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By Aaron Hartley–
Last week at this year’s Grammy Awards, after a night of performances, homages and scripted jokes, Taylor Swift’s pop-fueled hit factory ‘1989’ ended up taking home album of the year. While this may have been obvious for some since the album sold over eight million copies last year worldwide, the response has been divided as to whether Kendrick Lamar’s hip-hop record “To Pimp a Butterfly” was more deserving of the accolade, and whether or not Swift’s victory shows the current state of the Grammy’s view on hip-hop as a genre.