven years ago)
cutoff period is end of September, so stuff from October 2012 is fair game.
more complete noms list here: http://www.grammy.com/nominees
― some dude, Saturday, 7 December 2013 14:12 (eleven years ago)
"For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist."
Pretty certain I saw Tamar Braxton on the pre-ballot for this category. She was on an Arista single released in 1990 and released a Hot 100 single well over a decade ago.
― Andy K, Saturday, 7 December 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago)
james blake's album wasn't that popular here tho? like i didn't even know he had released anything, not that i am looking out for his music or anything. ed sheeran also was nominated for song of the year last year and yet was nominated for new artist this year... i guess his soty-nominated recording didn't establish his public identity???
― dyl, Saturday, 7 December 2013 16:10 (eleven years ago)
Tamar didn't just release a single in 2000, she had a whole album on DreamWorks!
the James Blake one is weird because i don't have any sense that his 2013 album reached anybody that his 2011 album didn't reach, at least in America.
― some dude, Saturday, 7 December 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago)
Right, but plenty of major-label albums fail to establish "public identity." Crazy to think that a Hot 100 single doesn't necessarily equate to "public identity."
The Blake album peaked at number 32 on the Billboard 200 and topped Electronic Albums.
― Andy K, Saturday, 7 December 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago)
(Blake's '11 album did not chart on the 200.)
― Andy K, Saturday, 7 December 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago)
For me, the most suspicious nomination is Salaam Remi's digital-only album, currently 76,837th on Amazon.
― Andy K, Saturday, 7 December 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago)
it gets even weirder when you realize that best new artist nominee ed sheeran was up for song of the year last year
biggest snubs imo are paramore, janelle, j cole for rap album (lol @ that jay-z pile of garbage leading the way in nominations), bruno mars for aoty, and all the currently functioning rock bands that lost a nomination to A VERSION OF 'KASHMIR'
― maura, Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago)
dont get the ilm love for paramore at all.
How do Grammy noms work. Do bands need to pay a fee to get nominated or do major labels just nominate the big sellers and/or bright new hopes they hope to sell to the public in each category? I assume not just any band on an independent label can be nominated?
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago)
Ciara just posted this to address how "Body Party" wasn't nominated and now I'm confused - how does a sample make a song ineligible? http://instagram.com/p/hoMov1yHuv/
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago)
Paramore were never gonna be nominated for anything, that's not a snub
― some dude, Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago)
No album of the year nomination for Kanye West
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago)
eh i think they could have gotten a pop nomination or two al
― maura, Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago)
which awards is macklemore gonna win
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago)
paramore are too pop for rock and too rock for pop
"still into you" deserved a nod tho
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:09 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
'industry people' aka people who have a certain required # + type of credits on recordings/albums are eligible to be naras members + then noms are made essentially from marketing/PR to those select people
― sleepingbag, Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago)
iirc
What are the eligibility requirements?For the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, albums must be released between Oct. 1, 2012 and Sept. 30, 2013. Recordings must be in general distribution in the United States, i.e. sales by label to a branch or recognized independent distributor, via the Internet, or mail order/retail sales for a nationally marketed product. How are recordings entered?The Academy accepts entries online from its members and from registered labels. Entrants are provided information on how to submit their recordings electronically for consideration.
(From the Grammy.com FAQ)
At Roadrunner, where I work - two of our bands are nominated for Best Metal Performance this year - the product manager is the one in charge of submitting records for Grammy consideration. (Product manager = the person who is in charge of every aspect of a band's album production cycle; he/she sets up recording sessions, photo and video shoots, determines the marketing budget and how it's spent, proofs the CD booklet, etc., etc.)
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago)
I've been imagining Kanye seething about Sara Bareilles all night.
