RTAG 1 TTDo you remember where you were the night Beyonce fell her self-titled album in 2013? OK , now do you recollect where you were when she lost album of the year to Beck's Morning Phase on Feb. 9? If you don't, that's penalty, because it would happen again two years later when Beyonce's Lemonade lost to Adele's 25 RTAG 2 TTOftentimes, legendary albums by black artists aren't even part of the Album of the Year nomination process. Michael Jackson's Off the Wall wasn't nominated. Prince's 1999 wasn't nominated. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation wasn't nominated. When they are nominated, they lose to albums from Mumford& Sons( Frank Ocean's Channel Orange ) and Paul Simon( Janet's Control RTAG 3 TTNever mind the fact that rap, one of the more popular genres in music today, is constantly overlooked by The Recording Academy. The first rap album to win Album of the Year was OutKast's Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below in 2004( Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

DTAG 5 TT” In the entire history of the Grammys, only 10 black artists have won Album of the Year. ”

RTAG 5 TTBarring the time “hes been gone” up against Late Registration , Eminem has won Best Rap Album per year he's been nominated, knocking out entries from Missy Elliott, Nas, Busta Rhymes, DMX, Dr. Dre, Mos Def, and Common, all of whom have never been awarded Best Rap Album. In 2014, Macklemore beat out Drake, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West for the honor. And the fact that Missy Elliott has neither won Best Rap Album or Album of the Year is a special brand of disrespect that I don't even have time to get into here, but it's akin to Halle Berry being rewarded with Catwoman RTAG 6 TTThe Grammys have been lauded for this upcoming rite, because there are no white humen nominated for Album of the Year. The nominees are: Childish Gambino's Awaken, My Love !, Jay-Z's 4:44 , Lorde's Melodrama , Kendrick Lamar's DAMN , and Bruno Mars' 24 K Magic . While there's plenty to celebrate with women getting a chance to glisten as opposed to simply men, Lorde's entry defines the win securely in the camp of white daughters being honored by the industry while women of coloring remain largely dismissed. SZA's CTRL RTAG 7 TTWhite females are far more celebrated at the Grammys, and most awardings presents, than women of colouring. When Adele won last year, she used her moment to congratulate Beyonce on her tremendous work of art.” My artist of my life is Beyonce, ” Adele told, as she accepted the Album of the Year trophy for 25 . ” This album for me, the Lemonade RTAG 8 TTIn the entire history of the Grammys, only 10 black artists have won Album of the Year–Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Lionel Richie, Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Herbie Hancock, Whitney Houston, and Quincy Jones. Appearing back on artists like Nina Simone, Janet Jackson, Prince, Missy Elliott, and more, it's a shame that the Grammys have never honored them and their contributions to music. Even if Kendrick doesn't win this year, with an album just as grand as To Pimp a Butterfly — which lost to Taylor Swift's Debbie Gibson cover-ups album, 1989 RTAG 9 TTRead more: http :// www.thedailybeast.com
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