Like pal Chance the Rapper, she offers affirmations by way of Kanye West, who is still a beacon of hope in her native Chicago. Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 2. Two years later, the Sacramento trio has evolved into a dependably provocative unit that operates at the nexus of punk rock, live electronics and barking energy raps. Hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during the Ice Cube,. 2016 Grammy Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees ], Ghost Of A Chance Bob James, arranger (Bob James & Nathan East) Track from: The New Cool [Yamaha Entertainment Group Of America], You And The Night And The Music John Fedchock, arranger (John Fedchock New York Big Band) Track from: Like It Is [Mama Records], Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals Be My Muse Shelly Berg, arranger (Lorraine Feather) [Jazzed Media], 52nd & Broadway Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams Featuring Patti Austin) Track from: Home Suite Home [BFM Jazz], Garota De Ipanema Otmaro Ruiz, arranger (Catina DeLuna Featuring Otmaro Ruiz) Track from: Catina Deluna Lado B Brazilian Project Featuring Otmaro Ruiz [Catina DeLuna], WINNER: Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) Maria Schneider, arranger (David Bowie) Track from: Nothing Has Changed [Legacy/Columbia], When I Come Home Jimmy Greene, arranger (Jimmy Greene With Javier Colon) Track from: Beautiful Life [Mack Avenue Records], Best Recording Package Alagoas Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas) [Better Problems], Bush Anita Marisa Boriboon, art director (Snoop Dogg) [Doggy Style/ Iamother/ Columbia Records], How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition) Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence + The Machine) [Republic], My Happiness Nathanio Strimpopulos, art director (Elvis Presley) [Third Man Records], WINNER: Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel) [Bismeaux Records], Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set) Leif Podhajsky, art director (Of Monsters And Men) [Republic], I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl) Sasha Barr & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty) [Sub Pop], The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors (Various Artists) [Third Man Records / Revenant Records], Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition) Stephen Kennedy & James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones) [Universal Music Enterprises, A Division Of UM], 30 Trips Around The Sun Doran Tyson & Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead) [Rhino], What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set) Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists) [Capitol Records], Best Album Notes Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists) [Dust-To-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press], Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly) [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings], WINNER: Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell) [Rhino], Portrait Of An American Singer Ted Olson, album notes writer (Tennessee Ernie Ford) [Bear Family Productions], Songs Of The Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925 Ryan Barna, album notes writer (Joseph C. Smiths Orchestra) [Archeophone Records], Best Historical AlbumWINNER: The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. C.W. 2023 Billboard Media, LLC. Young Dolph - Rich Crack Baby Dolph Gabanna's early 2016 work, King of Memphis, did a bang-up job of pissing Yo Gotti, Pete Rock and Blac Youngsta off.. Chris Stapleton, Traveller . On this brawny, unhurried record, he navigates smutty pileups "Kno One" and "Jam" (featuring an indelible hook from Trey Songz on the album's deluxe edition) and the violent, sobering reality of the world around him: "Told Me" is one long, claustrophobic gasp for air. What were your favorite write-ups? Music Week 1: Jahkota . 16 Kodak Black - Lil B.I.G. Saba CARE FOR ME Anyone who's experienced death up close knows the five stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance don't come in such a neat, orderly fashion. Yes, Kanye West's seventh album was his messiest, his least focused and his first not to spawn a Top 20 single. C.L. Nina Simone Liz Garbus, video director; Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes, video producers [Netflix], The Wall Roger Waters Sean Evans & Roger Waters, video directors; Clare Spencer & Roger Waters, video producers [Back Lot Music], Amy Amy Winehouse Asif Kapadia, video director; James Gay-Rees, video producer [Universal Music Enterprises], Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. The result is both funny and heart-rending, as if Max Fischer of Rushmore had somehow grown into a successful L.A. indie rapper, podcaster and serio-comic personality. Swet Shop Boys are two South Asian rappers dealing with Islamophobia in a Western world, despite