*recycles posts*
She is perceived as THE superstar of our generation. Her face and music are EVERYWHERE. I truly think this is why she has so many haters.
She doesn't deserve all of this media coverage, most of these accolades, and alot this respect. DIL did not deserve to sweep award shows in 2004. The album was good but far from a masterpiece. People are out to make her the next big legend. Why don't radio DJs, award committees, etc just let it happen gradually???
Her album, Dangerously In Love, is a good album. But Jesus Christ, why all those awards and overal praise???? The album loses the listener after track 8 ("Signs") and leads into the ever-dragging "Speechless." This is followed by even more filler with the generic duet with Jay-Z, "That's How You Like It"; the boring and corny duet with the late, great Luther, "The Closer I Get To You"; the recycled DC track, "Dangerously In Love 2"; that horrible interlude that makes Beyonce sound like she's high as a bird; and the boring-ass "Gift From Virgo." Oh yeah and that pathetic bonus track, "Daddy."
To see "Dangerously In Love" receive so much critical praise angered me even more. Beyonce's fellow pop contemporary (Christina Aguilera) was made to look like a fool after releasing a pop classic "Stripped" and Beyonce receives praise for the filler-ful DIL??? Insanity! And then Grammy night, Lord that sucked. Beyonce walked away with FIVE GRAMMYS while Aguilera walked away with only one.
But interestingly, Stripped sold 10 Million in the end with alot of bad press and DIL sold 8.5 Million with overexposure. Other artists have sold better than Beyonce but received less exposure. Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" is on it's way to selling 11 Million internationally. Mariah Carey's most recent effort, TEOM, has sold just under 10 Million and should hit that mark by the end of the year. Other artists like Coldplay, U2, Green Day, Usher, Evanescence, etc. most recent efforts have sold more than Beyonce since 2003 yet they don't get half the exposure Beyonce does.
This world is filled with followers and tools to society. People will like what they are told to like, people will act like what they are told to act like, and people will live like what they are told to live like. Change is impossible.
P.S. I know it sounds like a ton of ranting but it's a fusion of two olds posts and it isn't exactly how I'm feeling at the moment. Don't take offense to it.
