Beyonce in 2016 - 'Formation' and Lemonade

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― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, May 10, 2016 1:19 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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fwiw both this and s/t are massively enhanced by the accompanying video

― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, May 12, 2016 2:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the lemonade film is really rich and beautiful and def adds layers to the music but i'd argue that both albums would be masterpieces with no visuals (which is 90% how i've consumed them). this has taken over my listening in much the same way that the s/t did

anyone annoyed by the accent on/rhythm of sandCASTles?

The "jarring" nature of the subject matter actually seems pretty crucial to me. I think if Beyonce did a straight political protest song it would seem... not insincere, but at least gestural. On "Formation" the politics feels like a natural consequence of the extent to which she's feeling herself. The protest is something she is, not something she occasionally decides to do.

This intersects with the points above about this being a political irruption into mainstream culture. "Formation" makes confronting black politics a necessary and indivisible part of America's enjoyment of black culture, rather than a medicinal counterpoint to it.

― Tim F, Tuesday, February 9, 2016 9:10 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this tim f post sums up for me why "formation" is a more successful political song than "freedom"

Most Tim F posts sum up *everything* tbf.

hey this seems like a good place to ask this: anyone have an idea when a chloe x halle album might come out?

my show on Sunday is gonna get canceled bcz of a thunderstorm, i just know it

finally watching the music video/movie thing this is pretty awesome

yeah, IMO the thematic throughline elevates the video above the self-titled

love that she's doing something so arty and out-there on scale that very few artists could afford to do just because she can and wants to

the show was v excellent and all, but i gotta say the collective batshit thrill of the crowd between the 4-5 minute intro > lights dropping > the opening of "Formation" starting is prob one of the best concert experiences I've ever had

i am so not used to shows (or p much anything else in life tbh) having that much palpable suspense + the subsequent release

chloe x halle have an EP out; suspect this opening stint on b's european leg will determine a release date for the full-length

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaFH1vwLAP2yAaS9bTg-Le8QHT2DsDBZR

in a weird way they remind me of vistoso bosses, but like, the gothy siblings of vistoso bosses

rip vistoso bosses, you were too beautiful for this world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdJcmvQ0DFc

mmmmm, been a minute since i thought of delirious; such a lovely song.

aww man "Delirious" is such an under-rated jam, I was literally falling down the Youtube hole of VB demos just this weekend there

Curious how everybody heard this album: did you buy it, or do more people have a Tidal subscription than I thought?

I keep waiting for it to come to Apple Music, but it's looking like that might not happen.

still havent heard it

sometimes I forget how dope formation is

stole it from the internet

unlikely to ever pull the trigger on tidal. picked up the cd once the price came down a bit.

How cheap did you get it for? A CD copy of this seems unappealing to me, b/c I buy so few CDs these days, but $18 for MP3s on Amazon is a huge ripoff. And since there's no LP version available (yet?) there isn't a good way for me to hear this one

i think it was like 8 bucks (double what i spend on most cds, but a lot more favorable than that ridiculous mp3 price).

I bought it because I wanted the video.

I've been listening to it during my commute and it's pretty much my favorite album of the year, which startles me a little.

I own a physical copy.

kept hearing "Sorry, Not Sorry" on v103

it's a top ten album for me but i should go back to it more often
still haven't seen the video!

The cultural impact has been wide. Watching four teenaged girls do a choreographed routine to "Sorry" around the condo pool in May remains one of my favorite memories of 2016.

So we can all expect lemonade to pretty much dominate year end list season right?

mods please close ilm til february

frank ocean, kanye, solange, sturgill simpson will probably be up there. whether they'll be higher or not remains a mystery.

oh and chance.

I'd bet on Bowie.

yeah definitely

sturgill simpson

Wasn't everybody disappointed by this, or was it just people with ears?

i forgot he released an album this year. also his voice/schtick grates on me. for the sturgill simpson experience with 100x better results just get high & listen to brand new man

I don't know how Kendrick's surprise album will fare in EOY polls but that's the one I recently went back to and fell back in love with

I imagine it will be a Knowles-off on most year end lists. I like both of these albums a lot.

This is cool but the Solange is way better.

Radiohead will probably show up on a lot of EOY lists.

the album have nothing in common though post

xpost

imagine a world where we could approach two distinct musicians as two distinct musicians instead of sisters who must be compared/contrasted at all times

nope, there can be only one

a) the albums have quite a lot in common.
b) most albums can be contrasted and compared.
c) lol

I ain't sorry

man, this shit is draining

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/11/03/cmas-deny-erasing-beyonce-and-the-dixie-chicks-from-social-media-after-backlash/?hpid=hp_rhp-moretopstories2_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

gonna post it again here (as well as in the country thread) because it is one of the best songs of the year performed with verve and ecstasy and is fucking awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OabYYlhuxxE

it's a pro-gun, feminist anthem performed by an (in-context only) left-wing country trio, the biggest star in the world, a knockout backing band and one of the best bari sax solos ever performed by an artist in shitkickers

and holy fuck, there's a studio recording and it's spectacular
https://soundcloud.com/beyonce/daddy-lessons-featuring-the-dixie-chicks