Reverend Jesse Jackson is entering the fight by the Recording Academy for Grammy categories of cuts: He is asking for a meeting with the president of the organization and raised the possibility of protests of awards less than two weeks.
Activist for civil rights sent a letter to Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Academy, and expressed deep concern over the decision of the Academy in April to reduce the categories from 109 to 78, the biggest overhaul in history, then 53-year. In the letter, Jackson said he spoke with members of the entertainment community and asked that his organization, Rainbow Push Coalition, "to meet with you urgently to express our concerns and see if we can help in resolving this conflict ... and Grammy allow to do what they do best. "
In a statement to The Associated Press on Friday, Portnow said he is willing to talk with Jackson.
"We are open to meeting with Rev. Jackson to explain how our nomination process and show the resulting diverse group of nominees is produced at the 54th Grammy Awards - in many musical genres gave in his letter," Portnow said. "We also agree with Rev. Jackson that the Grammys are about music, not selling. They have, and always will, stand for outstanding achievements in music and appreciate the impact of all the music on our culture."
In an interview with the AP on Thursday night, Jackson said he wanted "cooperation, not confrontation" with the Academy. But he raised the possibility of protest on February 12 Grammy Awards, to be held in Los Angeles, whether his discussions with the Academy did not go well.
"We are prepared to work with artists and ministers and activists to take on the Grammys so our appeal for the charity may actually be heard," he said.
The Academy decided last year to reduce its comprehensive category structure after the year-round research awards. Among the changes: the elimination of some of the instrumental in the categories of pop, rock and country, gospel traditional spoken word album for children; Zydeco or Cajun music album and best album of classical crossover. In addition, men and women compete head-to-head in vocal performance category instead of separate categories for each sex.
Some musicians in the Latin jazz community filed a lawsuit against the Academy, claiming that the restrictions in terms of cause irreversible damage. Although there were widespread protests against the reduction in industry, were small, but strong protests, and artists such as Carlos Santana talked with them.
The Academy maintains the changes simply make the awards more competitive, but not prevented from entering the competition.
But Jackson said he fears that they limit the participation of those who were deprived of rights.
"Music from the arts should be expansive and inclusive," he said. "So much talent comes from a database of poverty and those on the margins. Limit database, you will lose too much talent."
Jackson said he got involved because he had contact with him by people in the music industry, but not their names. He said he got involved after hearing the concerns of victims.
Princeton professor and activist Cornel West also expressed his concerns in a statement on Friday saying: ". I believe that the elimination of ethnic Grammy category is unjust and unfair"
Jackson has to do with the entertainment industry for fear of diversity: In 1996, he called for a boycott of the awards ceremony of the Academy, as the industry's treatment of minorities.
While some have gone so far as to call for a Grammy cutting racist, Jackson said he did not believe it.
"I do not think we need to prove our point," he said. "We are talking about expansion."
And he added: "Sometimes inclusion is inconvenient, but it is the right thing to do."
Chris Brown asked about the different sounds from his 2011 album singles, "F.. AME", from mild R & B ("bs") to rapid-fire hip-hop ("Look At Me Now") to the colorful dance ("Beautiful People "). "Turn Up The Music", the first single from the upcoming album "Fortune" Brown, was released on Thursday (26 January) and there in his "Yeah 3x" the presentation of another energetic pop singer banger.
Produced and written by The Underdogs "Turn Up The Music" features the explosive squelchy synths, drums, cans and R & B singer leads a few simple songs. Brown even gives head in the last Hot 100 hit LMFAO, saying: "If you're sexy and you know it, put your hands in the air," I like the "Sexy and I Know It," "Turn Up The Music" sounds like a great, fat hit.
"Turn Up The Music" will have an impact on providers of digital music, 14 February, while the "Fortune" has no release date yet, but it has hit the stores in the first quarter of 2012. Last week, Brown revealed that Nas will be on his fifth studio full-length.
Earlier this month, Brown told Billboard manager that the singer will not be doing interviews in the near future, which will allow him "to concentrate on performing and recording." Meanwhile, rumors that he and Rihanna are engaged in this matter be kept secret, although Brown rep denied the rumors.
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