XAVIERSWORLD : CHECK IT....... GRAMMYS: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Win Big Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the big winners of The Grammys on Sunday night. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the big winners of The Grammys on Sunday night. Despite the big debate over whether their music is actually pop or hip-hop, Macklmore and Ryan took home four awards -- Best New Artist, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance -- and even beat hip-hop heavyweights Jay Z, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar for Best Rap Album. Even though he wasnt present to receive any of his awards, Justin Timberlake won three awards, sharing two with Jay Z on “Holy Grail” for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Suite & Tie for Best Music Video. Upon accepting his award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Jay Z said hell give it to his award to his daughter, explaining, Blue, Daddy got a gold sippy cup for you. Alicia Keys’ Girl on Fire won for Best R&B Album, while Rihanna’s Unapologetic took one home for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Best R&B Performance went to Something by Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway, and Bruno Mars took it home for Best Pop Vocal Album for Unorthodox Jukebox. Daft Punk snagged four awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo for the Pharrell collaboration “Get Lucky. Pharrell gave acceptance speeches on behalf of the helmeted robots two out of the three times they went up to receive awards. Of course, they weren’t taking their helmets off -- not even to give a Grammy speech. Pharrell, whose Mounty-styled hat was hard to ignore, went home with four awards including one for Producer of the Year and the others for his work with Daft Punk. His hat was a hit on social media. Arbys tweeted -- Hey @Pharrell, can we have our hat back? Best Gospel Song winner Tye Tribbett performed If He Did It Before... Same God” and also won Best Gospel Album for Greater Than. The Performers Opening the 56th Grammy Awards, clad in very little, Beyonce showed us how she rides her surfboard while performed her latest single “Drunk in Love” live for the first time with her hubby, Jay Z, who came out just in time to lay his verse, add a few ad-libs, and grab an exposed cheek. Lorde blessed the house with a not-so-up-tempo performance of her smash single “Royals. The 17-year-old singer decided to take the black nail polish thing a step further by sporting black fingertips. Juicy J turned up with Katy Perry for a hot Halloween-esque performance of “Dark Horse. Between the flames, the smoke, Katy on the pole, and Juicy J, we’re still trying to figure out what was the best part of the performance. Robin Thicke hooked up with American rock band Chicago performing classics “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?,” “Beginnings,” and even took to the piano for “Saturday in the Park” before breaking in to “Blurred Lines. Talk about performance mash-up. Nine-time Grammy Award winner John Legend serenaded the audience with a heartfelt piano assisted performance of “All of Me” from his latest album Love in the Future. Kendrick Lamar literally rocked the stage with a head-banging performance of “M.a.a.d City” backed by alternative rock band Imagine Dragons, who beat the drums until they bled on Radioactive -- literally. Social media quickly dubbed it the best performance of the night. Pharrell led a jam session of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” featuring Stevie Wonder, who added his special touch with a rendition of “Another Star. Joined by Madonna, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis gave a passionate performance of their controversial hit Same Love, which served as the prelude to the wedding of 34 diverse couples -– including gay, straight, of different ages and races -– who were officially married right in the audience by Queen Latifah.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:46:48 +0000