Okay. My take on Bey is this. I think she's an elite vocalist. She's able to run through scales so quickly and precisely. She has a perfect vibrato to me, not too quick to where it sounds annoying on some Trey Songs shyt but not to slow to where it bores you. Its a nice blend. She can hit many different styles. I've heard her sing in Spanish, I've heard her yodel, I've heard her incorporate opera in her music. Very versatile. Can do any genre, R&B, Pop, Carribean, Opera, Ratchet music, etc.
My knock on her is this. She's very mechanical. No nuance. No soul. I remember her cover of Resentment came across so forced as if she was trying to force the emotion of the songs. Same thing with Sandcastles. That "cry singing" made me cringe as if she practiced it. Think about MJ's She's Out of my Life" his crying at the end of that song was genuine cause that mans felt them words. Quincy Jones said they had to do it over and over again because each time, MJ would get emotional and his voice would crack and he'd start crying. It was genuine and soulful, shyt had me emotional listening to it.
Her trying to bring soul into songs never comes across as genuine. I've never "felt" a Beyonce song. Her songs have never moved me emotionally. I think about Whitneys I Believe in You & Me or Jazmine Sullivans In Love With Another Man. India Aries Ready For Love. H.E.Rs My Song. Arethas Ain't No Way. The ability to convey emotion through the words you're singing is paramount and its not just screaming through a song (Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson). Its a very nuanced art that you have to be born with.
Beyonce cannot do that. She has other wordly ability vocally. Its like the difference between a fundamentally trained singer vs a singer who learned on their own through much trial/error and experiences. The fundamental singer (Bey) can do all the tricks precisely and sounds great doing it whereas the untrained singer can make you feel every word because they penned every lyric through experiences in their life while sounding good. Both are good but I prefer the latter.
My knock on her is this. She's very mechanical. No nuance. No soul. I remember her cover of Resentment came across so forced as if she was trying to force the emotion of the songs. Same thing with Sandcastles. That "cry singing" made me cringe as if she practiced it. Think about MJ's She's Out of my Life" his crying at the end of that song was genuine cause that mans felt them words. Quincy Jones said they had to do it over and over again because each time, MJ would get emotional and his voice would crack and he'd start crying. It was genuine and soulful, shyt had me emotional listening to it.
Her trying to bring soul into songs never comes across as genuine. I've never "felt" a Beyonce song. Her songs have never moved me emotionally. I think about Whitneys I Believe in You & Me or Jazmine Sullivans In Love With Another Man. India Aries Ready For Love. H.E.Rs My Song. Arethas Ain't No Way. The ability to convey emotion through the words you're singing is paramount and its not just screaming through a song (Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson). Its a very nuanced art that you have to be born with.
Beyonce cannot do that. She has other wordly ability vocally. Its like the difference between a fundamentally trained singer vs a singer who learned on their own through much trial/error and experiences. The fundamental singer (Bey) can do all the tricks precisely and sounds great doing it whereas the untrained singer can make you feel every word because they penned every lyric through experiences in their life while sounding good. Both are good but I prefer the latter.
