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luvneedsnosyt · 4 years

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My Selections for GRAMMYS 2020

Continuing what I started last year here’s my reaction to the GRAMMY Nominations with my selections for who I believe should win, and also who I would have picked for each category.

Let me first lay out the ground rules: - I will be following the time frame for eligibility which is October 1st 2018 to September 30th 2019. - I will be ignoring categories for genres I don’t listen to enough. Metal, Country, Classical, Jazz, will be left off. - I am ignoring that the Performance categories are a mixture of recordings and live performances and just treating them as genre specific “Records of the year” awards. The one’s with “Song” in the title are geared more towards the song writing. - I will first make my selection of the available options. Bold and underlines will be my top selection with underlined not bold as my runner up. - I will then make my own selections for each category and who I think should win out of that. - My selection is not just a list of my favorite albums. My selections will be a balancing act taking in account artistic accomplishments, Impact both culturally and popularity as well as what I personally think is good. - I made a few liberties with some of my selections, mostly from the rules for eligibility being vague in spots. - This list is just all my biased suggestions. I’m sure there will be some major differences in opinions with anybody who reads this. - Feel free to shoot me a message to discuss more with me anything you wish to!

Album of the Year:

Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE SO WE GO? Bon Iver - I,I H.E.R. - I Used To Know Her Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rickwell Lil Nas X - 7 Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride

My Picks: Big Wild - Superdream Jacob Banks - The Village Illenium - ASCEND Khalid - Free Spirit Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Nick Murphy - Run Fast Sleep Naked Nilfür Yanya - Miss Universe Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

Record of the Year:

Ariana Grande - 7 Rings Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Bon Iver - Hey, Ma H.E.R. - Hard Place Khalid - Talk Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (Feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) Lizzo - Truth Hurts Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower

My Picks: Avicii - SOS (Feat. Aloe Blacc) Bon Iver - Hey Ma Flume - Let You Know (Feat. London Grammer) G Flip - About You Illenium - Good Things Fall Apart (Feat. Jon Bellion) Khalid - Talk Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Taylor Swift - Lover

Song of the Year:

Billie Eilish - Bad Guy H.E.R. - Hard Place Lady Gaga - Always Remember Us This Way Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved Lizzo - Truth Hurts Taylor Swift - Lover Tanya Tucker - Bring Me Flowers Now

My Picks: Flux Pavilion - Somebody Else (Feat. GLNNA) G Flip - I Am Not Afraid Gryffin & Aloe Blacc - Hurt People Kahlid - Better Maggie Rogers - Alaska MUNA - Stayaway LÉON - You & I

Best New Artist:

Billie Eilish Black Pumas Lil Nas X Lizzo Maggie Rogers ROSALÍA Tank and the Bangas Yola

My Picks: Billie Eilish Clairo Dermot Kennedy G Flip Jacob Banks Kim Petras Maggie Rogers Nilfür Yanya

Best Pop Solo Performance:

Ariana Grande - 7 Rings Beyoncé - Spirit Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Lizzo - Truth Hurts Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down

My Picks: Bon Iver - Hey, Ma Billie Eilish - Bad Guy G Flip - About You Maggie Rogers - Alaska Nilfür Yanya - Heavyweight Champion of the Year

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

Ariana Grande & Social House - Boyfriend Jonas Brothers - Sucker Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (Feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Senorita

My Picks: James Blake - Barefoot in the Park (Feat. ROSALÍA) JOHNNYSWIM - Souvenir Khalid - Outta My Head (Feat. John Mayer) Mark Ronson - Late Night Feelings (Feat. Lykke Li) MUNA - Stayaway

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Ariana Grande - thank u, next Beyonce - The Link King: The Gift Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Ed Sheeran - No. 6 Collaborations Project Taylor Swift - Lover

My Picks: Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? G Flip - About Us Kim Petras - Clarity Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life Nilfür Yanya - Miss Universe

Best Dance Recording:

Bonobo - Linked The Chemical Brothers - Got To Keep On Meduza Feat. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart RÜFÜS DU SOL - Underwater Skrillex & Boyz Noize - Midnight Hour (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

My Picks: Big Wild - Joypunks Flume - Let You Know (Feat. London Grammer) Flux Pavilion - Somebody Else (Feat. GLNNA) Illenium - Good Things Fall Apart (Feat. Jon Bellion) Elohim - runnin

