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| #ChrisBrown CRASHES his Porsche in L.A.! [details] Posted: 09 Feb 2013 05:49 PM PST  Pop star, Chris Brown was involved in a car accident today in L.A. that resulted in him TOTALLING his Porsche!! Get the DETAILS after the JUMP!!   Reps for the artist made a statement about the accident: Chris Brown was in a car accident this afternoon after being ruthlessly pursued by paparazzi. He was in his vehicle by himself headed to the Debbie Allen Dance Academy for a Symphonic Love Foundation event when two vehicles cut him off. The occupants jumped out, with cameras, and aggressively approached his vehicle. In an effort to remove himself from the situation, he began to back down an alley at which point his was cut off by two additional vehicles. Chris' vehicle was totaled due to this aggressive pursuit by the paparazzi. He is okay. It's GRAMMY TIME!!! Something ALWAYS happens around this time of year for Team Breezy! Good thing Chris is OKAY!! Like us on Facebook Join us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter www.thegamutt.com  |
| Is R&B music "the biggest loser" at #TheGrammys ? Posted: 09 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST  Do you ever find yourself wondering sometimes how in the world some people won Grammys and why others weren't even nominated? The Grammy nomination and voting process, especially in the field of R&B music, has long been an enigma that music fans have yet to understand completely. Artists and record labels submit songs they feel are worthy to be nominated. From there, whether the song is actually nominated -- and furthermore if that song wins – well, that fate lies in the hands of Grammy voters. These voters aren't everyday listeners or regular fans like you and me, but rather a panel of the artists' "peers" in the music industry who call themselves experts on the respective genre in which the artist is nominated. For a long time, though, it seems the Grammys just don't GET R&B music, and the nominations and wins are often baffling. More details AFTER THE JUMP... Two years ago, Grammy award organizers found it necessary to reduce the number of categories from 109 to 78, because they felt that too many awards were being given out, but at the same time complained that not enough submissions were being submitted to vote on. This conflicting decision caused the R&B categories to suffer the greatest, combining what used to be separate male, female, and group R&B performance awards into only one category and totally eliminating the urban/alternative performance award altogether. This was the category which allowed worthy artists such as Eric Roberson, who are classified under the sub-genre of neo-soul music to finally receive recognition for their artistry instead of flying under the mainstream R&B radar.   Also, core R&B artists who don't have the crossover appeal as someone like Beyonce, for example, seem to fare the worst at the Grammys. For some, the more nominations received means the harder they are snubbed. Whoever said it's an honor just to be nominated apparently needs to ask India Arie and Jazmine Sullivan. At the ceremony in 2002, Arie's debut album Acoustic Soul received 7 nominations. How many did she win? Zero! Arie was so jilted by the snub that for the next year, she wore shirts with a backwards "7" printed on them in protest. She was later awarded 2 Grammys with the release of her sophomore album, but one has to wonder if this was because of its worthiness or if it was just to appease her. In 2009, Jazmine Sullivan received 6 nominations but was completely shut out. Sullivan claimed to initially be unfazed by the oversight and released a sophomore album. However, she also inevitably grew weary of the industry, expressed feelings of unappreciation, slipped into a state of depression, and dropped out of the music scene completely. This year, there are two core R&B artists who have multiple nominations: Miguel and Frank Ocean. Miguel has 5 nominations and Ocean has 6. Will Grammy history repeat itself for these R&B crooners, or will Grammy voters allow them to walk away with trophies? The Grammys definitely need to consider re-evaluating its nomination and voting process, because there is a lot of good music out there that goes unnoticed. What's always the most popular is not always the most worthy. Everyday fans who actually purchase and listen to the music should be allowed to vote. Otherwise, you'll have what I call "Grammy darling" artists like Beyonce winning every single year even when she doesn't release an album (like her 2006 nomination for a tour performance of "Wishing on a Star" and her win the same year for a duet of "So Amazing" with Stevie Wonder that no one probably even knew existed). And on the other hand, you'll have well-deserving artists like Ledisi who get nominated every single year but always walk away empty-handed. We'll just have to tune in tomorrow night to see if the Grammys will get it right this time. I'm not getting my hopes up, though.   |
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