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    Beyoncé claimed to be “bringing back black country” when black country never went anywhere. It’s incredibly insulting to all of the other actual black country singers and artists. Also her album is just bad. Like literally terrible terrible music. It’s clearly just a cash grab.

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    You hate Beyonce for her skin color

    I hate Beyonce for her wealth and ideology

    Insert we are not the same meme

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      I hate Beyoncé because every time I listen to her music while skateboarding or snowboarding I get too hyped and then I get hurt badly. It’s the Illuminati at work IMO.

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      And I just don’t like her music. It’s not her, her wealth, or her ideology and certainly not her skin tone, I just generally dislike most pop music. That includes country and rap/hiphop, though I like many sub-genres (e.g. “rock and roll” from the 70s is better country, folk music, gangster rap from the 80s and 90s, etc).

      If her music was covered by a punk, metal, or ska band, I’d probably like it more. Pop music just feels manufactured and corporate, probably because it is, and a cover by a smaller group feels more passionate, probably because it is.

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      You hate Cowboy Carter because you are racist.

      I hate Cowboy Carter because I think racist country music culture should be marginalized, not expanded.

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      I hate her because her song choices are woefully poor mediums for her otherwise superlative voice. Her “artistry” ruins her talent.

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        Read all of this:

        The singer’s 1988 song “Fast Car” – turned into a massive country and pop hit this year in a cover version by country superstar Luke Combs – was named song of the year at the 2023 CMA Awards, making Chapman the first Black songwriter to win in the category.

        Though she wasn’t able to attend the awards show, Chapman reacted to her win in a statement which read: “I’m sorry I couldn’t join you all tonight. It’s truly an honor for my song to be newly recognized after 35 years of its debut. Thank you to the CMAs and a special thanks to Luke and all of the fans of ‘Fast Car.’”

        https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/tracy-chapman-history-2023-cma-awards-song-win-fast-car/story?id=104760529

        edit: took out one of the bolds, she did receive a grammy.

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          Ok, but that doesn’t support the idea that people don’t like the song or more specifically her version.

          She was nominated for song of the year and record of the year for fast car. She won the Grammy for best female pop performance, for that song.

          We love her song so much she won a cma 35 years later.

          This is a super false equivalence.

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      They also just don’t have to do that because it was already presumed—contemporary country fans, I should be clear. The type of people who listen to that type of music are generally angry young white guys who like drinking and are in college.

      The country music space has been invaded by the right wing “patriot” crowd.

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      I think this is in reference to the album being fully shut out of the country music awards. Not even a single nomination.

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    Beyonce is OK, but I’m more of a fan of Rhianna, personally.

    Not a fan of any kind of contemporary country music, though. It’s my personal opinion that country music hasn’t been good since at least the days of John Denver. The stuff they make these days is derivative slop.

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    Uh, In Rainbows with Beyoncé’s voice would suck. I don’t think that makes a person racist. us Americans are obsessed with race.