9. The Grammys are still using urban to denote black In 2013, the Grammys introduced the Urban Contemporary category, ostensibly as an intermediary between the Pop and R&B categories (the R&B one, meanwhile, in the words of Grantlands Rembert Browne, had morphed into this middle ground between pop and rap). So far, the winners of that award have been Frank Ocean and Rihanna, both of whom could have swept the Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album categories if the world was good and fair. In that same Grantland article last year, Browne went on to declare the 2013 nominations a mess, adding that the annual event would probably continue to be so until the word urban no longer is used as a safe conduit to describe black things… Dont hold your breath.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 02:09:55 +0000
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