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November 12, 2008 ‘V’ & Kanye Talks About RiRi/Beyonce
The lovely Beyonce covers the #56 issue of V magazine, out this week. Beyonce is bringing out the fierceness the best way she knows how, Sasha style. Recently, Kanye West comment on the best thing for Beyonce right now.
“This is a wakeup call … people in music get comfortable … Rappers get comfortable…Rihanna was the best thing to happen to Beyonce”, referring to Rihanna’s rise to stardom suggesting Beyonce had to set the musical bar higher. Kanye believed that Beyonce did this with her new video “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”. He expressed his respect and love for it, while saying it was a concept that he never would have come up with. The Hip Hop Chronicle UK
Thoughts? View more pictures after the jump along with a Myspace video of Beyonce talking about Obama, her new album, and Lil Wayne after the jump –
Jai
November 12, 2008 at 2:34 pm
And as we all know it was a concept that even Beyonce didn’t come up with!!
BELOVED
November 12, 2008 at 2:37 pm
B.SCOTTT , BITCH U BETTER WORK FOR THE COVERS…..MS BEY COME WITH IT GIRL, WEST IS SO RIGHT (ARTist GET SO LAID BACK AND LAZI) BEYONCE HAS YET AGAIN SHOWED THE INDUSTRY WHOS QUEEN…..the album will sell millions …….
Youngin19
November 12, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I think when we put these girls against each other (talent wise) its a good thing, we do get better music (plus more gossip)
Its not about black ppl hating either, you see it with Chris and Brit, or with Lindsey and Hilary…its just fun!
trina b
November 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm
:laughing: I was waiting for someone of substand to point it out and God dammit someone finally caught on. I think Kanye is dead on. Rihanna really changed the game because she drastically changed her sound where as Beyonce still has yet to give us something different than what we’ve come to expect from her. This album is basically a dumbed down contiuation of BDay. And Kanye should have also given credit to Justin Timberlake and Timberland because I think the new sound shift in music started with them. I’m a die hard fan of all four but I know when I’ve heard the same thing one twice three times already. I was expecting a lot more than what Beyonce put on this album. It’s not totally disappointing but it is lacking!
trina b
November 12, 2008 at 2:53 pm
It just breaks my heart when i think of whats happened to Jennifer Sullivan. My best wishes go out to her but i can’t help but think that such a horrible tragedy hadn’t have happened it would no doubt be Beyonce Who? Jennifer is one of the greates talents to grace music since the downfall of Whitney Houston and I hope she can overcome and continue to bless her with her amazing voice. Luv you Jennifer.
trina b
November 12, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Correction people Jennifer Hudson. I meant Jennifer Hudson but Jazmine Sullivan is also doing the damn thing too, so much props to her as well.
College Honey
November 12, 2008 at 3:06 pm
The hatas type so fast..lol. Anywho, RIHANNA NEVER HAD ANYTHING ON BEYONCE. My love works with music and I’ve seen all the tricks to make someone sound good. and I bet if you put Rihanna and beyonce right in front of you, no technology, Beyonce will blow you away. But then again that comes with your preference. Personally, I prefer Beyonce
BELOVED
November 12, 2008 at 3:14 pm
@ YOUNGIN ……..IT MAKES MUSIC FEEL GOOD AGAIN….
alauryn04
November 12, 2008 at 3:41 pm
i agree. it’s not hating. this is the kind of stuff that makes artist come up with different styles/images and switch up their music. i’m really not feeling anything on bey’s new album (i LOVED b-day) but i do feel she’s very talented and who knows. it might be something that just has to grow on me. like, i really don’t like “if i were a boy” but i LOVE the video. especially when the roles switch up in the end. and i don’t like “sigle ladies” but i like the video with the black and white and the choreography. she’s doing different things and you can’t hate her for that
i love how simple she’s wearing her hair. she’s a very pretty woman that only needs (in my opinion) something sleek like that
Lee
November 12, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Rihanna can use whatever sound tricks she wants to but she’ll never be at the level of Beyonce..vocally or otherwise. Beyonce doesn’t need Rihanna’s success to motivate her. Beyonce doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone..she’s done that and has topped the game. She did this for her fans and it came from her heart. The “I am” portion of the disc is something totally different from what Beyonce normally does.. so to say that she hasn’t come up with something new is foolish becuase this was out of the box. As for the Sasha Fierce side, we all know it’s classic Beyonce…and she admits that portion of the disc was to give fans something that we have loved her for…for the past few years..so we all know that hasnt changed and we fans don’t want that too. This album is incredible and way above B-day and I have to say even above Dangerously in love. She did an incredible thing with this album and she put in the time and effort to do so.