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

Apparaty - LP5 The Chemical Brothers - No Georgraphy Flume - Hi This Is Flume [Mixtape] RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace Tycho - Weather

My Picks: Big Wild - Superdream Alan Walker - Different World Illenium - ASCEND RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace Whethan - Life of a Wallflower Vol. 1

Best Rock Performance:

Bones UK - Pretty Waste Gary Clark Jr. - This Land Brittany Howard - History Repeats Karen O & Danger Mouse - Woman Rival Sons - Too Bad

My Picks: FIDLAR - Get Off My Rock Karen O & Danger Mouse - Turn the Light Mother Mother - Dance and Cry The Ting Tings - Estranged Foals - Exits

Best Rock Song:

Tool - Fear Inoculum The 1975 - Give Yourself A Try Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall Brittany Howard - History Repeats Gary Clark Jr. - This Land

My Picks: Brittany Howard - He Loves Me Circa Waves - Sorry I’m Yours Karen O & Danger Mouse - Woman Of Monsters and Men - Rororo Vampire Weekend - This Life

Best Rock Album:

Bring Me The Horizon - amo Cage The Elephant - Social Cues The Cranberries - In The End I Prevail - Trauma Rival Sons - Feral Roots

My Picks: Bring Me The Horizon - amo Circa Waves - What’s It Like Over There? Foals - Part I: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Mother Mother - Laugh and Cry The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

Best Alternate Album:

Big Thieft - U.F.O.F. Bon Iver - I,I James Blake - Assume Form Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride Thom Yorke - Anima

My Picks: Bon Iver - I,I Nick Murphy - Ran Fast Sleep Naked James Blake - Assume Form Karen O & Danger Mouse - Lux Prima Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

Best R&B Performance:

Daniel Caesar & Brandy - Love Again H.E.R. - Could’ve Been (Feat. Bryson Tiller) Lizzo - Exactly How I Feel (Feat. Gucci Mane) Lucky Daye - Roll Some Mo Anderson .Paak - Come Home (Feat. Andre 3000)

My Picks: Kindness - Hard To Believe (Feat. Jazmine Sullivan & Sampha) Mahlia - What You Did (Feat. Ella Mai) Maverick Sabre - Slow Down (Feat. Jorja Smith) Nicole Bus - You Rationale - Explosions

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

BJ The Chicago Kid - Time Today India.Arie - Steady Love Lizzo - Jerome Lucky Daye - Real Games PJ Morton - Built For Love (Feat. Jazmine Sullivan)

My Picks: BANKS - Look What You’re Doing to Me (Feat. Francis & The Lights) Jacob Banks - Love Ain’t Enough Kahlid - Better Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Ruti - Racing Cars

Best R&B Song:

H.E.R. - Could’ve Been (Feat. Bryson Tiller) Emily King - Look At Me Now Chris Brown - No Guidance (Feat. Drake) Lucky Daye - Roll Some Mo PJ Morton - Say So (Feat. JoJo)

My Picks: BJ The Chicago Kid - Reach (Feat. Afrojack) Khalid - Free Spirit Lucky Daye - Concentrate Maverick Sabre - Weakness Ruti - Racing Cars

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Georgia Anna Muldrow - Overload NAO - Saturn Jessie Reyes - Being Human in Public

My Picks: BANKS - III Kindness - Something Like War Lizzo - Cuz I Love You Maverick Sabre - When I Wake Up NAO - Saturn

Best R&B Album:

BJ The Chicago Kid - 1123 Lucky Daye - Painted Ella Mai - Ella Mai PJ Morton - Paul Anderson .Paak - Ventura

My Picks: BJ The Chicago Kid - 1123 Dawn Richard - New Breed Jacob Banks - The Village Kahlid - Free Spirit Anderson .Paak - Ventura

Best Rap Performance:

J. Cole - Middle Child DaBaby - Suge Dreamville - Down Bad (Feat. J.I.D., Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG & Young Nudy) Nipsey Hussle - Racks in the Middle (Feat. Roddy Rich & Hit-Boy) Offset - Clout (Feat. Cardi B)

My Picks: Denzel Curry - RICKY Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. HERE Freddie Gibs & Madlib - Palmolive (Feat. Pusha T & Killer Mike) Little Simz - Boss Mustard - Pure Water (Feat. Migos)

