Decoding Beyonce's Renaissance Era 

Please do 2pac’s 1995 classic album me against the world because it’s own, removed from the hype, me against the world is just a very quality record that finds an artist coming into his own through the influence of his peers, both local and musical.

I couldn’t agree with you more. It’s so inspiring! I heard there will be country music and I am definitely here for it! I loved when she performed on the CMT Awards. I’ve always loved various genres of music, so I enjoy when artists let go of the molds society created for them and experiment with new things. I’m open to this refreshing new vibe!

@@Lovenik77 you said it perfectly this is inspiring! I was definitely thinking country because of her Daddy's girls. You see how they didn't even give her a nod and shut that song down all the way so she wouldn't compete with her Caucasian counterparts? A joke

@@onlysymbols that’s unfortunate for them. Luckily for Beyoncé, she doesn’t seem to care either way. It reminds me that we create what’s authentic to us and don’t put such a huge focus on getting others to recognize us. I’m no one’s “stan” but I enjoy watching Beyoncé’s growth as an artist. Something tells me that if she goes full throttle on a country album, they will have to pay attention. Times are changing, whether folks like it or not.

@@Lovenik77 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

I’m sure she‘s reclaiming originally black genres of Country and Rock for act 2 & 3. If she gives those 2 acts the same amount of devotion and energy, she‘ll be up for the greatest artist in popular music in my opinion. Her discography would be THAT impressive.

How is regressing considered "growth". Her lyrics are juvenile and tacky

@@Jasmine-mi6sh baby you don’t have the range to understand growth and that’s troubling

@@Jasmine-mi6sh oh damn everyone. Jasmine on RU-vid said Beyoncé hasn’t grown. Let’s all pack it up!!

@d b if that’s what you got from it then that’s on you lmaoo

She bought into the hypersexualization of black women and has been almost naked lately. One would think a woman of her stature was better than that but nah, she went full haux.

Agreed! The growth is palpable!

It was love at 3rd listen for me, and now it’s obsession. Lol Was a bit of a culture shock at first And I’m gay 😂

Same! No skips on first play 😍

i swear, she puts crack in this cuz i can't stop listening send help pls

Same here. And each listen, I uncover something else I love about it

I will end anyone who disagrees with this.

Beyonce is not a musical genius but she has genius marketing. She knows how to sell herself in order for the public to eat it up and believe she's as great as she seems. Missy Elliot is more of a musical genius. The work she's done with various artist over the years, including Beyonce, speaks for itself.

@@shadowgoon911 Beyoncé manages her own marketing through her own company, so by your own admission, she's a genius regardless.

@@shadowgoon911 you know there can be more than one musical genius right. Both Beyoncé and Missy Elliott are musical geniuses. I dislike the fact that when it comes to Black women folks feel only one can hold a certain title. Beyoncé does all of her own vocal production and arrangements, she executive produces all of her music etc. Folks need to stop downplaying vocalists and what they contribute overall to projects.

@@KairoK thank you for your response ❤️

Pressed copy and PASTE.

@@j-dub22 are you ok?

OMG I cried a lot as well but happy…liberating tears

@@iambliss1180 YES! That’s the word…liberating!

Girl I was crying and twerking at the same time to Church Girl, I said what kinda Bipolar dance mission Bey got me on 😂 💃🏾

Yeah you’re onto something. Beyoncés not the type let us gather anything about her personal life🤣 And she doesn’t have to. I will say I was surprised that Renassiance is so surface. Especially after Lemonade was more personal (for her). But that’s also the fun in being a fan of her artistry - she’s always doing something new. And this is just the first of three parts!

Yeah great observations. Could be Sasha fierce bossing her around. I'm being serious. B could be lost somewhere within herself. Like a split personality. There's more celebs speaking of this. It isn't new either. Marilyn Munroe for example.

Eh, I disagree. I think her work is more revealing despite her being private otherwise.

@Day now this is a good point👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Kim k has a way better body

She also just has a stellar bodyy

@@loverrboyy2879 LOL

@@SexyBeautifulBabe kim’s body looks disgusting on top of being fake and full of plastic

@@SexyBeautifulBabe Yeah right! Kim is an Oompa Loompa! 😂

It’s not surprising. Some people are not into EDM/House/Dance just as some aren’t into rap and hip hop. They were expecting r&b about love and breaking up. Basic as hell.

Yea I’ve seen that to but most with ppl on shaderoom and stuff but I honestly was surprised to see how many ppl like it and said it’s her best album . I’m a Stan and I do think this is her best album lol I love it

I think a part of it is some people not knowing how to deal with an album that wasn't made for them. The album being an ode to black LGBTQ & ballroom & having different fragments of those groups imbedded in it was hard for some people to get, like certain phrases she used & her commentating in heated's outro most ppl who knew what it was were excited over the references to artists of the genre & loved how deep she delved into the culture while a lot of people that didn't know were quick to make fun of it or question what she was doing . And some people wanted her to go back to her old sounds from her older albums rather than experiment.

