Friday, December 3, 2010

Most Talented Artist Alive Cee-Lo Green Gets 4 Grammy Nominations! Fuck You Haters!



Cee-Lo Green is the most talented and original artist alive. There, I said it! When I saw the video for his mega-hit "Fuck You", I thought to myself - Holy fuck! That is the best fucking song I have heard in fucking years and fuck everyone who does not agree with that fucking statement. I watch that fucking "Fuck You" video like a fucking mental patient.



Well apparently the Recording Academy agreed with me. Cee-Lo Green's "Fuck You" was awarded a jaw-dropping four fucking Grammy nominations for the following categories: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Urban / Alternative Performance, and finally Best Short Form Music Video.

As funny as it sounds to award a song called "Fuck You" so many accolades, the song really is great. It is honest, real, raw and everyone gets it...well....except the FCC. The song itself reminds you of the great classic R&B Motown songs with real back-up singers and a chorus - amazing when compared to the crap music of today everyone else is putting out. It simply sounds great - real music. The video itself is fun and creative. I truly have not seen a music video this well produced, creative and fun since the early MTV days in the 80's. I hope it wins in every category but at minimum it should win best video. I like many of the nominees he is going up against but none of them are truly original. They are talented and I like their music but they are NOT original and add nothing to today's music other than big revenue figures for record labels.

Cee-Lo Green is a creative game-changer that takes risks. Search YouTube for his videos and try to categorize his music. You can't. He'll even mix genres in the same song and if you are not paying attention, you will think someone changed your music when you weren't looking. Check out songs with hard rap beats like "Glockapella",  or hits like "What Part of Forever" which is a rock song and sounds like a white guy from Orange County, California would sing in a club, and then when the What-The-Fuck moment has not hit yet, you watch "Kung Fu Fighting" from the film "Kung Fu Panda" and just quietly enjoy it. Then if you still have not been quite confused enough yet about Green's music style watch his teletubby inspired video "Gettin' Down" which is a really smooth silky R&B throwback. No artist in music today takes as many creative chances with their music and videos and probably none of them have as fun as he does nor do they impact music like he does. I am a huge fan of his music and I am embarrassed to say I never heard of the guy a few months ago. We throw the word "music" around a lot to describe computer manufactured garbage. Finally the music world has a true talent that makes you fall in love with music and artistry. If there were more Cee-Lo Green's out there, record companies would not be worried about hemorraging corporate profits and listeners would not be board to death forced to settle for the same boring crap coming out on the radio.

The Recording Academy needs to send a message to all record label producers and A&R execs as well as so-called "performers" out there that the status quo has got to change. Music fans deserve true talent and artistry. Vote him Grammys across the board to force the music world into actual creativity for a change and to let performs out there know that their same old rehashed songs are not good enough anymore. These nominations are great but wins will finally put everyone on notice - be creative, have fun, and actually say something that has meaning.  Just say "Fuck You" to the status quo. Vote Cee-Lo Green.

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