This year, L.A.’s most uncompromising pop outsiders have big Grammy hopes
LA TimesLike every artist who released an album in the spring of 2020, the L.A. jazz-fusion bassist Thundercat has had a long time to sit with the mixed emotions of releasing his life’s work at the onset of a pandemic. “The minute the album came out,” says Thundercat, “everyone said, ‘Get excited, but also stay on the couch and don’t touch anyone.’” The 2021 Grammys are, in the scope of things, small consolation, and not top priority for those who lost a loved one to the pandemic, or depended on touring income. “Man, if they don’t give Lotus his Grammy this year, I don’t understand anything,” Thundercat said, laughing. “When they announced the nominees,” Lotus said, “I was just checking for Cat, to see what they were going to give him.“ Lotus, whose most recent LP was 2019’s “Flamagra,” has never won a Grammy, though he’s been up for dance recording and, as part of Kendrick Lamar’s team, for album of the year. “This year had been like ‘The Walking Dead,’ where you really see people’s true natures and who is actually still there for you,” Thundercat said.
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