Monday, February 09, 2015

Considering the Grammys

I watched the Grammys but switched between it and Family Guy then Bob's Burgers, so I missed the moments when Beck won the Album of the Year award for Morning Phase (which also got Best Rock Album). Sam Smith won Song and Record of the Year for "Stay With Me." He was also named Best New Artist and won Best Pop Vocal Album for In the Lonely Hour. Well-deserved, I say. What was undeserved was Beyoncé's Best R&B Performance award for "Drunk in Love." Jennifer Hudson's "It's Your World" (which should have won) and Ledisi's "Like This" were much worthier.

These were the Best R&B Performance nominees:

Drunk In Love
Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
Track from: Beyoncé
Label: Columbia Records



New Flame
Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
Track from: X
Label: RCA Records



It's Your World
Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
Track from: JHUD
Label: RCA Records



Like This
Ledisi
Track from: The Truth
Label: Verve



Good Kisser
Usher
Label: RCA Records




More later.




2 comments:

Hattie said...

As you know, I just hated Drunk in Love!
I'm not the target demographic, of course.

Poppa Zao said...

I found "Drunk in Love" self-indulgent and far from Beyonce's best song. You might like Ledisi's song or Jennifer Hudson's one better.