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Anonymous wrote:Quiet down, OP. We're not supposed to acknowledge the fact that black artists and their entire industry debases women and promotes a subculture of lowbrow (lowlife, really) behavior. We're supposed to pretend it's cool that they can showcase their "culture."

As an anti-poverty advocate, I think it's a big part of the problem.

I think it's a shame Beyoncé and Jay haven't used their tremendous platform to effect social change. Think about the impact they could have if they did a PR campaign aimed at teaching black tweens and teens that it's cool to NOT have babies until you're 30 and have seen the world/lived your life/had an adventure and settled down...like they did. Better yet: tell everyone to at a minimum graduate from high school.

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Sigh...everyone liking this post and this poster are so ignorant. If you actually knew anything about black artist or culture you would know there are tons of black artist who promote what you find acceptable, ie Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Black Thought, Killer Mike, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Logic (and these are just rap artists bc I’m going to go out on a limb and say you hate rap music and think it’s all the same).

How do you know they haven’t effected social change? Bc they aren’t in front of a microphone yelling it so you can judge? They both put their money toward resources and ppl who can help make changes.

Google the following...
Jay-z and Kaleif Browder
Jay-z and Trayvon Martin
Beyoncé and Freddy Gray
Beyoncé donates to Chime for Change (which is a health education program for women)
Beyoncé has Formation Scholar Awards (gives scholarships to HBCU for arts, music and black studies)

Now please tell everyone how you have helped change the world other than shopping at Whole Foods and driving a hybrid.

Black woman here, why are you taking this to the next level? I have loved B since the original Destinys Child but let’s be real, we aren’t going to pretend like her music is the same are we? I appreciate her giving back to our community. She should. After all, we have supported her and Jay, her momma with her attempt at a fashion house and even Solange. But this is about the music. And well. The new music sucks. You can try to mask it under black empowerment and a woman scorned over a cheating husband but it still sucks.

Great points.

Sure, but why would anyone expect her music to be the same? She was 16 when the first Destiny's Child album came out. She's 37 now.

I think that Beyonce is making a mistake in not growing up with her female fan base. But every star has to cling to their youth and sing to a youthful audience. It's like they don't see that grown women are beautiful, too, and can be sexy as hell, too, in their own right. But no way does she want herself identified with being middle age.

It's a shame because there is a ton of material out there - girls' nights out, married but being attracted to a boss/coworker/dad friend, dating after divorce, alone time with your husband after the kids are in bed, queen bee mom....

Too bad. Maybe Taylor Swift will run with it.

I agree. I think she will end up just like Madonna sad and "used to be amazing".

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Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé is bigger and better than everybody else. If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite. You, perhaps, being the person you are, might thumb your nose at the idea of listening to her or being in the same venue in which she happens to be performing (or just in). But just know that whichever artist you consider your fave would scream if Beyoncé asked to take a selfie with them.

She’s vulgar. You’re borderline illiterate.

You might not like the way she said it, but I think the pp is correct. Just a few people I've seen quotes from praising Bey: Adele, Blake Lively, Katy Perry, Hugh Jackman, Sam Smith, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Lambert. I could go on, there are tons of celebrities who have publicly adored her. It's true, chances are your "fave" is a Beyonce fan.

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Anonymous wrote:Quiet down, OP. We're not supposed to acknowledge the fact that black artists and their entire industry debases women and promotes a subculture of lowbrow (lowlife, really) behavior. We're supposed to pretend it's cool that they can showcase their "culture."

As an anti-poverty advocate, I think it's a big part of the problem.

I think it's a shame Beyoncé and Jay haven't used their tremendous platform to effect social change. Think about the impact they could have if they did a PR campaign aimed at teaching black tweens and teens that it's cool to NOT have babies until you're 30 and have seen the world/lived your life/had an adventure and settled down...like they did. Better yet: tell everyone to at a minimum graduate from high school.

+100

Sigh...everyone liking this post and this poster are so ignorant. If you actually knew anything about black artist or culture you would know there are tons of black artist who promote what you find acceptable, ie Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Black Thought, Killer Mike, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Logic (and these are just rap artists bc I’m going to go out on a limb and say you hate rap music and think it’s all the same).

How do you know they haven’t effected social change? Bc they aren’t in front of a microphone yelling it so you can judge? They both put their money toward resources and ppl who can help make changes.

Google the following...
Jay-z and Kaleif Browder
Jay-z and Trayvon Martin
Beyoncé and Freddy Gray
Beyoncé donates to Chime for Change (which is a health education program for women)
Beyoncé has Formation Scholar Awards (gives scholarships to HBCU for arts, music and black studies)

Now please tell everyone how you have helped change the world other than shopping at Whole Foods and driving a hybrid.

