>your fervent defense of Yonce's church cred seems to prove
>Affy's point...that it's important to current audiences that
>their revered singers be steeped in church tradition.
>(which may cause them to overstate the importance of church
>in their backgrounds, as i suspect is the case w/Yonce)


i could give a fuck if you grew up in the church or not, if you're hot you're hot, but i'm not gonna sit up there & ignore the church and/or discount it's influence on blk music in america. it all can be linked to gospel.


>
>if church wasn't her main influence what would that mean for
>you? would it change your opinion of her voice?


no, i would love her voice regardless.....church just puts in her in the same box with other greatly successful black musicians.