their global profiles. On "Timeless" he raps, "If I ever said I loved you/I was lying 'cause I could never put nothing over grinding." It was fashion (his Cali Thornhill Dewitt "I feel like Pablo" T-shirts caused lines into the thousands at pop-up stores); it was film (his gorgeous clip for "Fade" will likely break 24-year-old director Eli Russell Linnetz); it was technology (his constant work-in-progress tweaking changed what an "album" is) and it eventually became politics (he's shaken hands with our president-elect before many world leaders). Produced by Q-Tip (with help from guitarist and engineer Blair Wells), it sounds starkly different from Tribe's canonical Nineties output. ], The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV Kirk Whalum Kirk Whalum [Mack Avenue Records], Best Metal Performance Identity August Burns Red [Fearless Records], WINNER: Cirice Ghost [Loma Vista Recordings], 512 Lamb Of God Track from: VII: Sturm Und Drang [Epic Records], Thank You Sevendust [7Bros Records], Custer Slipknot Track from: .5: The Gray Chapter [Roadrunner Records], Best Rock SongWINNER: Dont Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes, songwriters (Alabama Shakes) [ATO Records; Publisher(s): Alabama Shakes Publishing/Break Mirrors Music], Exs & Ohs Dave Bassett & Elle King, songwriters (Elle King) Track from: Love Stuff [RCA Records; Publisher(s): Elle King Music/EMI Music Publishing, Inc./Bassett Songs/EMI April Music, Inc.], Hold Back The River Iain Archer & James Bay, songwriters (James Bay) Track from: Chaos And The Calm [Republic; Publisher(s): B-Unique/Kobalt/Iain Archer/Kobalt], Lydia Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect) Track from: Mister Asylum [300 Entertainment; Publisher(s): MCID], What Kind Of Man John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch, songwriters (Florence + The Machine) Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful [Republic; Publisher(s): Rodeoman Music/EMI April Music/Universal Music Publishing], Best Rock Album Chaos And The Calm James Bay [Republic], Kintsugi Death Cab For Cutie [Atlantic], Mister Asylum Highly Suspect [300 Entertainment], WINNER: Drones Muse [Warner Bros. Records], .5: The Gray Chapter Slipknot [Roadrunner Records], Best Alternative Music AlbumWINNER: Sound & Color Alabama Shakes [ATO Records], Vulnicura Bjrk [One Little Indian], The Waterfall My Morning Jacket [Capitol Records], Currents Tame Impala [Interscope], Best R&B Performance If I Dont Have You Tamar Braxton Track from: Calling All Lovers [Epic Records], Rise Up Andra Day Track from: Cheers To The Fall [Warner Bros. Records], Breathing Underwater Hiatus Kaiyote Track from: Choose Your Weapon [Flying Buddha / Sony Masterworks], Planes Jeremih Featuring J. Cole [Def Jam Recordings], WINNER: Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) The Weeknd Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Universal Studios/Republic Records], Best Traditional R&B Performance He Is Faith Evans Track from: Incomparable [Prolific Music Group/BMG], WINNER: Little Ghetto Boy Lalah Hathaway [Entertainment One/8Th Floor], Let It Burn Jazmine Sullivan Track from: Reality Show [RCA Records], Shame Tyrese [Voltron Recordz], My Favorite Part Of You Charlie Wilson Track from: Forever Charlie [RCA Records], Best R&B Song Coffee Brook Davis & Miguel Pimentel, songwriters (Miguel) Track from: Wildheart [RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment; Publisher(s): Art Dealer Chic, Pop Killer/Dleaurean], Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville & Abel Tesfaye, songwriters (The Weeknd) Track from: Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Universal Studios/Republic Records; Publisher(s): SONGS Music Publishing, LLC, o/b/o Songs Of SMP, Songs Of Universal, Inc. and Sing Little Penguin, Universal Music Corp, CP Music Group, Inc., Universal Pictures Music and UPG Music Publishing], Let It Burn Kenny B. Edmonds, Jazmine Sullivan & Dwane M. Weir II, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan) Track from: Reality Show [RCA Records; Publisher(s): JazLady Publishing, Dwane M. Weir II/Sean Michael Anderson Music LLC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Sony/ATV Songs LLC], WINNER: Really Love DAngelo & Kendra Foster, songwriters (DAngelo And The Vanguard) Track from: Black Messiah [RCA Records; Publisher(s): Ah Choo Music Publishing/12:00 AM Music admin. Common, whose talent for composing understated gems makes him a perpetually overlooked G.O.A.T. It all accumulates into neurotic numbers like "Smiling (Quirky Race Doc)," where he bemoans how crowds at his shows are afraid to talk to him ("'cause I'm a black man"), and self-explanatory songs like "Dive Bar Support Group" and "Insecurity." He is bitter and he is petty. Lucinda Williams Wanted to Write Rock Songs Like Tom Petty. The serviceable MC who gave us the happy-go-lucky "Toot It and Boot It" in 2010 has evolved into the type of gangsta rapper who can deliver both the personal and the political without breaking character or having it feel contrived. C.W. On "Cute" he flirts with an Instagram crush; on the slow jam "WiFi" he duets with Erykah Badu, using a wireless Internet connection as a metaphor for human connection; and on "Password" he's the cheating lover whose infidelity is discovered when his girl gets into his phone. We call them "memes," but it's just American folk tradition blasted through the ADD velocity of cyberspace, all playing like modern reboots of the Isley Brothers' 1962 "Nobody But Me": Nobody can do the dab like I do, nobody can do the stanky leg like I do. On his fourth album,we get a concentrated version of the dark Future we met on 2014's Beast Mode mixtape. 