Black woman here, why are you taking this to the next level? I have loved B since the original Destinys Child but let’s be real, we aren’t going to pretend like her music is the same are we? I appreciate her giving back to our community. She should. After all, we have supported her and Jay, her momma with her attempt at a fashion house and even Solange. But this is about the music. And well. The new music sucks. You can try to mask it under black empowerment and a woman scorned over a cheating husband but it still sucks.

Great points.

Sure, but why would anyone expect her music to be the same? She was 16 when the first Destiny's Child album came out. She's 37 now.

I think that Beyonce is making a mistake in not growing up with her female fan base. But every star has to cling to their youth and sing to a youthful audience. It's like they don't see that grown women are beautiful, too, and can be sexy as hell, too, in their own right. But no way does she want herself identified with being middle age.

It's a shame because there is a ton of material out there - girls' nights out, married but being attracted to a boss/coworker/dad friend, dating after divorce, alone time with your husband after the kids are in bed, queen bee mom....

Too bad. Maybe Taylor Swift will run with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé is bigger and better than everybody else. If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite. You, perhaps, being the person you are, might thumb your nose at the idea of listening to her or being in the same venue in which she happens to be performing (or just in). But just know that whichever artist you consider your fave would scream if Beyoncé asked to take a selfie with them.

She’s vulgar. You’re borderline illiterate.

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Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé is bigger and better than everybody else. If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite. You, perhaps, being the person you are, might thumb your nose at the idea of listening to her or being in the same venue in which she happens to be performing (or just in). But just know that whichever artist you consider your fave would scream if Beyoncé asked to take a selfie with them.

She’s vulgar. You’re borderline illiterate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé is bigger and better than everybody else. If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite. You, perhaps, being the person you are, might thumb your nose at the idea of listening to her or being in the same venue in which she happens to be performing (or just in). But just know that whichever artist you consider your fave would scream if Beyoncé asked to take a selfie with them.

She’s vulgar. You’re borderline illiterate.

Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé is bigger and better than everybody else. If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite. You, perhaps, being the person you are, might thumb your nose at the idea of listening to her or being in the same venue in which she happens to be performing (or just in). But just know that whichever artist you consider your fave would scream if Beyoncé asked to take a selfie with them.

Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé is bigger and better than everybody else. If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite. You, perhaps, being the person you are, might thumb your nose at the idea of listening to her or being in the same venue in which she happens to be performing (or just in). But just know that whichever artist you consider your fave would scream if Beyoncé asked to take a selfie with them.

Anonymous wrote:Beyoncé is bigger and better than everybody else. If she is not your favorite, she is better than your favorite, and she is (likely) your favorite’s favorite. You, perhaps, being the person you are, might thumb your nose at the idea of listening to her or being in the same venue in which she happens to be performing (or just in). But just know that whichever artist you consider your fave would scream if Beyoncé asked to take a selfie with them.

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Anonymous wrote:Quiet down, OP. We're not supposed to acknowledge the fact that black artists and their entire industry debases women and promotes a subculture of lowbrow (lowlife, really) behavior. We're supposed to pretend it's cool that they can showcase their "culture."

As an anti-poverty advocate, I think it's a big part of the problem.

I think it's a shame Beyoncé and Jay haven't used their tremendous platform to effect social change. Think about the impact they could have if they did a PR campaign aimed at teaching black tweens and teens that it's cool to NOT have babies until you're 30 and have seen the world/lived your life/had an adventure and settled down...like they did. Better yet: tell everyone to at a minimum graduate from high school.

+100

Sigh...everyone liking this post and this poster are so ignorant. If you actually knew anything about black artist or culture you would know there are tons of black artist who promote what you find acceptable, ie Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Black Thought, Killer Mike, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Logic (and these are just rap artists bc I’m going to go out on a limb and say you hate rap music and think it’s all the same).

How do you know they haven’t effected social change? Bc they aren’t in front of a microphone yelling it so you can judge? They both put their money toward resources and ppl who can help make changes.

Google the following...
Jay-z and Kaleif Browder
Jay-z and Trayvon Martin
Beyoncé and Freddy Gray
Beyoncé donates to Chime for Change (which is a health education program for women)
Beyoncé has Formation Scholar Awards (gives scholarships to HBCU for arts, music and black studies)

Now please tell everyone how you have helped change the world other than shopping at Whole Foods and driving a hybrid.

Black woman here, why are you taking this to the next level? I have loved B since the original Destinys Child but let’s be real, we aren’t going to pretend like her music is the same are we? I appreciate her giving back to our community. She should. After all, we have supported her and Jay, her momma with her attempt at a fashion house and even Solange. But this is about the music. And well. The new music sucks. You can try to mask it under black empowerment and a woman scorned over a cheating husband but it still sucks.

