Jay-Z Says Beyoncé Should Have Taken Home The Album Of The Year Grammy: “[RENAISSANCE] Has Inspired The World”

After a much buzzed-about Grammy-closing performance, Jay-Z has shared some personal commentary on the culture of the Recording Academy and their track of awarding the “wrong” nominees.

In conversation with Elliott Wilson for TIDAL just days before the ceremony, while rehearsing the live performance of his 4-minute verse on DJ Khaled’s “God Did,” the rap legend opened up on his own snubs over the years and solidified his belief that his wife Beyoncé had easily crafted an Album of the Year-worthy project with her R&B/Dance Electronic album, RENAISSANCE.

“Look what it’s done to the culture,” Jay said of his wife’s album. “Look how the energy of the world moved. They play her whole album in the club. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that. The whole entire joint — like, everything?! Every remix is amazing. Everyone’s inspired. It has inspired the world.”

“Every remix is better than the other one,” Jay said, pointing out the fan-created reimaginings that have taken over both social media and DJ booths across the country. “It’s inspiring creativity.”

“When it just inspires creativity, that’s an album. That has to be Album of the Year. It has to be.”

However, when the time came for the award announcement, Harry Styles’ third album, Harry’s House, came out the victor.

When asked about being nominated for 8 Grammys for his 2018 album 4:44, yet walking away with nothing, the rapper asserted that he wasn’t necessarily upset for himself, but felt that the Recording Academy had…