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Will NARAS ever respect modern pop albums?
Kanye's newest rant is weighted in something real.
Methinks a large portion of NARAS - the traditionalist bloc - doesn't really like the way blockbuster albums are made, with 5 - 15 producers and multiple songwriters.
Notice that almost every AoTY winner in the past decade has been someone traditionally "respectable," usually with less than five producers. Usually 1-2, actually. (Adele is the exception, but then again no - she is the urban dictionary definition of "serious artist.")
Which brings me to how modern popular music is made, with producers making tracks, and different writers supplying topline melodies to music that already exists. Most Gen X/Baby Boomers - don't **** with it.
Will these attitudes ever change?
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