The Grammys are a perennial source of confusion, disbelief, and righteous, mighty anger … and this year’s nominations, announced last night, are no exception! … But here’s the one thing we should all focus our collective anger toward this morning: the painful snubbing of Kanye West. At first glance, Kanye should have nothing to be upset about. He actually leads the field in Grammy nominations with seven (Adele, Bruno Mars, and the Foo Fighters are next, with six apiece). But not one of those nominations is for Album of the Year. That’s right: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was shut out in favor of Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops & Hooligans. This is, primarily, about Kanye totally, definitively deserving an Album of the Year spot. Lady Gaga’s Born This Way makes sense, and Adele’s 21 would have probably beaten him for the title anyway. But how did the Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light and Rihanna’s Loud — both fine, very visible 2011 albums that in no way touch the scope and cultural permeation of MBDTF — slip in ahead of ‘Ye? And, again: Bruno fucking Mars?! Are you serious right now? Could not agree more.  The fact that ‘Yesus was overlooked in favor of people like Bruno Mars is just fucking ridiculous.  Their obvious play for ratings is both transparent and reprehensible.

The Grammys are a perennial source of confusion, disbelief, and righteous, mighty anger … and this year’s nominations, announced last night, are no exception! … But here’s the one thing we should all focus our collective anger toward this morning: the painful snubbing of Kanye West.

At first glance, Kanye should have nothing to be upset about. He actually leads the field in Grammy nominations with seven (Adele, Bruno Mars, and the Foo Fighters are next, with six apiece). But not one of those nominations is for Album of the Year. That’s right: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was shut out in favor of Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops & Hooligans. This is, primarily, about Kanye totally, definitively deserving an Album of the Year spot. Lady Gaga’s Born This Way makes sense, and Adele’s 21 would have probably beaten him for the title anyway. But how did the Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light and Rihanna’s Loud — both fine, very visible 2011 albums that in no way touch the scope and cultural permeation of MBDTF — slip in ahead of ‘Ye? And, again: Bruno fucking Mars?! Are you serious right now?

Could not agree more.  The fact that ‘Yesus was overlooked in favor of people like Bruno Mars is just fucking ridiculous.  Their obvious play for ratings is both transparent and reprehensible.

  1. undiscloseddesires33 reblogged this from cheattowin
  2. rapturousenjoymentofgay reblogged this from cheattowin and added:
    I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLEASURE MYSELF TO BRUNO MARS. Seriously, though, what a freaking joke.
  3. dncyrselfclean said: The ratings argument doesn’t work because it’s not like Kanye is unpopular and obscure. In fact, Kanye has a history of doing insane things at award shows that turn into water-cooler moments which equal ratings. And his album sold like crazy.
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Posted on December 1st, 2011 at 7:08PM
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