more surprised by Bey showing up for Brandy and Monica, she spent the height of her career avoiding collaborations with other black female singers (aside from a shleved single with Alicia), didn't think she acknowledged they exist
bey has always been a brand, and the only subpar thing she seemed ok lending her brand to were her (mother's) terrible clothing lines
it definitely existed and the newer girls really have embraced it - summer walker, sza, lizzo, jazmine sullivan, HER, jhene aiko, kehlani, ari lennox, queen naija, etc have been all over one another's songs/albums and socials
gotta look beyond albums - remixes, soundtracks and compilations were big. brandy had Lyte, YoYo, Queen Latifah on the remix, worked with whitney, did the song with monic, had the track with tamia, gladys, and chaka off top
from like 03-12 the era i was speaking on, no, not to my knowledge, but i also didn't go digging in the crates for bey music, if it wasn't on her album or a single, i wouldn't know. but this isn't some critique i made up, it literally was a common thing people in the "bey is blocking" camp that would be cited...she didn't collab with other black women back then and you didn't see her hanging with her "peers" during that era eitherAnd Beyonce doesn't have those?
I mean... I'm not a Beyonce fan or anything, but... this feels like one of those things where how you feel about a person is making you say something that isn't true, or wholly true.
You can not like Beyonce without having to use a random rule that doesn't apply to anyone else as a stick to beat her with
I'm not that invested, I would have been happy to have been proven wrong, but I just wanted to see if what you were saying was true, and it turns out it wasn't. That's all I got.
You a a$$holeI understand that it's a common sentiment that people parrot, but I'll refer to what I said before:
"this feels like one of those things where how you feel about a person is making you say something that isn't true, or wholly true."
And you said, in reference to those other artists
Only to now say, in reference to Beyonce
I'm not looking for a "gotcha" moment, I have no issue with you or much dog in this fight, but...
Once again, and as my last thing since I think I've done enough:
"this feels like one of those things where how you feel about a person is making you say something that isn't true, or wholly true."
except i literally said if it wasn't a single or on the album for bey...the songs i named for brandy beyond her albums were singles, but ok...you got meI understand that it's a common sentiment that people parrot, but I'll refer to what I said before:
"this feels like one of those things where how you feel about a person is making you say something that isn't true, or wholly true."
And you said, in reference to those other artists
Only to now say, in reference to Beyonce
I'm not looking for a "gotcha" moment, I have no issue with you or much dog in this fight, but...
Once again, and as my last thing since I think I've done enough:
"this feels like one of those things where how you feel about a person is making you say something that isn't true, or wholly true."
She was there for Kelly Rowland from what I understand. And I heard they dipped up outta there after Kelly did her thing. So u still bout right.more surprised by Bey showing up for Brandy and Monica, she spent the height of her career avoiding collaborations with other black female singers (aside from a shleved single with Alicia), didn't think she acknowledged they exist