Great points.

Sure, but why would anyone expect her music to be the same? She was 16 when the first Destiny's Child album came out. She's 37 now.

I think that Beyonce is making a mistake in not growing up with her female fan base. But every star has to cling to their youth and sing to a youthful audience. It's like they don't see that grown women are beautiful, too, and can be sexy as hell, too, in their own right. But no way does she want herself identified with being middle age.

It's a shame because there is a ton of material out there - girls' nights out, married but being attracted to a boss/coworker/dad friend, dating after divorce, alone time with your husband after the kids are in bed, queen bee mom....

Too bad. Maybe Taylor Swift will run with it.

So you think Beyoncé should make music geared toward ppl who wouldn’t actually spend the money on it? Music that wouldn’t actually be played on the radio and music that wouldn’t keep her relevant enough to sell out concerts. Beyoncé is smart bc she realized if she wanted to stay relevant she needed to embrace the younger generation and make music for them. I don’t see it as clinging to youth, it’s business. She doesn’t lie about her age, she still looks great. Clinging to youth are Mariah Carey and Madonna.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quiet down, OP. We're not supposed to acknowledge the fact that black artists and their entire industry debases women and promotes a subculture of lowbrow (lowlife, really) behavior. We're supposed to pretend it's cool that they can showcase their "culture."

As an anti-poverty advocate, I think it's a big part of the problem.

I think it's a shame Beyoncé and Jay haven't used their tremendous platform to effect social change. Think about the impact they could have if they did a PR campaign aimed at teaching black tweens and teens that it's cool to NOT have babies until you're 30 and have seen the world/lived your life/had an adventure and settled down...like they did. Better yet: tell everyone to at a minimum graduate from high school.

+100

Sigh...everyone liking this post and this poster are so ignorant. If you actually knew anything about black artist or culture you would know there are tons of black artist who promote what you find acceptable, ie Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Black Thought, Killer Mike, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Logic (and these are just rap artists bc I’m going to go out on a limb and say you hate rap music and think it’s all the same).

How do you know they haven’t effected social change? Bc they aren’t in front of a microphone yelling it so you can judge? They both put their money toward resources and ppl who can help make changes.

Google the following...
Jay-z and Kaleif Browder
Jay-z and Trayvon Martin
Beyoncé and Freddy Gray
Beyoncé donates to Chime for Change (which is a health education program for women)
Beyoncé has Formation Scholar Awards (gives scholarships to HBCU for arts, music and black studies)

Now please tell everyone how you have helped change the world other than shopping at Whole Foods and driving a hybrid.

Black woman here, why are you taking this to the next level? I have loved B since the original Destinys Child but let’s be real, we aren’t going to pretend like her music is the same are we? I appreciate her giving back to our community. She should. After all, we have supported her and Jay, her momma with her attempt at a fashion house and even Solange. But this is about the music. And well. The new music sucks. You can try to mask it under black empowerment and a woman scorned over a cheating husband but it still sucks.

Why are you sitting here hating on another black woman? Bc she has success? Bc she is giving back to the black community? Beyoncé is her own style and I won’t condemn her on her choice of music bc it’s her choice. No one forced you to support Beyoncé’s music, fashion, her mother, Solange or Jay-z so no that doesn’t mean she should give back, but it’s awesome that she chooses too. The music sucks to you and that’s fine. You aren’t her fan base. She isn’t making music for you to listen to as you’ve aged out.

And I didn’t try to mask her music under black empowerment. What I did was reply to an ignorant poster who ignorantly claimed, “black artists and their entire industry debases women and promotes a subculture of lowbrow (lowlife, really) behavior.”

Lol, Beyoncé herself has aged out. Also, you sound ignorant. “Sitting here hating on another black woman”
Is that what this is? Because I am intelligent enough to make statements that I deem to be true regardless of race, sex, class or anything else. Beyoncé and her husband make millions off of us so yes, they should give back to the community not only from a monetary standpoint but by sending a positive message through their music. When you know better, you do better. They obviously know better.

You think you are intelligent but sadly that is not how you come across. Statements that you “deem to be true” doesn’t make you intelligent. It makes you ignorant since you are only looking from your viewpoint without any actual logic or understanding. Again, no one is forcing you to support Beyoncé and Jay-z. You don’t have to spend your money on them. You choose to and just like you choose to spend your money on what you want, so can they. So no, they aren’t required to give back to the community. Just like you aren’t required too. It’s great that they choose to give back bc it’s more than what most ppl do.

Lastly, Beyoncé doesn’t owe you or anyone music with what you deem as a positive message. You can say she has aged out to make yourself feel better but you are in serious denial. Beyoncé can still sing, dance and perform better than most artist younger than her. There is a reason ppl are still paying money to see her.