Beyonce in 2016 - 'Formation' and Lemonade

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just saw more police boycott bullshit on CNN in the kitchen at work, fuckin idiots

i'm taken aback by all of this, i honestly thought people were more professional in doing their jobs, but this boycott thing is ridiculous, dangerous, and anti-free speech.

the people making the calls on these boycotts, do they think these actions will improve relations between the police and the community?

boycotting a popular singer for political reasons is bullshit. serve and protect motherfuckers.

the people making the calls on these boycotts, do they think these actions will improve relations between the police and the community?

i suspect they don't care

also part of this is CNN needs bullshit to talk about 24/7 and even our man trump can only do so much in a day

i love how on the red lobster line the "cuz i slay" chant turns into "we gon slay". sudden image of bey and her boy about to slay a pile of delicious seafood

A plate of seafood at least

So this is happening. Maybe I should start getting ready for a new 'anxious' attack when the album drops in the middle of the night or something

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7272524/beyonce-vevo-itunes-new-album-rumors

the rumors hit a fever pitch a day or two and then died down, i think everyone's realized that it was a false alarm

why is billboard, a supposedly respected publication, citing the "shady music facts" twitter account even for rumormill material? that account is probably run by a 17-year-old stan twitter denizen

yeah there've been a couple times when people took rumors posted by that account or similar accounts really seriously and i'm not sure why

billboard is pageview crazy

ahaha shady music facts, jesus christ

lemonade

how tho

rly hope she drops this new album soon bcz I have tickets to sell and the prices have been plummeting since it sold out in 10 seconds :(

theres uh a lot of diff sounds on this

this song w weeknd sounds incred

HOW DO I HEAR?

it's on HBO right now. i'm sure the movie will start getting bootlegged online soon enough too. i hope the album is dropping in the next few days because it'd be silly to preview every song in the movie without giving people a chance to buy the audio ASAP.

http://tidal.com/album/59727856

f'in tidal

omg so wait it is a whole album??????

Okay, those of you who care enough to go for a temporary Tidal subscription can fill the rest of us in

it is a whole album, I'm sure it'll be steal-able shortly so its (likely brief) tidal exclusivity won't mean much

you can rewatch the movie as an on demand thing if you have either HBO go or now too, I believe

(I mean, if this were on iTunes I'd seriously buy it now - just like I did as soon as the s/t dropped.)

https://twitter.com/ErnestWilkins/status/724053313407356928

first good internet lol since Prince died

From SPIN

http://www.spin.com/2016/04/beyonce-new-album-lemonade-download-free-stream-tidal/

Ugh. "Update: Per an industry insider, Lemonade will be a TIDAL exclusive in perpetuity, as in yes, it will be exclusively a TIDAL release forever."

Nice knowing you, Bey.

heh to hell with tidal i'm torrenting this

GOOD LUCK BROS im on tidal now u know theres a free trial right

Hold Up written by Ezra Koenig!!! YES!

How much Terius is on this?

BTW this album is brilliant if you havent heard it, like the jack white song goes hard thats how good it is

HBO thing has bey doing malick narration

it will be exclusively a TIDAL release forever

Just like The Life of Pablo?

liking this a lot so far.

v lil terius mentioned so far but apparently one thing is a co-write on the weeknd song ...

any caroline polachek tracks?

no

xpost I don't think so

i am pleased to see upon browsing the credits that the common denominator to the songs that caught me most off-guard is that they were co-written with wynter gordon!

(they are also my favorite songs from the album as of my first couple of listens)

daddy lessons is spectacular yeah

also how can we make a full beyoncé +kendrick album happen?

All Night with the Jon Brion strings playing Spottieottiedopaliscious. Might be my favorite track.

not strings, lol my bad. lots happening at the same time.

glad to see wynter gordon in the credits here

Has anyone checked on Jay Z lately? I fear for his health.

love drought is a cloud

the visual is quite dense, image- rather than narrative-driven, captivating. the poetic narration is hit-and-miss but, in tandem with the imagery, does regularly make coherent and striking connections between the album's personal-relationship-centered lyrical themes and broader social phenomena. in many instances the glimpses of the music are distractingly abbreviated or disjointed; as a result, unlike the last album, which was very arguably best experienced with the visual, this one might simply be better to listen through on its own.

