beast444

6y

Okay I thought.

I think Alicia's highs are higher musically. Idk if Beyonce has songs that touch your soul the same way Fallin or You Don't Know My Name or Karma do. So I could easily see someone saying this. I think Alicia stayed more true to her sound, even when it went out of style. Alicia, Beyonce, and Usher were the top R&B stars of the 2000s, but when traditional R&B went out Bey and Ush went to the pop and trap world and their music quality declined, a lot actually. Whereas Alicia's also declined, but outside of the Girl On Fire song she stayed true to her roots more.

The issue with this is that while Ush and Bey went left, they actually ended up expanding their catalog with massive pop hits like OMG, Halo, Single Ladies, DJ Got Us Falling and then trap hits like Formation and I Don't Mind. We saw other R&B acts like Kelly Rowland, Ciara, Chris Brown, Ne Yo do the same and it kept them in their prime a bit longer and expanded their catalog to more than just R&B. While some call this trend chasing (technically it is), it still opened doors for these artists that might not have been opened if they stayed in the "dying" genre. Meanwhile Alicia got a bit boring. She never actually stepped away from the piano and evolved like everyone else did and ended up almost getting left behind, but survived because of the strength of her name. Beyonce was able to reinvent herself a bit more while Alicia kind of got stuck where she was.

I do think both are legendary artists who have classic hits, but Alicia seems like a more traditional, old school artist while Beyonce adapted to the trends easier. I also think Alicia is more respected as an artist because of her piano skills and ability she had to mix the classiness of the piano with the soul songs that had that 70s vibe. Beyonce is praised more for being a great entertainer and the visual aspect (her visual albums).

Wow I didn't mean to write this much but you really made me think lol

Edit: And I can't think of a Beyonce album as good as Diary of Alicia Keys so you really could be on to something

Ooo

6y

Lil baby out now

beast444

6y

Dis yall king of rnb

Zaywop

6y

Jacquees > Frank Ocean

NEW EQUITY

6y

Since we talkin comedians

Key and Peele show > Chapelle Show

rustcohlestan

6y

realer out now

CLB Wineboy

6y

MTV has reality TV in a headlock for almost a decade.

BlueDream

6y

lmaoo

Yooo i had a white friend who said this same thing and he was deadass serious, I was flabbergasted. I thought he was the only person on earth who had that opinion tbh

PNW

6y

Linkin Park isn't that bad

beast444

6y

I think the issue with Beyonce is her hype doesn't always feel genuine. It feels so forced and irl not too many people actually care about her, from my experience at least. It feels like I'm one of maybe 3 Beyonce fans I know

She's basically the Lebron James of the music industry. All this hype, but you look at the actual product and it's great, just not this revolutionary event the industry hypes it up to be,

She gets all this media attention, but people rl don't even know about it. It's way too forced, when it should be genuine. And since it's been going on for so long now, people are tired of it and complain

zenirama

6y

to catch a predator and jersey shore the top 2 reality shows of all time

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

6y

Kendrick albums don't really have replay value tbh

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

6y

Kendrick albums don't really have replay value tbh

NEW EQUITY

6y

Well I'm not a cracker and I loved that damn show

laudi

6y

y'all just lying