Kanye West Speaks On Album Of The Year Nomination Snub For 2012 Grammys

    Jay-Z and Kanye West hit United Center in Chicago, Illinois last night for their second consecutive concert in the city. During the gig, ‘Ye took a moment to address his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy getting overlooked for an Album of the Year nod at the 2012 Grammy Awards, as well as a Record of the Year nomination.

    “Something I figured out earlier today – because you know, everybody came to me last night like, ‘Congratulations!’ because you know I’m leading the Grammy nominations this year. Like we always do it this time,” he said. “But, people focus, they say, ‘You ain’t got Album of the Year or Record of the Year.’ But I figured out, that’s my fault for dropping Watch the Throne and Dark Fantasy the same year. I should have just spaced it out a little bit more. But don’t worry, because me and Hov gon’ keep on making shit.”

    Kanye led the Grammy nominees with a whopping seven nominations, while songstress Adele earned a close six. Watch footage of Kanye’s speech below (via X).

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    173 thoughts on “Kanye West Speaks On Album Of The Year Nomination Snub For 2012 Grammys

      1. wow man you obv didnt listen to MBDTF. That shit changed the fuckin game. It was the the best hiphop release since Fashawns Boys Meet World, and probably the most epic album since Games Documentary. Yeezy def deserves album of the year for that, so i dont know why they picked shitty WTH over MBDTF as a nomination

      2. spoken liek someone who judges albums befor ehe hears them. thats’ pbo with todays culture, music is so diposable, peopel don’t give music time to soak in and have an impact.

    1. Kanye deserves it. He’s been working so hard putting out quality albums and songs left, right and centre. Many of them for free!

      What kind of bullshit reason is dropping two records in the a short space of time got to do with not getting nominated once?! He should’ve been nominated 8 times. MBDTF deserves it for all the praise it received.

    2. Kanye has really grown up over the past year. Kanye from a year ago would have gone apeshit. Its still fucked up that he was overlook. Kanye is going to use this moment and make another classic. AOTY in 2013.

    3. All you Kanye Fans– do you also worship the Devil? Have you sold your soul also? Do you wear chains with BAPHOMETS and SUN GODS…. ya’ll it cant be denied now… so for all you dissinfo agents… the ILLUMINATI/New WOLRD ORDER is real, and is running the world now, and yes– KANYE/JAYZ/WAYNE/EMINEM are all apart of it

      HTF you niggas support this idiot is a shame!!!

      1. This shit is so tired.

        “Who said a black man was in the illuminati, last time I checked that was the biggest racist party” -Kendrick Lamar

      2. Funny how you call Kendrick a dropout when you can’t even spell his last name properly, and worst of all is that the guy you were replying to already had it written out.

        But clearly there is not illuminati, and you’re just mad your favorite rapper is a bum, or you’re a rapper yourself and have a shit ‘career’

      3. Yawn- are you black my nigga?? Or white.. ? The Illuminati is racist bro.. but you dont think they use niggas for there own good? Come-on man, I know ya’ll are smarter than that…. They use us niggas as pawns for our own community… To destroy the African culture, familes, and community’s! Ye is talented as fuck, but he is an Evil, Ego driven negro!

      4. This is some good shit right here… LOL… ofcourse theres Illuminati thats a FACT, thats like saying there is no Federal Reserve Bank, and now you look dumb. If you cant figure out that YE is Satanic, than thats on you. But dont defend him cus hes your fav rapper, dudes still a Lucifarian

      5. I’m black g. Not only that, but I went to an HBCU, so I don’t need anonymous internet goons preaching to me about getting knowledgeable about black history (or any history) for that matter.

        My thing with the Illuminati shit is, this is an all powerful organization that has been in power for centuries. What makes niggas think that they’re sitting around their round table like, “Let’s recruit Jay-Z and Kanye West, then our world domination plans are complete!”

        No. Just…No. What can rappers contribute to this cause in their grand scheme? Money, amounting to a drop in the bucket compared to the truly wealthy who are running thing?

        I don’t know if the Illuminati is the A&R behind Ye and Jay’s recent albums but I pose to you this: What would be a more relevant Illuminati goal, getting rappers to be down with the team, or convincing black people to turn on their own successful breathren a la Willy Lynch’s doctrine (google that shit, it’s an actual document and not just some fucking theory).

        Also, fuck the guy who made comments about my use of the Kendrick lyric, then proceeded to spell his name wrong. Like it or not, the quote is pretty spot on in my opinion.

