As many of you have likely read, the nominees for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday, and in a not-so-shocking turn of events, music listeners everywhere were disappointed. I’ll admit, there were a few choices I was pleasantly surprised with this year: Freddie Gibbs was nominated for Best Rap Album, Phoebe Bridgers and Fiona Apple both received recognition in the Best Alternative Music Album category, and Thundercat & Jhené Aiko were submitted for Best Progressive R&B Album. Regardless, in the grander scheme of things, I would argue that this was a weaker year for the already out-of-touch award show. Almost instantly, I came up with a long list of artists that could’ve been rewarded over the current nominees, so without further ado, here are my top 10 snubs of the 63rd Annual Grammy’s (in alphabetical order), along with their best performances.
1. Aminé
With the recent release of Limbo fresh in everyone’s minds, I was fairly surprised Aminé didn’t snag any nominations this year. Not only was his most recent project his most sonically diverse and simultaneously most cohesive, but I also felt that it was a project that contained his strongest and most mature performances. Songs such as “Roots” and “Mama” showed us a softer, more introspective side of Aminé I felt I was missing on his previous releases, yet hits such as “Shimmy” and “Compensating (feat. Young Thug)” ensured a mainstream appeal that the Grammy’s tend to gush over. Add Amine’s endless charisma and energetic pen game to the mix, and it’s almost baffling how this project received no recognition.
Best Performance: “Pressure In My Palms”