― Noblesse J. Blige (jaymc), Saturday, 7 December 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago)
lol me too
― some dude, Saturday, 7 December 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago)
Ha
― when a real whiney hold you down, you sposed to drown (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 December 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago)
General Field
Record of the year
Get Lucky — Daft Punk & Pharrell WilliamsRadioactive — Imagine DragonsRoyals — LordeLocked Out Of Heaven — Bruno MarsBlurred Lines — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell
Album of the Year
The Blessed Unrest — Sara BareillesRandom Access Memories — Daft PunkGood Kid, M.A.A.D City — Kendrick LamarThe Heist — Macklemore & Ryan LewisRed — Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
Just Give Me A Reason — Jeff Bhasker, Pink & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Pink Featuring Nate Ruess)Locked Out Of Heaven — Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Bruno Mars)Roar — Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry & Henry Walter, songwriters (Katy Perry)Royals — Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)Same Love —- Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Mary Lambert)
Best New Artist
James BlakeKendrick LamarMacklemore & Ryan LewisKacey MusgravesEd Sheeran
Pop Field
Best Pop Solo Performance
Brave — Sara BareillesRoyals — LordeWhen I Was Your Man — Bruno MarsRoar — Katy PerryMirrors — Justin Timberlake
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Get Lucky — Daft Punk & Pharrell WilliamsJust Give Me A Reason — Pink Featuring Nate RuessStay — Rihanna Featuring Mikky EkkoBlurred Lines — Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & PharrellSuit & Tie — Justin Timberlake & Jay Z
Best Pop Instrumental Album
Steppin' Out — Herb AlpertThe Beat —- Boney JamesHandpicked — Earl KlughSummer Horns — Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard ElliotHacienda — Jeff Lorber Fusion
Best Pop Vocal Album
Paradise — Lana Del ReyPure Heroine — LordeUnorthodox Jukebox — Bruno MarsBlurred Lines — Robin ThickeThe 20/20 Experience — The Complete Experience — Justin Timberlake
Dance/Electronica Field
Best Dance RecordingNeed U (100%) — Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEKSweet Nothing — Calvin Harris Featuring Florence WelchAtmosphere — KaskadeThis Is What It Feels Like — Armin Van Buuren Featuring Trevor GuthrieClarity — Zedd Featuring Foxes
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Random Access Memories — Daft PunkSettle — Disclosure18 Months — Calvin HarrisAtmosphere — KaskadeA Color Map of the Sun — Pretty Lights
Traditional Pop Field
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Viva Duets — Tony Bennett & Various ArtistsTo Be Loved — Michael BubléThe Standards — Gloria EstefanCee Lo's Magic Moment — Cee Lo GreenNow — Dionne Warwick
Rock Field
Best Rock Performance
Always Alright — Alabama ShakesThe Stars (Are Out Tonight) — David BowieRadioactive — Imagine DragonsKashmir — Led ZeppelinMy God Is the Sun — Queens Of The Stone AgeI'm Shakin' — Jack White
Best Metal Performance
T.N.T. — AnthraxGod Is Dead? — Black SabbathThe Enemy Inside — Dream TheaterIn Due Time — Killswitch EngageRoom 24 — Volbeat Featuring King Diamond
Best Rock Song
Ain't Messin 'Round — Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)Cut Me Some Slack — Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)Doom And Gloom — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (the Rolling Stones)God Is Dead? — Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne, songwriters (Black Sabbath)Panic Station — Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
Best Rock Album
13 — Black SabbathThe Next Day — David BowieMechanical Bull — Kings Of LeonCelebration Day — Led Zeppelin...Like Clockwork — Queens Of The Stone AgePsychedelic Pill — Neil Young With Crazy Horse
Alternative Field
Best Alternative Music Album
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You — Neko CaseTrouble Will Find Me — The NationalHesitation Marks — Nine Inch NailsLonerism — Tame ImpalaModern Vampires Of The City — Vampire Weekend
R&B Field
Best R&B Performance
Love And War — Tamar BraxtonBest Of Me — Anthony HamiltonNakamarra — Hiatus Kaiyote Featuring Q-TipHow Many Drinks? — Miguel Featuring Kendrick LamarSomething — Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Please Come Home — Gary Clark Jr.Get It Right — FantasiaQuiet Fire — MaysaHey Laura — Gregory PorterYesterday — Ryan Shaw
Best R&B Song
Best Of Me - Anthony Hamilton & Jairus Mozee, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)Love And War - Tamar Braxton, Darhyl Camper, Jr., LaShawn Daniels & Makeba Riddick, songwriters (Tamar Braxton)Only One - PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring Stevie Wonder)Pusher Love Girl - James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)Without Me - Fantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels & Kyle Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia Featuring Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliot)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Love And War - Tamar BraxtonSide Effects Of You - FantasiaOne: In The Chamber - Salaam RemiUnapologetic - RihannaNew York: A Love Story - Mack Wilds
