Oh and since it's custom on ATRL to post slabs from articles without further elaboration, let me:
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The genius of Beyonce, as with any great artist, begins with the aspects of her music that have stylistically set her apart, and thus influenced her peers. Like Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill before her, Beyonce mixes Soul and R&B with elements of Hip Hop in a way that is neither forced nor haphazard. She can move seamlessly and assuredly between both aesthetically, attaining a certain level of believability that someone like Amerie never seems to reach in that arena. The core of what makes Beyonce’s take on Hip Hop/Soul so unique is her hiccupping, rapid-fire vocal style. Rather than going the Mary J. route, and basically utilizing a classically Soulful vocal style over Hip Hop-inflected beats, or the L-Boogie route, and both singing and rapping masterfully (but separately), Beyonce combines the two, delivering her soulful, R&B vocals in a stuttering, rhythmic fashion that almost sounds like rapping. Though Mariah Carey flirted with this style on her 1997 album Butterfly (particularly with “Breakdown,” her collaboration with Bone Thugs n’ Harmony), Beyonce clearly perfected it; she rides beats the way a rapper does, but never gets lost, staying focused and firmly on pitch. This was the key to the success of Destiny’s Child; heavily influenced by TLC (in which it was Left Eye’s job to convey the trio’s connection to Hip Hop vocally), the group improved upon their model by blurring the line between R&B and Rap vocals. The group’s debut single, the Wyclef Jean-remixed “No, No, No,” is a prime example of this, where Beyonce sings almost impossibly fast, while retaining a soulful delivery, melisma and all. Platinum-selling superstars like Usher (“Confessions [Part 2]”), Mariah Carey (“We Belong Together”), Chris Brown (“Kiss Kiss”), Rihanna (“Hard”), and basically every male or female artist that incorporates elements of Hip Hop into Pop music in the 2000s owe some debt to Beyonce in regards to this alone.
From the mouth of Britney herself, while she was accepting her "Vanguard Award" no less....
"This award means so much to me, especially on the night before Michael Jackson's birthday. He had such a huge influence on me, Gaga, and our next performer, Beyonce. Beyonce and I started out around the same time, and just like all of her fans, I fell in love with her. The first time I saw her from her singing to dancing to acting, she can do it all, she's a triple threat, and one of the most talented people I have ever seen."
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Already? You stans!
Seriously, I'm not sure. Maybe Britney has more influence. She changed some things.
Let me say this. With all my hatred for Spears aside. She impacted almost EVERY young girl in the late 90s and early 00's. All my friends that are girls, even if they are indie, almost all liked/looked up to Britney when they were younger, and some still hold onto that as a reason to like her.
Let me say this. With all my hatred for Spears aside. She impacted almost EVERY young girl in the late 90s and early 00's. All my friends that are girls, even if they are indie, almost all liked/looked up to Britney when they were younger, and some still hold onto that as a reason to like her.
From the mouth of Britney herself, while she was accepting her "Vanguard Award" no less....
"This award means so much to me, especially on the night before Michael Jackson's birthday. He had such a huge influence on me, Gaga, and our next performer, Beyonce. Beyonce and I started out around the same time, and just like all of her fans, I fell in love with
her. The first time I saw her from her singing to dancing to acting, she can do it all, she's a triple threat, and one of the most talented people I
have ever seen."
