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[PBY]

That Taylor win and Kanye diss were just a flurry of Ls handed to hip hop in 20 seconds.

 

[LionPride]

Oh look, juniors.

See that's why juniors have a bad rep. Juniors and certain avatars

 

[Via Purifico]

I'm gonna assume she didn't say his name directly?

Bingo.

 

[Tesseract]

Y I K E S

threads are delivering tonight.

 

[Johndoey]

I'm gonna assume she didn't say his name directly?

No, but it wasn't hard to tell.
Seriously tgough it was just "young ladies keep your heads up, focus, ignore the haters, people will try to tear you down etc.

 

[cdyhybrid]

I'm gonna assume she didn't say his name directly?

Of course not. TSwizzle ain't about that life.

 

[reKon]

Bingo.

LAMEEEEE

don't be like Drake

 

[Emarv]

Goodbye.

Spoiler

as much as i love Kendrick

even in OT, GAF is still GAF.

 

[SecretDan]

So we are going to follow up this with another year of "The Grammys don't even matter"?

Ya'll are so predictable.

 

[Judderman]

Oh look, juniors.

They're the best!

 

[NHarmonic.]

Goodbye.

Lol, review aggregation sites are quality facts now? Pff

 

[zethren]

Goodbye.

Seems about right...

 

[Japanmanx3]

Kendrick's new music is a bit dark for me, to win a Grammy it's a bit too divisive sort of like yeezus which was trash.

Junior astros stanning for the grammy's now??

 

[ryan-ts]

I may cry in my sleep over how such a pop-centric awards show like the Grammy's didn't give any nominations to Grimes, Chvrches, or Carly Rae Jepsen.

Possible that Art Angels will be there for the 2016 awards, not entirely sure though.

 

[nib95]

Goodbye.

It's something isn't it. Lol. What a joke.

 

[Red_Man]

Giving it to 1989 over TPAB is the biggest fuck you of all time, for so many different reasons.

It's a shame that Kenny is such a low key and humble guy, I'd love to see him give the Grammys the Kanye treatment and tell them to go fuck themselves. What a joke.

 

[Citizen Mane]

? I wanted Kendrick to win too but I'm not going to call Swift a skeleton or say "Kanye made this bitch famous" just because he lost.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

Well, Kendrick ain't getting a text from Taylor.

Good job K dot on the wins and performance!

 

[torre_avenue]

I AM LIVING OFF THE SALT AND THE MERE ANTICIPATION ON THE RIGHTFULLY DESERVED DESTRUCTION THE GRAMMYS ARE GOING TO GET.

BRING IT ON.

LET ANOTHER ORGANIZATION GET CALLED OUT ON ITS BULLSHIT.

 

[cdyhybrid]

So we are going to follow up this with another year of "The Grammys don't even matter"?

Ya'll are so predictable.

They should stop making themselves dismissable if they don't like it.

 

[Floridian]

The Grammys aren't ready for another black artist to possess their precious AOTY award I suppose.

 

[Via Purifico]

LAMEEEEE

don't be like Drake

She went way pass that point when she recorded Bad Blood which is allegedly about Katy Perry.

 

[JTripper]

Bad Blood is now ironic.

 

[Zia]

Not trying to be a bitch, and I don't care about the Grammys, but I was assuming the newest Kendrick would win when it was announced as a nominee. I honestly had no idea that adults listened to Taylor Swift...

 

[Meowster]

Goodbye.

Falling Into You by Celine Dion won AOTY and it was critically panned lol.

 

[zethren]

I don't like Swift or her music really, but I never understood the "Kanye made her famous" insult. I mean...she was accepting an award BEFORE Kanye got up and made an ass out of himself (hilariously). She was already famous and successful. Give that shit a rest.

 

[injurai]

Bad Blood is now ironic.

Heh. Yeah. At least for fans.

 

[MThanded]

? I wanted Kendrick to win too but I'm not going to call Swift a skeleton or say "Kanye made this bitch famous" just because he lost.

Neither will I. I don't agree with either of those things.

I will say that on a purely artistic level TPAB is miles more interesting and inventive than 1989.

The reality is that this should have been the expected outcome. I'd love to see an actual vote breakdown

 

[SecretDan]

They should stop making themselves dismissable if they don't like it.

Just funny to see people constantly talk about how the Grammys aren't an indication of quality and then whine when someone loses.

