come on Beyoncé'small Cowboy Carter The album is out in the wild and, like all things Beyoncé-related, has the internet streets buzzing and opinions are all over the place.
Some think Bey's latest studio album is a musical masterpiece, others aren't so fond of it, and many are still figuring out how they feel about it by giving the 27-track country-themed album a second or third listen.
Then there's Azealia Banks, who didn't like… or dislike Beyoncé… or both… or whatever.
It seemed like it Act II The album had just hit streaming platforms on Friday (March 29), when Banks decided to slip into her usual salty, attention-drenched, aggressively negative nature and level of criticism on Cowboy Carter This, predictably, seemed to be more indicative of her disdain for the “Formation” singer herself than Bey's new project.
From HipHopDX:
“Absolutely not,” she declared after joking that she might have to “eat her words” when it comes to previous criticism of Bey's turn on the Country curve. “The issues are unnecessary. The lyrics are really hard. The album is too long… Plus who is this imaginary rival sis thinks he still wants to go on [JAY-Z] in 2024?
“It has to find new content. No one, and I mean NO ONE, thinks he is even remotely attractive…. LOL,” he added before finding positive things to say about the non-vocal aspects of the album. “Great job by the band/producers/engineers. Cool and interesting audio work. It might be her first sonically cool attempt at being artistic…”
So the Banks that claimed Cowboy Carter it was so boring she “fell back asleep” while listening to it, she didn't hate everything about the album. There were things she really liked, obviously—Nothing she's willing to attribute to Beyoncé's talent.
And although Beyoncé appeared and brought increased attention six black country artists with her new album, Banks felt the feature list lacked too many of the biggest names in country music, such as Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves.
“Personally I would have jumped out of my seat for a KT Tunstall show,” he continued. “A strong dr. Luke's power ballad was missing… like “Low”'.
Listen: neither Beyoncé nor her art is above criticism, but sometimes criticism is more personal than objective, and considering Banks' previous comments about the “Daddy's Lessons” artist and the fact that she made her entire existence public . mean-spirited attacks on, well, pretty much everyone she talks to (you almost forget that AB is a talented recording artist herself), there's just no reason to see her criticism any differently.
More than HipHopDX:
Azealia Banks' review echoes sentiments she shared earlier this week when she suggested that the ex The child of destiny the leader tries to act like a white woman.
“Sister, I live for Whiteyonce Donatella Bianca Bardot DOWN, but I'm kind of ashamed of how [you] switch from Baobab trees and Black Parade to this literal pick me stuff,” he began.
Azealia then suggested that Beyoncé went above and beyond for the Dixie Chicks (with whom he performed at the 2016 CMAs) because they were white women.
“Like doing dumb things like blacklisting some white women (Dixie Chicks) at the Country Music Awards. and they would never, ever do the same for you. You always share your platform with white women, who are so jealous of you but have such a long history of sabotaging other black careers,” she wrote. “You're reinforcing the false rhetoric that country music is a post-Civil War art form.”
I mean, referring to Beyoncé as “Whiteyonce” is kind of rich coming from someone who strongly defended bleaching her skin, but oh well.
Anyway, the good folks at X had some thoughts about Banks, and as usual, most of them weren't very flattering. Here are some of the answers.
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5. Some remembered that the time when the Banks cooperated with and defended Dr. Lukewho was accused of rape.
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So what did you think Cowboy Carter? Did Banks make any positive points or should she have just sat there and eaten her bitter food? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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