Does Beyoncés overall greatness make people forget about her great singing capability??

[Standing on business]

Serious question


Everyone acklowdeges that she's a great performer and there's no debate to that. But reading that she's not that great of a singer, and things like she can't sing better than Aaliyah, Monica, Mary, brandy etc has me a bit stumped.

Whose songs you like better will always be an opinion but how the hell are people overlooking her superior vocal talent?



She cant sing or dance better than Aaliyah.......
Aaliyah

Gtfoh

 

[feelosofer]

Anybody who says Beyonce can't sing with a straight face is lying to themselves.

 

[Foxy Brown]

Beyonce can sing, but sometimes i find her voice to be soulless, emotionless.

I agree about the Aaliyah comparison. Aaliyah has become so damn overrated. People love to bring up her after death sales as evidence that she would be running the R&B scene today. Yeah right, her 1st week sales wasnt stellar and was plummeting until she died. #Facts

 

[THE MACHINE]

About 4 years ago I went to see Beyonce with my wife. My wife had been telling me she was a great live vocalist but I wasnt tryna hear that. I went in with the . Brehs and brehettes, I watched this chick sing and dance for 90 minutes with just two 5 minute breaks and I'm like "wow, she really can sing great". But what happened next was status...even after singing and dancing for damn near 2 hours she did that song called "Listen". Had a nonbeliever like myself like:

She is the goat

 

[Kaydigi]

She has improved greatly.

 

[PhonZhi]

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/fact-beyonce-is-just-as-good-a-singer-as-whitney.290397/

 

[onlylno]

Her voice just lacks conviction and soul.

 

[JustCKing]

Beyonce can sing, but sometimes i find her voice to be soulless, emotionless.

I agree about the Aaliyah comparison. Aaliyah has become so damn overrated. People love to bring up her after death sales as evidence that she would be running the R&B scene today. Yeah right, her 1st week sales wasnt stellar and was plummeting until she died. #Facts

Aaliyah had a gold selling album before she died. And just to put that into perspective. This was the same summer that Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys dropped. Mary was always outselling Aaliyah and Alicia Keys was the hottest artist in R&B at the time. Mary was the only female R&B artist from the 90's who was still doing crazy numbers. As big as Mariah Carey was, she was struggling commercially even though she was a huge crossover Pop star. And no, I don't subscribe to the notion that Aaliyah would be Beyoncé status if she were still alive because there's nothing to suggest that she would've. A whole new crop of female R&B stars were coming up and even Beyoncé had a few bumps in the road before she became a solo superstar. At best, Aaliyah might've had a few more gold and maybe platinum albums well into the mid 00's. That's just based off how well she and her camp were at picking writers and producers who had it even before the world knew who they were. That and what Timbaland and Missy did with Brandy, Monica, and Keri Hilson. At worst, she would've released a couple of more albums that went nowhere and focused on other ventures and personal goals outside of music.

 

[Mike Otherz]

Her voice just lacks conviction and soul.

Its getting better in that department as she gets older. More life experiences, more convincing emotion. I think her upbringing was atypical for female r&b singers. She grew up middle-class. If you see their childhood home shyt was damn near a mansion. So she was never convincing at conveying pain and struggle. But I guess hov put her through it so now its more relatable. We have jay unholy behaviour to thank for that.

 

[WickedGames]

Saw her live at Wembley stadium in London. Her voice ridiculously perfect even live

 

[Formerly known as...]

Her voice is incredible fukk anybody that says differently.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Serious question

Everyone acklowdeges that she's a great performer and there's no debate to that. But reading that she's not that great of a singer, and things like she can't sing better than Aaliyah, Monica, Mary, brandy etc has me a bit stumped.

mary j blige made way better music.
monica makes way better music and sings better.

lol @ Aaliyah. I cant take people who hype her up seriously. that chit is a joke.

as for the singing thing, its not that beyonce cant sing. its just that theres been tons of people that blow her out the water vocally. and its not so much a knock on beyonce, altho it often turns into a knock on her, as a result of casual r&b listeners over-hyping her vocals. some people are doing it in this thread already.

her voice is clear & potent like a champ tho. especially with all that dancing. its amazing. but shes far from a drop-dead vocalist. her lane is being the greatest entertainer in the world today.......but the lines are so blurred now that casual fans take it for more than it is, which results in more serious fans brushing sometimes brushing beyonce off altogether.

its like, can you imagine janet Jackson being held in higher regard than whitney Houston? not saying that beyonce is weak-voiced like janet, but I'm saying. theres like no perspective now from the general public. you got people classifying rihanna as an r&b artist now.

 

[Wiles]

Her voice is incredible fukk anybody that says differently.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Aaliyah had a gold selling album before she died. And just to put that into perspective. This was the same summer that Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys dropped. Mary was always outselling Aaliyah and Alicia Keys was the hottest artist in R&B at the time. Mary was the only female R&B artist from the 90's who was still doing crazy numbers. As big as Mariah Carey was, she was struggling commercially even though she was a huge crossover Pop star. And no, I don't subscribe to the notion that Aaliyah would be Beyoncé status if she were still alive because there's nothing to suggest that she would've. A whole new crop of female R&B stars were coming up and even Beyoncé had a few bumps in the road before she became a solo superstar. At best, Aaliyah might've had a few more gold and maybe platinum albums well into the mid 00's. That's just based off how well she and her camp were at picking writers and producers who had it even before the world knew who they were. That and what Timbaland and Missy did with Brandy, Monica, and Keri Hilson. At worst, she would've released a couple of more albums that went nowhere and focused on other ventures and personal goals outside of music.

lol. the majority of your post contradicts your argument in favor of Aaliyah.

basically you agree that she was about done, and at best, she would've got some producers/writers to carry her to a few more hits - which was basically the story of her whole career.

Beyonce can sing, but sometimes i find her voice to be soulless, emotionless.

I agree about the Aaliyah comparison. Aaliyah has become so damn overrated. People love to bring up her after death sales as evidence that she would be running the R&B scene today. Yeah right, her 1st week sales wasnt stellar and was plummeting until she died. #Facts

whats funny is that the post-death sales for that album aren't impressive either.

they tried to force that album for an entire year with some of the goat dead-rapper promotion and it stayed stuck at 1x platinum. now its just sitting at double after 15 years of hype. LOL.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Who's saying she can't sing better than Aaliyah and Mary J

People love Aaliyah because she made great songs, timeless without even being considered timeless.

Beyonce can blow, but her voice isn't unique just a good church voice