Best R&B Album
R&B Divas - Faith EvansGirl On Fire - Alicia KeysLove In The Future - John LegendBetter - Chrisette MicheleThree Kings - TGT
Rap Field
Best Rap Performance
Started From The Bottom - DrakeBerzerk - EminemTom Ford - Jay ZSwimming Pools (Drank) - Kendrick LamarThrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Power Trip - J. Cole Featuring MiguelPart II (On The Run) - Jay Z Featuring BeyoncéHoly Grail - Jay Z Featuring Justin TimberlakeNow Or Never - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. BligeRemember You - Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd
Best Rap Song
...Problems - Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Kendrick Lamar, Rakim Mayers & Noah Shebib, songwriters (ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)Holy Grail - Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, J. Harmon, Timothy Mosley, Justin Timberlake & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & Krist Novoselic, songwriters) (Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake)New Slaves - Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, Malik Jones, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Che Smith, Kanye West & Cydell Young, songwriters (Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser, songwriters) (Kanye West)Started From The Bottom - W. Coleman, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Bruno Sanfilippo, songwriter) (Drake)Thrift Shop - Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
Best Rap Album
Nothing Was The Same - DrakeMagna Carta...Holy Grail - Jay ZGood Kid, M.A.A.D City - Kendrick LamarThe Heist - Macklemore & Ryan LewisYeezus - Kanye West
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/music/la-et-ms-grammy-nominations-winners-list,0,27835.story#ixzz2moa6M5SY
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 December 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago)
if i were a currently functioning rock band, i'd be more upset at losing a nomination to A VERSION OF JACK WHITE.
― i play too fast (which is the sign of an amateur) (fact checking cuz), Saturday, 7 December 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago)
I hope everyone is excited about these 2 nominations:
Kashmir — Led Zeppelin
Doom And Gloom — Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, songwriters (the Rolling Stones)
2014 nominations...wow
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 December 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago)
haha wait MCAK WILDS NOMINATION
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 7 December 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago)
it's interesting how the boomer slant has mostly disappeared from the major categories (Daft Punk are under 40 and pretty hip to be the oldest guys with an AOTY nom) but is still that glaring in some categories. almost as funny as "Kashmir" is that it's up against Jack White's 4th single (which only charted in Canada) from his album that had an AOTY nom last year.
― some dude, Saturday, 7 December 2013 20:14 (eleven years ago)
The Grammys are always ridiculous but this was a pleasant surprise:
Need U (100%) — Duke Dumont Featuring A*M*E & MNEK
― Deafening silence (DL), Saturday, 7 December 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago)
Just found out today that the insane New York Art Quartet box is up for Best Historical Album. Kind of mindblowing for such a limited (665 copies) released. Also mindblowing because it's the New York Art Quartet.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago)
http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/94698/the-rb-grammys-and-the-curious-case-of-tamar-and-fantasia
― Reince The GOPer (some dude), Friday, 13 December 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago)
^^
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 December 2013 05:45 (eleven years ago)
Oh dear god in heaven:
ut the producers behind the program, which is to be broadcast live by CBS at 8 p.m., are hoping that the biggest show-stopper of the night will be a much more solemn event: an on-air wedding of 34 couples — gay, straight, old, young, of many races and many colors. The ceremony will be part of the hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s performance of their Grammy-nominated song “Same Love,” which became a marriage-equality anthem last year just as that issue was drawing intense national attention.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 January 2014 17:15 (eleven years ago)
lol
― charitable remainder unitrust (crüt), Sunday, 26 January 2014 17:17 (eleven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONqP2rnCKo
― rip van wanko, Sunday, 26 January 2014 17:22 (eleven years ago)
:\
― dyl, Sunday, 26 January 2014 18:05 (eleven years ago)
thanks to this discovery William F. Buckley had a career and mandate
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:07 (eleven years ago)
This is where you admit to actually keeping tabs on Macklemore's narrative xp
― 龜, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:08 (eleven years ago)
