Posted on 02/14/2017 11:46:02 AM PST by drewh
Even Adele thinks Beyoncé should have won the album of the year Grammy over her.
When the British pop star tearfully accepted the ceremony's top award Sunday night, she shined a spotlight on the woman she said she has loved since she was 11 years old.
"The artist of my life is Beyoncé, and this album to me, the 'Lemonade' album, was just so monumental," Adele said.
Certainly for her diehard fan base known as the Beyhive -- and for many music critics -- Beyoncé's "Lemonade" was a creative masterpiece.
But with its racial themes and imagery, some are questioning if the project was "just too black" for Grammy voters.
Kevin Powell, author of the memoir "The Education of Kevin Powell" and a forthcoming biography on rapper Tupac Shakur, thinks so.
He told CNN "Beyonce's 'Lemonade' made a lot of people uncomfortable, because it is so political, so spiritual, so unapologetically black, and so brutally honest about love, self-love, trust, betrayal."
"We are still a nation that does not want to deal so directly with truth," said Powell, who has written about music and race for various publications, including Vibe magazine. "Adele's album is strong, but it is just songs about love. It is safe and uncontroversial; it breaks no new ground. And neither do Grammy voters, generally speaking, when it comes to picking winners of this particular award."
Adele and Beyoncé were both nominated for song of the year, record of the year and album of the year.
Adele swept all three.
Beyoncé's "Lemonade" won for best urban contemporary album. Her hit "Formation" won for best music video.
#GrammysSoWhite became a thing on Twitter Sunday night. One user noted -- incorrectly -- that a person of color "hasn't won [album of the year] in almost 20 years!"
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Eeeyep that’s why Adele won....she doesn’t have to
throw her boobs around, throw her ***** in your face,and curse like a drunk skunk,use race to hold
on to fans,....eyep, it’s racism
Adele is good for dentist office music and Beyoncé- I had to spell check that one. Is that a man? I’m not gay or jewish, so I don’t fancy Hollywood award shows
Every time I hear the name Beyoncé, I think back to that vulgar song of hers about herself and her husband in the back of the limo. Then I’m reminded that the Obamas think Beyoncé is a good role model for their daughters. You just cannot make that stuff up.
i think what you say factors into it. I think the voters may take into account what the songs are about and the artists too.
No it is because Adele sings songs that anyone can relate to, not just kids.
It pretty much always has been - it's their dirty little secret. Now the truth can be told
I guess that was the “hip hop” version of the “chicken dance”.
Well, that and old Jewish men have always run everything in Hollywood, so everyone not talented or successful despises them as well
Belly paunch too -
Is CNN admitting that the predominantly liberal voting members of the Recording Academy are racists?
WTH is that picture?!?
ick! anyone in that picture should be banned from ever receiving any award ever again!
Is that cow in the middle Beyonce? Seriously, fat and ugly.
Santana says Beyoncé is not a singer, that’s gonna leave a mark.
Santana sucks in his own unique way himself!
Lol, I recognize that from an old YouTube called THE 10 MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS ABOUT THE BEYONCÉ EXPERIENCE. She’s probably fun for her fans, but they don’t decide Grammys.
I’m still bitter that Donald Fagen’s NIGHTFLY album got beat by TOTO’s TOTO IV in ‘83! The musical genius behind just those two groups contrasts how far we’ve fallen to hear whining about a Beyoncé loss.
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