In the latest episode of ReImagined At Home, check out how singer/songwriter Ant Clemons pulls at the song's edges like taffy. Maybe it's for all of those reasons and one more: "Ain't No Sunshine" is flexible. Why has Bill Withers' immortal hit, "Ain't No Sunshine," endured for decades? And, furthermore, why does it seem set to reverberate throughout the ages?Ĭould it be because it's blues-based? Because it's relatable to anyone with a pulse? Because virtually anyone with an ounce of zeal can believably yowl the song at karaoke? Cole & Travis Scott ("The London"). Hussle earned a second posthumous award at the 62nd GRAMMYs for Best Rap Performance for " Racks In The Middle."Īlong with Legend and DJ Khaled, Meek Mill, Kirk Franklin, Roddy Ricch and YG paid tribute to Hussle during the telecast, which concluded with "Higher." beat out fellow category nominees Lil Baby & Gunna ("Drip Too Hard"), Lil Nas X ("Panini"), Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch ("Ballin") and Young Thug featuring J. "I really feel like not only is this my biggest, this is very special."Īfter the release of the song and music video - which was filmed before Hussle's death in March - DJ Khaled announced all proceeds from "Higher" will go to Hussle's children.ĭJ Khaled and co. "I even told him, 'We're going to win a GRAMMY.' Because that's how I feel about my album," DJ Khaled told Billboard.
DJ Khaled predicted the track would win a GRAMMY. The single was featured on DJ Khaled's 2019 album Father of Asahd and featured Hussle's vocals and Legend on the piano. With the help of the above clip, turn back the clock a decade and revisit a time when the 13-time GRAMMY winner was merely a young, hungry upstart with potential coming out of his ears.īlack Sounds Beautiful: How Kendrick Lamar Became A Rap IconĭJ Khaled, featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend, has won Best Rap/Sung Performance for "Higher" at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. With rumblings of a new album on the way, now's the time to do so-especially considering Lamar tends to change the game, Radiohead-style, with each new release. In the latest episode of For The Record, examine how Section.80 came to be and led to even more fully-fledged works of art as time went on. "It feels good to know that I went in with a concept in mind to talk about my generation and that everybody caught on to it so fast and understood where I was coming from." "I'm making music that represents my generation, their struggle," Lamar told Billboard in 2011. Song for song, you'll hear references to the spiritual vacancy of endless partying ("A.D.H.D."), Biblical justice ("Kush and Corinthians"), and the '80s drug scourge ("Ronald Reagan Era"). His 2011 debut album, Section.80, contains the themes Lamar would return to again and again-albeit in relatively green form. Before g ood kid, m.A.A.d city To Pimp A Butterfly and DAMN., before he brought the house down at the 58th GRAMMY Awards with flames licking around him, before winning a Pulitzer and being seriously considered the next Bob Dylan, Kendrick Lamar was simply a socially conscious rapper from Compton on a personal quest.