    4. This is stupid, just because you have 2 albums you cant get record or album of the year ??? this should be more reason to win because both those albums were of intense quality and subject matter.. Grammy’s suck and shold’nt be a measure of an artists quality of work.

      1. @Anon That wasn’t his excuse it was his reasoning when asked about it, and a good one at that. You obviously don’t know how voting works.

    5. It’s been a good year for music, especially hip hop. Hip hop fans tend to be the most cynical out of everyone, so you’re still going to have your vocal minority yelling how everything sucks. Not the case, some really quality releases and mixtapes dropped this year (too many to name without taking up a huge chunk).

      I think Ye kinda got snubbed on being nominated for album of the year, because MBDTF was pretty nice (not my favorite Ye album, but dope). I think it is pretty ill that he’s nominated twice in the Best Rap Album category with MBDTF and WTT. If he’s not somewhere penning some type of, “at the Grammy’s, my greatest competition is myself” type line, I’d be disappointed in him, lol.

      1. Ironically, his greatest competition is himself. Although, I still feel like both MBDTF and WTT will lose to either C4 or Pink Friday, just because Nicki and Wayne are more popular outside of rap. But clearly they didn’t have the better album.

      2. I HIGHLY doubt C4 will win. I’m leaning towards Pink Friday as well. I only say that because it’s likely that votes will be split on WTT and MBDTF and MAY cancel each other out.

    6. MBDTF is the best album to come out in a long time. I won’t be watching the Grammys this year. Watch the Throne shouldn’t get in the way of it getting its due recognition.

    7. Kanye isn’t the best rapper ever but he has to best discography of any rapper in history– only shit that fucked it up was 808 and heartbreak.

    8. Not suprisin his album wasnt nominated, coz it pretty much sucks!!Watch the throne aint all that either, some of his worse raps on that album!!

    9. Doesn’t matter. He’ll just bum rush the stage of whoever wins anyway & interrupt their speech…

      “Imma let you finish, Imma let you finish, blah blah blah…”

    10. NAH IT’S BECAUSE THAT SHIT WAS GARBAGE! C4 SHITS ON BOTH THEM ALBUMS. IF ANYTHING WAYNE IS WINNING THAT BEST RAP ALBUM GRAMMY!! DISAGREE? EAT DICK

    11. WAYNE SHOULD WIN IN CATERGORIES THAT HE’S NOT EVEN NOMINATED IN!! THAT’S HOW FUCKING AMAZING HE IS!!! DISAGREE? EAT DICK

    12. I’M SICK OF THIS HOUSE NIGGA KANYE TWO OVERRATED PIECES OF SHIT THRUST UPON THE MAINSTREAM WITHIN A YEAR!! FUCK THE COC!

    13. There’s a reason why Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy had so much acclaim when it dropped…it was THAT good. The album was more than just hip-hop. It’s a classic piece that’s very close to, if not perfect. 10/10, 4 stars, 5 stars, across the board. Really loved that album. WTT wasn’t nearly as good…but, that’s a different story. I still enjoyed both.

      1. YEAH RIGHT NIGGA… THAT DARK FANTASY BULLSHIT WAS OVERRATED ASS FUCK AND PLUS KANYE ALMOST LET THE WHOLE SHIT LIKE LIKE MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME..

    14. I think ten years removed from now, MBDTF will be recognized as the album that opened hip-hop world essentially to the “public.” It proved that yes, despite what many of the discriminating musical savants claimed about hip-hop—that it is shallow, repetitive, or untalented—there is room for expression that may not even be possible under other frameworks. That being said, the Grammy committee will be the ones who have to live with the fact that they snubbed perhaps the greatest rap album ever created, and most certainly one of the most revolutionary works across all genres.

      1. totally agree with that, it dosen’t matter if you hate kanye, whether or not you’d like to admit it, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is going to be looked back years from now as one the of biggest snubs in grammy history.

      2. errr, one of the greatest rap albums EVER? That’s a bit of a stretch. For starters, almost all of Outkast’s discs are better. (Aquemini and ATLiens especially). This year though is deserved the nod, no question.

    15. Have never seen what was so great about this guy, I just dont, no hate involved because I usually dont think about him one way or another but when people tell me he’s a genius it makes me wonder whether or not they just started listening to rap this in the 2000’s

      Production legend, you can make an argument, but as an artist, lol, maybe if you just became old enough to drink and dont know your history

      1. How did this not make sense? What is it that you could not comprehend about what he said? Really? Did you even read what he said?