Best Rap/Song Performance:

DJ Khaled - Higher (Feat. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend) Lil Baby & Gunna - Drop Too Hard Lil Nas X - Panini Mustard - Ballin (Feat. Roddy Rich) Young Thug - The London (Feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott)

My Picks: Chance The Rapper - All Day (Feat. John Legend) GoldLink - Zulu Screams (Feat. Maleek Berry & Babi Bourelly) Kevin Abstract - Joyride Lizzo - Tempo (Feat. Missy Elliott) TOBi - Come Back Home (Feat. VanJess)

Best Rap Song:

YBN Cordae - Bad Idea (Feat. Chance The Rapper) Rick Ross - Gold Roses (Feat. Drake) 21 Savage - A Lot (Feat. J. Cole) Nipsey Hussle - Racks in the Middle (Feat. Roddy Rich & Hit-Boy) DaBaby - Suge

My Picks: Boogie - Soho (Feat. JID) JID - 151 Rum Rapsody - Nina Raja Kumari - SHOOK YBN Cordae - Have Mercy

Best Rap Album:

Dreamville - Revenger Of The Dreamer III Meek Mill - Chamionships 21 Savage - I Am> I Was Tyler, The Creator - IGOR YBN Cordae - The Lost Boy

My Picks: Denzell Curry - ZUU GoldLink - Diaspora Rapsody - Eve Lil Simz - GREY Area Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

Producer of the Year (Non-Classical):

Dan Auerbach Finneas Jack Antonoff John Hill Ricky Reed

My Picks: Big Wild Diplo Jack Antonoff Seven Lions Tyler, The Creator

#GRAMMYS #2020 #Nominations #Selections #Music #Awards

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danielorme-blog · 7 years

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There are many vocal melodic shapes in this song but the main ones used are Zig-Zag, ascending/descending, arch, and wave.

We had made some minor changes to lyrics and rested on the “too” of “I know you want me, I want you too”

we tried moving the melodic phrasing but all agreed on the way it was originally sounded and worked best, In fact, we found that any changes to chords and chord movement changed the song from what it was and not necessarily for the best. We did play with bass movement in the rap verse and that did work out well, but it is more of a melodic arpeggiation, the effect of it is to almost be like a fill between the rap vocals.

For the most part, we all agreed that the original was very good and so we only wanted to make minor tinkers and adaptations to chisel it and make it more defined.

#MD5313 #Songwriting and Context

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recommendedlisten · 5 years

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It was a week for lovers, cynics, and uh, Run for Cover Records in a large, respect, too. The latter gave us this week’s latest recommended listen with the future-minded emo rap entry point into Wicca Phrase Springs Eternal’s universe on Suffer On, alongside the dangerous desires emerging from American Pleasure Club’s latest vision, romantic euphoria in physical sky form from Westkust, and Field Medic leaving their mark on the heart with their organic visuals. Anti-Valentine’s Day listens saw SASAMI exploring the freedom of solitude, Tamaryn playing the part of an angel of desire unrequited, Nanami Ozone letting go of getting mixed up in something, and Potty Mouth predicting an inevitable doom for those starry-eyed endorphins. Meanwhile, La Dispute coped with heavier forms of loss with deeper meditation. Brace yourself, because there’s even more songs about love and losing it where that came from.

Here’s the best of the rest from the week of February 10th, 2019…

Cold Cave - “Promised Land” [Heartworm Press]

Valentine’s Day week have some sort of morbid significance for even a dark-hearted goth fashionista such as Wes Eisold, as it’s consistently been a time where you can expect him to release new music in some form. Usually, it’s been through his industrial electronic complex Cold Cave, but last year, he switched predictability up with the heavy listmaking return of his hardcore punk band American Nightmare. It’s Cold Cave who are back in 2019, however, with “Promised Land”, the first new music from the project since last spring’s “You & Me & Infinity”. Produced by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs,) it hear Eisold lurking over propulsive IDM beat, new wave synths, a plunging piano riff and his constant Amy Lee’s backing vocals ascending from the underworld. Cold Cave will be embarking on a full band U.S. tour (featuring Eisold, Lee, CEREMONY’s Anthony Anzaldo, Nils Blue and Ryan McMahon) starting this week, with ADULT. and Vowws in tow.

