The Grammy's are a platform for all kinds of music. If Country is the popular then the Grammy's become a platform for country. If R&B happens to be hot the Grammy's becomes a platform for R&B. If hard rock catches on the the Grammy's becomes a platform for hard rock. The same is true for Rap. It too became a genre exposed on the grammy's. Whatever is popular at the time finds it self exposed on the platform we call the the grammy's.
In the case of Rap many people quit watching the grammy's for exactly that reason TO MUCH RAP....
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Originally Posted by Krimson X
Uh, I was watching the Grammy's  ... And I stand by my statement that the Grammy's have not been a platform for Rap music. Further, it was slow to accept Rap as a category of popular music. Had you said the American Music Awards, I would most certainly agree with you.
I agree that 2003 was a hot year for rap-inspired music. But out of the artist you mentioned above, only Eminem's "Loose Yourself" was a rap song in its traditional sense. (One could make the same argument for "Hey Ya!") However, as you earlier stated, the Grammy's did not acknowledge rap until the late 1980's. This is more than a decade after "Rappers Delight" became a mainstream hit. When the Grammy's finally recognized rap as a category, it was relegated to the unaired awards ceremony. It was not until DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince won the award for "Parents Just Don't Understand" in 1989 that the presentation of this award was televised. |
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