    16. Kanye is garbage anyways,glad he ain’t picked. He shoulda concentrated on making dope beat

    17. Kanye deserves all the credit/hype becuz of wat he’s accomplished in hip-hop. Platinum selling albulms, classic albulms and classic beats. He’s never been the best rapper but he’s great at telling stories…Everything he got he worked hard for and even if u h8 him, u gotta respect what he’s done for the this culture.

    18. 1. Grammy’s are a joke.
      2. You can get 100 nominations and still not win shit.
      3. That album was NOT that good… it was alright. Just because it shits on gucci mane and his “brr” shit doesn’t mean it’s the best thing ever.
      4. Watch the throne sucked.
      5. The President of the United States of America called you a “jackass”… nigga kill yo self! LOL.

    19. REBIRTH>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY! U KNOW IT’S TRUE.. REBIRTH WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME!

      1. man it’s ppl like u that ruin hip-hop sites. plz talk (or type) with knowledge. Rebirth, r u serious? Check your thoughts b4 u type or just ask family/friends because the amount of stupidty this comment has is beyond the human brain..Im still in shock#killyoself

    20. And how does an eleven tracks album(Excluding the two interlude/shits) with over 30 features(Credited and unCredited) translate or transform into a Great album ? Or A classic as u guys call it ????? Huh ??? The nigga, Kanye, can’t write three complete verses on his own. The dude has a nice catalogue, but who should i give the credit, Him? or the Guests? I only respect this guy as a genius producer, the production on MBDTF was out of this world, but as a rapper ? Dude is no in my top 50.
      Kendrick Lamar will chew his Jew ass any day !!

      1. Nobody called him a great rapper, we are just saying MBDTF was a masterpiece. Yes, Ye isn’t that good as a lyricist, and yes, a lot of guests feature on his albums, production covers up for him, That’s his weapon. You fight with weapons you have !

      2. You know that all of the major contributors who work on an album get credited when the album wins a grammy, right? The category was ALBUM OF THE YEAR not ARTIST. That album was the best hip-hop album of the year as far as mainstream goes, easily.

    21. Nobody called him a great rapper, we are just saying MBDTF was a masterpiece. Yes, Ye isn’t that good as a lyricist, and yes, a lot of guests feature on his albums, production covers up for him, That’s his weapon. You fight with weapons you have !!!!!

    22. I dont get why people like MBDTF. I loved the first two records I liked the third one. Then I loved WTT. I cant get with MBDTF or 808s personally. Its too much fake personal bullshit I cant really get with. I guess 808s was some real shit but I didnt rock with the content. He swore that shit would grow with time too but not for me.

      1. its cause you dont have the right eye. True art goes above and beyond. There is manufactured shit like WTT. Then there is art like MBDTF. No big deal, Its just not on your level

      2. MBDTF was not fake at all. From the lyrics to the production, that album was full of raw emotion and its ridiculous that it got snubbed for Album of the Year when Rihanna’s Loud was nominated and it’s not even nomiated for best album in its own genre.

    23. how the grammy’s work isn’t like that .

      a record more likely to get a grammy would be Tyler the Creator “Goblin”/

      1. LOL what? Kanye’s disc was not only more critically acclaimed, but also sold MUCH better. The Grammys are for mainstream music for the most part, and Kanye’s album was the perfect blend to be nominated for Album of the Year.

      1. Are you kidding? Everyone was expecting a “diva” response and he did not give one. He was asked why he think he got snubbed, and he shared his thoughts on why.

    24. MAN THIS NIGGA KANYE NEED TO STOP CRYING WIT HIS LIL DIVA BITCH ASS NIGGA NIGGA NEED TO TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM THE UNDERGROUND SO THEY CAN SHOW HIM WHAT A REAL DARK FANTASY IS!! WHOEVER THINKS THIS NIGGA SHOULD OF GOT A GRAMMY IS A FAGGOT ASS BITCH ASS HOMO NIGGA OR EVEN WORSE, A HOMO CRACKER!! LMAOLMAOLMAO!!!!

      1. he didnt sound that worried, someone asked him a question they answered. Miguel and jill scott was on twitter crying tho

    25. Why worry about the Grammys? They aren’t reflective of Hip Hop. Its a wonderful accolade but if we should in no way shape or form let them determine what was what. Just hope for good live performances. Other than that forget it.

