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>about her status resulting from multiple factors. > >Personally, I'm really coming around on the idea that >upper-echelon status can't just be about discography... it >starts to be about *how* that discography is delivered to ppl, >both during initial release and then later on in concerts. > >That's where vision, as you mention, and showmanship, as I >mentioned up top, separates those that basically approach >their art like an athlete from those that are just kinda >talented and famous. > >So when we start comparing Michael, Janet, Prince, Madonna, >Whitney, Mariah, Rihanna, etc (as John Forte did up top) and >reflecting on where Bey fits among the GOATS, I think >discography is more like a baseline variable. Like, they >basically all have the songs lol. Some more than others, or >some more sales than others, but they all have hits spanning >decades. > >But if we look at FOOTAGE of them delivering those hits to >fans?? The superbowl shows, TV specials etc? Nobody tops >Michael. Janet comes close. Prince was insane in terms of his >ability to not only compose and deliver epic songs, but dude >could boogie AND play fifty eleven instruments, all at the >same time lol. Those are the "athletes". Madonna got pretty >close, but I would argue Beyonce surpasses her in both singing >and dancing talent and so she's either this generation's >Madonna or damn near MJ/Janet/Prince level when it comes to >the athleticism with which she approaches her art. > >I would then say that Mariah and Whitney are/were extremely >talented and successful icons, but were never really >"athletes" about it,
Mariah and Whitney had the voices that didn't require them to do the extra shit
>and Rihanna seems content to be at this >level too. > >I think Lady Gaga might be the only current pop superstar >besides Beyonce trying to operate on an athletic level. She >doesn't have a Beychella yet tho. edit: nope, I think Jennifer >Lopez does too, even tho her voice isn't as crazy as Gaga's >and Beyonce's (but her skill as a dancer makes up for that). > > > >> >>But, even if her discography corresponds to her status, is >>that deserved? >> >>I'll say this, after watching Homecoming, I don't question >her >>as a visionary, and maybe that's *more" valuable than being >a >>technical genius. >
________________________________________ "Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0
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