So Appalled - Kanye West
“Niggas be writin’ bullshit like they gotta work
Niggas be goin’ through real shit, man, they outta work
That’s why another God damn dance track gotta hurt
That’s why I’d rather spit somethin’ that got a purp”
So Appropriate. Brb, listening to the album of the year.
For people calling me an asshole/hipster for being upset at Adele winning Album of the Year…
Please note that I am only upset at her winning album of the year. Rolling in the Deep is a fantastic song, deserving of most awards thrown its way. I think Adele is a wonderful talent with a beautiful voice. However, 21 is a one-dimensional sobfest of songs pandering to the audience that screams “This song is about my lifeeeeeee” whenever it comes on at a bar/party. I thought that 19 showed depth, I loved it and many of the songs on it. 21 shows the subtle and ominous encroachment of formulaic music to a voice that I think has enormous promise and potential. I would hate to see it squandered on formulaic, “My ex-boyfriend is a mean man” albums for the remainder of her career.
This is the same reason I threw my laptop at the wall when John Mayer came out with that poppy Battle Studies album. Dude, I listened to Heavier Things and Continuum, I heard you make that guitar sing like few modern guitarists can, and you provided me with the same shit I can hear if I spin my radio dial to any station? Come on.
So Adele’s voice is John Mayer’s guitar for me, I love hearing it but want to be challenged by it. I want to see it provide me with something new and different, and Adele and 21 are the wrong direction for me. So yeah, that’s my issue. Rant over.
I haven’t talked about how pissed off I am that My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was not nominated for album of the year. It deserves on a top ten list for the damn century, and was easily the best album of the year. Adele can sing, and I love her voice, but the substance isn’t even on the same level, and neither is the music component and production effort on it.
Or are these awards just about the singers? I thought it was called music because it was the aggregate of all of its parts. Fuck. No one even came close to touching MBDTF this year in terms of what Kanye attempts and pulled off with incredible skill. Fuck.