    26. YOUNG MONEY IS THE BEST LABEL TO REPRESENT MUSIC IN YEARS! ALL OF YA’LL ELITIST FUCKS CAN EAT A FAT DICK!!! YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY HAS A DIVERSE GROUP OF ARTISTS RANGING FROM HIP-HOP, ROCK, POP, & R&B. THEY’VE SOLD MILLIONS OF MUTHAFUCKING RECORDS AND YOU BITCH ASS FAGGOTS ARE TOO STUPID TO REALIZE THE GREATNESS!!!! YOUNG MONEY GOT 2012!!! IT MUST EAT AT YOUR FUCKIN SOULS THAT YOUNG MONEY IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD HUH?? SORRY THAT YOUR FAVORITE OLD HEAD RAPPERS (NAS, GAY-Z, FEMINEM) ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT THE DOOR!! LET THE YOUNG NIGGAS LIVE!!!!!! YOUUUUUNGGGG MOOOOOOLAAAH BABBBBBBBBYYYYYYYY!!!!!! WE DA BIZZNE$$

      1. Yeah Eminem, the highest selling rap artist OF ALL TIME, who released an album last year that has sold almost 6 million copies worldwide is “on his way out the door”…lol..fuck wrong with you kids these days…

    27. The Only Thing That matters is Kanye is making great music consistantly, I’d rather have that then 10 grammy nods.

    28. The one time when he should be angry at someone else… and he decides to blame himself?

      Kanye might have decided to be nice but I still think the Grammy fags are hella sketch

      1. its all PR. you know he’s throwing a tantrum underneath the luis vuitton linen sheets at night. hes just waiting for someone to get up on stage, so he can steal a microphone and voice his opinion.

    29. chill:
      lets try something new.how about we respect each other and if you dont have anything to add to the convo then dont comment at all.

    30. kanye’s got seven fucking nods, and people are still trippin about a “snub” for one of the categories.. materialism at its finest

      like, chill. Dark Fantasy was good and all but it’s hardly the end of the world, and I think having two noms for Best Rap Album is a decent feat in itself.

    31. Classic??!!..A “masterpiece”???!!!..You kids must be some 90’s babies to think that CD was anything above average

      1. man shut the fuck up with ur old bitter ass. fucking hate you fake ass purists. probably hated on pac and biggie back in 96 too. never happy ass muthafuckers

      2. this original poster is probably my first line supervisor from work. hates everything new, and listens to Hall and Oates, boasting about how music in the 70/80s was real music, even though he was born 1981.

      1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was the best album of any genre in 2010. It will still recognition after Kanye is long gone.

        Meanwhile, haters like you will fade into obscurity…

    32. Regardless of what people have to say about Ye’s demeanor and attitude, you cant take away the fact that he is a HUGE influence on music now a days. Note i said music not just rap. Hes prob one of the most talented artist in the game right now. He writes his own lyrics and produces his own beats. How many people in the music biz doin that now a days at the level kanye does? NO1! Hes a COMPLETE artist and you gotta give him his respect. Flat Out. i cant even believe people are disagreeing that MBDTF should be at least nominated for album of the year and calling it overrated, Name me two RAP albums that were better and proof why. Sales dont count and Carter IV is not up for discussion…..

      1. Greatest Story Never Told
        Section 80
        Return Of 4eva
        Random Axe
        W.A.R

        Speak for yourself. I cosign MBDTF been dope, but speak for your fucking self !!!

    33. I was totally looking forward to Kanye at least being nominated for Album of the Year. I’m not trying to start something here, but he got snubbed. Plain and simple. I mean, obviously Adele is going to win, but at least ACKNOWLEDGE MBDTF. But, no. Let’s give it to Katy Perry, because as we all know, Teenage Dream is the greatest recording since Abbey Road (SARCASM-ANGER).

    34. You say Justin Bieber-I say Tupac
      You say Lil Wayne-I say Biggie Smalls
      You say Drake-I say Ice Cube
      You say Soulja Boy-I say Big Pun
      You say Gucci Mane-I say Rakim
      You say New school-i say shut the fuck up
      You say Pop-I scream Hip Hop!
      You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face
      92% of teenagers have turned to New school and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another 5 HHDX articles. Don’t let the real rap die

      1. mr. hip-hop representative you forgot name relative artists that arent dead or retired. here’s a few that are still active making music; Devin the Dude, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Rapper Big Pooh, Bun B, MellowHype, Jay-Z, Nas, Common, Beanie Siegel, Elzhi, MFDoom, Quasimoto, Blackalicious, 3 stacks, Dead Prez and ill even through in Adam Samberg/Chris Parnell for the track/video ‘Lazy Sunday’.