Promised Land by Cold Cave

Dark Blue - “Let Me Tell You a New Story” [12XU]

Philly post-punk romanticists Dark Blue -- the dapperly ghoulish supergroup of John Sharkey III of Clockcleaner, Mike Sneeringer of Purling Hiss, and Andy Nelson of CEREMONY -- are looking toward March 22nd for the arrival of their third studio effort Victory Is Rated. Back in January, they previewed the album with its leadoff single “Waterford Crystal”, a listen rich with sharp, prismatic riffs and Madchester scene theatrics amid Sharkey’s grumbling baritone. Its latest, “Let Me Tell You a Story”, is a brighter turn around its corners with jangled guitars sparkling over a bulging rumble of feedback, which prove to be the perfect medium for Sharkey’s howls of pining to see their way through. “Oh baby, let me tell you a new story / Let me tell you of a story on Monday, Tuesday, and weekends, too / I’ll stay here forever / Forever and a day with you,” his voice croons, and when Kurt Vile’s trumpet solo hits, there is no denying that Dark Blue have poured their everything into getting your attention here.

Victory Is Rated by Dark Blue

Hand Habits - “what lovers do” [Saddle Creek]

Hand Habits, the creative moniker of rising exploratory songwriter Meg Duffy, will be releasing their sophomore effort placeholder on March 1st on Saddle Creek, a perfect home for their style of warm, dreamswept indie-folk that puts them in good company along the likes of Big Thief and Tomberlin. We’ve already heard two awe-striking examples of Duffy’s ability to turn a maelstrom of complex emotions on love and loss into gently powerful reflections on the album’s title track and “can’t calm down”. Its latest in “what lovers do” is a slocore-like slowburn where the desire for someone out of reach fans the flames that divide building connection and tempting a long con toward fate .That placeholder was written in the wake of raging California wildfires is observed in the way guitars plume like smoke and there’s a majesty in the destruction. "When the shame baton gets passed back and forth between parties, who is the fool? I could never claim to have a complete understanding,” tells The Fader of the listen.

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Jenny Lewis - “Heads Gonna Roll’ [Warner Bros. Records]

This spring, indie scene queen Jenny Lewis will return with her first new album in five years with On the Line. It’s first single arrived at the end of January with the intoxicatingly booming “Red Bull & Hennessy”, and now we get to hear the LP’s opener with recent live staple “Heads Gonna Roll”. As with most of the album, it features guest features from some VIP names in Ringo Starr on drums, Don Was from ‘80s funk rockers (Was) Not Was, and Benmont Trench, keyboardist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Though their execution is done in perfection, the song is entirely Lewis’ to define in only the way she can by walking her storytelling through a hazy, glamorous symphony that doesn’t forget every specific memory of a past tryst. “Smoking Marlboro cigarettes / Almost makes me forget about / Riding on a private jet with you / I hope the sycophants in Marrakesh / Make you feel your very best / Anonymity must make you blue,” she sings. There’ll be none of that later on this month when she she hits the stage on tour.

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pronoun - “stay” [Rhyme & Reason]

pronoun is Alyse Vellturo, a Brooklyn-based musician who makes urgent, indulgent indie pop-rock that was born out of breakup and has since caught a cult following in punk circles where she’s toured with a clash of like-minded sounds like Citizen, Turnover, Angel Du$t, and Oso Oso. Her style, though intimate in its fly-on-the-wall eavesdropping into Vellturo’s mind, takes on a bigger-than-life quality because of the way there’s just a one-human force behind it all, and “stay” -- the lead single from her forthcoming debut album i’ll show you stronger, due out on May 24th -- we’re swept away into the eye of her emotive windstorm. “Here comes the deafening silence / I can hear every heart beating / Except for fucking yours and now I'm stuck here and I'm feeling / Like I'm standing in the middle of the road,” he words dash over dotted lines without breath. “Feels like I'm standing in the middle and an eighteen wheeler washed over me.” Her anxious trail of thoughts coupled with shimmering guitar work and the occasional angle colors way outside of brain wavelength in a way where the inevitable collision is nothing short of spectacular.

