The 60th anniversary of the Grammy music awards could have marked a 60th straight year of overrated music being awarded — but this year was different.

The main focus of the award show this year seemed to be geared towards the rap, as shown by the musical performances and host James Corden, who went out of his way to congratulate rap nominees and performers.

Kendrick Lamar opened the award show with a jaw-dropping performance. He was then awarded Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song/Collaboration.

Lamar also made it a point in his acceptance speeches to acknowledge the roots of rap music, and made many references to rap artists such as Jay-Z and Nas.

Grammy critics may have questioned why rap music did not get enough recognition in previous years, but that wasn’t the case this year. Providing further evidence of rap’s overdue recognition was Childish Gambino’s well deserved and long-awaited performance.

However, the coveted Album of the Year award went not to a rap album but to Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic.

While Mars is mostly identified as a pop artist, his most recent single with Cardi-B, “Finesse,” is probably the closest thing to original ’90s rap music since, well, ’90s rap music.

There has never been, and probably will never be, a time in Grammy history where every fan of every genre is satisfied. Still, most music fans should be fairly happy with the winners this year.