[Miley Cyrus]

Originally posted by King of R&B

The one who nominated for Album of the Year.

Grammys are sexist and body shamers for this one

[Truffle.]

The Kendrick fans need to chill n.
Everyone knows Kendrick will win why yall getting mad over a poll
He's winning it anyways

[trainsskyscrapers]

Originally posted by Teezy

The Grammys don't really give a **** about what you're talking about (pandering to pop). Lol if that was the case, they wouldn't have half of the nominees they have every year.

This topic is pretty redundant and pure nonsense. In no way will TPAB or "i" ever be looked at as pandering to mainstream. The opposite, actually.

So back to the present day, if GQ and The Guardian know who Kendrick Lamar is, but they don’t recognise Rappers like Cyrus Malachi or M9; what does that say about Lamar? This social targeting has been systematically destroying Hip-Hop from the mid-to-late nineties onward; it was the main reason for P Diddy‘s shiny suits, it was the reason that The Neptunes, Timbaland, Lil’ Jon, and Kanye West became popular, and it was the main reason we had all that “In The Club” garbage in the noughties. So these days, savvy to a “bling” culture backlash and the rise of consciousness, out comes Interscope with a revamped Kendrick Lamar; and look he’s really in tune with black culture, just take a listen to his new Spotify record-breaking, enlightened album.

As a standalone, the happy-sounding Isley Brothers-sampling “i” may come across as a pop-style pandering to radio, but in the context of TPAB, “i” becomes a necessary exercise in self-love — and communal love as well.

They do look at the whole picture though, and it's the first piece that may turn some voters off as it was the lead single and some people did not look any further.

[Crescendolls.]

No one is mad. We're fine

[Sinister]

Originally posted by Teezy

Dead. Not atrl.

Anyway, the song was hella divisive and had actual hip hop fans nervous about what his album would sound like. We didn't know what direction he'd be taking.

Why u ATRL???

We do watch whats popular on the charts and have a strong sense of what would do well on pop and predicting future hits

There have been weirder hits...I is still radio-friendly and theres a reason it had a radio deal

He noticed the reception it got and changed it up and made it better

[Teezy]

Originally posted by trainsskyscrapers

They do look at the whole picture though, and it's the first piece that may turn some voters off as it was the lead single and some people did not look any further.

Bruh, what does that quote from some irrelevant, random site have to do with Grammy voters? Or anybody else?

[Tom Vercetti]

Young thug mentions. Lmfao. Kendrick is definitely winning this.

[King of R&B]

Originally posted by Crescendolls.

No one is mad. We're fine

Right! How I'm mad when I said I "laugh" at the people who voted for her?

[Notorious K.E.N]

Originally posted by Sinister

Why u ATRL???

We do watch whats popular on the charts and have a strong sense of what would do well on pop and predicting future hits

There have been weirder hits...I is still radio-friendly and theres a reason it had a radio deal

He noticed the reception it got and changed it up and made it better

Oop

[trainsskyscrapers]

Originally posted by Teezy

Bruh, what does that quote from some irrelevant, random site have to do with Grammy voters? Or anybody else?

Are you forgetting his collab with Taylor Swift as well? Because that was a big deal.

[King of R&B]

Trainsskyscraper please stop because you don't make any sense right now to me.

[Notorious MINAJ]

Originally posted by Miley Cyrus

Grammys are sexist and body shamers for this one

Stay trying to make that beef relevant. Get some fresh air.

[King of R&B]

Originally posted by trainsskyscrapers

Are you forgetting his collab with Taylor Swift as well? Because that was a big deal.

Taylor Swift is a big fan of Kendrick and she personal asked him to do that.

[Truffle.]

Originally posted by Crescendolls.

No one is mad. We're fine

Oh slay then

[Teezy]

Originally posted by Sinister

Why u ATRL???

We do watch whats popular on the charts and have a strong sense of what would do well on pop and predicting future hits

There have been weirder hits...I is still radio-friendly and theres a reason it had a radio deal

He noticed the reception it got and changed it up and made it better

And my point is that it still isn't pop-friendly, no matter what the dummies on atrl thought.

Originally posted by trainsskyscrapers

Are you forgetting his collab with Taylor Swift as well? Because that was a big deal.

Oh the collab that's also nominated for multiple Grammys and was released well after TPAB? Face it, the Grammy voters don't give a **** about rappers going mainstream. Even tho, Kenny hasn't anyway.

[Truffle.]

Anyway, I'm pulling for Nicki but Kendrick will get it.
Lowkey hoping Cole snatches tho.

[Tom Vercetti]

The Pinkprint is the least likely to win but it's not impossible. Macklemore proved anything is possible.

[King of R&B]

Agree with Teezy.

[Superbitch]

Originally posted by NEUTRON

Future & Big Sean should definitely have been nominated.

I was surprised they didn't nominated Future tbh I did not expect Dre to get one but the other 4 were always my top 4 choices. The other spot IMO was gonna be Future, Rae or Fetty I really didn't think about Big Sean how did his album do?

[trainsskyscrapers]

Originally posted by King of R&B

Trainsskyscraper please stop because you don't make any sense right now to me.

LOL.

1. I started talking about why Kendrick would win (grammy politics, critics, etc. (but I was rooting for Cole)
2. I got sidetracked because some fool brought up Young Thug and Grammy in the same sentence.
3. I went back to talking about how Kendrick's album was great and had classic subject matter, but that because too many topics were covered + those little forays to Pop music (the radio deal, work with TSwift), it might hurt him with Die-hard voters who think Kendrick is changing, a Pop sheen is building, and the cracks are beginning to show in his work.

All In all, Kendrick will still win, but if the votes are ever released it may be much closer than you think, because NARAS is meant to nitpick people, and those aforementioned things (cohesiveness, "I", Bad Blood) may cause some voters to feel a weird vibe.

Peace.