• ashok36@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      My wife has played me some of the songs. The music is fine, if boring, but the lyrics… Amateurish would be the the kindest word I could use. I know pop musicians aren’t known for deep meaningful lyricism but Beyonce sounds like a middle schooler that did her poetry assignment the night before it was due. It’s honestly atrocious.

      Even the covers are kinda bad too, at least to me. Your mileage may vary on those. At least the guitar on Jolene is pretty good.

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        7 months ago

        People like her don’t write her own lyrics. She’s got a whole team. She doesn’t really do anything but show up, she’s got actual People who do the rest

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      7 months ago

      Speaking as someone who has actually given the music a fair shake (sorry, other guy), it’s actually really good. I wasn’t super feeling it on my first listen, but it just keeps growing on me with each new listen lol. You’re gonna get a lot of people that hate on it for the same reasons they do hip hop in general, or black women in general, especially because she’s moving into the country space, but I wouldn’t put too much weight on those opinions. It’s a great album (except the Post Malone feature lol). I think DAUGHTER is a standout track if you just want to sample it.