“Beck needs to respect artistry.”
Everyone freaked out momentarily at the 2015 Grammy awards when Kanye almost crashed Beck's acceptance speech for Album Of The Year.
Though he ultimately thought better of it and appeared to be punking the crowd, Kanye really did have something to say about Beck's Morning Phase beating out Beyoncé's self-titled album.
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Here he is during E!'s post-show broadcast arguing that Beck should have given his award to Beyoncé.
I don't even know what [Beck] said. I just know that, the Grammys, if they want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We aren't going to play with them no more. 'Flawless.' Beyoncé's video. And Beck needs to respect artistry, he should have given his award to Beyoncé. At this point, we tired of it. What happens is, when you keep on diminishing art, and not respecting the craft, and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration. We, as musicians, have to inspire people who go to work every day, and they listen to that Beyoncé album, and they feel like it takes them to a different place. And then they do this promotional event, and they'll run the music over somebody's speech, the artist, because they want commercial advertising. We aren't playing with them anymore. And by the way, I got my wife, my daughter, and I got my clothing line, so I'm not going to do nothing that would put my daughter at risk, but I am here to fight for creativity. That's why I didn't say anything tonight, but you all knew what it meant when 'Ye stepped on that stage.
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