I've been seeing the lemonade promo graphic on HBO Go now for weeks, but I thought it was some weird new sci-fi series.
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Beyoncé's New Album 'Lemonade' Rumored to Launch on iTunes Tonight [Update: Available Now]
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Watched her Lemonade movie on HBO last night..... turned me into a fan.
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Kinda reminds me of another fan base that subscribes to the religion of RDF.Is her music really that good? Seems overrated to me. Go read the credits for Lemonade and then compare to Prince's Purple Rain.
Someone posted this on Twitter and the Bey fans went nuts. Touchy fan base.
I'm sorry, this isn't iTunes rumors.com? Seriously....there are 1,000s of other artist and at least 10 that are as famous and have as much of a following as Beyoncé....how is this worthy of front page on this website?
I'm no fan of Jay Z and his crew or Beyoncé, but with massive cash they, like Apple, can do as they please.
Tidal will be kept alive for some time to save face, just the same as Apple Watch is kept in the minds of the faithful.
Becky with the good hair.
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You mean for a single week, seven days.
You don't I just have more respect for artists that don't need that many people to help them write songs and make a record. Unless it's like a duets album or something.
Although there is no question about Beyoncé's her singing capabilities I do think Beyoncé is highly overated. Much of her succes Is based upon studio engineers and advertisement and the amount of wealth she and her husband has gained throughout the years and the way they spend it on luxurious houses and possessions makes Beyoncé taste for political awareness and statement a bit humoristic in my humble opinion.
Beyoncyé is a product to start with, her artistic values has to be shared among so many producers, marketeers and people with knowledge about the entertainment industry that I can't state that Beyoncé is a true artist from my perspective. In this context Beyoncé isn't even close being an artist compared to people like Prince, Jim Morrison, Miles Davis, Freddy Mercury, Mick Jagger, etc.
This whole parade about "exclusivly" putting her album on Tidal first is nothing more then an attempt to gain media attention. Before she might loose money because of it she launches her album on iTunes with much more listeners. If Beyoncé's ambition was truly about making a statement she could have said, as an examaple. I stick with Tidal because of <any given reason>. Thise whole charade is nothing more then a publicity stunt to gain media attention with the aim of creating a social media buzz and money as a consequence. Nothing more, nothing less and, quite important for Beyoncé, mission accomplished I may add.
Beyoncyé is a product to start with, her artistic values has to be shared among so many producers, marketeers and people with knowledge about the entertainment industry that I can't state that Beyoncé is a true artist from my perspective. In this context Beyoncé isn't even close being an artist compared to people like Prince, Jim Morrison, Miles Davis, Freddy Mercury, Mick Jagger, etc.
This whole parade about "exclusivly" putting her album on Tidal first is nothing more then an attempt to gain media attention. Before she might loose money because of it she launches her album on iTunes with much more listeners. If Beyoncé's ambition was truly about making a statement she could have said, as an examaple. I stick with Tidal because of <any given reason>. Thise whole charade is nothing more then a publicity stunt to gain media attention with the aim of creating a social media buzz and money as a consequence. Nothing more, nothing less and, quite important for Beyoncé, mission accomplished I may add.
The exclusives are all artists that have a close personal relationship with Jay Z. They're doing it as a favor.
Why don’t we compare their accomplishments when she’s been in the busniess as long as Prince was?
Funny this is tat music is very subjective. Very subjective.
Being an artist isn’t just about being able to sing. It comes down to a combination of being able to sing, (or rap), being able to perform, being able to play an instrument, (or electronic device), being able to recognise and put together exisiting tuneful melodies.
By the above metrics, to ME, I can tell that I think Beyonce is great and ceratinly Miles Davis, Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger and many others are crap.
Are you simply saying, I don’t like her music?
Huh? She's been around 18 years. Compare Prince's first 18 years with her first 18 years.
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Good point. A bit sad, but business is business. Besides they're already being sued for lying about Kanye's stuff being exclusive to Tidal, so they'd better steer clear of that kind of statement for a while.
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Mmm. If we don't know the sales figures then how do we know if the Apple Watch is a success or failure?
While she does work with a large group of writers and producers quite a few of those credits are for the samples used on the album. John Bonham died the year before Beyoncé was born so I don't think he had much input into the track he is credited on other than the When The Levee Breaks sample which is used in that song.
I heard the album. Loved it. Talented woman, great look, and a beautiful voice. Wouldn't be surprised if this is the best selling album of the year by a large margin
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Beyonce has been in the business for almost 20yrs now. She's one of the most successful artists (male or female) in history. 20 Grammys, millions of albums sold. Will she surpass the legendary Whitney Houston's almost 700 awards won? Tbh, I doubt it. I don't see anybody ever doing that. But Beyonce has definitely accomplished a lot. And she easily has another 10-15yrs left in the business before she considers retirement
Nope, although I never listen to Beyoncé because I find her music to simplistic but I wouldn't state that her music is crap. And yes, taste is very subjective, you can't realy discuss it, you like it or you simply don't. What you can discuss however is to which degree Beyoncé is authentic in what she's producing. Her producers in the studio are skillfull musicians. I don't have any doubts there but how about Beyoncé? Can Beyoncé actually play an instrument? To what degree does she actually participate in creating her own music next to come up with an idea when drinking a cocktail in one of her many whirlpools? I see Beyoncé more as a very talentent entertainer, a woman who knows exactly how to perform but for "me" those skills are not essential for being a musician.
You can dislike artist like Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger and many more but what they have in common is that they actually understand what music is all about, and looking at the history of these, among many others, artist one can state that they created their own typical sound and music with help from producers but with a degree of authenticity that comes from these people themselves. Especially when looking at Prince whom spend days and days in his studio to play various instruments.
In short, hundred years fron now many will remember The Doors, Prince and many other great artist and Beyoncé will be nothing more then a footnote on Wikipedia, loved by a young generation that is no more...
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This is a Mac Rumour?
All credit to the woman for all she has achieved but is she thinner, lighter or equipped with an OLED screen?
All credit to the woman for all she has achieved but is she thinner, lighter or equipped with an OLED screen?
There is a lot of speculation right there. We’ll see.
What makes them 'understand what music is about' by the way?
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I’ve not heard the album yet, but I’ll take a listen when it heits general release. Hope to enjoy it or anybodys album that is tuneful to me.
Exactly which aspects please?Huh? She's been around 18 years. Compare Prince's first 18 years with her first 18 years.
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