    35. And punkass Niggas and faggots are gonna keep overrated MBDTF. That album was just a production showcase, with trillions of guests !

      1. Ya they didn’t lose credibility when Steely Dan won AOTY instead of Eminem’s “Marshal Mathers LP” which went on to sell almost 20 million units worldwide? Or when Kanye’s “Graduation” lost AOTY to the first jazz album to win the award in almost 40 years??

        The Grammy’s lost credibility a long time ago. Not when Tha Carter III won Rap Album of the Year which he probably deserved that year.

    36. Half the people on this site don’t know the first thing about grammar or even spelling. And if they don’t even understand that, then they obviously don’t understand the meaning behind half the music they so strongly oppose or defend. But yeah, MBDTF was definitely a solid album.

      1. it was, but kanye west shot himself in the foot by outdoing jay-z on every track of ‘Watch the Throne’. when My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was supposed to be his creative/relative return to mainstream after 808’s and a Heartbreak. after hearing ‘Watch the Throne’, i felt like ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ could have been awhole better.

    37. Some of the people on this site must have been sleeping at the end of last year or something. MBDTF ended up being the best album on just about every major music publication’s 2010 album of the year list and was one of the highest rated/reviewed albums I’ve ever seen since the early 90s & before the internet blew up. Out of 100 reviews by music publications, people that spend their lives doing this, probably 95 had the album reviewed as not just being a classic, but the word “masterpiec” was often used.

      It’s one thing when an album receives mixed reviews, but the people on here that are trying to say the album wasn’t worth an AOTY nomination or even good, really need that realize that they’re living in a fantasy world. You guys are the 5%.

      1. MBDTF wasn’t a classic. Who still Jam that stuff ? Which Game changing track is on that album ? Just good beats and simple rhymes !!!

      2. “MBDTF wasn’t a classic. Who still Jam that stuff ? Which Game changing track is on that album ? Just good beats and simple rhymes !!!”–‘um… Blame Game, So Appalled(-RZA’s part), Monster and Devil in a New Dress.’ the album is a testiment to good collaborations. not that he needed them, because Kanye outdid everyone featured. not if that was on purpose or not. i personally think Kanye West has vastly improved his lyrical talent as a ‘rapper’ since his freshman album, College Dropout. which is still my favorite ‘ye album. mostly because of the D-ray and Li’l Jimmy skits.

    38. its kinda kanye/label/whoever fault for dropping the album right after the 2011 grammy deadline its to long of a time period…The album itself though was a masterpiece a blend of all Kanye’s album put together…the ratings on it were perfect across the board, so i think to myself no matter how late he was this album shouldnt have been over looked…im sure the other people that were nominated for album of the year, theyre albums were great as well…Katy Perry(who im going for) should win…adele great album, the other too not really fans but ehhhh im sure it was alright

      1. i personally couldnt care who gets the album of the year. with the passing on kanye west’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the only other option is some random commercial pop genre, which is never new or creative, with obvious vocal correction and never crediting the person that actually wrote the song.

      1. You are pathetic, dude. For you to be attacking Kanye fans in such a manner is disgusting. Why don’t you go play in traffic, Anonymous?

    39. Ok And U Clicked The Link Read The Whole Article About Him And Watched The Video U Sound More Retarted Then U Probably Look Pussyhole

      1. yeah, but to bring that out two big albums in one year was a bit overkill. my impression when i heard Watch the Throne was like, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy could have been better. i mean, did you listen to the first verse on that album, killed jay-z who was supposed to be headlining.

      1. dead career? are you in denial or just hella stupid? and wtf is a fish friday? this entire comment was a fail

    40. You niggas is some nut riding faggots. Kanyes album was a garbage album, just like his last. That nigga forgot he was black,forgot he was a rapper, and most fuckin importantly, woke up in the morning put a motherfuckin womans blouse on and came out the closet…. i mean house. And you niggas ate it up. Shame on y’all for turning hip hop inti a state were we gotta listen to kanye bitch about a wack album being “snubbed”

    41. He didn’t get snubbed… His albums sucked.. Just being Kanye doesn’t give him the right to be nominated. H needs to drop some good shit like he used to..

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