I was responding to someone else saying that "BEYONCE IS CRAP".
Also, as I guess you failed to notice, I didn't just mention that she 'HAD HITS". I mentioned her VOCAL SKILLS, her STAGE PRESENCE, and her WORK ETHIC, as all being apart of her great talent.
For the record,
This thread isn't even about Beyonce and Beyonce is no where near NATIONALLY known so I don't know how in the hell her name got brought up but back to what you were saying.... (even though it has nothing to do with the original topic)
I didn't fail to notice anything... you failed to read what I exactly said but let me break it down for you this time....
on VOCAL SKILLS- Beyonce is a descent singer BUT she isn't the BEST BEST BEST BESTEST greatest singer of all time, hell no and not even close. There are plenty of female singers that can sing better or JUST as good as her that are already in the industry or non famous. For example, Mariah Carey , Whitney Houston and Jennifer Hudson BLOW beyonce on JUST VOCAL ABILITY and plenty of others.... BUT that being said she is a good singer but very overrated on the contrary.
on STAGE PRESENCE- Beyonce is nothing more or nothing less than the perfomers that are out today. In the industry today we don't have real perfomers. It seems like if you do a couple of moves all of a sudden you have stage presence. She can't dance and when she does she copies Tina turner, Janet, Michael etc. There is nothing original or innovative about her or her stage presence. Beyonce isn't doing anything that has NOT been done already period AND if you exactly believe that. You need to go look at some Michael Jackson videos since you claim to be a fan and while your at it look at Tina Turner, Janet Jackson (oldschool janet), Sammy Davis Jr, Nicholas Brothers, Bojangles Robinson, Jackie Wilson. Diana Ross, Fred Astair, Katherine Dunham AND then talk to me about some "STAGE PRESENCE"
on WORK ETHIC- what does being talented have to do with work ethic? Just because she pushes herself out to the masses and works to put herself out there doesn't mean the product that she is making is good OR that she is talented. There are plenty of female singers that are stuggling as we speak that work their asses off but they still don't get to mainstream light because they don't get suck into whats POPULAR. They stay true to their art. James Brown had work ethic and a whole lot of it and the music he made reflected that. Beyonce does alot of things because she wants to stay commercial, movies, magazines, perfume, clothes etc ALL of that BUT not one thing has to do with making REAL music. Thats the problem with music nowadays... these artists are so concern about people forgeting them that they do all this other crap instead of sitting down and writing some descent music.
Beyonce's top ten billboard hits, world tours, album sales, and awards don't indicate to me that she's doing a "whole lot of nothing". Beyonce is living the dream. She's successful, she has a huge fanbase, she's sold millions, she's living her dreams. She's talented, and she deserves what she's gotten thus far, in my opinion. Again, I'm not even a Beyonce fan. I don't own one of her albums, nor do I own any of Destiny's Child's albums. I can just acknowledge talent and hard work when I see it. I applaud her and her accomplishments because she deserves what she has, and she worked hard for it. From the time she was about nine years old (in her group, Destiny's Child),
And I never said Beyonce can "act", I just said that the songs that she sang in her movies became "hits", disproving this other poster's theory that she had only "ONE HIT".
Who cares if she sold millions, so did Miley, so did Brittany, so did Justin?? ONCE AGAIN that isn't a reflection of the quality of the music OR if the person is exactly talented. and for the record Beyonce has not sold that much despite what people what you to believe as a matter of fact, even Brittany Spears sold more that solo "Beyonce". I personally feel most of what she has achieve she doesnt deserve because nothing she has done has been innovative for the music industry or original. She has gotten more than Marvin Gaye and James Brown that HAS EXACTLY contribute to the music industry while Beyonce has done nothing, its a damn shame...
Its just f***ked up hype and im sick of it... im sick of artists that are extremely talented get nothing while artists that are mediocre or talentless get all the praise. If you like her fine BUT im just speaking the truth realistically on a music stand point.
Female singers of today that are exactly talented but underrated:
Jill scott, Erykah Badu, India Arie, Vivian Green, Lauryn Hill
