The 61st Annual Grammy Awards: Tryna get Some Respeck Back on Their Name

So, I’m not going to spend this entire article talking about the disrespect of Jennifer Lopez performing the entirety of the tribute to Motown (side eye) because for the first time in a while the Grammy’s – kept my attention, got my applause, and actually excited me. So, the question is, are the Grammy’s trying to make a comeback? We all remember the moments when the artist we know deserves to win gets taken over by the mediocrity – Adele winning over Lemonade for a regular ass album, Ed Sheeran winning over a category FULL of women artists. The Grammy’s have been a popularity contest for who knows how long, and you know – it still is, but this time around I thought wow! They gave these artists some actual thought. I may show my age when it comes to music because I sure as hell didn’t know about 40% of the artists on the red carpet, and when I hear some music on the radio – I keep asking, who dis? And Sunday night I was like ooooo! Who dat? And YAAASSS! Here are the reasons why this year’s Grammys gave me hope for the future of the award show yet. BEST PERFORMANCES GO TO… Janelle Monae – what else did we expect, nothing less than greatness – bringing out the modern addicted to love girls and slaying! She not only did flawless choreography, her vocals – on point – glamour – on point AND remixed her own ish to orchestral strings and made us all feel the way it makes her feel! Greatest travesty is Dirty Computer did not win that night, and that is a bit of the Grammy reputatio…