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Drift - 10th December Ralph McGarry
Its obvious that when I haven’t left the house for the best part of a year, that its hard to contain myself when it comes to the Grammy awards. Honestly, I’m generally not a huge fan of award ceremonies but this has me all jittery!
An artist that i have become a major fanboy of is Jhené Aiko. Jhené falls in the category of a strong (and i hate to use the term) female artist. The truth is, that Jhené cannot put a foot wrong and is one of a group of relatively new artists that have seen females pretty much take over the world of RnB, Hip Hip, Funk and Soul. I could only imagine a festival with an all female line up. Can you see it?? Jhené Aiko, Elle Mai, Georgia Smith, H.E.R, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish – Yes, Billie is a superstar and I wont apologise for saying that. I was lucky enough to see her (and Georgia Smith) at EP 2019 and she was epic! So epic, that a ton of people were squashed from the crowds that came to the main stage to see her, but anyway, I digress……
Some Grammy nominations in the R&B and Rap categories are as follows:
Best R&B Performance For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.
Best Traditional R&B Performance For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.
Best R&B Song A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
Best Progressive R&B Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded progressive vocal tracks derivative of R&B.
Best R&B Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.
Best Rap Performance For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.
Best Melodic Rap Performance For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.
Best Rap Song A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only..
Best Rap Album For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.
The show will air at 1am GMT and my days of being able to stay up late and not crash the car are far behind me so i guess i’ll be watching on Monday.
Anyway, enjoy the show and (Shameless plug) dont forget to check out RnB Sessions on Saturday and Sundays 6-8 GMT.
Much love,
Al
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