Music-Drop Magazine

Recently there's been a lot of discussion about the fact that Kanye West has said that he won't attend the Grammies if Frank Ocean doesn’t get a nomination. The reaction appears split many support West for attempting to credit to Ocean, who has recently two very popular albums in 2016, but there have also been those critical of West for doing so. However as it happens it might just be West trying to avoid having his suit ironed, because neither of Ocean’s albums were entered for the Grammies before the September 30 th deadline. In 1989 Will Smith, Flavor Flav, Salt n Pepa and other boycotted the grammies after the Best Rap Performance Award wasn't broadcast. Many have suggested this was done by Ocean and his team consciously for reasons unknown, but despite this West ranted about how Ocean deserves a nomination at one of his gigs on the 22 nd October. It’s interesting when musicians try to use their power to force awards ceremonies, it almost never ...

If you pay attention to the critics of the music press you might have noticed how they pay an inordinate amount of attention to Americana, a genre with a faint definition. To many Americana may be the twangy guitars of Emmylou Harris or it may even be the bluegrass of Alison Krauss. As a genre it is alike Alternative Rock, in that it it's definition is rough and it can be used all over the musical landscape, with complete understand of what is meant.  The Guardian in particular has been obsessing over the genre recently, it’s been hypothesizing about it’s future with odd frequency. It’s foretold how it’s future lies in British artists , and then the next week said the same, but instead claiming Australians are the savioursof the genre . Yola Carter, one of the British 'Americana Hopes' (Photograph C Brandon/Redferns) But what it is that has made critics suddenly so focused on the genre? Is it a new groundbreaking album. I personally don’t believe so, a...