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Caraman The truth is, there is a whole level of success for a musician that has little to do with radio play, broadcast success, album sales, or touring ladder. It’s about being seen as the type of musician that other musicians respect. (I have no idea if this is lucrative!) Black Pumas and Collier fit in here. YD Smoke may seem like an outlier, but in this context, it’s not: His brother is SiR, a singer who signed with Top Dawg Entertainment, known as the home of Kendrick Lamar. In a year (another) without a Kendrick album, D Smoke is a familiar alternative and reminder of the kind of music, including hip-hop, that Grammy voters tend to favor: serious, technique-driven, worn. or fine. tuned depending on your lens. That manifests itself in the category of best rap album (D Smoke, Nas, Freddie Gibbs, Jay Electronica and Royce Da 5’9 ”). If you teleported those albums (many of which I love) in the mid-1990s and slipped them through the Walkmen of the Carhartt-and-Timbs fans of that time, they probably wouldn’t raise an eyebrow.
That said, it’s notable that there aren’t any hip-hop producers in the producer of the year category, probably because Grammy voters don’t bother researching young producers like Jetsonmade, who is responsible for so many DaBaby hits and also “Whats Poppin “by Jack Harlow. Or even think of the Alchemist, who has become the favorite blacksmith of today’s golden age revivalists, and in the last two years has launched solid projects with Freddie Gibbs, Boldy James, Conway the Machine and Action Bronson.
COSCARELLI I really thought we were going to see a boost for two of the posthumous releases that dominated the broadcast, Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” and Juice WRLD’s “Legends Never Die,” neither of which were nominated. for the best rap album. Pop Smoke, who I naively thought had a shot at being the best new artist, is represented through a unique nomination, best rap performance for “Dior.” Lil Baby’s “My Turn” and Roddy Ricch’s “Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial” were also left out, though each was nominated for songs, with “The Bigger Picture,” Lil Baby’s protest song Black Lives Matter, which it got two nominations and “The Bigger Picture.” Box ”getting three.
To go back a moment, we should issue our usual warning: these, of course, are just the nominations, so it is possible that Swift, Eilish, and Beyoncé will take the majority of the major awards and leave this all feeling pretty typical of the Grammys. When all is said and done