Well, that narrative is outlined in that song that was performed last night. Doesn't take a large amount of effort or research.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:10 (eleven years ago)
i caught thirty seconds of his rob portman jam in a subway last summer, thought 'o, so this must be macklemore' and 'o, so this must be why whiney loves subway'
― balls, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:12 (eleven years ago)
i mean i'm not digging thru five years of macklemore tweets for example
― balls, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:13 (eleven years ago)
^^ next EMP paper proposal
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:18 (eleven years ago)
"Digging in the Dirt: Finding the Places Where Macklemore's Tweets Hurt"
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:19 (eleven years ago)
this time you've gone too far
― balls, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:23 (eleven years ago)
the old Macklemore tweets are more hilarious "look at this doofus" than "OMG caught in hypocrisy" tho
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 04:07 (eleven years ago)
yeah its just funny and #petty
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 04:56 (eleven years ago)
haha true
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 05:28 (eleven years ago)
That bit where someone announces "John Legend, um, Lennon".
While Yoko is standing next to her.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:05 (eleven years ago)
did that seriously happen wtf
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:13 (eleven years ago)
the writing for that show was so horrible -- well beyond standard award show horribleness -- that any deviation whatsoever from the script, including saying legend instead of lennon, was an automatic improvement.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 07:18 (eleven years ago)
I don't read Dutch but is this a story yet?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 10:31 (eleven years ago)
Daft Punk is the big winner of the Grammy Awards. The duo rijfde five prizes. For years hiding Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christ himself behind big shiny helmets.
But could it be that the duo was not on the podium, but just sat in the audience during the Grammy Awards?
Why were these two mysterious men in addition to the masked duo? And why were they explicitly mapped during the ceremony? Admit that there are similarities with a pack below (unfortunately very old) rare photos of Daft Punk without helmets:
― how's life, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 11:37 (eleven years ago)
that's pure genius if they actually attended the whole show in the audience !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 11:45 (eleven years ago)
maybe they were grooving with the rest of the crowd during the daft/pharrell/stevie performance...
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 11:46 (eleven years ago)
Re: Macklemore Flip-Flop
Obama used to be against same sex marriage too. It was kind of a big deal when he "evolved" on the subject.
I don't blame people for growing in ways I feel are positive. I am cynical enough to question why in some cases, but not so cynical that I will turn what I think is a positive step for someone into a negative over suspicious motives.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 11:54 (eleven years ago)
You know that's a very interesting angle on Macklemore that I hadn't even considhttp://i.imgur.com/Mhb7YN9.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 12:37 (eleven years ago)
― Mark G, Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:05 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:13 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha yes it was Alicia Keys who did that
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:47 (eleven years ago)
It's hard to think straight when you've got both feet on the ground, you're burning it down, your head is in the clouds, and you're not backing down.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:54 (eleven years ago)
macklemore is tight w/ pete carroll, his being a truther isn't surprising
― balls, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 15:59 (eleven years ago)
on the same note his being a moron doofus isn't surprising either
Just want to drop in and say I've never heard the Thrift Shop song before and i just looked up the lyrics and wow eff the Grammy's forever that is some excrement.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 16:16 (eleven years ago)
@sheesh - yeah maybe I got the details super-wrong...
― schwantz, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 16:49 (eleven years ago)
Perfect
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 19:34 (eleven years ago)
Twitter Error?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 21:21 (eleven years ago)
Hm, working for me...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 21:21 (eleven years ago)
Not me. If you refresh it, maybe not for you anymore and it's just your cache?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 21:26 (eleven years ago)
https://twitter.com/daCMatic/status/428243414094991360
does this work?
