Monday, February 11, 2008

Albert: Is This What Ya'll Been Waitin For ??!? (c) Kanye West

8 p.m. Sunday and I'm fresh up off of a nap and ready to watch the Grammys. As i sat on my bed in my boxers and socks I watched the show and pretty much underwhelmed. I'm finna tell ya'll the highs and the lows of the WHAMMY Awards....
Show opens.....
Alicia keys and frank sinatra? first thought, "man Alicia Can get it! " because truthfully she can, but i digress,. I must admit that the opening was boring. anyone ever notice that Ms. keys never really plays the piano while she is singing? I certainly do.

So I guess Carrie underwood got an urban makeover , because she looked like she coulda had T.I. do a guest verse on the song, but it was feat. some background dancers that looked like Stomp. she was performing, meaning she is gonna win an award, good for her, but honestly I had never heard the song before today.

Enter prince. With these heels might I add.. He is like "stop clapping please and let me announce this category" the crowd does and here is the gist of it.
Female rnb song of the year ... Fantasia gets this award hands down for me...
BUT.... Alicia Keys wins with the most addictive offkey song in the world. WHAMMY
Damn, I hated that song when it first came out, sounds like she has a toothache or a stomach ache while she was recording it. Being a neo soul "fan" I can't help but want Jill to win, but Hate On Me ain't the typical rnb song that wins, plus its kinda not grammy-ish, I mean if I
was on the committe, I wouldn't have voted it in. So fantasia won that for me hands down, because I think fantasias cd was COLD. Oh well

Jimmy Jam is the chairman of the RA?? who knew? The Time immediately is unvield on the stage and out comes Morris Day in that butterscotch suit! SHINY SUIT MAN l.a.n. Then enter Rhianna, looks like she took a page from Princes guide book, and stole his hairdo, she was pretty good, much better than i expected, and btw, she can get it to!

The Beatles Tribute.

Let it Be, that lil boy singing, man his voice was PURE. He killed that song, but is he a child or is he a midget? i couldn't tell

Best new artist.

So Cindi Lauper and Hannah Montana announce this category, and the nominees are
Fiest(http://www.listentofeist.com/), Ledisi, and Amy Wino... oops I mean Winehouse. And the winnere is Amy Winehouse... Cindi Lauper couldn't open the envelope, and got very crunk, when she saw it was amy winehouse's drug attic a@@...


KANYE WEST.
The glasses
The jacket
The lights
The stage presence
The michael jackson mannerisms
The clarity of voice
The repressed excitement
The greatness....
Hey Mama... Great rendition, I can't wait til glow in the dark He held his composure, and did a great job for his mother, and the haircut wasn't bad either... I peeps.

I felt very sorry for fergie, who would wanna follow kanye west? They sert her up for failure, performing after Kanye. WHAMMY

Beyonce... My woman on tv, great performance, the u see Tina Turner, I know she is old, but she still got it. It's easy to see some of the things Beyonce mimics from Ms. Anna Mae Bullock

Song of the year... Amy winehouse. BLAH

I can't really hate on the RR and Country mucis, cause since I been playing guitar hero more than I've been eating, I really get into the music, so I ain't trippin off the "other" music
Tangent.. I mean but what happened to the black musicians? Brad paisley just showed it, sang and played the guitar, very interesting.

Best rap album?
No clear choice
Jay z Kingdom Come
Common Finding Forever
Nas Hip Hop Is Dead
TI tivs tip
Kanye Graduation
Winner is Kanye

The coolest mofo alive
He just bullied the censors, he just plowed thru the music. Is he a Jerk? Yes! Is it funny? SORTA he will get blasted for that arrogance, but u can't be mad that he is acting like who he is. I really kinda am tired of his whole image as an asshole, because he really makes music that I like. Its terrible, plus he kinda dissed common, "you gotta time your album a little better, u can't drop the same year as me." Crazy, but ironically, Common got way more play in my deck that kanye did, and common is a better rapper that kanye is... oh well WHAMMY

Gospel celebration
Aretha and BeBe he dress was a mess and his jacket was hideous
Clark Sisters/trinitee 57 I wondered how it felt to be trinitee 57? because Karen was surely not letting anyone else get an adlib in.
Is Isreal and Newbreed all cousins or somethin? Thay all light skinned-dided. The kinda look Like Jay and Tiff. it could be Isreal and The Light

Best rock album?
Alicia keys and and her wig. Im so tired of this song, but oh lets put a little spice in it... ladies and gentle men John Mayer... WHAMMY

Rhianna and Jay-Z won, and he tried not to hold her hand when they walked up the stairs... then he interrupted her,guess he didnt wanna make Beyonce mad, but... it surely was an awkrard moment.

Amywinehouse performing from rehab, why do people like her? And her background dancers looked silly ...Why does this crazy heifer get to sing 2 songs? And get like 10 minutes
of airtime, and she is a crackhead? Damn Record of the year. Amy winehouse.. Like I said, crazy

And then Herbie Hancock wins for the Album of the year and Kanye's sail is deflated. I mean you could hear an audible gasp in the auditorium. He was very happy, and they cut the music on on him too...

I guess I have a few questions...

Why does the music always get cut on, on the black artist?
Why do most of the winners for most of the categories be stuff that the average person has NEVER heard of?
Why were 3 of the hiphop albums released like literally 2 years ago?
Why didn't Musiq Soulchild win?

I got plenty more questions, i'll be back later!

Peace