Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Monday, 13 April 2015

Music..: Tyler The Creator, Kanye West And Lil Wayne Have Nothing Sweet To Say On ‘Smuckers’



What happens when three of the most inappropriate rappers team up for one song? You can find out for yourself by listening to Tyler The Creator’s insane Cherry Bomb single, “Smuckers,” which features verses from Kanye West and Lil Wayne. 
    The track opens with the Odd Future rapper spitting his usual brand of off-kilter rap, where he admits to having some real feelings about being banned from New Zealand early last year. “I got banned from New Zealand, whitey called me demon/ And a terrorist, God dammit, I couldn’t believe it,’ he raps.

Next up, is ‘Ye, who sounds more confident than ever on this verse. 
   
    He brags about his recent lecture at Oxford University, namedrops Marshawn Lynch, and is just generally feeling himself, rapping, “Richer than white people with black kids/ Scarier than black people with ideas/ Nobody can tell me where I’m headin’, but I feel like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen at my wedding.”

Things get even more interesting later, when Tyler and Weezy begin to trade verses, and the New Orleans rapper is throwing out lines like, “My trigger finger wise but my nine dumb/ Middle finger blind so its f–k A-N-Y one/ F–k, skate and die son, a hundred ways to die son.”



Tyler’s full album
Cherry Bomb is out now.

Sunday, 8 February 2015

Sam Smith Is The King Of The 2015 Grammys: Bow Down


Smith takes home four Grammys on Sunday night.

All hail Sam Smith, King of the 2015 Grammy Awards.

Smith won the most Grammys on Sunday night (Feb. 8), taking home four awards. He nabbed the titles of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. He was also nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

Not only did he take home ALLL the awards, but he also captivated the Staples Center audience on his duet of “Stay With Me” with Mary J. Blige, which had even more weight now that the song had won him four Grammys......

Watch Kanye Almost Pull Another Taylor Swift Ambush At The Grammys



These are the awards show moments we live for.

On Sunday night (Feb. 8), at the 2015 Grammys, Kanye West faked us all out for a second, when we thought he was seriously going to embarrass Beck (and make a fool of himself) like he did while interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs back in 2009.

But, it turns out, the joke was actually on us.

When Beck walked onstage to accept the trophy for Album of the Year, Kanye popped up for a second and pretended like he would snatch the mic, but instead he just laughed and returned to his seat, to thunderous applause.
   For a guy who doesn’t like to smile, ‘Ye was sure having a ball of a time Sunday night (Feb. 8). And Beck definitely had a sense of humor about the whole thing. He was even encouraging Kanye to come back to the stage — but c’mon, he would never want to steal anyone’s moment.





Grammy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List

   From Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament (and Eddie Vedder, using his pseudonym "Jerome Turner") scoring Best Recording Package to Beyoncé taking home Best Surround Sound Album, here is the full rundown of all the winners at the 57th annual Grammy Awards. We'll be updating this post as each winner is announced, so check back for the full list.

 

Record of the Year

Sam Smith – "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"

Song of the Year

Sam Smith - "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"
James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters

Album of the Year

Beck - Morning Phase

Best New Artist

Sam Smith

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera - "Say Something"

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - Cheek To Cheek

Best Pop Solo Performance

Pharrell Williams - "Happy"

Best Pop Vocal Album

Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour

Best Rock Performance

Jack White - "Lazaretto"

Best Rock Album

Beck - Morning Phase

Best Rock Song

Paramore - "Ain't It Fun"
Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters

Best Alternative Rock Album

St. Vincent - St. Vincent

Best Metal Performance

Tenacious D - "The Last In Line"

Best Rap Performance

Kendrick Lamar - "I"

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Eminem Featuring Rihanna - "The Monster"

Best Rap Song

Kendrick Lamar - "I"
K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters

Best Rap Album

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2

Best R&B Performance

Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z – "Drunk In Love"

Best Traditional R&B Performance

"Jesus Children"
Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
 

Best R&B Song

Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z - "Drunk In Love"
Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Pharrell Williams - Girl

Best R&B Album

Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer - Bass & Mandolin

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Aphex Twin - Syro

Best Dance Recording

Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne - "Rather Be"

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Let It Go" from Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)

Best Country Album

Miranda Lambert - Platinum

Best Country Solo Performance

Carrie Underwood - "Something In The Water"

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

The Band Perry - "Gentle On My Mind"

Best Country Song

"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)

Best Bluegrass Album

The Earls Of Leicester - The Earls Of Leicester

Best American Roots Performance

Rosanne Cash - "A Feather's Not A Bird"

Best American Roots Song

Rosanne Cash - "A Feather's Not A Bird"

Best Americana Album

Rosanne Cash - The River & The Thread

Best Folk Album

Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy

Best Music Video

Pharrell Williams - "Happy"

Best Music Film

20 Feet From Stardom
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Max Martin
"Bang Bang" (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
"Break Free" (Ariana Grande Featuring Zedd)
"Dark Horse" (Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J)
"Problem" (Ariana Grande Featuring Iggy Azalea)
"Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift)
"Unconditionally" (Katy Perry)
Best Instrumental Composition
John Williams - "The Book Thief"

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Pentatonix - "Daft Punk"

Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals

Billy Childs - "New York Tendaberry"

Best Recording Package

Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)

Best Album Notes

Ashley Kahn
John Coltrane - Offering: Live At Temple University

Best Historical Album

Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
Hank Williams - The Garden Spot Programs, 1950

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Beck - Morning Phase
Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer
John Legend – "All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)"

Best Surround Sound Album

Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Jo-El Sonnier - The Legacy

Best Reggae Album

Ziggy Marley - Fly Rasta

Best World Music Album

Angelique Kidjo - Eve

Best Children's Album

Neela Vaswani - I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)

Best Musical Theatre Album

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Blues Album

Johnny Winter - Step Back

Best Spoken Word Album

Joan Rivers - Diary Of A Mad Diva

Best Comedy Album

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mandatory Fun

Best New Age Album

Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman - Winds Of Samsara

Best Improved Jazz Solo

Chick Corea - "Fingerprints"

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Dianne Reeves - Beautiful Life

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Chick Corea Trio - Trilogy

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Life In The Bubble

Best Latin Jazz Album

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - The Offense Of The Drum




Saturday, 7 February 2015

Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Take New Haircut And New Sneakers To Pre-Grammy Brunch

   
Just moments before the red carpet wrapped, KimYe — who weren’t on the original media tip sheet — surprised press and paparazzi at the event. While neither walked more than 3 feet from their vehicle, the pair made quite a style statement, Kim showing off her new ‘do and Kanye sporting his Yeezy 3 sneaks (which, BTW, Ye has never before worn in public — I mean, besides that one time with Rih and Paul)...