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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 04:41 PM Feb 2017

I know in the midst of all this shit, the Grammy's may not mean as much

but Adele is right, Beyonce's Lemonade should have won Album of the Year. There is no way Adele's vanilla album tops an amazing social commentary like Lemonade.

The good part was Adele demonstrated how to be a good ally. so there was that


http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/awards/adele-says-beyonc-deserved-win-grammy-album-year-n720131

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I know in the midst of all this shit, the Grammy's may not mean as much (Original Post) La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 OP
Havent listened to either but should. Adele was amazing in her speech though. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #1
I agree! murielm99 Feb 2017 #2
especially since there is a history of white artists taking from black artists and not giving credit JI7 Feb 2017 #3
my wife, who is both white and a musician, is always railing about this La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #4
yes, a lot of the music from Clapton and others in that time JI7 Feb 2017 #5
yup, adele demonstrated how to be an ally, whereas grammys demonstrated what modern La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #6

Eliot Rosewater

(31,096 posts)
1. Havent listened to either but should. Adele was amazing in her speech though.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:49 PM
Feb 2017

Beyonce is a living force, I wonder if we should send her to DC to beat the shit out of


JI7

(89,172 posts)
3. especially since there is a history of white artists taking from black artists and not giving credit
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 05:07 AM
Feb 2017

Adele is able to recognize these things and say something about it. important since Beyonce gets a lot of attacks for speaking about things that are uncomfortable to some.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
4. my wife, who is both white and a musician, is always railing about this
Wed Feb 15, 2017, 12:43 PM
Feb 2017

this is why she hates eric clapton SO MUCH.

i didn't know this was a thing, till i met her. (i'm not big into music)

JI7

(89,172 posts)
5. yes, a lot of the music from Clapton and others in that time
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:04 AM
Feb 2017

that became popular were based on black american music. most of them never got the recognition or any money . they were ignored in the US because of racism while foreign white artists who used their music ended up making it big.

Clapton himself also has a history of making some anti immigrant comments . it's too bad since i do like his music.

Adele is a huge Beyonce fan but i liked it that she went beyond just general compliments and specifically acknowledged the politics of it.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
6. yup, adele demonstrated how to be an ally, whereas grammys demonstrated what modern
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 01:05 PM
Feb 2017

and somewhat subtle racism looks like.

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