(Ask them what an authentic cadence is and I bet they couldn’t tell you.)īeyonce is not a musician, but she puts fire into everything that she’s given to work with, even though a lot of it is crap. They are in charge of the current sound in pop music, most of them without much of a clue as to how Western music is constructed. Your judgments should really should be lodged at her team of quack producers. Contrary to those of you who are all too willing to put her in the the category with these other questionably talented acts, Beyonce is ALWAYS in tune, her tone is ALWAYS well-supported (which is rather impressive considering how nuch cardio is involved in her routines), she possesses a natural physicality for movement, she works her ass off, and when the structure of her shit-produced music actually calls for it, her harmonies (which SHE does actually create) are well-blended and sonorically interesting (she tends explore beyond typical triadic harmony).

This CANNOT be underestimated as, in the current manufactured commerical music climate, this raw abiity to PERFORM is what’s missing from MOST “performers”. She’s got commanding charisama and knows how to maninpulate a stage. Beyonce, however, IS an effective performer. I think they’re weak and substantively vapid both in terms of lyrics and musical interest, but hell that’s 98% of pop music. Now, I’ve never been a fan of the songs that Beyonce’s team of producers concoct for her. One may not like Beyonce, but I find it mind-boggling that people don’t recognize the girl’s talent, particularly amongst the plethora of pop starlets who legtimately are mediocre in terms of vocal chops and/or effective performance(Rhianna, Ke$ha, Britney Spears….).Įvery person is entitled to his opinions, but they really don’t mean much without previous background knowledge regarding the art of performing in the context of Western/African influenced-music to support their claims.

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