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I hope what's taking the music so long is Rih knowing she really has to craft an album that is truly personal a la Rated R. When I think of albums I would want to inspire her direction for R9 the only album I think would work wonderfully is The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. If we could just get a song like To Zion, the wait would be worth it just for that

Lol u replied before I got to edit my last post but I've never watched a Zeus show either but just from clips I see constantly, the shows on that network are a circus. That type of TV is just violent for the sake of violence I get how traditional reality TV can be a guilty pleasure but I will never understand the appeal for that type of content.

BGC was the inspiration but fundamentally they are different beast. Reality TV can be horrible but older shows had structure and restrictions there were always consequences for fighting. Baddies is a show ran by an antiblack women who gets groups of majority black women to live together solely to drink and fight each other. They hold "auditions" where they are actively incentivising and sometimes directing ppl to fight complete strangers, all for just a chance to be on their show. Meanwhile the casts of these shows are made up of the same individuals every season, its extremely toxic on different level imo. On top of everything I remember Natalie Nunn used to talk so much sh*t about Rih. 😂 Honestly I could go on but if u don't see the stark difference in those types of shows from what I've pointed out we can agree to disagree on that point.

Lmao it's definitely the lack of music but I will break down my issues. I'm not really worried about what music we will get, I have faith in her in that aspect it's just the ppl Omar named were mostly ppl she's worked with before. I really want some writers/producers out of left field. As far as the reality tv topic, I'm very aware she loves some good trash tv but nothing on Zeus is as well put together as the Flavor of Loves/BGCs that we used to get. I am a black man in America and I will never stop criticizing shows like Baddies because in my opinion it is doing a lot of damage to my community and the youth in general, especially young women/gay men. Young Miami is just very ignorant 😂 so that's why I'm put off by the things you mentioned. But it truly isn't THAT deep.

I completely agrih. We need new blood on this next album, none of those names spark any interest. A Billie Eilish/Finneas collab would be nice but like u said does she really know their music? 😂 And I just saw a video of her on FT with Jason Lee then Young Miami while she's vibing to that terrible song, that combined with this little "news" about the "album" and her hanging around people from Zeus Network really is just off putting. I'm really starting to think she's losing the plot. Get on the phone with some real WRITERS and stop trying to keep up with the kids!

Lmao I seen those and I just knew that wasn't what was being referenced here

Idk how I forgot the watermelon line I think the problem comes from ppl looking for/ putting a deeper meaning to a lot of what she does. I think Formation was the start of it all, the few pro black lines in the song mixed with the Superbowl performance garnered her more political discourse than she's ever had. I feel like they realized conversations around her became more nuanced than before so she doubled down on the "real artist" angle. Which wouldn't be a problem if her songs actually progressed from just a few lines referencing black culture/issues.

When and where did she apologize?

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While it is a fact that Bey does write nice music I think what puts a lot of ppl off is some of her fans and the media sometimes paint her as if she's musical savant in the vain of someone like Nina Simone when her lyricism just isn't there wether she wrote it or someone else . IMO Bey being such a great vocalist is to her detriment sometimes because she prioritizes her vocal performance over the melody, lyrics and message sometimes. I know her fans don't agree but she definitely try's to stay current with today's trends and sometimes it's cringey. Mixing lines that sound like a random tweet or Tumblr post(the Red Lobster/ Hot sauce line in Formation) into songs that are supposed to be meaningful, feels so out of place. It makes some songs sound chaotic and unfocused but the vocals are great so her fans don't mind. On the topic of the context of a lot of her recent music, where a lot of ppl see so much depth and meaning in her lyrics other ppl like myself can't help but want her to be more overt in her delivery when it comes to speaking on real issues. The way she is discussed when it comes to her musicality and using words like "scientific" makes matters worse because what artist has ever been described like that?! Ppl act like there is no incentive for her collaborators to embellish stories about her involvement(not saying they do) but working for her is very lucrative in many ways so is it really that hard to believe some ppl do so in hopes of future opportunities? It just comes off very pretentious and disingenuous because where are the songs to give us the impression that she applies any science other than maybe social science when making music? Bey has yet to make a song anywhere near Strange Fruit, A Change Is Gonna Come, They Don't Care About Us, Four Women etc. I feel like the average person expects a certain type of music/message when they hear all the buzzwords used to describe her as revolutionary and she has yet to deliver something truly transcendent to where her music actually embodies the message ppl say she's trying to send. Because as of right now her progressiveness is very safe and surface level and the way she is described in the music making process it's not hard to see how some ppl have a hard time feeding into all that.

I like the look but I think it's to reminiscent of her dress from 2018

I would only be happy with a song like this if it's a DJ feature. I don't want anything generic for R9.

JB, Like Justin Bieber? If she made a song with him I'd never forgive her

Skin and Rude Boy should've swapped albums