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Originally posted by Auris

Well there were two deserving albums nominated and one of them got it.

Kendrick still had a HUGE night and it was deserved. Had the album been GKMC I think this would have been a massive snub, but since it was TPAB I think it was just as worthy as 1989.

Look, 1989 is a great album that Taylor should be proud. Against any other album in any other year I would've been all for her taking the award.

But in a watershed year for black rights, the uprisings, and Black Lives Matter, To Pimp Butterfly just perfectly encapsulates everything about the year so well and astoundingly that 1989 just can't match up in comparison. It's just so culturally relevant, and independently just a good album on its own.

I definitely think race/genre snobbery played a role since a Rap album hasn't won in years and the odds are stacked against it from the get go.

MissedTheTrain

I love SJWs

Janet Mock @janetmock
The first woman to win Album of the Year twice but no women producers standing behind you. #Grammys pic.twitter.com/MB8P4Xembb

She has no clue what she's talking about. Imogen Heap was also a producer, just couldn't make the show.

Courtney Love

I'm just gonna tell people Kendrick won AOTY tbh

BudBud

Quote:

Originally posted by Auris

Well there were two deserving albums nominated and one of them got it.

Kendrick still had a HUGE night and it was deserved. Had the album been GKMC I think this would have been a massive snub, but since it was TPAB I think it was just as worthy as 1989.

nnn; 1989 was a pop album. thats it. TPAB was soo much more.

Nikko

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Originally posted by EASE

I'm living for whoever this is

I saw that

iLays

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Originally posted by MissedTheTrain

I love SJWs

Janet Mock @janetmock
The first woman to win Album of the Year twice but no women producers standing behind you. #Grammys pic.twitter.com/MB8P4Xembb

She has no clue what she's talking about. Imogen Heap was also a producer, just couldn't make the show.

Sis, she didn't say women didn't help. She said none were standing behind her.

I'm sure she's use to that many men behind her at once tho. ****.

Groteskou

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Originally posted by feelslikeadream

Don't even bother. The fact that black artists won several televised awards, performed throughout the night, and presented many awards/perfs will mean NOTHING to the Taylor hate bandwagon.

It's not a Taylor hate bandwagon, no one hates her (well, not everybody)

I love 1989 - I made my friend buy it for me while he was at Target when it came out. But it is not a better album than TPAB. Kendrick's album was beautifully crafted, and to me the best choice for AOTY.

But the Grammys DO traditionally award albums that have enormous hits on them. Kendrick's did not have that and thus it was given to 1989. But then it does bring up the question, what are the Grammys really about then? Definitely not artistic merit.

Jeiboy

Cant wait for Adele to join Taylor next year for that AOTY double win!

BudBud

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Originally posted by iLays

Sis, she didn't say women didn't help. She said none were standing behind her.

I'm sure she's use to that many men behind her at once tho. ****.

Nikko

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Originally posted by Auris

Well there were two deserving albums nominated and one of them got it.

Kendrick still had a HUGE night and it was deserved. Had the album been GKMC I think this would have been a massive snub, but since it was TPAB I think it was just as worthy as 1989.

I don't think you realize that TPAB has a Metacritic score of 96 and is a hip hop classic.

Nemo

I'm sure I'm late but.. where was Rih?

jpow

My local news station

"I'm glad Adele sung and I'm glad Taylor won. I guess Uptown Funk is a good song too"

BudBud

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Originally posted by Nemo

I'm sure I'm late but.. where was Rih?

she had bronchitis so cancelled her performance.

Ryan Rivers

I cannot wait until uptown funk is finally done and over with. Overplayed to the point it got overrated and kept on getting milked

Letemtalk

I guess they gave it to 1989 due to Taylor's stance On Spotify.
Tragic choices in the general field categories.

Ger-55

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Originally posted by Tropez

It sold more copies. It was a big era and its Taylor Swift. It's politics.

Then if it's for the sales, Adele will SWEEP next year, since she's sold MUCH MORE than Taylor...

brianc33616

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Originally posted by Auris

TWO THINGS:

1. The Grammys are not racist. There were black people in like every single segment and nearly every presenter

Did you not see a BLACK WOMAN win for Rock album? Like come on.

2. Taylor's speech was better than any diss that Kanye's ever done.

Thank you Auris. So many people will cry racism over anything, and it's sad since there are cases of racism out there worth noting, like police brutality (although only the white cop against black assailant gets news coverage there too). Unfortunately, it's often the racists accusing others of racism. Kanye is a HUGE racist. And Taylor's quote was quite classy compared to what West said. When a person gets hate comments, quite often it's because those that hate what he/she had to say knows the speaker is right. I'm sure I'll get hate replies too. So be it, as I've never been one afraid to tell things like they are.

joelovesmusic

So….how was the show? I missed anything good?

Chemical X.

iHype was truly the best part of the show

feelslikeadream

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Originally posted by Groteskou

It's not a Taylor hate bandwagon, no one hates her (well, not everybody)

I love 1989 - I made my friend buy it for me while he was at Target when it came out. But it is not a better album than TPAB. Kendrick's album was beautifully crafted, and to me the best choice for AOTY.

But the Grammys DO traditionally award albums that have enormous hits on them. Kendrick's did not have that and thus it was given to 1989. But then it does bring up the question, what are the Grammys really about then? Definitely not artistic merit.

Sis, you're denying a Taylor hate bandwagon? Go read the threads when Blank Space and 1989 came out. Then look at the threads by the time Wildest Dreams came out. It's undeniable (and very predictable).

I understand you, but as everyone knows, music taste is subjective. While I like some rap albums, I didn't like the spoken-word style of rap on TPAB myself. I absolutely think MBDTF was robbed (it should have been nominated and I wouldn't have even been mad if it won), but Kendrick's style of rap is an acquired taste, and it doesn't shock me AT ALL that many GRAMMY voters probably didn't subjectively like the music as much as the ear candy that is 1989.

Others are talking about how important the album is for its message and historical context, and I agree with that. But that doesn't make it deserving of a music award.