Like everyone else, we've got Beyonce's RENAISSANCE playing all weekend long. Here are 5️⃣ of our immediate takeaways...
track list, one of its most intriguing titles was “America Has a Problem.” The song opens with arch, synthesized chords reminiscent of Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation.” However, the lyrics are pure braggadocio. “Just know I roll with them goons/In case you start acting familiar/This kind of love, big business,” she asserts in a sung-rap flow.
Yet as anyone who has found deep friendship, spiritual catharsis, romantic hookups and yes, even actual sex on the dance floor knows, participation in club life can be an inherently political act. On, Beyoncé works with musicians as varied as Skrillex, Honey Dijon, Big Freedia, Drake, Tems, and 070 Shake while sampling from the likes of ballroom hero Kevin Aviance and Memphis rappers Tommy Wright III and Princess Loko’s “Still Pimpin.
Still, if you’re looking for urgent sociopolitical relevance, there’s plenty of material. “Break Your Soul” alludes to how the Black community and particularly Black women have suffered over several years of an ongoing pandemic, an increasing amount of hate speech, police violence, and economic turmoil. “I just fell in love/I just quit my job,” she sings. Meanwhile, on “Energy,” she rhymes, “I just entered the country with Derringers/’Cause them Karens just turned into terrorists.
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