Ama-Grammy Awards for Best New Artist mhlawumbe ayingxenye ejabulisa kakhulu yomcimbi womculo odumile emhlabeni. Kucatshangwa ukuthi abaqokwe kulo mkhakha kuzoba ngabaculi namaqembu angakaze abonakale ezinkundleni zokucula emhlabeni jikelele. Kodwa-ke, ngo-2020, iqembu iBlack Pumas laba phakathi kwababe nenhlanhla elathola ithikithi lokuwina lo mklomelo.
Leli yiqembu elidalwe indoda esevele inomklomelo owodwa we-Grammy. Kulesi sihloko sizokhuluma ngeqembu elithi Black Pumas - labo abafana abanqoba umhlaba ngomculo wabo omangalisayo.
Ukuqala komlando weqembu le-Black Pumas
Ngo-2017, umdlali wesiginci, umdidiyeli, owawina umklomelo weGrammy U-Adrian Quesada waqopha izingoma zomculo eziningana esitudiyo. Ngabe sengiqala ukufuna umculi onekhono lokucula. Oqokiwe nowine umklomelo womculo omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni wayazi abaculi abaningi abahle. Kodwa akekho kubo owayemfanela; wayefuna “okunye.”
Ngemva kwamasonto ambalwa okuhlolwa okuncane, u-Adrian waphendukela kubangane bakhe eLondon naseLos Angeles. Nokho, ngisho nalapho umculi akakwazanga ukuthola ithalenta oyifunayo. Ngenkathi u-Adrian ebhala umculo futhi efuna amagama afanele, u-Eric Burdon wathuthela eTexas. Umculi osemusha, owazalelwa eSan Fernando futhi wakhulela esontweni, ubenentshisekelo enkulu endaweni yeshashalazi yomculo.
U-Eric wayeziphilisa ngokuhambela izindawo zokungcebeleka zaseSanta Monica, lapho ayecula khona futhi ehola amaRandi angamakhulu amaningana ngobusuku. U-Eric wabe eseqeda uhambo lwakhe enqamula eNtshonalanga United States. Wanquma ukuma e-Austin, idolobha lapho u-Adrian aqopha khona izingxenye zakhe ezinhle, kodwa ngaphandle kwamazwi.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, u-Adrian no-Eric bathola omunye nomunye. Umngane oyedwa ukhulume igama elithi Burdon kumshayi wesigingci odumile. Waphawula ukuthi lo mfana unephimbo elihle kunawo wonke ake wezwa. Laba baculi ababili bahlangana futhi baqala ukwenza irekhodi elisha.
Impumelelo yokuqala
Umphumela wokubambisana kokuqala okunezithelo phakathi kozakwethu i-albhamu yokuqala, ekhishwe ngaphansi kwelebula yeqembu leBlack Pumas. I-albhamu enegama elifanayo ibe iphrojekthi ebilindelwe kakhulu kulo nyaka, kwathi ngemuva kokukhululwa kwayo abaculi bawina ukuqokwa kwegama elithi “Best New Group of the Year” kuma-Austin Music Awards 2019.
Ukuqala kweqembu kukhulunywe ngakho ezincwadini eziningi ezibucayi, abahleli bazo ngamunye bancoma i-albhamu ngendlela yabo. I-Pitch Fork ibonge abaculi “ngamazwi abo amnandi” kanye “nesigqi esimangalisayo, esixhumene ngokuqinile.” Amaculo adume kakhulu ku-albhamu yokuqala ye-Black Pumas ahlanganisa Imibala, Umlilo kanye ne-Black Moon Rising.
U-Adrian Quesada ungumdlali wesigingci odumile kanye nomdidiyeli. Umdwebi, owawina umklomelo owodwa we-Grammy, ekuqaleni wayazi ukuthi uzokwenzenjani. Iqembu elidaliwe bekuyindlela yokuthola umklomelo wesibili ovelele.
U-Adrian unesipiliyoni somculo esidumile - iminyaka edlala eqenjini elithi Grupo Fantasma. Kanye nokusebenza okude njengengxenye yeqembu le-Browout, amakhonsathi ahlangene nabaculi abadumile.
Ngokungafani nomdidiyeli, uBurdon umusha endaweni yomculo okhokhelwayo. Umfana oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala, umsebenzi wakhe owaqala ekwayeni yesonto, akazange aphuphe ngisho nempumelelo ayizuzile. Nokho, u-Eric washeshe wazinza ezinkundleni zamazwe ngamazwe, ethuthukisa amakhono akhe okukhuluma.
Namuhla
Manje i-Black Pumas iyiqembu elincane, elizethembayo, elidume kakhulu, eliqashelwa abalaleli nabagxeki emhlabeni jikelele. Iqembu lisahlanganisa u-Adrian Quezada oneminyaka engu-42 no-Eric Burdon oneminyaka engu-30. Abaculi banokuqondana, futhi manje basebenza ndawonye kuphela.
Ngeshwa, izinhlelo zangempela zokuwina i-Grammy Award ngo-2019 zalahleka. Iqembu iBlack Pumas, ebeliqhudelana nabaculi abadumile abafana noBillie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Maggie Rogers, Rosalia, beliphakathi kwabaqokiwe abangahlonishwanga ngendondo.
Nokho, ukuntuleka komklomelo akuzange kuphazamise ubuciko beqembu. Ngokwemininingwane yakamuva, leli qembu lisebenzela i-albhamu entsha, ezophuma ekupheleni kuka-2020.
Kusukela engxoxweni no-Adrian no-Eric, kungaqondwa ukuthi abaculi bathole ulimi oluvamile, bechaza lokhu ngokuxhumana okungaqondakali nokuseduze. Ngokusho kuka-Adrian, wazizwa lesi simo kusukela okokuqala elalela izwi likaBurdon.
Isikhathi sokuqala u-Eric waculela isigingci ingoma wayekhuluma ngocingo. Umdidiyeli, owanconywa lo mfana ngokuthi “owayemfuna,” wamangazwa ithalenta lalo mfana. Ubungcweti, ukuqondana, ukweseka kanye nokuzwelana kweqiniso yimizwa eyenza iqembu le-Black Pumas lithuthuke libe nezimpumelelo ezintsha.
Naphezu kokuthi leli qembu lalikhona iminyaka embalwa kuphela, abaculi base bekwazile ukuzwa injabulo yodumo. Namuhla, “abalandeli” balolu hlu bahlanganisa izigidi zabalaleli - abantu abahlala kuzo zonke izindawo zomhlaba.
