theignoramus
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Damn. That's some critical acclaim. What other Grammy bait rap albums come out this year?
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly |OT| It's The American Dream
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ooh nice it's grammy bait already. Quicker cycle than I thought
Lmao. I honestly can't tell if you're trolling or serious.
Byakuya769
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Oooooo. J Cole leader of the true school!
Whatever wack shit Kanye going to put out out and Macklemore if Grammys really want to be about that life.
They gotta be more self aware than that though.... Right?
Probably not.
Kendrick aint white enough to be grammy bait.
TPAB is amazing tho... really interested to see how other rappers react to it. kanye's album will be interesting for sure
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seriously?
nocturnedelight
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new "live" version of all day based on his better live version on the brit awards.
Just_myles
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Remark said:
Do you have the source? Is this physical copies or download sales(not streams spotifyGAF)? Or a combination of both?
I don't need the Grammy's to let me know what is good and what isn't.
Byakuya769
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I think a lot of people care about the genre actually being respected.
Christberg
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If I'm being honest about it, I don't really give a crap about the Grammy. I think award shows are dumb.
That said, I'm really rooting for the album to take off. To me it's potentially a "Smells Like Teen Spirit" moment that kicks off another round of much improved popular music. Which I personally think we're long, long overdue for.
Master_Funk
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It goes without saying that TPAB is a masterpiece. But this is one of the few pieces of music that brings me to the verge of tears at numerous points. When the melodies, the lyrical content and the underlying messages come together, which is frequent, I be bawlin.
It amazes me that this is the number 1 album in the UK.
It amazes me that this is the number 1 album in the UK.
theignoramus
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Step off son I wasn't trollING Kendrick or his album. I've given nothing but props in this thread and the gaf hop one.
Was just asking what grammy bait rap albums are coming out this year.I'm not convinced this album will win one given their appalling record on rap awards
If Kendrick wins it will likely be due to a lot of press covering the album, not because Grammy voters actually listened to a lot of rap and determined Kendrick's was the highest quality.
Really think people are better off not caring.. you can't claim an award show is a joke for a decade and then turn around and act like it's all that meaningful if the Grammy's suddenly seems to agree with hip hop heads.
The only two rappers that will be competition for Kendrick in terms of Grammy awards are Kanye & Macklemore. I doubt there will be another Macklemore winning over Kendrick situation for the second time so really it'll be between Kendrick & Kanye, but I can't predict it because they never had to share nominations before for albums.
lol just say you phrased it wrong then. this is esp. weird because I had one of the least serious responses to yr post
Kanye'll have a grammy spot. I could see Big Boi or Cudi on there even though the grammys have shown them love lately. Nas will probably be nominated and lose again if he comes out
theignoramus
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I feel like the people that shit on the genre don't deserve to be pointed in the direction of it's crowning jewels. I used to be apologetic with the rap is crap crowd, bringing up a host of rap songs with incredible poetic and musical pedigree but more and more I'm off that shit. Let people wallow in their ignorance.
breakfuss
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It sounded like a troll lol.
The year is obviously still very young but I just can't see anything winning over this. I can't. But I'm excited to see what everyone else comes with.
Master_Funk
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Yeah and if Kanye releases his album in the time frame, you can be sure that Grammy voters will gravitate to that no matter it's quality. Screw the grammys
Princess Carl
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I believe it.
Once I start I end up listening to the entire thing every time. I've lost how many times now.
theignoramus
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Looking at the list of artists whove never won a grammy, there's face palm snubs across every genre, but the rap category is especially embarrassing.
http://www.fuse.tv/galleries/2014/01/grammy-2014-artists-never-won#1
http://www.fuse.tv/galleries/2014/01/grammy-2014-artists-never-won#1
I'm seeing this for the first time. They're all high as hell lol.
Kendrick's first three are better than Kanye's imo. Graduation was definitely a step down from College Dropout and Late Reg.
One of my most shameful hip-hop opinions is probably that I prefer Graduation to the first two.
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5 artists in and already sort of wrong, Led Zeppelin won in 2014, not for an original album, but that seems like semantics. QOTSA got snubbed that year.
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Eh, a few of those artist don't really deserve a Grammy, like Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj and Kid Rock.
But yeah, a lot of artists were snubbed.
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Florida_Man_5000
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Don't listen to hip hop much these days but I heard "king kunta" as one of this weeks Xbox music songs of the week. Freaking awesome!
proposed reparations for slaves after the Civil War
Love the album, hate that he didn't separate the actual songs from the skits or whatever you want to call them. I don't want to listen to 2 minutes of Kendrick yelling stuff every time I want to listen to I. I get that it's a concept album, but at least let me listen to single track without the fluff.
edit the tracks down yourself then
I'm actually doing that right now, just wish I didn't have to.
The amount of hip hop tracks I've edited over the years is insane. Separate your tracks, rappers.
no offense but how about the rappers make whatever they want and if it bugs you that much you can put forth the effort to change it
As I said, I've been doing just that. Just a personal preference.
Personally don't mind the skits. Out of curiosity what program do you use?
Good ol' Audacity still does the trick for me.
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