Now all my friends know I’m late to everything, I’m that guy who finds out something happened lets say months after the fact. So this brings me to the Channing Tatum lip sync battle I just stumbled across on YouTube. The show is undoubtedly cringey but also interesting in its own way, so the Tatum/Beyonce battle becomes epic simply for her appearance. For those who haven’t seen it, look below;
So this is going to be a bit of a random post about Blue Ivy (why are we all so obsessed with the Carters?). Anyway much has always be said about Blue Ivy and how she looks, which is maybe a bit creepy I don’t know, the hilarious comparisons of Blue Ivy and Drake as a child are honestly hilarious.
Let’s be honest there is a mild resemblance between the two that does make you question the parentage (not really, don’t sue me!), to be honest even I have seen kids who look like Blue Ivy. But anyway I digress, people often say Blue looks nothing like Jay-z well cast your peepers on this new picture;
Do we think she’s starting to look more like jay? I think a tiny bit yeah, is that a good thing, *ahem* yes of course.
What do you think?
So over on BBC News at a recent concert Solange (Beyonce’s sister, lets be honest that’s how we remember her) was a victim of racist abuse.
Here’s some snipets.
Solange Knowles has published a blog post in response to the hate she says she received at a concert she was at with her son.
In it Beyonce’s sister explains how she had wanted the Kraftwerk gig in New Orleans to be a “family Friday night”.
Solange claims she was singled out before the end of the first song by a group of four white women who yelled at her to “sit down”.
She says they then threw half-eaten limes at them.
The singer claims there were plenty of people standing and dancing too but believes she was singled out for being black.
Soon after the concert the 30-year-old took to Twitter to share her experience.
Now that’s the short hand of the story, firstly head over to BBC news to read the full story http://bbc.in/2czzSeN
and Solange Knowles twitter to read more of her reaction to this http://bit.ly/2cVX7MH
After what can be described as an extended sabbatical (7 years!!) I am back to blogging all things music. Many of you who visited and commented on my blog so many years back I want to say thank you and hopefully I can entice you back. There will be a few changes, including music reviews, appreciation/biography posts, music content, upcoming artists, crucially music news and general riff raff so I hope you come along and join (re-join) the ride!
So what has happened in music in the last 7 years?
Well Beyonce is still as popular as ever remaining unchallenged by the likes of Rihanna, Katy Perry and Adele. Oh yeah and Adele, blimey! She sells more than anyone could have imagined. Rihanna’s singing is still so-so (listen to higher from her new album!) but she still sells and releases a few bangers, “We found love”, “Diamonds” etc, but Ri Ri I still love you.
Justin Bieber has taken the world by storm and by storm I literally mean he has shocked me to the core. I mean at first I didn’t like the guy and his music, only natural right? Then all of a sudden the last few years his music has gotten good (wtf?!?!) he goes from Baby to Love yourself and Confident, I aint complaining they are some good ass tunes.
Chris Brown unfortunately has not quite recovered from the madness that I covered all those years back. At one point he looked like he might be sane, he released some bangers. “Loyal” and “New flame” come to mind. We can all admit even though Chris may be a little bat shit crazy (please don’t sue me) but he can still produce some good stuff.
Where do I start with Drake? I think the flack he gets for being soft is incredibly harsh. He makes some tunes which appeal to all, what’s the problem? “Forever”, “One Dance” and “Hotline Bling” are such good songs it’s unreal. Rap for me has been in a sad state in the last few years, in fact it’s kind of disappeared. The days of Tupac, Biggie, NWA and the like are of course long gone, but such a sharp decline makes me quite sad. Anyway!
Perhaps the biggest star to appear out of nowhere (I know arguably I’m talking crap), SIA! Everything she touches (sings) turns to gold. Her voice is quite unreal, her songs are catchy and her image is on point.
Sooooooooo, 7 years of music in a short few paragraphs obviously do it no justice. I covered Bieber, Rihanna, Beyonce, Sia, Adele, Chris Brown and Drake, but there are so many missing acts. David Guetta changed music for a while, allowing so many DJs to become prominent. But not only that, acts like Avicii gained a lot from this. One Direction revived the boyband genre, their songs are largely inoffensive so I won’t comment. Forgot to mention talent shows, how terrible have they been? American idol and x factor have both gone, The Voice is gimmicky as anything and not particularly any good. At least in the UK X Factor has survived (for now!) but something needs to be down about these competitions they are done so terribly and the talent is often ruined.
Please leave comments below on all the acts you think have been particularly good over the last few years and all those who I have missed out and watch out for new posts! And listen below for what I consider the best song of the last 7 years.
Frank Ocean how I love thee, never leave us again….
The Music News Room 