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Malik Yusef: Co-writer Says Kanye's Song of the Year Loss Is Still 'Art'

Posted Feb 13th 2012 6:05PM by BoomBox Staff
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Kanye West and songwriter Malik Yusef Jones picked up multiple Grammy Awards Sunday night (Feb. 12) in the Best Rap Collaboration, Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song categories with their hit 'All of the Lights.' But what does Yusef think of not winning Song of the Year, which, like so many other major awards at the ceremony, was snagged by Adele?

In a recent essay he wrote for The Huffington Post, the multi-talented songwriter talks about the "creeping feeling of defeat," Whitney Houston, the power of love and his admiration for Adele's "true beauty" because she knows struggle. Read his account of music's biggest night, personal highlights like meeting Drake's father and afterthoughts.

Read the full article on Huffington Post Entertainment.