2, Le Double Dmitriy Lipay, engineer; Alexander Lipay, mastering engineer (Ludovic Morlot, Augustin Hadelich & Seattle Symphony) [Seattle Symphony Media], Monteverdi: Il Ritorno DUlisse In Patria Robert Friedrich, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Martin Pearlman, Jennifer Rivera, Fernando Guimares & Boston Baroque) [Linn Records], Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil Beyong Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale) [Chandos], Saint-Sans: Symphony No. Here, the rapper operates in two modes: the melodic pop of So Far Gone-era Drake ("Ransom") and tender-hearted near-R&B love songs ("Baecation"). After releasing several mixtapes and his debut studio album Section.80 (2011), he gained mainstream recognition following the release of his second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012). Still, inclusion on this superior epilogue to one of the best albums of the decade is more than enough. "I'm sweating like I'm in a rave," he begins on "Downward Spiral" and only gets more debauched from there. Bill Frisell Bill Frisell [Okeh], Love Language Wouter Kellerman Wouter Kellerman [Listen 2 Entertainment Group], Afrodeezia Marcus Miller Marcus Miller [Blue Note Records], WINNER: Sylva Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest [Impulse! But her first time out the gate felt a lifetime in the making, a well-rounded, fully fledged career template that easily proved she's no novelty. is a modern romantic concerned with love, lust and the technology that mediates them. The music is so placid that every verse stands out. Song after song accomplishes everything it needs to within three minutes, small, ebullient get-togethers that show remarkable power in their concision. It's as ambitious and orchestral as that 2015 insta-classic, but its lack of finishing touches some of the tracks like "Untitled 07" burble with tape hiss and studio chatter results in an appealingly loose feel. 2016 Hip Hop Album Releases, Music Releases - Album of The Year The year in rap featured gospel-tinged dispatches from Chicago, new melodies from the South, introspective gangsta music from the West and the return of two legends of New York's Native Tongues posse. The 20 Best Rap Albums of 2016 | Pitchfork Yet there's a sincere desperation throughout that gives it both a human spark and a targeted, specific realism. December 23, 2015 LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was shot in black and white. 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016 - Rolling Stone M.R. Swet Shop Boys commiserate in having few role models who actually looked like them (Tupac, Andre 3000 and Marcus Garvey get name-checked), though with the wry humor that comes with lived experience. Here's the best albums and mixtapes from a year where MCs shouted down the chaos or partied in spite of it. On last year's debut, duo Rae Sremmurd bucked the blues and rock & roll tradition of their native Tupelo, Mississippi to go Kidz Bop apeshit by way of adoptive home Atlanta. In a year of Instagram stories, however, came solid proof that the reigning King of Memphis contains multitudes. Charles Aaron, Jon Dolan, David Drake, Richard Gehr . holding court on a wet Brownsville block, no matter how hard it rains. D.D. Honor Killed the Samurai consisted of Ka's laconic vocal delivery that matched the album's dark sauntering beats and his descriptions of the pitch-black, crime-stricken concrete jungle of . On standouts like "Loco" featuring Kilo Kish, he fills a robotic, staccato beat with warmth; dominates on the Nineties-ish "Pimp Hand"; and plays with high-velocity melody on the James Blake-produced "War Ready." D.T. It often has a strange and otherworldly minimalism typified by "We the People" and "Conrad Tokyo," which find Q-Tip punching out harsh keyboard notes; and "Black Spasmodic," which features a grungy, rickety dancehall loop reminiscent of Kanye West's irreverent patchwork The Life of Pablo. Armand Hutton, arranger (Committed) Track from: Home For Christmas [Mixed Bag Music Group, LLC. Even among hip-hop heads, Oakland's Koran Streets remains obscure. . [3] On February 3, American Hip Hop DJ Big Kap who was part of New York city DJ Group The Flip Squad died due to a fatal