Lee
November 12, 2008 at 4:24 pm
And another thing….Beyonce doesn’t need all of the tired technical antics to make her sound good..(Rihanna, Britney….Kanye..t-pain) she has the goods to deliver amazing vocals stripped down to acoustics, which she proves on this album. She is pure raw talent..which is sooo very hard to hear these days from anyone! Now im done.
trina b
November 12, 2008 at 4:59 pm
you guys don’t get it. its not about talent. Beyonce music lack quality. Maybe she should stop being so fucking greedy long enough and stop trying to claim that she writes everything and actually went to other writers, her stuff wouldn’t sound so stale. Beyonce is beautiful and she is real lucky that she is because otherwise people would realize just how not smart she is. I’m pretty sure everyone has seen a Beyonce interview by now. Can someone get a sister a dictionary!
azures
November 12, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Lee i couldn’t havesaid it better. yet i love every artist thats hot now. yet we all know beyonce can deliver. people say shes a copycat, not a trend setter, etc. but all i know is no one can do beyonce like beyonce. to have all these haters and be as reserved, level headed and CLASSY. she maintains her personality in the most mature manner. shes already a international superstar. this album is the perfect way to do it. stepping out of her element and then giving us what we all love and know her for. beyonce will go down in history. as will all the others thats out today, especially rihanna and t-pain cause these people changed the game. all of this will be remembered 20 years from know. cause its the music in the first decade in the 21st century.
mcgee29
November 12, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Style wise, yes rihanna change the game as far as that but sing, dancing, and performing no!
That is and has always be Beyonce field!Beyonce is a true entertainer in every form. Bee also contributes to her songs written on albums not all but majority.
Songs sang by rihanna are create, but that credits goes more towards the her writers than her.
mcgee29
November 12, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I not hating on rihanna either she is a pop star @ the moment! She has a lot work before she gets to icon much less legend.
Beyonce is a icon, and legend in the making!
Rob
November 12, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I think Kanye is dead on. We all know Beyonce is a better singer/performer than Rihanna but its not always about that with art..its about being open to change and Rihanna’s versatility is what has landed her at the top right now. I think the same thing happened with Mariah in terms of Whitney Houston. When Whitney was in the game Mariah had some competition so she brought it more and now that Whitney is gone she’s gotten lazy and doesn’t really challenge herself as much.
MsSapphire9800
November 12, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I will be so glad when Nov 18 comes, not because I am running out to buy Bey’s CD. But all this over rated promotion is killing me. I have not blog since Oct 31, because from that day on every damn blog has at least 50 unoriginal poses of her. It is like if you do not like her we are going to make you…then they have added a bonus; Solange, just when I thought she had crawl back in her hideaway spot..Wham she is back on the scene.
As for Rhianna her singing is not that great it could be her accent, but her style and fresh looks took over.
To be honest Beyonce new CD sound like some shit you would expect Rhianna to be singing.
BELOVED
November 12, 2008 at 5:46 pm
@TRINA B …GET OUT .. U MUST BE UGLY….ALL THE UGLY GIRLS HATE ON THE PRETTY ONES….WAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY IT NOT ABOUT TALENT..IT IS ALL ABOUT TALENT THATS WHY WE BUY BEEs ALBUMS..JASMINE OR JEN CANT TOUCH HER, HAVE U HEARD JAZ LIVE LOL……U CANT THINK OF THINGS TO HATE ON HER ABOUT……BEYONCE ALBUM IS AMAZING ITS SO DIFF FROM BDAY…ON BDAY THERE ASNT ANT EVEN BALLADS, SHE HAS ST8 UPGRADED …….SASHA WILL SELL MILLIONS
Lee
November 12, 2008 at 6:38 pm
How can you classify someone as “not smart”? Saying that isn’t very smart of you. She’s not doing presidential interviews. Her interviews are full of personality and shows just how down to earth she is. Perfection isn’t neccessary to obtain greatness. Secondly, Beyonce doesn’t claim to write things she doesn’t. If you would watch enough of her interviews to catch her when she actually tells her fans how she was inspired and who did what…then you wouldn’t listen to “gossip”. Lastly, most artists obtain inspiration from past artists for their music, and that doesn’t make any of them less talented or smart for that matter. Is it a crime for someone else to write your music every once and a while …or period..I think not. Whether they write it themselves or not..it’s her singing, it’s her doing the rest of the work..there’s no law or decree that says a music artists has to write ALL of their music. It’s how they bring it to life that makes them incredible.
BELOVED
November 12, 2008 at 9:38 pm
LEE I LOVE U LOL
Ms Molly
November 12, 2008 at 11:14 pm
As much as I hate Bee’s world domination, Kanye must have gotten some good head from RiRi to say something like this. RiRi’s voice is pleasant, but she’s not great. She didn’t reach stardom until “Umbrella”. I’m sorry, but Ri doesn’t do it for me.
And I do agree, This “sasha fierce” cd is nothing new. Its not that different from B’Day. And lets be real here, Bee says the same thing every cd, ” I’ve grown, I’m different, This time I’M PUTTING MYSELF OUT THERE”, ummmm didn’t you say this before B’day hit the stores? I’m not saying Bee isn’t talented, she’s JUST VERY OVERRATED.
o please!
