Miley and Post both stole from Black culture, found success, and went back to the yts.
Beyoncรฉ borrowed them right back, and used them for their real purpose.
No one else has the parallels, the longevity, the catalogues, the tours, the sales, the preservation of knees, youth, and voice. Itโs really no contest.
Eve doesnโt get enough credit. She was never problematic and played the game right. She gave us bops, ventures outside of music, gave us a cute sitcom, got her Grammys, married a millionaire, and is still booked. She did that.
Beyoncรฉ did those DIL runs in kitten heels, on a crane, while getting strapped in, with fire, pyro, and water flying around her, while being hoisted 50 feet in the air, after performing for an hour, OUTSIDE in full voiceโฆ
Not in her bathroom.
Aretha= Queen of Soul
Mary = Queen of Hip Hop Soul
Whitney = THE Voice
Brandy = THE Vocal Bible
MJ= King Of Pop
Usher = King of R&B
Beyoncรฉ = The Queen Of Music
Renaissance was all about a fantasy and escapism. Cowboy Carter is very much based in reality and history. It really forces you to be present and reflective.
Beyoncรฉ still has so much footage. I need a documentary going back to pre-pandemic, the concept of the album, the process of making the music, what got cut, how things evolved over the three years, studio time, auditions, learning choreo, the process with the ateliers. ALL of it.