― SHAUN (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 21:27 (eleven years ago)
That worked. It was funny, but I labored too much for the laugh. Oh well.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 21:30 (eleven years ago)
apparently Twitter itself was down for a bit
― SHAUN (DJP), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 21:35 (eleven years ago)
NAILED IThttp://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/01/macklemore_grammy_wins_don_t_hate_the_thrift_shop_rapper_because_he_s_white.html#lf_comment=133859063
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 05:25 (eleven years ago)
The Heist is a lavish dumbscape of plodding quarter-note grooves, “Chopsticks”-style piano loops, pointless choirs singing about nothing. Lewis’ beats are kitchen sinks of bad ideas, tin-eared imprecision mistaking itself for eclecticism. His crate-digging seems to start at a Feist song he once heard on an Apple commercial and end at the music JetBlue plays before the TVs turn on. And it’s all a backdrop for Macklemore’s contrived flows and mirror-practiced charisma; even his punny pop-culture references—the last refuge of every eager-beaver dorm room M.C.—are amazingly dull. “Can’t Hold Us” boasts references to Bob Barker, Michael Jackson, Wu-Tang Clan, and Shark Week, touchstones so obvious their sole purpose is to assure the audience that Macklemore has heard of things they’ve heard of, to pat them on the back for knowing what they already know. The album’s opening track, “Ten Thousand Hours,” takes its title from a cliché in a Malcolm Gladwell book. Bro you gotta read it.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 05:28 (eleven years ago)
ha I've said before that people don't talk enough shit about Ryan Lewis
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 05:56 (eleven years ago)
Until tonight I thought Wanz was named Ryan Lewis
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 06:14 (eleven years ago)
I saw him singing the hook on Thrift Shop on SNL and I thought "well at least Ryan Lewis seems cool."
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 06:16 (eleven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4luHEVjqKA
Dead
― 龜, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 09:53 (eleven years ago)
hahaaaaaaaaaaaa
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 20:06 (eleven years ago)
watched that yesterday and laughed uncontrollably for a few minutes.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 20:12 (eleven years ago)
I know this is less catchy than petulant self-righteousness, but I thought The Heist was a pretty good and musically interesting album. It wasn't my favorite hip-hop album of the year (that was Ka's The Night's Gambit), but I'm no more outraged by its win than any other dopey Grammy verdict. I agree it would have been impressive if Macklemore had just walked over and handed Kendrick the trophy, but it would also have been lame and patronizing.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 21:46 (eleven years ago)
I agree that posting the text to Kendrick online was kinda dorky, but I hardly see it as the conclusive proof of utter depravity that some seem to see. I've never really understood the level of vitriol directed at the guy though.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 22:34 (eleven years ago)
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:25 AM (17 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is funny and good cause it starts out trying to argue that its the music not that whiteness thats horrible but basically concludes that that horrible of the music is inseparable from the horribleness of the whiteness
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 22:50 (eleven years ago)
A memorable performance or a big win at the Grammy Awards can lead to a large sales boost for artists. Early data show that Daft Punk, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar were among the biggest financial winners from music’s big night.
With awards for Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year for “Get Lucky” (along with a highly praised performance with Stevie Wonder), Daft Punk seems to have gotten the biggest Grammy boost of anyone. Random Access Memories increased its weekly sales by 91 percent for the week ending Jan. 26, the night of the Grammys. “Get Lucky,” meanwhile saw its sales increase 206 percent week-over-week, while its streams on Spotify increased by 205 percent on the Monday after the awards show.
http://business.time.com/2014/01/29/grammys-2014-sales-boost/#ixzz2rwQpSsdE
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2014 03:02 (eleven years ago)
Kendrick has things to say about Macklemore's text message.
― raggett neds of your summer dress (The Reverend), Saturday, 1 February 2014 03:51 (eleven years ago)
damn, that's ice cold
― amerie guy (sleepingbag), Saturday, 1 February 2014 03:57 (eleven years ago)
Fuck ya lifestlyle b.
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 1 February 2014 04:27 (eleven years ago)
Best is Pharrell's sullen expression.
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 1 February 2014 04:34 (eleven years ago)
thinking abt how he can prevent forest fires
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 February 2014 14:39 (eleven years ago)