Let's think about this for a second, Beyonce is the biggest star WE have right now

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Right?

But then put her music alongside Prince, Stevie, Marvin, James, Nina, Sly, Chaka, Whitney and tell me what you think :jbhmm:
 

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It doesn't compare honestly.

It probably has more to do with the time period than her talent because I like her Destiny Child stuff, but her solo work started in the early 00's when R&B had turned into utter shyt. She didn't get to enjoy the funk & jazz inspired and original R&B sound instead she inherited that neo-soul garbage :scust::scust::scust::scust:
 

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If you look at pop music then that's it. Lot's of dope stuff happening outside of that though...All on you to find the dope shyt these days man.
 

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But but I thought nikkas said Beyonce was up there with best? :dwillhuh: *scratches head*

A good portion of the coli hates Beyoncé because women love her. She will never get credit for anything simply because of that. But she is the best, she makes good music as well but ppl are going to continue to downplay her until the day she dies then all of a sudden she'll be great.
 
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A good portion of the coli hates Beyoncé because women love her. She will never get credit for anything simply because of that. But she is the best, she makes good music as well but ppl are going to continue to downplay her until the day she dies then all of a sudden she'll be great.

She makes music that sounds like a girl in high school would write. Put her music alongside the legends that I name and tell me with a straight face that it holds up to their's :aicmon:

I'm sorry, but she's overrated. Good dancer, average singer (I don't feel no kind of emotion or soul from Beyonce). A bunch well below average written songs
She's been managed well as an artist and ya gotta thank her mom and dad for that foundation they laid because Beyonce has truly gotten over with weak material
 

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She can be great in her own way.

The #BeyHive is one of the worst things about social media though
 

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She makes music that sounds like a girl in high school would write. Put her music alongside the legends that I name and tell me with a straight face that it holds up to their's :aicmon:

I'm sorry, but she's overrated. Good dancer, average singer (I don't feel no kind of emotion or soul from Beyonce). A bunch well below average written songs
She's been managed well as an artist and ya gotta thank her mom and dad for that foundation they laid because Beyonce has truly gotten over with weak material
I have to agree with the song content statement.

BUT I find this entire argument bizarre as Beyonce is not known as a prominent writer of the music she sings... That really only leaves us with her performances and voice to compare to the legends you named. Performances... Cool I guess, not something I'm too into. Voice is definitely not crazy emotion invoking...

Honestly, you never seen droves of people openly bashing Prince, MJ, R. Kelly on the music side and I believe it's because their presence was undeniable. Whereas I see Beyonce as a well run hype machine. Her team uses politician-like tactics by taking advantage of the "independent women" movement, etc. She had that song Formation but I ain't never heard of her actually riding for the cause real hard otherwise... I can see why people ain't rocking with her
 
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I don't even think she makes the best music of her generation.

To me Usher &Timberlake discography>>>>>

She arguably the best performer of her generation(I would go with usher tho)

Very good singer, average dancer.

She's already a legend. She not the greatest of the greats, but she's one nonetheless.:yeshrug:
 
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I have to agree with the song content statement.

BUT I find this entire argument bizarre as Beyonce is not known as a prominent writer of the music she sings... That really only leaves us with her performances and voice to compare to the legends you named. Performances... Cool I guess, not something I'm too into. Voice is definitely not crazy emotion invoking...

Honestly, you never seen droves of people openly bashing Prince, MJ, R. Kelly on the music side and I believe it's because their presence was undeniable. Whereas I see Beyonce as a well run hype machine. Her team uses politician-like tactics by taking advantage of the "independent women" movement, etc. She had that song Formation but I ain't never heard of her actually riding for the cause real hard otherwise... I can see why people ain't rocking with her

Beyonce has a great team that helps promote her as some "great" artist when really she's average at best
 

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I don't even think she makes the best music of her generation.

To me Usher &Timberlake discography>>>>>

She arguably the best performer of her generation(I would go with usher tho)

Very good singer, average dancer.

She's already a legend. She not the greatest of the greats, but she's one nonetheless.:yeshrug:
:ohhh: I've always been more a hip hop head than any other genre and you know how their performances are... so I never truly gained an appreciation for musical performances but looking back...

Usher definitely got Beyonce in terms of raw performance (no props etc)
 
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