OP makes it sound like a bad thing that Beyonce is expanding her horizons fans like that are the reason some artists have a hard time transitioning into different musical territory tbh.
She's been "Hip-Hop" since 2003 tho. Same as she's been Pop, same as she's been R&B, same as she's been Soul, etc. She's always been a hybrid of styles and if she wants to collab with Bone Thugs n Harmony, then so she shall. Not our fault you're an uncultured swine lol
Oh Wow! At the OP, at the news... And the responses: I'm so glad to know we have Bone Thugs fans!
TBH, I think she's getting to the midlife crisis phase of her music. Meaning, she'll try anything just for the sake of getting it out of her system. So, if she gets more 7/11 than Rocket, by all means, do YOU girl!
R&B is a dead genre. Generic pop right now is lame, repetitive and corny. Urban Pop is where it's at.
WaiT. The first and last sentence...
R&B is only "dead" in the top40. The genre itself is still very much alive and evolving. And BTnH are not and have never been some silly microwave generic "Urban Pop". Save that for the Big Seans and Tygas and mess like that.
Thought this thread would actually have some discussion but then I saw the OP & noticed nothing but ignorance. Bone Thugs are legends & Bey working with them is a GREAT look in the urban community.
I'm glad she's stepping away from just Jay & working with more urban & Hip Hop acts.
R&B is only "dead" in the top40. The genre itself is still very much alive and evolving. And BTnH are not and have never been some silly microwave generic "Urban Pop". Save that for the Big Seans and Tygas and mess like that.
I agree with the middle sentence tho.
My point exactly.
I would classify Partition and ***Flawless as Urban popular music.
I would classify Partition and ***Flawless as Urban popular music.
Oh, I know what you meant. I just hate those vague, oversimplifying phrases. Same with the Rock one. What does it not being commercial anymore have to do with the genre's quality and/or evolution?
And yes, I already know she has a few "urban pop" songs from the last album, they're good. I thought you were referring to BTnH.