The more I listen to and digest the album the more I fall for it ...the difference of articulation from past instillations is refreshingly futuristic thus ushering in a new age of BEYONCE,....a RENAISSANCE 👑 Her contribution to music makes me a proud listener and partaker of such a gilded era....We luv you B.

@@antonsummers_ to be honest i wasnt a big fan of renaissance at first but on my 2nd time listening to it, it grew on me. by the third day of the release, i was already twerking on the floor singing "ass getting thicker" lol. this might not be her best album but u cant deny the fact that she take the biggest risk with B7. (and heck yeah i fucking stan this album lol and it's her best body of work, periodt)

T H I S

Same.

God made a man for a woman.... That's y u have a Mother and a Father. Check God not me cause it's his original plan in this life.

@@carlathompson725 shhhhhh 🤫 mind ya own business, Carla

@@carlathompson725 they also made Paul, a beautiful human, and homosexual, who made this comment. God doesn’t make mistakes with his creations, don’t try to change what’s perfect

She is ushering in the new era of Saddam and gomorrah

Ehhhh more than ever ? That’s an stretch

@@marilyn1984 a huge stretch. 😂😂

@@marilyn1984 Currently there is hundreds of anti-trans legislation that goes after HEALTHCARE and even after children and anti-gay legislation in SEVERAL states-mine included, I’m planning to literally flee this place. Clarence Thomas alluded that they were gonna try to overturn the case that made gay marriage legal in his decision after overturning Roe v Wade. Its not a stretch at all just because you aren’t up to date with what’s going on

don’t get it twisted she just wants you to worship her not God

This is along the lines of my thoughts. For those who have actually grown up with Beyoncé know that she’s been on stage singing/performing since she was a very young child. There’s been interviews and little snippets along the way that have eluded to the fact that she had no control over her life especially during the formative years of her solo career and during destiny’s child. That elevator scene with her sister and husband was very telling to me.

Interesting…

"Those who don’t know me and have never met me might interpret that as being closed off. Trust, the reason those folks don’t see certain things about me is because my Virgo ass does not want them to see it....It’s not because it doesn’t exist!" - Beyonce for harpers bazar 2021

@@nonnieJ94 who are "those" people you are talking about because no one ever said that

Well yes, there’s multiple interviews and a lot of songs where she said that she’s insecure and has insecurities…gosh, she is a human lol … relax

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This album is Straight Trash 🗑 She needs 2 put out a Gospel album and let the world know that God is not pleased with any of this

@@carlathompson725 L

I agree

Yesss this!!! Everything she said on this album is filled with precise intention. Like a prayer for us all to be free!

Alien Superstar.

dont even forget the fact that she changed the trajectory of the music industry with the surprise drop of self-titled. truly a legend purr

If you love a good pop act, discovery, and art then you should also study Mariah Carey. I don't think people realize how groundbreaking she actually is especially since her work is original. The records she has broken and set will have you on way more than two essays, and Beyoncé actually studies her!

@@TheArtofBeingReacts mimi lacks the longevity present with beyonce

@@lucasb9285 How love because Mariah goes to number one in her sleep? She was just number one in January...Mariah was getting the bag before it was called "getting the bag". She goes to number one every year off of a song she wrote a thousand years ago..can Beyoncé do that? Let me answer that, she hasn't, so what are you talking about? Mariah is literally The Queen of Longevity...while sleeping.💅🏾👀👑

So true usually 👍 👌

All feels disingenuous.

I remember that we saw them at a Broadway play way back when I was in high school. They talked us students and were professional. I never forgot it. I was really into Ashanti at that time lol. Good memories!

African Americans have completely abandoned jazz

A humble person dosent tell people to "bow down"

@@Jasmine-mi6sh seems like you have some demons you're trying to fight off baby and you are taking it out on her. Beyoncé came out and said a long time ago that the song wasn't made for anyone but the ones who doubted her and the people that hated her guts for nothing. For the people that tried to bring her down because she was doing her thing and that she wanted to let them know she wasn't going anywhere any time soon and she wasn't lying. But this wouldn't be the first time she said she wasn't going anywhere. She said it back in DC in "Survivor" and my baby didn't lie. Too many people tried to slander her name, talents, etc when she does nothing. WOMEN taking shots at her too. And Kerli Hilson was one of them. She made a whole song (aka a diss) towards Ciara and Beyoncé. She told Beyoncé that she needed to go and sit down and have some children which Beyoncé would kind of respond to in Run The World. People take shots at this woman every day because they know she won't say anything but when she does I'm happy. She's a human being and people need to know their place.

