I'd like to think that Music Video Violence had something to do with Lil' Wayne and Robyn getting Grammy nods, but it's probably not the case.
The Main Event
In the red corner, from New Orleans, Louisiana, with a mind-blowing, pack-leading eight Grammy nominations... LIL' WAYNE!
Anything you want to know about the artists, I've probably already covered in the previous posts. If I missed it, that's waht Google is for.
What I can't believe is that Lil' Wayne, who I still think of as the least hot of The Hot Boys, is a multiple Grammy nominee.
Here's the video for "Lollipop."
The Competition
From Stockholm, Sweden, this year's nominee for "Best Electronic/Dance Album" ROBYN!
Wow...
After completing the most awesome image make-over ever, Robyn gets nominated for a Grammy. Hot damn.
Here's the video for "Cobrastyle." Dig it.
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4 comments:
The fact that these two 'artists' are nominees reinforces just how irrelevant the Grammys are. Yikes.
It's 2008. Are we really being subjected to "we be pimpin'" videos? Still? Really? Wow. Bad cliches never die, I suppose.
Robyn's entry just creeps me the fuck out. If ever there was an answer to the question, What would happen if the chick from the Exorcist hooked up with Andy Warhol and made a porno?" it is this video.
My reluctant vote goes to Lil' Wayne, because I simply gots to get me one of dem stretch Hummers filled with hot and loose womenz.
-MEng
I have a certain affection for Lil' Wayne, if for no other reason than it reminds me of Rwandan nightclubs this summer, where Lollipop was basically playing nonstop. Also, I'm charmed by the white keyboard player and how darned pleased he looks just to be there. But I have to agree on the tiredness of the "pimpin" element. I found myself watching this video and feeling slightly dismayed that the Grammys are still legitimizing this sort of behaviour, and while I'm loathe to use words like "degrading," even I can be pushed to my limits.
Also, as we've discussed it's entirely thanks to you that I'm in love with the new Robyn. Anyone in doubt needs to scroll the F back in these entries and watch the video for "Konnichiwa Bitches." Hells yes. My vote goes most emphatically to Robyn.
Nothing funny here, but Robyn gets my vote.
Both are awesome videos, thanks for giving me lots of reasons to sit on my ass now that the term is done!
I give a vote for Robyn... not the least because her all-white outfit seems to match what's outside my window.
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