Anonymous wrote:Eric Clapton sang an ode to Cocaine, but, Beyonce is vulgar and dangerous for society. Mkay.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not like Beyonce.
However, I do love squeeze box.
How you can compare these ambiguous tame lyrics from ?1976 to the blatant nastiness......

Plus, you get an Inauguration gig, practice, practice, sing with all your heart...if you're going to lip sync, step down and let an artist confident in their live abilities do the job....

It's all about your standards. Some people would consider explicit lyrics about sex combined with neglect of the kids in favor of sex to be "disgusting."

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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.

But I'm talking about Beyoncé and her lyrics. And the fact is that she and her husband promote a subculture that is quite harmful. Her lyrics basically promote single motherhood. Yet she waited to get married and have kids, which is why I think she and her husband could really do some good if they championed delaying parenthood...which is a huge issue when it comes to poverty regardless of your skin color. How do I know this? Two decades of anti-poverty advocacy as my professional career (doing work domestically and abroad).

I like Alycia Keys and her true positive message for girls/women these days (she's the makeup free performer who covers her body with actual clothing...not leotards).

Anonymous wrote:I do not like Beyonce.
However, I do love squeeze box.
How you can compare these ambiguous tame lyrics from ?1976 to the blatant nastiness......

Plus, you get an Inauguration gig, practice, practice, sing with all your heart...if you're going to lip sync, step down and let an artist confident in their live abilities do the job....

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Anonymous wrote:Queen Bey responds to OP...

And proves OP’s point.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, from Mick and Keith:

When I'm ridin' 'round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl pregnant
Baby, better come back maybe next week
Can't you see I'm on a losing streak?

Um, what?

You didn't know that's what he was really singing on the record? It's muddled, but it's well-known that's what Jagger was saying. Listen closely to the song and you'll hear it.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, from Mick and Keith:

When I'm ridin' 'round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl pregnant
Baby, better come back maybe next week
Can't you see I'm on a losing streak?

Um, what?

Anonymous wrote:Also, from Mick and Keith:

When I'm ridin' 'round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl pregnant
Baby, better come back maybe next week
Can't you see I'm on a losing streak?

Anonymous wrote:I was thinking the Netflix doc would provide some insights into her whole persona and how that fit into HBCU culture/history, but was grossed out by the lyrics about Red Lobster, Monica Lewinsky, surfboards, "Yonce on her knees," etc.

This is coming from someone who listened to the City Girls album on repeat at the gym the past two weeks. I have no problem with crass/raunchy music but for Beyonce to perform her nastiest songs while pretending it represents Black Excellence is so absurd and I think ultimately degrading to all the talented people she had involved.

To think of the hundreds of hours the drill team, marching band musicians, steppers worked to develop their skills, probably requiring much sacrifice from their family/teachers/school, to end up performing for Beyonce who sings about "cigars on ice" and riding Jay Z like a surfboard is just....sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Queen Bey responds to OP...

And proves OP’s point.