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[BGKC]

13 hours ago, Fleahive said:

Has anyone else been listening to Crazy In Love the original version, a LOT more often in 2024? Yeah the live versions are cute but OG just HITS and Jay's verse and contribution is SO underrated. Also I played around with my Spotify settings to make the bass and clarity hit.

I still struggle to sing along to Jay's verse after all these years. It's not an easy rap to rap along to at all. It's so intelligently done. 

Edited Sunday at 09:50 PM by BGKC

[kimberly]

20 hours ago, simon said:

It is a massive flex that CC is the most Grammy nominated album of all time! This album is really cemented in history on so many levels! 
 

First Black Female Country #1 Album

First Black Female Country #1 Single

First #1 Hot 100 By A Black Female Country Song

Most Grammy Nominated Album of All Time

I think something we've sort of glossed over when it comes to the country resurgence is how it's focused largely around men who make "bro country" like M- Wallen and Z- Bryan, P- Malone etc. Music that frat bros find "real" and "deep" 

 

Before "Texas Hold Em," the last woman to have a multi-week Hot 100 leader with a (real) country song was a long time ago. I can't even recall who it would be when you leave the faux-country, Max Martin-produced Swedish pop factory song "We Are Never Getting Back Together" out of the equation.

[SmittenCake]

And to think it was Black social media pages making fun of her looks when she was only just a BABY. Still no apologies from those media outlets and internet personalities. She looks so stunning. As she continues to blossom, she looks more and more like Bey. 

 

 

 

 

[cloudbusting]

5 hours ago, Burn said:

When all 3 acts are out we should have an album survivor of the full trilogy.

Posty's Wipes in last and Virgo's Groove on top iktr 

[Rafael]

5 hours ago, Burn said:

When all 3 acts are out we should have an album survivor of the full trilogy.

Poor Cowboy Carter. It's going to be the last 27 tracks of the ranking 

[cloudbusting]

2 minutes ago, Rafael said:

Poor Cowboy Carter. It's going to be the last 27 tracks of the ranking 

not when II HUNG II HEAVEN and YA YA are some of the best songs of her entire career and recorded history

[R.E.M.]

I absolutely loathe country music and even I can admit Cowboy Carter is a pretty excellent album  

[Jon Snow]

RENAISSANCE will forever be special since every track got elevated live. if there was a COWBOY CARTER tour we would look completely differently on those songs

 

also when visuals come out (and if there are visuals for every song), they would elevate what we know even more. damn, i wish it could come sooner. maybe next year 

[king_queen]

Virgos Groove was NOT elevated live 

 

Anyways, I think 16C is finally starting to get the attention it has always deserved  

[FLAallday]

I want to see 16C win that Grammy bad tbh. 
 

I've been kinda shifting to the tinfoil hat hive dreaming of a grammy medley performance. She obviously doesn't need to use them as a promo platform especially with their declined ratings(although a Beyonce performance announcement is a guarantee lift in viewership at least compared to 2024), but man just one televised performance of a few of the tracks really feels like it would be a 2 fold effect in boosting hype around a potential tour and more specifically should she win AOTY(not holding my breath) would help showcase the excellence of Cowboy Carter upon that potential win. 
 

sorry yall also just home high and revisiting the album for the first time in full in a whileeee and I'm feeling things

[Rafael]

1 hour ago, cloudbusting said:

not when II HUNG II HEAVEN and YA YA are some of the best songs of her entire career and recorded history

Don't say that to me. I wanted to get II HANDS tattooed on one calf and II HEAVEN on the other when the album came out.

But judging basé, CC is in trouble on that ranking.

[Raguabros]

Why is Diva up in streams? Someone explain pleaseeee

[king_queen]

4 minutes ago, Raguabros said:

Why is Diva up in streams? Someone explain pleaseeee

Viral on TikTok

[Likingstars]

The second half of Renaissance (everything after Plastic) kinda falls flat live  dont come at me

[cloudbusting]

20 minutes ago, Likingstars said:

The second half of Renaissance (everything after Plastic) kinda falls flat live  dont come at me

Heated and Move sweeties I'm SO sorry 

 

the rest however… maybe some points were made (minus the intro to P/H)

Edited Monday at 03:27 AM by cloudbusting

[TipToe]

1 hour ago, Likingstars said:

The second half of Renaissance (everything after Plastic) kinda falls flat live  dont come at me

I've always thought closing with Summer Renaissance was a tad anticlimactic. Very beautiful to look at  but there's something missing there.

[Bicassie]

hyped for the act 3 teaser that will drop with the lead(s)

Edited Monday at 07:19 AM by Bicassie

[bync]

CC has been HITTING today

[nooniebao]

 

 

[alien superstore]

7 hours ago, king_queen said:

Virgos Groove was NOT elevated live 

 

Anyways, I think 16C is finally starting to get the attention it has always deserved  

Virgos Groove live was very mediocre, and she just sat still for Summer Renaissance, and for me the whole 'clap clap clapclap' part of Cuff It was so strange and ruined the pacing, esp coming just before the 'can I sit on top of you pause'.

I'm excited to see what Renaissance songs performed live would be like post-knee injury, because while the tour was amazing a lot of the songs on the album were underserviced

Edited Monday at 09:30 AM by alien superstore

[alien superstore]

5 hours ago, TipToe said:

I've always thought closing with Summer Renaissance was a tad anticlimactic. Very beautiful to look at  but there's something missing there.

'everything after plastic' as if Virgo's Groove isn't maybe one of the top 3 songs she's ever recorded????

[alien superstore]

7 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

RENAISSANCE will forever be special since every track got elevated live. if there was a COWBOY CARTER tour we would look completely differently on those songs

 

also when visuals come out (and if there are visuals for every song), they would elevate what we know even more. damn, i wish it could come sooner. maybe next year 

I actually will also kinda disagree with the idea of the tour making Rennie hit. It definitely raised the profile of the album to a larger audience but...I remember going to the most magical queer club nights in 2022 where they played the whole thing top to bottom with everyone screaming along. That album was so special and hit its target demo perfectly.

 

CC is also special, and you can't not respect it, but as a young queer I have struggled to relate to a lot of its themes (marriage, motherhood, 'putting the babies to bed' and having a freak out, etc.). That being said, it hits particularly hard in the wake of Trumps election and even her album artwork feels more pertinent. 

 

I do wonder if the grim reality of a second Trump term will make some of the album's themes more accessible for the Hive.

[ScorpiosGroove]

7 hours ago, king_queen said:

Virgos Groove was NOT elevated live 

 

Anyways, I think 16C is finally starting to get the attention it has always deserved  

pots, thique church girl and summer ren weren't either 

[kimberly]

y'all are a bunch of liars.

 

VIRGO'S GROOVE: elevated live arrangement (but middling performance)

MOVE: elevated live

HEATED: elevated live

THIQUE: chop chop

ALL UP IN YOUR MIND: elevated live

AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM: elevated live (especially Kansas City version)

PURE/HONEY: good enough

SUMMER RENAISSANCE: meh

[Shelter]

Halo was a better closer than SR even though She always closed with it. Texas should be the tour closer if CC is getting a tour.