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Kanye Sees the Bright Side After Losing to U2
After all of Kanye West's talking about how he would "really have a problem with that" if he didn't win the Grammy for Album Of The Year for Late Registration, he lost to U2 at the award ceremony on Wednesday night. But even though it may be slightly disappointing for the Rapper, he is still relishing his wins for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for "Gold Digger" and Best Rap Song for "Diamonds From Sierra Leone." He was also quite happy with his live performance on the show, and that took away some of the sting.
"I would have been more disappointed if I didn't have a good performance and I had won Album of the Year," West told MTV.com. "The performance, that's what it's about, the entertainment and people having a good time. I just want to see the black colleges right now. I just want to go onto MySpace right now and see what people are saying."
He also pointed to "vote-splitting" as the reason for the loss, meaning that his album and Mariah Carey's album probably split votes between the Urban music fans in the Recording Academy. But Kanye is a fan of U2 and he even thanked them in his acceptance speech for taking him on tour.
"That is my boy, Bono," West continued to MTV. "He has taught me a lot about carrying the fame with grace. And the first thing I thought is, 'Let's go back to the studio, let's go.' It's good for me, I'm happy, because I have accomplished so much in the last two years, all the way from running the [G.O.O.D.] record label to being the artist that you [go to when you] run out of things to do. So now it's like, 'OK, we didn't get the Album of the Year. Let's go [try again].' John Legend, Jon Brion, anyone named John, let's go."
--FMQB
After all of Kanye West's talking about how he would "really have a problem with that" if he didn't win the Grammy for Album Of The Year for Late Registration, he lost to U2 at the award ceremony on Wednesday night. But even though it may be slightly disappointing for the Rapper, he is still relishing his wins for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for "Gold Digger" and Best Rap Song for "Diamonds From Sierra Leone." He was also quite happy with his live performance on the show, and that took away some of the sting.
"I would have been more disappointed if I didn't have a good performance and I had won Album of the Year," West told MTV.com. "The performance, that's what it's about, the entertainment and people having a good time. I just want to see the black colleges right now. I just want to go onto MySpace right now and see what people are saying."
He also pointed to "vote-splitting" as the reason for the loss, meaning that his album and Mariah Carey's album probably split votes between the Urban music fans in the Recording Academy. But Kanye is a fan of U2 and he even thanked them in his acceptance speech for taking him on tour.
"That is my boy, Bono," West continued to MTV. "He has taught me a lot about carrying the fame with grace. And the first thing I thought is, 'Let's go back to the studio, let's go.' It's good for me, I'm happy, because I have accomplished so much in the last two years, all the way from running the [G.O.O.D.] record label to being the artist that you [go to when you] run out of things to do. So now it's like, 'OK, we didn't get the Album of the Year. Let's go [try again].' John Legend, Jon Brion, anyone named John, let's go."
--FMQB