the songs themselves are really good, not surprisingly. for me the most emotionally stirring moments come when bey's voice slides, even for the briefest moments, into unexpected and jarring textures, as it does on e.g. "don't hurt yourself" and "sandcastles". (now that i'm thinking about it, the way her voice and the guitar are seamlessly combined when she drops the f-bomb in the opening line [yes, even on the explicit/uncensored version] of the former track is super super brilliant.) i did not experience any devastating lyrical gut-punches the way i did when i first listened to her self-titled, but that's kind of a high standard to hold and artist to since that so rarely happens anyway. in general i am trying to resist the urge to label this 'better than' or 'lesser than' her previous work esp that album. there are beautiful moments throughout. my favorite track so far, bizarrely, might be "daddy lessons" while my least favorite is the one with the weeknd, lol.

i'm not sure what to make of the decision not to release it for purchase. i find it very difficult to part with the idea that i need to *own* music i want to listen to often, if only digitally. tidal seems fine for a streaming service, and even better than fine if indeed it compensates creators more adequately than competitors, but in general i find streaming platforms not to be particularly good ways to listen.

The detail of “Before I Let Go” being a studio track appended to a live record is a clever little bonus

song of the summer

A 40 track live album and 'Blow' isn't on it??

the "before i let go" cover rules so much

Is the Netflix video different from the concert video that was put out immediately after the performance?

A 40 track live album and 'Blow' isn't on it??

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i never got around to watching it so this was also my like third thought

the film is so good

Lemonade's now on Spotify, with a demo of what eventually became "Sorry" appended at its end (and which is possessed of a lot less braggadocio and a lot more vulnerability than the final track - it's closer in sound to "Love Drought" or something her sister might make)

I would love to know why Rebirth Brass Band doesn't get any publishing for the two songs that she uses parts from 'Do Whatcha Wanna' on (the opening and Single Ladies)
https://www.beyonce.com/album/homecoming/credits/

Oh. After digging, it turns out Rebirth lifted that trombone line from a Con Funk Shun track. Goddamnit, brass bands. Too bad she didn't throw in the melody.

the film is wonderful

the film is cool. i went in pretty neutral/not in the mood to watch it but it was obviously a fantastic show and they captured it perfectly.

loved it, i want to watch it again

Now that a quick google search returns at least five articles on the cultural references in Homecoming, and they all start with New Orleans and Rebirth, I'm mad again. The bassline in 'Single Ladies' should have gotten some writing credit for sure.

Obviously the show is amazing, and it's great to see Les Twins on stage (even though they never really get to do their thing, but it's a Beyonce show I get it).

the straight up documentary parts of the film are wonderful, i even managed to convert something beyoncé said into good writing advice for myself, but i kinda hope 1) there's a physical release 2) it includes a version of the show without breaks

hope Liz Harris got a fat check from this

Oh was she sampled?

Buddy of mine got sampled :)

apparently "Made of Air" gets a couple of needle drops xp

Re:the movie, I was hoping for a little more documentary style than behind the scenes if that makes sense but the Sons of Kemet background music made my night.

Grouper was in the background as well which was cool

I’m not a huge Beyoncé fan, but this film is extraordinary.

Hold the fuck up, a grouper song is in this???

Caroline Shaw's Partita for 8 voices, too.

New Lion King-related collaborative album out tomorrow, featuring, amongst others, African artists ranging from Wizkid to Busiswa to Shatta Wale:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8520147/beyonce-the-lion-king-the-gift-track-list

https://critiqsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Beyonce-The-Gift-Tracklist.jpg

the film dialogue interludes are slightly distracting but the album is really good

The thing I find really distracting is how much of a copy this is of Kendrick Lamars Black Panther soundtrack, except that one seemed pretty personal to him. I have no idea why Beyoncé would make a Lion King album, except that she's in the film. Some of the songs are good, though.

My main hope for this is "Brown Skin Girl" becomes a massive hit, so I never have to see Wizkid's entire career summarized as "Drake’s 'One Dance' collaborator" again

i don't really care about it being a 'copy' of the black panther soundtrack - doing a film tie-in compilation/soundtrack album with more effort put into the curation and production than usual isn't really some wildly innovative idea. with the success of the black panther soundtrack i'm not at all surprised that others are doing something similar. there's not really a reason it needs to exist and i'd much rather a beyonce-does-afropop album as its own thing but since it does exist i'm glad it's quite good. it certainly seems to be by far the best thing related to the lion king remake.

"find your way", "jara ara e", "brown skin girl" and "my power" are the highlights

likely deserves a thread? it's good.

Was toying with that idea as well. Mind if I start it, or are you on it already?

Whoomp, there it is: the LiON KiNG: the GiFT <<>> where Beyoncé meets with Afropop

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