Huh? I can cite article after article and post after post about how her album is very much about being a woman. May be very much about being a black woman, a scorned woman, a hurt women, etc... but none-the-less about being a WOMAN and what that experience is like. Not sure what you are reading or listening to. |
Huh. I can't relate to any of it...and I feel sorry for anyone who does. I think black artists prey on certain segments of the population in an effort to make money---that's why they aspire to write the anthem for the scorned baby mama (that always seeks to empower the victim by highlighting that she has her own money and can get another man) and the funeral anthem. |
Gross |
Don't be obtuse you know exactly what I was talking about. This is a song specifically about being a BLACK WOMAN. You don't get it and you never will. It's obvious as you continue to try to talk over a poc. |
I agree that it's gross, but it's true. Do you listen to the radio or follow the music industry? Compare and contrast Beyoncé with Taylor Swift or Allanis Morrissette. All have famously written anthems for the scorned woman, but there's a big difference in their approach in terms of how they empower the female. And I'm sure we can all list our top five funeral anthems. The music industry has a rubric for the kinds of songs that transcend generations and have a perpetual shelf life...like the funeral anthem. Fact. |
I agree...gross. Also you do know that white women get cheated on too. Just ask Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Gretchen Wilson who all have similar songs/anthems. You are a racist idiot!!! |
Go compare the lyrics. They take a very different approach. I think it's very sad for any woman to embrace violence...ymmv. With regards to lyrics, I've always found it interesting when female singers try to empower themselves by saying they make their own money, and bought the car the cheating loser was driving...why did you buy a car for a deadbeat guy? And why are you bragging about that? To underscore your poor choice in men? And then they go on to say they can get another man in a minute...okay, so you need a man? It's an interesting look into the subculture. Taylor just shakes it off. Country singers are a mixed bag: sometimes they are strong, and other times they resort to violence. It's all very interesting. |
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You are funny. Racist and funny. |
| Why is it racist to make that observation? Please explain. |
To say that the "baby mama" anthem first. Then to say black artists prey to a certain audience (baby mamas, even though Beyoncé is married, PP insists on perpetuating black women as baby mamas) but white (unmarried) artists aren't preying on their audience? Then to downplay the white artists that have similar songs (no, Taylor doesnt just Shake it off, she has dozens of scorned women songs) and it's OK for country women to sing similar songs because why?! |
+1000000000 |
Really? Yet half the people working with her on the project were white men. Diplo, Korn, Jack White to name only a few. What do white men know about black women? Go look at the writing credits for Hold Up. You are seriously twisted if you think the struggles Beyonce is singing about are things ONLY a black woman can experience. White woman struggle, too, and depending on your ethnicity, have faced racism.... i doubt Beyonce has your attitude about women. ... We aren't writing a thesis here. Dr. King would be proud of you trying to push people apart. |
You do realize there is a whole lot more music out there besides "pop" that is much more independent and not so much part of this "rubric". If you venture past the Top 40 genre you'd know that. |
To the left, to the left.... Beyonce sings the same crap. And visual violence is just as bad as violence in lyrics... cause young girls won't see their role models smashing up cars. |