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Is there a thread for the grammy nominations for each year or can I or someone else make one?
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Although I don't think people care a lot about those. http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/197...s-grammy-o.gif |
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Oh no I do not want to have a discussion. I want to rant real hard about the geniuses who decided to nominate both Muse's Drones and Slipknot's .5 the Grey Chapters for best rock album. I won't make a thread if nobody is going to bother though. |
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Good lord, I know plenty of even casual music fans that play Kendrick. I don't think his rise in popularity rules out the legitimacy of his music. TPAB is a really good album, I get that all the music publications are saying that too and that may sour people against it, but it's one of the AOTY!!!!!(1)!!! nominees that deserves the credit. This isn't just blogsheet wank like D'Angelo or To Be Kind, TBAP is actually thoroughly enjoyable. Same thing with GKMC, I remember people saying similar things about it in 2012, that it wouldn't stand the test of time - that it was overhyped, etc, I still play it 3 years later and I think it's in the top 3 hip-hop albums of all time. Obviously just my opinion but I don't think Kendrick deserves the elitist backlash the same way some other artists do. I know it can be annoying hearing people drone on about the same albums that music publications are crowing about, you just think "mate you haven't even formed your own opinion" and TBAP isn't faultless but to say it would struggle to reach a Top 30, man, I think you're stretching it a bit there. |
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But whatevs, everybody make sure to completely disregard my opinions because I am proudly and confidently naming TPAB as my album of the year. Obviously that means I should not be taken seriously. |
Furthermore, I don't think a problem arises until the media and the public start throwing around assertions that Rapper X is the greatest of all time or has dropped a classic.
What's happening with Kendrick is the same as what's happened with Kanye. They become popular with knowledgeable music fans when they first come out, then they get popular with casual fans. At first the former group of fans are happy about this but then when people say 'wait maybe Kanye is actually really good" so much so that they begin calling him the GOAT or saying MBTDF is a classic. This causes polarization because if it's one thing knowledgeable music fans hate it's going with the consensus. So half the people turned on Kanye whilst half remained and he divided opinion. The exact same thing is happening with Kendrick. As soon as he starts earning the GOAT and classic plaudits, people turn their back on him. It's not considered ridiculous for Carly Rae Jepson to feature on every one's AOTY list but if people have To Pimp a Butterfly, oh lordy, they're walking memes. The only difference is nobody is calling Carly a GOAT, nobody has used the word classic. Despite Kendrick having an objectively much better album, more people will claim to like Carly's more because they feel uneasy about conforming with the 'classic' chatter that the other half of the internet is throwing around. It's funny coz in a world of post-hipsterism it's the done thing to say you like a really popular popstar, because that's showing you're clearly not an elitist, right? But in this world liking an album that is being praised as a classic perhaps prematurely is preposterous. I can like Taylor Swift but if you like Kendrick Lamar you don't know what you're talking about. Am I doing this right? |
I used the full form of the abbreviation in my first sentence.
So if this is a piss takey thing, not doing it very well. |
Look what you did to their butts, Anteater. They'll never recover from this incredible pain.
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Seriously? I don't think I've seen anyone get more wound up than you did when yorkedaddy said he didn't like machine metal music.. You were practically in tears lol
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