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Sunday, February 12, 2006
Kanye at the Grammys
OK. I picked poorly. Watch this show instead of reading my poor picks:
It's been 5 whole days and I just haven't heard the proper amount of web buzz for this performance. Perhaps I am biased because I am an alumni of Florida A&M University (represent) and the performance of K. West and J. Foxx makes me feel nostalgic, but I was really feeling this show. So what, Kanye couldn't breathe through the whole performance. He just needs to go home and pop in the Kanye West Workout Plan and get busy for 20 minutes, 2 to 3 times a week. That will fix him right up! However, someone should have told them boys, do not attempt to wear purple tuxedos with no shirt and white driving gloves at home. Even more, do not attempt to wear only one glove at a time unless you are trying to channel the spirit of Michael Jackson. Noneless, enjoy the show.
The 2006 Grammy awards are upon us, and like most other opinionated music lovers, I have predictions of which artists will win. I also have an opinion of which artists should win. These artists often are not the same. In fact, there are even a few nominees that I felt should not have been nominated at all. Well, with out further ado, I present my 2006 Grammy Award winners…
RECORD OF THE YEAR
We Belong Together
Mariah Carey
Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Hollaback Girl
Gwen Stefani
Gold Digger
Kanye West
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Emancipation Of Mimi
Mariah Carey
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
Gwen Stefani
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2
Late Registration
Kanye West
BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
1 Thing
Amerie
Wishing On A Star
Beyoncé
We Belong Together
Mariah Carey
Free Yourself
Fantasia
Unbreakable
Alicia Keys
BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Creepin'
Jamie Foxx
Ordinary People
John Legend
Let Me Love You
Mario
Superstar
Usher
So What The Fuss
Stevie Wonder
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Testify
Common
Mockingbird
Eminem
Disco Inferno
50 Cent
Number One Spot
Ludacris
U Don't Know Me
T.I.
Gold Digger
Kanye West
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
Don't Phunk With My Heart
The Black Eyed Peas
The Corner
Common Featuring The Last Poets
Encore
Eminem Featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Hate It Or Love It
The Game Featuring 50 Cent
Wait (The Whisper Song)
Ying Yang Twins
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
1,2 Step
Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
They Say
Common Featuring Kanye West & John Legend
Soldier
Destiny's Child Featuring T.I. & Lil Wayne
Numb/Encore
Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
Rich Girl
Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve
BEST RAP SONG
Candy Shop
Curtis Jackson & Scott Storch, songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Olivia)
Diamonds From Sierra Leone
D. Harris & Kanye West, songwriters; (J. Barry & D. Black, songwriters) (Kanye
West)
Don't Phunk With My Heart
William Adams, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson & George Pajon, Jr., songwriters;
(Kalyanji Anandji, Full Force & Indeewar, songwriters) (The Black Eyed Peas)
Hate It Or Love It
Curtis Jackson, A. Lyon, Jayceon Taylor & M. Valenzano, songwriters; (Baker,
Felder & Harris, songwriters) (The Game Featuring 50 Cent)
Lose Control
M. Elliott, C. Harris & G. Isaacs III, songwriters; (J. Atkins, R. Davis & C.
Hudson, songwriters) (Missy Elliott Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop)
BEST RAP ALBUM
Be
Common
The Cookbook
Missy Elliott
Encore
Eminem
The Massacre
50 Cent
Late Registration
Kanye West
In the end, I expect there to be a fair distribution of the awards, with no one artist running away with the bulk of the awards. I suspect Mariah Carey to win most of the R&B Vocal categories she was nominated in except for a few in which Gwen Stephani will receive the award. I expect both 50 cent and Kanye West to be disappointed, but they will not go home empty handed. I wonder if there will be strife if 50 cent and The Game win the “Best Rap Song” category. I hope they don’t bring their “beef” to the stage. I also hope that Kanye West does not try to take all of the credit if Common actually recives an award. I also secretly hope Missy Elliott goes home with some hardware, while the Black-Eyed Peas don’t... Hate it or love it, my predictions on top!
Narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Charlie LeDuff of the New York Times, "The Real 8 Mile" shows LeDuff going back to his hometown to give viewers a comprehensive look at the variety of lifestyles and races involved in the Detroit hip-hop community.
This looks like a hip- hop documentary worth checking out. It airs on the dicovery times channel starting on February 9.
