First, recent history shows that he really has been screwed, repeatedly. Madonna's Halftime Pep Rally for World PeaceĪll that said, Kanye should be pissed, publicly, a lot more so than he is, and for a couple of reasons. Billy Joel has been up for the award three more times than Bob Dylan, four more times than the Rolling Stones, and five more times than Led Zeppelin, Aretha Franklin, and Marvin Gaye combined, none of whom-you guessed it-were ever nominated. Christopher Cross's eponymous yard-sale mainstay triumphed in 1981 over the Clash's London Calling and Prince's Dirty Mind, neither of which, again, were nominated. In 1969, the award went to Glenn Campbell's By the Time I Get to Phoenix (don't all rush to Spotify at once!), which was chosen over, among other things and in alphabetical order: Beggars Banquet, Electric Ladyland, Lady Soul, Music from Big Pink, and The White Album, none of which were even nominated. After all, the history of the Album of the Year reads in large part like a Homeric catalog of albums you hide when your friends come over. Maybe Kanye's matured, or maybe he's just embraced the fact that being ignored by the Academy is an infinitely more reliable sign of greatness than attracting its attentions. What's surprising is that there's been almost no complaint from Kanye himself, who seems willing to swallow the rationale that the album suffered due to its splitting the vote with Watch the Throne, West's well-hyped (and generally well-received) collaboration with Jay-Z that dropped this past August and which also failed to be nominated. Its omission is the surest indicator that the Academy is something that doesn't, but that omission has still produced a litany of justified complaints from various quarters. The album's impressive commercial success gave it that elusive air of extreme consensus that's preciously rare in any art form, the surest indicator of something that actually matters. Fantasy was a critical triumph, its notices so rapturous as to inspire notices about the notices. That snub is pretty remarkable even by the Academy's standards, especially considering that West received more total nominations in lesser categories this year than any other artist. Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, released in November 2010 (which, according to the Grammys' occult calendrical practices, means it was released in 2011), failed to even be nominated for Album of the Year.
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Variety reports that it will also touch on West’s 2020 presidential run and the death of his mother Donda West, after whom he named his latest album Donda.įor the latest music news and exclusive features, check out uDiscover Music. The film was co-directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah – known as Coodie and Chike – and follows West over the course of 21 years.Īccording to Netflix, jeen-yuhs will show the rapper in his early days trying to break through and continues on as he becomes a hip-hop icon and successful businessman. In other Kanye West news, the rap megastar will be the subject of a new Netflix documentary jeen-yuhs, which will arrive on the streaming platform next year. It went on to win eight awards, including the BET award for Best Hip-Hop Video in 2007 and the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2008. “Stronger” was released in 2007 as the second single from Graduation and features a sample of Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”. Both “Gold Digger” and “Paris,” his Jay-Z collaboration from the Watch The Throne album, are currently eight times platinum – two times short of reaching the coveted status.Ĭurrently, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is the best-selling digital single in the United States, with Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive”, Gotye’s “ Somebody That I Used To Know” and John Legend’s “All Of Me” below it. The rapper could see some more of his back catalog join “Stronger” in that elite club soon.
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