Anonymous wrote:Cowboy Carter has 56 writers in its credits. Imagine needing 56 writers to create a few songs 🤦‍♀️
In contrast, Billie Eilish wrote the entire album with just her brother.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My take -- disappointed -- wanted to see a win for shaboozy, birds of a feather, and TTPD. Happy about Chappel Roan win. Just listened to the kendrick Lamar song for the fist time and I can't believe he won so much. The N word -- I just couldn't listen to more than 30 seconds of it.
I’d rather listen to Kendrick Lamar than Birds of a Feather. That song just feels so lazy.
Birds of a Feather has 300 million more streams than all of the songs on Beyoncé’s album combined.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Kendrick Lamar and his family lived in Section 8 housing, were reliant on welfare and food stamps, and experienced homelessness.
In school, Lamar was a quiet and observant student who excelled academically and had a noticeable stutter. His first grade teacher at Robert E. McNair Elementary School encouraged him to become a writer after she heard him correctly use the word "audacity". In middle school, Lamar was introduced to poetry by his English teacher, Regis Inge. Inge integrated the literary form into his curriculum as a response to the growing racial tensions amongst his students. Through its connection to hip hop, Lamar studied rhymes, metaphors and double entendres, which made him fall in love with songwriting: "You can put all your feelings down on a sheet of paper, and they'd make sense to you. I liked that." Instead of completing assignments for other classes, Lamar would scribe lyrics in his notebooks.[19] His initial writing was entirely profane, but it helped him manage his psychological trauma and depression, which he struggled with during his adolescence.[19][20] Inge played a vital role in his intellectual growth, often critiquing his lexicon and suggesting prompts to strengthen his prose.
He graduated from high school in 2005 as a straight-A student. He considered studying psychology and astronomy in college, but suspended his academic pursuits to focus on his music career.
He is king of double entendres! Smart, witty.
I am an old white lady--and I love Kendrick!
DP. I am another old white lady, and I also love Kendrick! Thrilled he won. I urge people to actually listen to several of his songs. He's great.
Now, my most-played album for 2024 was definitely Chapell Roan. I was so excited to watch her career take off. But I never thought Good Luck Babe was the song of the year.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Kendrick Lamar and his family lived in Section 8 housing, were reliant on welfare and food stamps, and experienced homelessness.
In school, Lamar was a quiet and observant student who excelled academically and had a noticeable stutter. His first grade teacher at Robert E. McNair Elementary School encouraged him to become a writer after she heard him correctly use the word "audacity". In middle school, Lamar was introduced to poetry by his English teacher, Regis Inge. Inge integrated the literary form into his curriculum as a response to the growing racial tensions amongst his students. Through its connection to hip hop, Lamar studied rhymes, metaphors and double entendres, which made him fall in love with songwriting: "You can put all your feelings down on a sheet of paper, and they'd make sense to you. I liked that." Instead of completing assignments for other classes, Lamar would scribe lyrics in his notebooks.[19] His initial writing was entirely profane, but it helped him manage his psychological trauma and depression, which he struggled with during his adolescence.[19][20] Inge played a vital role in his intellectual growth, often critiquing his lexicon and suggesting prompts to strengthen his prose.
He graduated from high school in 2005 as a straight-A student. He considered studying psychology and astronomy in college, but suspended his academic pursuits to focus on his music career.
He is king of double entendres! Smart, witty.
I am an old white lady--and I love Kendrick!
Anonymous wrote:My take -- disappointed -- wanted to see a win for shaboozy, birds of a feather, and TTPD. Happy about Chappel Roan win. Just listened to the kendrick Lamar song for the fist time and I can't believe he won so much. The N word -- I just couldn't listen to more than 30 seconds of it.
Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised Taylor and Post didn’t win music video of the year for Fortnite – like Taylor or not it was a beautiful, super theatrical video the best I’ve seen in years. Way better than anti-hero that she won for.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My take -- disappointed -- wanted to see a win for shaboozy, birds of a feather, and TTPD. Happy about Chappel Roan win. Just listened to the kendrick Lamar song for the fist time and I can't believe he won so much. The N word -- I just couldn't listen to more than 30 seconds of it.
I’d rather listen to Kendrick Lamar than Birds of a Feather. That song just feels so lazy.
Kendrick’s song is garbage.
Where was Gracie Abrams nomination for Best New Artist? Or Charlie Xcx? Where was Ariana Grande for album, song?
Good Luck, Babe! is Song of the Year. Or Birds Of a Feather.
Anonymous wrote:No wonder we are stuck with deplorable Trump for 4 more years. The left’s wokeness has no end or boundaries, as evidenced by tonight’s Grammys.
Signed, a registered Democrat who isn’t deaf and brainwashed.
Anonymous wrote:Kendrick Lamar and his family lived in Section 8 housing, were reliant on welfare and food stamps, and experienced homelessness.
In school, Lamar was a quiet and observant student who excelled academically and had a noticeable stutter. His first grade teacher at Robert E. McNair Elementary School encouraged him to become a writer after she heard him correctly use the word "audacity". In middle school, Lamar was introduced to poetry by his English teacher, Regis Inge. Inge integrated the literary form into his curriculum as a response to the growing racial tensions amongst his students. Through its connection to hip hop, Lamar studied rhymes, metaphors and double entendres, which made him fall in love with songwriting: "You can put all your feelings down on a sheet of paper, and they'd make sense to you. I liked that." Instead of completing assignments for other classes, Lamar would scribe lyrics in his notebooks.[19] His initial writing was entirely profane, but it helped him manage his psychological trauma and depression, which he struggled with during his adolescence.[19][20] Inge played a vital role in his intellectual growth, often critiquing his lexicon and suggesting prompts to strengthen his prose.
He graduated from high school in 2005 as a straight-A student. He considered studying psychology and astronomy in college, but suspended his academic pursuits to focus on his music career.
He is king of double entendres! Smart, witty.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My take -- disappointed -- wanted to see a win for shaboozy, birds of a feather, and TTPD. Happy about Chappel Roan win. Just listened to the kendrick Lamar song for the fist time and I can't believe he won so much. The N word -- I just couldn't listen to more than 30 seconds of it.
I’d rather listen to Kendrick Lamar than Birds of a Feather. That song just feels so lazy.
Kendrick’s song is garbage.
Where was Gracie Abrams nomination for Best New Artist? Or Charlie Xcx? Where was Ariana Grande for album, song?
Good Luck, Babe! is Song of the Year. Or Birds Of a Feather.
Gracie Abrams sounds exactly like Taylor Swift- I find it creepy. Ariana Grande’s song sucks. I’d rather Good Luck Babe! Won song of the year- or Espresso. That being said Birds of a Feather is lazy writing- from the lyrics to the performance.
Everyone’s song was better than Kendrick’s.
I love Fortnight - both the song and her beautiful, artsy video. It was my most streamed song and album of 2024. I like Shaboozey too, his song is such a bop.
That said, Chappell or Billie should have won for Song of the Year.
NOT---so sick of the same poppy whiny music
Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize in music in 2018. The Pulitzer Prize website called DAMN. "a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life."
It's the first time in the prize's history that it has been given to an artist outside of the classical or jazz community.
every single person in the Grammy audience was singing out 'A Minor' when he approached the stage. That song was song of the summer---at least those that can see outside of the teeny Swift pop music.
Anonymous wrote:Cowboy Carter has 56 writers in its credits. Imagine needing 56 writers to create a few songs 🤦‍♀️
In contrast, Billie Eilish wrote the entire album with just her brother.