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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Great guitar player, not so bright about politics. I trust his opinion on music, but not politics.
Ha! I am still bitter that Annie Hall beat Star Wars. :)
Urban contemporary?!
Kinda like “let the dead bury their own dead”.
Who beat who at the what?
Was there bruising?
Lol.
Good, next year there can be “The Black Grammy Awards” and then “The Hispanic Grammy Awards” followed of course by “The Muslim Grammy Awards”.
Sports and entertainment the kissing of black arse is mandatory!
I’m thinking it was some sort of thigh diameter contest.
Freegards
White is ALL colors. Black is the lack of color.
Adele has the voice of an angel. Beyoncé is a low talent fat thighs poseur
Who is Beyonuce?
Holy cow. You got that right.
Nightfly is a great album.
People are always creating these fake feuds, like Beyonce versus Adele, when the people involved really aren't feuding at all.
Why get drawn into fake controversies?
Last I heard my cousin in Colorado was a Grammy voter.
In the 60s he was a bandleader and a song writer. He
worked with the Righteous Bros and remains friends with
Bill Medley. He also worked with Tina Turner and toured
with Glenn Campbell. My sister stays in touch w/Dennis
but I have seen him once in 60 years. I hear he is now
almost totally deaf so he is more than qualified to
judge the music of today.
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