96 Unto the Locust - Machine Head
96 Fully Qualified Survivor - Michael Chapman
94 Icky Mettle - Archers of Loaf
94 Quadrophenia [The Director's Cut] - The Who
93 Life's Rich Pageant - R.E.M. Receipt
and then all the ATRL girls would cry that there are no mainstream artists with success or hits or #1s, that it isn't fare.
The Grammys are INDUSTRY awards first and foremost. They are entitled to recognize what is being successful and has enough acclaim. Why is Metacritic the only way to measure critical success? I doubt most of the older Grammy voters know what a Metacritic is.
Who cares? (A lot of people, I know). But the Grammys are supposed to be about quality. And if these albums are of higher quality than those by the Pop girls, too damn bad.
BTW: Kanye West's MBDTF got a 95. It was released in November of last year so it would be eligible this year.
Grammy really does not care about Metacritic. I`ve been thinking lately that a smash single/singles is the surest way to get some Grammy love. Loud/Teenage Dream/Need You Now- all had smash hit/s, but not much love from the critics.
Seems not right to get AOTY candidates based on this, but hey that is just the way it is...
Who cares? (A lot of people, I know). But the Grammys are supposed to be about quality. And if these albums are of higher quality than those by the Pop girls, too damn bad.
Grammy really does not care about Metacritic. I`ve been thinking lately that a smash single/singles is the surest way to get some Grammy love. Loud/Teenage Dream/Need You Now- all had smash hit/s, but not much love from the critics.
Seems not right to get AOTY candidates based on this, but hey that is just the way it is...
Which is why Grammys don't mean ****. They violate their own standard by putting popularity over quality.
I will never use the 16 Grammy-receipt in defense of Beyonce again.
I, for example, do not agree with what critics say all the time. I liked Chris Brown's album and I don't even listen to urban R&B on a regular.
Chris Brown's metacritic scores post Rihanna incident mean nothing because no matter what he releases they won't allow him the credit he's due for personal reasons. He could have put out Thriller and these white critics would have still given him negative reviews. They're all biased for filth, even the decent reviews have to allude to some mention of the Rihanna thing. It's tired. These critics think they're ****ing slick. We aren't here for it and we've stopped taking them seriously since Jason Derulo's bs got a higher score than F.A.M.E
Oh My Love alone >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That entire tracklist.
Chris Brown's metacritic scores post Rihanna incident mean nothing because no matter what he releases they won't allow him the credit he's due for personal reasons. He could have put out Thriller and these white critics would have still given him negative reviews. They're all biased for filth, even the decent reviews have to allude to some mention of the Rihanna thing. It's tired. These critics think they're ****ing slick. We aren't here for it and we've stopped taking them seriously since Jason Derulo's bs got a higher score than F.A.M.E
Oh My Love alone >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That entire tracklist.
If they held personal lives against artists, would Kanye have a career average of 80 on Metacritic?
If they held personal lives against artists, would Kanye have a career average of 80 on Metacritic?
Let's not talk nonsense.
Child please. Kanye is nowhere near as universally hated as Christopher and not nearly for as serious of a reason. On top of that MBDTF is a masterpiece in it's own right, arguably one of the greatest albums of the past five years and is in no way comparable to most anything. But you tried.
QUESTION: Suppose a single from an album was released a year after the album itself. Is the single eligible for nomination or is it ineligible because it's album is old?
QUESTION: Suppose a single from an album was released a year after the album itself. Is the single eligible for nomination or is it ineligible because it's album is old?
The song is eligible unless the album wins a Grammy.
Child please. Kanye is nowhere near as universally hated as Christopher and not nearly for as serious of a reason. On top of that MBDTF is a masterpiece in it's own right, arguably one of the greatest albums of the past five years and is in no way comparable to most anything. But you tried.
Excuses, excuses.
F.A.M.E has a low score because critics think it sucks, simple as that. It's ridiculous to suggest that critics panned it because of personal reasons.