To be fair I tried to listen to Pop’s album and Lil Baby’s My Turn as those were the top two that people were saying got snubbed. Couldn’t get through either of them. I know that they sold a TON of records but artistically it felt like what alot of these new school rappers are doing. Making 1-2 hit singles and then crafting soundalikes across a 20 song album to get streams. Call me an old head or
all you want but I can’t fukk with mindless music, endless trap beats, and autotune.
Them kids got nominations for their songs because thats what their good at, making good individual SONGS. They can’t craft ALBUMS to save their lives.
Nas, Royce, Gibbs, Jay Elect, made great ALBUMS. I still have to listen to D Smoke to properly judge him so I won’t speak on him. Royce & Gibbs have been grinding for YEARS and making great music. Hell Gibbs should’ve been nominated last year for Bandana. Jay Elect put out a great project (He loses points from some for relying on Hov for alot of the songs and being outshined on some tracks. But if you can get an inspired and hungry Jay-Z on your project that means your doing SOMETHING right in the first place) Nas, 27 years in the game, put out one the best albums of not only HIS career, but the entire year. They ALL deserve their nominations.
What NEEDS to happen, as i’ve said before, is that the committee needs to petition for additional categories the Rap field. Rock, Country, and R&B have multiple categories and Rap outsells ALL of those genres as of 2017. There needs to be a Best Rap Album as well as a “Best Traditional Hip Hop Album” category. That way the Lil whatevers and the NBA whoseits can be nominated and the more underground focused or lyrical artists can be recognized as well.
