Kanye: Taylor Swift did not deserve Album Of The Year
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kanye-west-AccessKanye West has strong opinions about awards shows. Anyone who has forgotten this salient fact can find a reminder in West’s latest explosive interview with Access Hollywood. The rap superstar spoke out against what he sees as undeserving recent winners of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year…including, you guessed it, Taylor Swift. Oh dear. Here we go again!
“Where’s our instant replay clock?” West asked, according to Access Hollywood. “Why are the last four Albums of the Year: Taylor Swift, Dixie Chicks, Ray Charles and Herbie Hancock? Like, you know, with all due respect… that’s inaccurate.” (Speaking of inaccuracies, he forgot to mention Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, who won in 2009. Maybe he’s a fan.)
Instead, West suggested a few albums he’d rather have seen win. “It’s like ‘SexyBack’ — you know what I’m saying? Like [Justin Timberlake's] FutureSex/LoveSounds, Gnarls Barkley. How about Usher — Confessions? How about albums that sold 10 million?”
Lest you misunderstand the motivations behind these words, West clarified the larger social significance involved: “I pinpoint the Grammys and the VMAs because they have to take responsibility, because they mean something to us. Little kids, 6 years [old], that are singing in front of the mirror. They’re also thinking about their Grammy speech; they’re thinking about when there will be a VMA so these people, whoever run them… they have to take some responsibility to say what really happened in culture this year because we’re marking it down.”
Totally Agree with Kanye on this!! Should have been The Fame!! When I was watching it I was like in my head "better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame.....better be the fame................DAMNIT not Taylor S**t" .... Of course I am not as angered about it anymore but it still bugs me from time to time.
Oh my god.
Is he ASKING for abuse from the media? we were just starting to forget about this.
I don't think Taylor deserved it either. But what's done is done and that's it. he should just get over it. All he's doing is making her seem like even more of a victim. By trashing her, he's actually helping her....A LOT.
jmo -_-
Aside from the fact that Dixie Chicks album is amazing, he's right. The Grammys reward a lot of irrelevant or undeserving music. Taylor Swift is a perfect example.
and Timberlake over Dixie Chicks 