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Agreed. Beyonce was just shading Rihanna (she's bitter & jealous).

I heard it yesterday

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Bitter and jealous of a jingles artist, whom she is currently out grossing on tour, umm kay!

Your life is full of hate

I wouldn't say jealous but bitter yes since Rihanna has outsold her over the past few years and has the edge, the impact, influence, hit songs and hit albums and grammys and other awards and strong tour sales and changes her look/sound each album to keep things fresh.
Women are naturally competitive so it's normal.
Most people expected Rihanna's reign to let up.

Beyonce fans have had alot of time on their hands this year for obvious reasons. They even Brought her up in a thread that had nothing to do with her. I think 2013 was an ego check...but they use her tour receipts as weaponry so it's not a complete blow to their ego.

Yep.

Exactly

Haha. Good one.

clever shade....just like your fave



I think that's the problem. SHe's never had an era as a solo artist based on the standard 4 single staple. She's thrown out many singles and a few stick. It would make more sense for someone that didn't employ the tactic of constantly releasing material from group to solo to group to solo and so on and so forth.

Yep. Probably a minimum of 5-6

Yeah none of them are getting diamond albums and for the "album" artists that aren't about singles yet release at least 5 or 6 per era knowing that there are only 2-3 hit singles...are selling what 1-2M more than these singles artists at their peak and during their downhill part they are selling not too far above or less than them so it's not like Adele, Eminem/Britney/Shania of 00s are making these comments. YOu have people that 4x platinum is their highest certification solo saying this in reference to artist that barely go gold to those that go platinum, 2-3x platinum and sell 4M+ of multiple singles per era.
Hate the game

Good points. But seriously at some point you run your course so hopefully she's having fun with it at this point.
With artist like Janet and Madonna they reinvented their image and career to put out music that pushed the boundary but also was a window into their lives. Beyonce doesn't do that. She does put out music about her life but many of her songs are about female empowerment and what females will relate to not so much about her...she might be able to reinvent herself to go more in that direction. I thought Ms.Carter would be a great album title but she needs to get away from releasing music that is disconnected from her.

She's done the same with all her eras. Even her first era had 5 singles at minimum.
She threw out alot of singles with only a few sticking. Yeah Bday is great. My last time stanning for her.

True.



Katy stans don't even worry about Beyonce stans.
Katy's stats are impressive as is.

Only for artist that are having trouble with their singles.
THe GP will remember singles, award show performances
Fans will remember albums and tours as well aswhat I mentioned above.

If an LMFAO song as more impact than songs you've released over the last few years then take that up with the GP. Shading these "singles" artist is indirectly shading the GP in which some of them invest in you as well. When you have time to shade (as an artist) that speaks for itself.

No, you're not. Just a bunch of stan insecurity on behalf of those that felt as if their faves were implicated and tired instigation from those that try to use that quote against acts that clearly aren't just singles artists.

This thread is a pressed mess tho.

Yeah and she would employ the tactic of singles with videos and singles without but for radio play in an era.
Shady. Good one.

Heard it this weekend while getting gas at a gas station. Brought me back a little.

Please redirect your mind out of the 80s and 90s. Albums are hard to sell and singles are much more of a reflection of the GP.
Everyone can't name all of MJs albums but can name more singles...same for most artists.
People will remember "black or white" and"remember the time" but not exactly know the album title.
I'm a fan so I know. It's just not that simple.

Most people are likethat.

Yes. Go IN.


You are a shady mofo...classic shade

I don't think people want her to be done. She has stood the test of time. I think some just want her to be great again and not rest on tactics of media propaganda to fool GP in thinking something is a hit when its underperforming. The hope is that she has better eras. Not for her to go away.

While the others were singles with video and radio singles and singles used in ads all to flood the media with her music.
Flawless Rihanna shade but be careful some of those songs without videos have more impact that songs with videos.

I am so glad you have to add all these subcategories to make your point using a decade that is 3 years in...only a Beyonce fan.




Valid.

But his songs from the 70s are a part of his catalog...especially his solo ones

How can you not understand Adele is the exception to almost every rule in music right now? Where do we start?

And that's just one era

True.

Who is anyone to say what an album thinks about when doing their album though. I am not really a big fan of this idea about body of work nowadays because I can think of PLENTY of filler albums from the greatest artist of the 80s and 90s where the only things that were memorable were the singles and like 2 tracks. It's harder to get away with filler tracks now because of the digital era.
You could just have hit singles and people would buy your album not knowing if they would actually like the entire body of work. That won't change and I don't like the idea that people are trying to push it as a new concept either.

Of course Beyonce stans will say that because at one point they would say Beyonce is above shading any artist because she is so far at the top. Now that Rihanna continues to be the urban pop queen that Beyonce mid 2000s now she's making statements about singles and also about how others have yet to accomplish what she has. Usually people just allow the GP to do the talking instead of needing to say that. She didn't say anything that hasn't been said but she just didn't need tosay it and especially with her past tactics.
Beyonce doesn't have the guts to name names but if anyone is referring to singles we can go from the Flo ridas, pit bulls, all the way up to the Katys, Rihannas for artists that have singles success now whether they have album success is another thing...some do and some don't but they are all included under the umbrella ella ella eh eh eh of putting out a lot of singles nowadays.





Irreplaceable and so far that's about it except B'day is my favorite album of hers despite DIL actually being quality.

Well some would have a hard time believing B'day had a real concept so she was shading herself.
As said, she would never direct it but for anyone that has put out a lot of singles over a period of time would be included. Even Kesha. I doubt people expect her to be referring to Christina but people on both sides the artist that sell alot of singles and nothing else and those that can sell both. Either way hopefully she gets her singles and albums back to what it was back in her 1st and 3rd album era. Her 2nd era (my fave) was a bit messy.

As far as I'm concerned, the born This Way era was 3 "quick lil singles" and 2 not.

The Navy clocked a tea on many of the Hive members even getting them to backtrack a bit.
The hive will never admit that her shady passive aggressive and insecure comment includes the single sellers (LMFAO, FLo rida, Kesha) as well as the other spectrum of those selling a lot of singles and albums (Rihanna, Katy, Taylor)

now had rihanna threw shade about top 10s, the Hive would be all over it and not thinking about Christina or Jessica Simpson.

The point she was making was about the focus shifting away from making albums as cohesive bodies of work over to just throwing some singles together, random filler tracks with no rhyme or reason, theme or concept. I don't think any of that applies to Rihanna, Katy or Taylor.

To say that it automatically means she's talking about everyone that moves singles is such straw man logic.

No I just state the truth and you girls obviously can't deal.

Kii at you for stanning Katy Perry and Ke$ha what kinda one-two punch of trash