@@Jasmine-mi6sh it’s a song. Cardi b talks mad shit in her music but she’s incredibly humble too

@@Jasmine-mi6sh bruh she has every right to tell us "bow down" and come on its just a song lmao. she works freaking hard and she deserve to be called queen b, like no joke

@@Jasmine-mi6sh You bowed down

U mean Saddam and gomorrah?

Please stop. She doesn’t “ride the wave” most of her work is about her personal experiences and perspectives as a black woman, for one thing, including being a hardworking woman. Second, reflecting the times and making music that speaks to her fans is not “riding a wave”, it’s creating a safe space for them, which is exactly what she said she wanted to do.

No she dosent. She reps vanity abd shallowness.

@@Jasmine-mi6sh heal💕

@@Jasmine-mi6sh Damn you must be a real bitter chick. I see you clicking and commenting on ANOTHER Beyonce video. It's obvious you're a fan in denial.

@@Jasmine-mi6sh find god and heal

@@kikiminaj9328 everyone needs to do that. She os Jane toussaint 2.0 from the movie school daze. All style with zero substance

Or maybe she did. And Beyonce isn't the only black female artist that exist, so not praising her doesn't mean people are against a success black woman. Whitney Houston? The real queen. Beyonce is not the ideal artist to everyone. She does give off bad vibes.

@@shadowgoon911 not praising her is not the same as hating her and bad mouthing her. And I said she's not to everyone's liking that's expected but giving bad vibes is not really a real criticism now is it?

@@shadowgoon911 WTF does Whitney Houston has to do with the convo. Whitney was litteraly dragged by the black community in the 1980s for sounding "too white". Al Sharpton had a campaign against her calling her "Whitey". And she got booed at the 1989 Soul Train awards. She was also mocked by the black community as well as the mainstream white media for her drug addiction too. Those shit were very hurtful to her. Just bc someone dies does NOT mean that we can erase their History. So stop using Whitney as an example when she wasn't treated better by thé black community or the mainstream media as Beyoncé either when it comes to misogynoir. And the real Queen ? WTF does that even mean ? There's multiple Queens WEIRDO. Beyoncé just dropped the Break My Soul (Queens remix) featuring Madonna aka The Queen of Pop

@@chrisman3431 That was one moment in her career, the black community always stood behind Whitney. She was honored at the BET Awards while alive and at the height of her drug addiction. Beyonce overrated she's trying to use all of these women to benefit her own career push. All of Beyonce career she's been saying she's been acting like she's the only top black female. She even has a song on her album called "Alien Superstar", saying she's the only one and no one can compete with her. She only made that remix to sell a song while it's trendy to give props. She's a fake. But whatever. She's no genius, all of her songs are about her body, money, and toxic relationships. Never call her a genius when real artist have more range.

@@shadowgoon911 "Monday I'm overrated Tuesday on my dick" that line is for you dear

Thank you

@@Grace-pz8ll Summer Renaissance and Energy i like too now

The concept Is nice however lyrically It was lazy, Immature, vulgar & boring definitely. It doesn't suit her. I'm not saying she can't experiment, however It feels not genuine. Her worst album .

🤣🤣🤣why you reaching 🤣🤣🤣

Yea no

@@jennyvone nobody is that blind. Go look at her photos she took at that roc nation brunch. Then look at these new photos. Forehead big as hell. Now they got CGI to help enhance the looks but that ain't her. Showing off her body the way that she has lately. Let's see how she does the stage shows. 😏

Get off them drugs bebe

reaching real deep lol

I love her & still respect her. However this album was not her best. Concept Is nice however lyrically...... It Is weak.

Same! 👽✨💫

I get this. But I’d argue that Beyoncé is not that meaning and purpose artist. Even her best songs from 4 and before (which are my favorites) are rnb pop tracks that get you up and dancing or rnb ballads that don’t really say anything about her love. Lemonade being the exception. I mean she’s definitely keeping up with current trends with Renaissance but imo she’s always been a feel good artist.

Thank you!!

That part 💯

I love Beyoncé however this album was tacky. Lyrically I couldn't love It. It's not her best, all the vulgarity...... the Immature cringe lyrics. If It was written better I would like It . I don't mind vulgarity but It feels/seems forced. The concept Is nice however wasn't done properly

Lol, that's ok. Everything ain't for everybody. 🤷🏾‍♀️

It's not her best. Lyrically It's very weak. It's not some album that Is deep or talks about Issues. Just made the times & for dancing

Not writing your own songs is not that bad as you thing lol