November 12, 2008 at 11:21 pm
im ready for her to jus take a LOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGG break after this,,,im just to through…NEXT…
Nikki
November 12, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Kanye is right in a way, Rihanna somehow gotten a lot of catchy songs to go number 1…and i hope she keep it up, because the chick cant perform at all, she better keep it ina studio…
how someone who’s mad her mark with dance records, CANT DANCE!!..lol
Beyonce will need to raise the bar higher, and she will…
its a shame that people dont know the difference between a product and real talent…
P.S Rihanna is a black britney spaears, and she aint did sh!t to her image but look like fefe dobson, and pick been cut her hair like that…
B give these haters a wake up call…
Nikki
November 12, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Pink not pick..lol…
them haters got me typing crazy…lol
aiko
November 12, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Lol yes lee qive it to em’ oh yea 4 everyone sayinq that rihanna steped it up in fashion lets remeber people its not her it wat the lable is tellinq the stylest to do ok n I feel beyonce is way more down to earth because she does not sit there and answer ever thinq like she’s in a paqent she has fun, every time I read or see somethinq with rihanna all she can sem to talk about is how she makes herself stay on “edqe” or “edqey” I mean damn I think we qet it. And yea b may copy but who don’t tell me one thinq that rihanna does that keils,beyonce,fefe, vicky beckhem, or anybody else for that matter hasn’t done………NOTHING she just everybody in one not so damn different to me
aiko
November 12, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Lol yes lee qive it to em’ oh yea 4 everyone sayinq that rihanna steped it up in fashion lets remeber people its not her it wat the lable is tellinq the stylest to do ok n I feel beyonce is way more down to earth because she does not sit there and answer ever thinq like she’s in a paqent she has fun, every time I read or see somethinq with rihanna all she can sem to talk about is how she makes herself stay on “edqe” or “edqey” I mean damn I think we qet it. And yea b may copy but who don’t tell me one thinq that rihanna does that keils,beyonce,fefe, vicky beckhem, or anybody else for that matter hasn’t done………NOTHING she just everybody in one not so damn different to me but don’t say im a hater I luv her but everybody qoes so hard to say that she different n she not I like because she reminds me of fefe and I don’t hear much from her
Melissa
November 13, 2008 at 1:03 am
What people don’t understand is that if you take away the outfits, the big hair, the makeup, the affects, the dancing and anything else, you’d still have amazing talent strong vocal beyonce, but when that stuff is taken away from Rihanna what would you’d have? Think about it. People don’t really see the difference between a beyonce and a rihanna. We know Beyonce’s style, as for rihanna, she goes with the flow. Pon De Replay anyone? Umbrella? Two different things.
As for Kanye, I agree that people do get comfotable in this industry, that’s why most music sounds the same and is nothing new. Not Beyonce though. Beyonce does grow on every album, and this album doesn’t sound that of any other of her albums. Who else do we know in the entertainment business can do a video dancing nonstop from begining to end?? She’s pulling out all stops for this album.
BELOVED
November 13, 2008 at 2:08 am
melissa u rock………
Nik Vicious
November 13, 2008 at 9:52 am
Lee, I’ve watched Beyonce interviews and there is no personality in them. I swear that girl is a robot!
Also, she totally claimed to write Irreplaceable and Ne-yo had to set the record straight. Then she changed her story. There’s nothing wrong with having other people write the songs, but there is something wrong with stealing credit.
tsagrednerp
November 13, 2008 at 10:45 am
Someone has got to tell me which song Rihanna came with that changed her style? Because if you say “Umbrella” I’m gonna say FAIL! Please, Umbrella is a pop song, like all the other pop songs that she sung before it. Artistically I just don’t see it but I understand what Kanye is saying. Bey needed a change and it maybe due to Rihann’s coming on the scene (not artistically though) just her prescene on the scene. Bey had to change in order to be able to continue being the powerhouse she is because being static was just not helping. It started with B’day. I like Rihanna’s style, her music is alright (annoying mostly) but I cant knock her hustle.
MR f a m o u s aguilera
November 13, 2008 at 10:55 am
LOL i hope her album doesnt flop… but it looks like nobody wants to spend the money on somethin that leaked and sounds not so good at all. poor beloved.
MR f a m o u s aguilera
November 13, 2008 at 10:56 am
BTW – Im feeling the first pikture [no makeup] she killed it with the expression on her face and the hair.
Tahani
November 13, 2008 at 11:15 am
beyonce is my everything. my all. she’s the jam and as much as kanye rants he always tellsthe truth! rhianna is a lackluster talent at best, and while we bullishin she ain’ created nathan either. she was the typical sista and “her handlas” designed the edgy look and it was a crapshoot. and it paid off. beyonce is supertalented. i’ve seen her live and she’s THE ONLY chic in the game singin LIVE and shakin her shimmy in heels. this is no doubt the result of her joe jackson of a pappy but she’s still supa maja! anybody that doesn’t give the clean queen b her proppas is stupid. yea i said it! u won’t fight me!
Tahani
November 13, 2008 at 11:26 am
and about these interviews. we are a product of our upbringin. u ever heard tackytina say ANYTHING. see that she was a stay at home mum, i mean…the apple ain fall too far from the tree[of not knowledge but more not speakin good english] lol she’s a seasoned interviewee and i kina dig her “stupidity” i also love how she won’t spill ALL er bidness!
aiko
November 14, 2008 at 11:00 am
I feel they can’t even be compared