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Sir Babygirl - “Crush On Me” [Father / Daughter Records]

The new year introduced us to Sir Babygirl, the DIY experimental pop project of Kelsie Hogue. Her sound looks toward mainstream influences such as Charli XCX and Carly Rae Jepsen for the blueprints of pop perfection, and then deconstructs them into her own mold as an artist through a homemade work built around guitar loops, synth samples and electronic drums that create earworms with culturally astute commentaries, such as the recent standout “Everyone Is a Bad Friend”. Her debut album Crush On Me was just released yesterday, and along with it, arrives the video for its title track. The listen itself isn’t exactly the same version as you’ll hear on the LP, as that one is a demo that’s just as irresistible with its trap-driven clacking where as this version twirls through ambient feedback loops and an echo chamber of its cheery chorus. Dan Carr directed the visuals, an uncanny watch of a literal meta take on the song title that dizzies the eyes in Hogue’s reflection.

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Weyes Blood - “Everyday” [Sub Pop]

The music of Natalie Mering, better known as Weyes Blood, has been smoldering with precision from the psychedelic energy of Southern California’s avant-pop waves for the better part of this decade, with three acclaimed full-lengths officially released under her name. Her forthcoming effort Titanic Rising, due out on April 5th, will be her first for the indie major Sub Pop, and thus far, her latest sonic transformation is shaping up to sound like she’s ready for bigger stages with it. The announcement comes with the album’s second single“Everyday” joining the previously-released cosmic country ballad ‘Andromeda” that has Mering pairing together her free spirit folkisms with a Harry Nillson-esque grandeur, and lamenting a case for love. “It's true, it's true / I see you everyday / But that's not enough,” she sings with sunshine radiance in spite of romance’s rough rodeo. “I got this seeker running along a lonely line / Always trying to make my keeper mine.” Adam Gerber directed the track’s accompanying visuals, which plays on ‘70s stoned out summer camp tropes before turning into a blood bath.

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#the best of the rest #cold cave #dark blue #hand habits #jenny lewis #pronoun #sir babygirl #weyes blood #Songs #new music & videos

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fivestarjamz · 6 years

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“Brooklyn’s Finest” by Jay-Z (feat. The Notorious B.I.G., 1996)

I was born and raised (mostly) in Brooklyn and yes, I wear that shit like a badge of honor. I’m one of those guys. After a 21 year detour in which I lived on the Lower East Side, the Bronx (twice), Queens, Harlem, Jersey City and Boston, I’m back in Brooklyn. The borough is significantly different in 2018 than it was in 1994, but that pride (in a general sense and specific to me) has not gone away.

Brooklyn emcees have a very specific swagger, a very specific vocabulary, even. There’s something that separates dudes like Biggie, Jay, Kane, Talib Kweli and others from the remainder of the rap pack. It’s not really quantifiable, but it’s there. “Brooklyn’s Finest”, specifically, pairs the ascendant Jay-Z with an on-top-of-his-game B.I.G.. They’re basically playing a rapping version of “hot potato”; finishing each others lines, adding in asides, and cracking wise. Mired at the time in beef with 2Pac, B.I.G. even finds time to drop a (slightly tasteless but still hilarious) joke about that, referencing his pregnant wife and the rumors of an affair with his rival with the line “if Fay has twins, she’ll probably have two ‘Pacs/Get it...Tu...pac’s...”.

All of Jay & B.I.G.’s (regretfully few) collaborations are worth checking out, but “Brooklyn’s Finest” crackles with the most energy. Jay-perhaps understanding of what a co-sign from the most popular rapper in New York would do to his profile- wisely plays the back-up role. Although he’s five years B.I.G.’s senior, the younger emcee was the vet when it came to industry success. Hearing this song makes me wonder what the two could’ve done had B.I.G. lived and they’d continued collaborating...maybe we’d have had an iteration “Watch The Throne” ten years before it actually happened.

Four star songs between “Broken Wings” and “Brooklyn’s Finest”: “Brokenhearted (Soul Power Mix)” (Brandy feat. Wanya Morris, 1995) | “Brooklyn” (MC Lyte, 1993) | “Brooklyn” (Melky Sedeck, 2000) | “Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)” (Steely Dan,1972) | “Brooklyn Go Hard” (Jay-Z feat. Santigold, 2009) | “Brooklyn Style...Laid Out” (Big Daddy Kane, 1994)

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#jay-z #The Notorious B.I.G.#hip hop #1996 #golden age #collaborations #Brooklyn

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