FEB 20, 2004
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Old time rock'n'roll? Not this year!
Will Groves
Staff Writer
This year at the Grammy
Awards, hip-hop domi
nated the major categories.
That cements the fact that the
ghetto has gone completely
mainstream ... also the fact
that many now consider
Justin Timberlake hip-hop.
Four of the five nominees for
Record of the Year were hip
hop (Black Eyed Peas with
Justin Timberlake; Beyonce
with Jay-Z; Eminem, and
OutKast), and three of the five
nominees for Album of the
Year were either hip-hop or
Justin Timberlake. The only
question on my mind is how
soon he's going to start going
by "J.T." The hip-hop nomi
nees were Missy Elliot and
OutKast.
I'm not saying the preva
lence of urban music at the
Grammys is bad. I am howev
er saying that Justin
Timberlake's presence any
where is bad.
Personally, I'm
thrilled for
Andre
3000 and
Big Boi
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Evanescence's Amy Lee accepts the Grammy for the band
of OutKast - no one deserves
a Grammy more. (OutKast
received Album of the Year for
"Speakerboxx/The Love
Below," Best
Urban/Alternative
Performance for "Hey
Ya!," and Best Rap
Album, also for
"Speakerboxx/The Love
Below.")
"Speakerboxx," Big Boi's
album of the two-album set, is
consistently impressive, if
only for his vocal prowess
(see the rapping on "Ghetto
Musick"). "The Love Below" is
Andre "3000" Benjamin's half
of the set, and it pushes the
hip-hop idiom to new places
with genre-bending instru
mentals and atypical lyrics in
hip-hop (see "Love Hater").
Both halves of the set
incorporate elements of
rock, jazz, and electroni
ca, and feature absolutely
astounding production.
The entire album is inven
tive, and displays OutKast's
incredible talent and originali
ty
Beyonce, another big win
ner, has a decidedly urban
flavor; she got Grammy's in
four out of the five cate
gories in which she was
nominated. (She missed
out on Record of the
Year, but got Best
R&B Duo or
Group, Best
Female R&B
"The fact that
Evanescence got a
Grammy makes my
blood boil more than
the fact that Beyonce
got four."
~ Will Groves
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Beyonce Knowles and Prince perform at the Grammy Awards
Vocal Performance, Best R&B
Song, and Best
Contemporary R&B Album).
Strangely enough, three of
the four songs or albums for
which Beyonce "I'm pretty
sure I used to have a last
name" Knowles was awarded
contain the phrase "in love" as
the last two words.
Derivative? Clich6? Never!
There were some rockers
awarded, however. Coldplay
nabbed Record of the Year over
OutKast, Eminem, Beyonce,
and the Black Eyed Peas for
their single "Clocks." The White
Stripes got a few of their own,
too, namely Best Rock Song for
"Seven Nation Army" and Best
Alternative Album for
"Elephant."
All is not happy in the world of
rock Grammys, however.
The fact that Evanescence got
a Grammy makes my blood boil
more than the fact that Beyonce
got four.
Evanescence got the award
Correction
In the Feb 6 edition of The Guilfordian , the article "A clean bill of
campus health" incorrectly reported that Anita Masterson is the
director of campus health services. Ernest McCoy serves as the
director. Additionally, the student health center hours are M-F 9-
12 and 2-5, not M-F 9-5, as the article reported. The Guilfordian
apologizes for these errors.
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for
fl e st
New
Artist,
which at
least, if
history
doesn't fail
me, means
they are a
one-hit won
der, and will be
gone by next
year, if not next
month.
At least Avril Lavigne didn't
get one. She was nominated
for two though, Best Song,
and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance, which I'm sure
she was angry about,
because she seems to think
she's "hardcore."
I'd go into the other Grammy
awards like Best Polka Album,
Best Spoken Word Album for
Children, or Best
Contemporary World Music
Album, but, like so many bril
liant artists on independent
labels, there's not enough
public interest to merit my rec
ognizing them.