[Likingstars]

They are simply afraid of the name Beyoncé sis. They wont get it.

[simon]

Originally posted by castle13

ddd it's not that deep

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[Sasha.]

Dear Hive,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity

Sincerely, ATRL

[Hakunt]

the hive is fascinating.

[Reza]

Thanks for the history lesson!

[keerbyriri]

Originally posted by Sasha.

Dear Hive,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity

Sincerely, ATRL

But... but!! What about the 60-year old white male critics that aggregate 80% of metacritic!! Y'all are stupid if you don't like this album!1.my fave iz educated and respecte! Woke!!

[swissman]

Originally posted by Sasha.

Dear Hive,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity

Sincerely, ATRL

I'm not sure that you are even understanding the OP.

The point raised is that a lot of people are saying that anyone could do Lemonade, and to say that may reveal a lack of understanding about what Lemonade is about and how it relates to Beyoncé as a woman of colour, and specifically her experiences as a wife, a daughter and a mother. The OP has also paired his/her opinion with quotes from reviews and professionals discussing the album.

Thus, it seems that while the subjective opinion of most people who are interested in critiquing music agree that Lemonade is a great album, ATRL may perhaps be missing something that these people had not.

Where is the discrepancy here? It may be due to subjective opinion, of course, it only comes down to subjective opinion. But ATRL opinion is not just a pure expression of emotion, it is so often wrapped up in stan-wars and protective tearing down of other people's faves in order to assert your own as something better.

[J a y]

It's just sad that art needs to be written out in black and white in this manner, whereas we all should be making the effort to interpret Beyoncé's body of work exactly how it was presented to us - in a long-form video and 12-track album. Lemonade.

What are the lemons Bey is referring to? Is that Mr White playing the drums, no? It's a sample? Which sample? *searches*

Y'all lazy as ****, far too used to pop records that are nothing but background music as you get drunk on a Friday.

If this 12-year-old boy (actually don't know how old is) can do it then what is your excuse? He's clearly researched and ****.

[maddisonbutt]

The hive is so embarrassing it makes me cackle so much omfg

[Floyd Mayweather]

Did these wasps even attempt to read the op

[swissman]

Originally posted by keerbyriri

But... but!! What about the 60-year old white male critics that aggregate 80% of metacritic!! Y'all are stupid if you don't like this album!1.my fave iz educated and respecte! Woke!!

Actually of the first seven (top) reviews listed on Meteoritic, only 1 is an 60-year old while male critic, the rest are all well below that age, one is a POC, a few others are women. Hardly the 80% you've described.

[swissman]

Originally posted by J a y

It's just sad that art needs to be written out in black and white in this manner, whereas we all should be making the effort to interpret Beyoncé's body of work exactly how it was presented to us - in a long-form video and 12-track album. Lemonade.

What are the lemons Bey is referring to? Is that Mr White playing the drums, no? It's a sample? Which sample? *searches*

Y'all lazy as ****, far too used to pop records that are nothing but background music as you get drunk on a Friday.

If this 12-year-old boy (actually don't know how old is) can do it then what is your excuse? He's clearly researched and ****.

THIS KID!

[Kamren]

Originally posted by J a y

It's just sad that art needs to be written out in black and white in this manner, whereas we all should be making the effort to interpret Beyoncé's body of work exactly how it was presented to us - in a long-form video and 12-track album. Lemonade.

What are the lemons Bey is referring to? Is that Mr White playing the drums, no? It's a sample? Which sample? *searches*

Y'all lazy as ****, far too used to pop records that are nothing but background music as you get drunk on a Friday.

If this 12-year-old boy (actually don't know how old is) can do it then what is your excuse? He's clearly researched and ****.

omg he's better than Fantano

[White_King]

lemonade really isn't that deep

[Summertime Love]

It's not that they do not understand.

THEY SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO.

The reason is simple.

Most of them hate Beyoncé or Beyoncé has them pressed.

That kind of makes them blind.

They cannot look beyond that hate and peep inside the artistry of the artist.

It's too much for them.

[PrismaticFluff]

[swissman]

Originally posted by White_King

lemonade really isn't that deep

It’s not deep if you don’t know many of the references in both the film (for example, Love Drought is actually a reference to a mass suicide committed by escaped slaves who’d rather die than be slaves) and in the music (for example, in Freedom one of the samples is a Gospel recording made in a state prison in the 1940s).

So, no, while the concept and overall idea of Lemonade is not particularly hard to understand, the many layers, histories, symbolism and emotions presented are go far deeper than most people seem to realize.

[jacklovesyou1]

"Love Drought is actually a reference to a mass suicide committed by escaped slaves who’d rather die than be slaves"


What even.. this is a lie.

That's like me saying Rihanna's Work is about the unemployment rate in 2001?...

[thirdward]

Originally posted by maddisonbutt

The hive is so embarrassing it makes me cackle so much omfg

no actually y'all are embarrassing
if this was an album about gay history y'all wouldn't act like this

[Kamren]

Originally posted by jacklovesyou1

"Love Drought is actually a reference to a mass suicide committed by escaped slaves who’d rather die than be slaves"


What even.. this is a lie.

It literally is, though. It's super obvious, too.

Beyoncé’s LEMONADE is filled with incredible artistry and stunning imagery. One of the most striking images for me on the visual album, though, occurs in the video for “Love Drought”. Much has been said about how LEMONADE draws influence from Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust, but less has been said in these same conversations about how the story of Igbo Landing is central to Daughters of the Dust and how the story of Igbo Landing- an act of mass resistance against slavery-also shows up in a really pronounced manner in the “Love Drought” Video.

Not only is the story of Igbo Landing one of the key themes of Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust, which influenced LEMONADE, but its imagery also appears to be central to the “Love Drought” video. In the video, Beyoncé marches into the water followed by a group of black women all in white with black fabric in the shape of a cross across the front of their bodies. They march progressively deeper into the water before pausing and raising all of their hands toward the sunset.

Read the rest at: http://owning-my-truth.com/post/1435...ry-igbolanding