 

[reKon]

Not trying to be a bitch, and I don't care about the Grammys, but I was assuming the newest Kendrick would win when it was announced as a nominee. I honestly had no idea that adults listened to Taylor Swift...

she's one of the most popular artists in the world...

 

[Damax]

It was released after the 2014 grammy award consideration cut off date, so it's considered for 2015

Thanks for clarifying.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Just funny to see people constantly talk about how the Grammys aren't an indication of quality and then whine when someone loses.

It's the biggest music event of the year. That matters, but at the same time it doesn't mean a thing about whether they're right.

 

[Nastrodamous]

emotion >>> 1989

 

[Ivan 3414]

How exactly did Taylor diss Kanye; I tuned out during her speech

 

[hodayathink]

Kendrick's new music is a bit dark for me, to win a Grammy it's a bit too divisive sort of like yeezus which was trash.

Taking the Long Way won Album of the Year in 2007. Tell me THAT wasn't a divisive ass record. It basically spat in face of country music, and quite blatantly.

 

[Damax]

Yes and so was Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran. Grammies have a strange rules for nominations.

Yea, I thought that was weird too.

 

[breakfuss]

I know it's just an award and he doesn't need any validation but it still fucking hurts man. TPAB is a triumph. That isn't a knock at Taylor Swift. But shit, man wtf. I don't get it. I honestly do not get this shit.

 

[Nothing1016]

Hip-hop literally gets zero respect. First My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and now To Pimp a Butterfly. It's downright disgusting and slap in the face to these artists.

 

[Floridian]

How exactly did Taylor diss Kanye; I tuned out during her speech

I think she mentioned something about someone taking credit for her fame.

 

[Ivan 3414]

I don't like Swift or her music really, but I never understood the "Kanye made her famous" insult. I mean...she was accepting an award BEFORE Kanye got up and made an ass out of himself (hilariously). She was already famous and successful. Give that shit a rest.

He made her famous with black people. Which is the only thing that matters for a lot of folks

 

[TheFixer]

I mean, opinions are opinions, but "definitely better"?

How?

1989 is just about as good as pop music gets. It's infectious, irresistible fare. That it was released by one of America's savviest budding business magnates in Taylor Swift who makes pushing the right pleasure buttons a clinical and sordid science kind of makes 1989 a more compelling (albeit unintentional) polemic of American capitalism and social mores than TPAB.

TPAB is boring. It's bad jazz coupled with hackneyed bars by a technical genius who quite honestly has poor songwriting instincts. I think Kendrick has limitless talent, but his ear for music has pretty precipitously deteriorated since Section.80.

 

[Japanmanx3]

Hip-hop literally gets zero respect. First My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and now To Pimp a Butterfly. It's downright disgusting and slap in the face to these artists.

Good Kid, M.a.a.d City also.


EDIT to the ^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Verdre]

How exactly did Taylor diss Kanye; I tuned out during her speech

(Paraphrasing) She said that women, when they accomplish something, will always have to deal with someone else stepping up and trying to take credit for their accomplishments or fame

 

[cackhyena]

Not trying to be a bitch, and I don't care about the Grammys, but I was assuming the newest Kendrick would win when it was announced as a nominee. I honestly had no idea that adults listened to Taylor Swift...

Wow.

 

[80s Bad Guy]

And to think Kendrick Lamar is the second mainstream rapper in years to have something to say.

But no really, we'll look back on this year and wonder how the Grammys got it so wrong.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Kendrick's new music is a bit dark for me, to win a Grammy it's a bit too divisive sort of like yeezus which was trash.

 

[Thewonandonly]

If you want to get mad at your own race, just read the variety comments;

http://variety.com/2016/music/news/grammys-kendrick-lamar-performance-grammy-awards-2016-1201706786/

Jesus man I couldn't make it far into reading it that made me fucking Ill to see actually humans say stuff like that.

 

[Zia]

she's one of the most popular artists in the world...

Well, I mean yeah, but I've never actually heard a Taylor Swift song and the only people who I know that listen to Taylor Swift are children. It didn't occur to me that she was respected in the North American industry is all.

 

[hughesta]

1989 beating TPAB is flat out disgisting imo. I don't even stan Kendrick or dislike T Swift but I am HEATED

 

[80s Bad Guy]

The Oscars be like, "Phew!"