heart attack at the age of 45. His empty and brittle framework is highlighted by up-and-coming star 21 Savage, whose rapping style rarely moves beyond a low growl; and, with the exception of love song "Feel It," never shows remorse or regret for the crimes he commits on record. Follow along on all the big winners at the 58th annual Grammy Awards below: Really Love DAngelo And The Vanguard DAngelo, producer; Russell Elevado & Ben Kane, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer Track from: Black Messiah [RCA Records], WINNER: Uptown Funk Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson, producers; Josh Blair, Serban Ghenea, Wayne Gordon, John Hanes, Inaam Haq, Boo Mitchell, Charles Moniz & Mark Ronson, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Track from: Uptown Special [RCA Records], Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran Jake Gosling, producer; Jake Gosling, Mark Spike Stent & Geoff Swan, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer Track from: X [Atlantic], Blank Space Taylor Swift Max Martin & Shellback, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland & Michael Ilbert, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Track from: 1989 [Big Machine Records], Cant Feel My Face The Weeknd Max Martin & Ali Payami, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Sam Holland, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer [Republic], Album of the Year Sound & Color Alabama Shakes Alabama Shakes & Blake Mills, producers; Shawn Everett, engineer/mixer; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer, To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Bilal, George Clinton, James Fauntleroy, Ronald Isley, Rapsody, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat & Anna Wise, featured artists; Taz Arnold, Boi-1Da, Ronald Colson, Larrance Dopson, Flying Lotus, Fredrik Tommy Black Halldin, Knxwledge, Koz, Lovedragon, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Thundercat, Whoarei & Pharrell Williams, producers; Derek Mixedbyali Ali, Thomas Burns, James The White Black Man Hunt, 9th Wonder & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer, Traveller Chris Stapleton Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton, producers; Vance Powell, engineer/mixer; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer [Mercury Nashville], WINNER: 1989 Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff, Nathan Chapman, Imogen Heap, Max Martin, Mattman & Robin, Ali Payami, Shellback, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella, producers; Jack Antonoff, Mattias Bylund, Smith Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Imogen Heap, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Brendan Morawski, Laura Sisk & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer [Big Machine Records], Beauty Behind The Madness The Weeknd Lana Del Rey, Labrinth & Ed Sheeran, featured artists; Dannyboystyles, Ben Diehl, Labrinth, Mano, Max Martin, Stephan Moccio, Carlo Montagnese, Ali Payami, The Pope, Jason Quenneville, Peter Svensson, Abel Tesfaye & Kanye West, producers; Jay Paul Bicknell, Mattias Bylund, Serban Ghenea, Noah Goldstein, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jean Marie Horvat, Carlo Montagnese, Jason Quenneville & Dave Reitzas, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Dave Kutch, mastering engineers [Republic], Best Rock PerformanceWINNER: Dont Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes [ATO Records], What Kind Of Man Florence + The Machine Track from: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful [Republic], Something From Nothing Foo Fighters Track from: Sonic Highways [RCA Records], Exs & Ohs Elle King Track from: Love Stuff [RCA Records], Moaning Lisa Smile Wolf Alice Track from: My Love Is Cool [RCA Records/Dirty Hit], Best Musical Theater Album An American In Paris Leanne Cope, Max Von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice & Brandon Uranowitz, principal soloists; Rob Fisher & Scott Lehrer, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) [Masterworks Broadway], Fun Home Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone & Emily Skeggs, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Jeanine Tesori, composer; Lisa Kron, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) [PS Classics], WINNER: Hamilton Daveed Diggs, Rene Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos & Phillipa Soo, principal soloists; Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, Ahmir Thompson & Tarik Trotter, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast) [Atlantic], The King And I Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli OHara, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora & Ken Watanabe, principal soloists; David Caddick, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2015 Broadway Cast) [Universal Music Classics], Something Rotten!
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