These Category additions and amendments were voted on and passed at the Recording Academy's most recent semiannual Board of Trustees meeting held in May These changes reflect our commitment to actively listen and respond to the feedback from our music community, accurately represent a diverse range of relevant musical genres, and stay aligned with the ever-evolving musical landscape," Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr.
A track and singles Category that recognizes recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent. Listen To These 5 African Genres.
Recognizes tracks and singles that feature up-tempo, danceable music that follows a pop arrangement. Eligible Pop Dance recordings also feature strong rhythmic beats and significant electronic-based instruments with an emphasis on the vocal performance, melody and hooks.
The Recording Academy accepts proposals from members of the music community throughout the year. Recorded entirely in Puerto Rico, the track release fuses the music of the island into something new and completely unique to Benito. The perpetually shapeshifting artist took distinctly Puerto Rican musical styles, including very old folk rhythms and used them both to explore his personal roots and as a symbol of resistance.
The only objects in the frame are two mismatched white plastic chairs. In the promotional photos for the album, he appears sunburned and dressed down in a way that suggests a rural lifestyle well inland on the island. He spent doing the bicoastal hustle between New York and Los Angeles. Between his often emotionally honest lyrics, and history of political advocacy, no one would call the maverick of Latin trap shallow. However, until March , he was twenty-something. The track release has intense Saturn-return energy.
