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2005 Grammy Nominees
- By Various Artists
- Genre: Hip-hop
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It was a very good year for music.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this CD offers 21 songs by the cream of 2005's crop -- edited (when necessary) so that younger children can listen with the big kids.
What's the story?
If you are sometimes cynical about the Grammy Awards, viewing the nominated artists as nothing more than instruments of music-industry hype, consider the songs on the 2005 GRAMMY NOMINEES album. They mostly seem deserving of the honor, and the CD ends up being a terrific contemporary music sampler. Family-appropriate highlights include "Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles and Norah Jones; "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys; Brian Wilson's blast-from-the-past, "Good Vibrations"; and Green Day's "American Idiot." But the most family-dance-party fun-filled track is "Monkey to Man" by Elvis Costello & the Imposters, with its goofy retro "Alley-Oop" feel.
Is it any good?
Edited versions of popular explicit songs make this CD family-safe, so younger kids can listen with their older siblings to popular rap artists like Kanye West, Green Day, and the Black Eyed Peas; parents may have varying feelings about whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Overall, excellent musicianship and great performances make this compilation a winner.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what makes these songs worthy of a Grammy nominaton. Also, do you think some musicians record music in the hopes of winning an award, or is it a more personal expression?
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Nice variety of good music
My kids (10 and 13) enjoyed the Grammy cd for this year. We got in to a very interesting discussion about the words to one song "Let's get it started." They informed me that the real words were, "Let's get retarded," which I am not sure if I even believe, but it gave me an excuse to talk to them about language and persons with disablilites and what the word "retarted" means and how back in the dark days when I was a kid people used to actually use that word.
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| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Release date: | February 21, 2005 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Genre: | Hip-hop |
| Parental advisory: | No |
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