Beyonce made some stupid comments about her record that apparently drop the sales of her new album for huge 70%.
“I make black records. I write records like I speak, and I don’t try to change my songs so everyone else likes them.”
Ouch!
Did Beyonce ruin her career?
September 27, 2006 • Celebrity Gossip
that is so raciest!! and rude!!! if that had of come out of a white persons mouth, there would have been a law suit!!! “i make white music” get real, i don’t think u know how childish and selfish u r!!!!!get over your self girl!!!u r not all it!!!
There is nothing racist about her remark. She is black, and she says she mkaes black records. She’s trying to say that she doesn’t dilute the sound of her music, OR dilute the way that she speaks when she’s writing her songs, AND she’s not aiming to make records so that they have a POP feel.
She’s making music that feels authentic to her as a black woman. all she’s saying in plain english is that she making an authentic R&B record, (the fact is that traditionally R & B records have been regarded as BLACK RECORDS, sung by BLACK SINGERS.)
BLACK RECORDS IS A TERM COMMONLY USED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
When Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey were both starting out they were both encouraged by their labels not to make their music too Black, so that this way it would have more cross-over success.
Now that both these women have made it, they can and do make the records they want to make without fear that it will not appeal to one group or another.
JUSTIN AND CHRISTINA AGUILARA will quickly tell you that they are not writing or singing POP songs, but R&B. They know that there is a difference, and everyone else who is honest with themselves knows there is a difference. R&B records tend to sound like the records traditionally sung by black singers, both in the past and the present. Justin draws inspiration from Marvin Gaye, and Christina draws inspiration from Ella Fitzgerald.
Just like rock, and punk, sound like the records traditionally sung by white singers.
Just like reggea, and rap, sound like records traditionally sung by black singers.
These are just facts, there is nothing racist in stating the facts.
I think that someone who is creating art, should be able to express where they draw their inspiration from, honestly. THIS IS ALL BEYONCE IS DOING. I DON’T know why what she said would offend anyone, unless they’re are people out there who are NOT interested in buying a record because IT’S been called A “BLACK RECORD”. IF YOU LIKE THE MUSIC BUY IT! If you choose NOT to buy A RECORD BECAUSE it’s a “black record”, perhaps you are the one with some issues you need to work out.
It seems like people are looking for any reason to hate Beyonce, and are just trying to use her comment about where she draws her inspiration from in a negative way. Artist should have a right, just like poets, and writers, and painters to say were they draw their inspiration from.
I agree with the second comment,I don’t need to ad a word to it.Her statement is 100% true.
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I agree with the first post. Everyone knows for a fact again, if a white person said that, their album would be protested and the black community leader would demand everyone boycott the music. Face it people, we live in a society where there is reverse discrimination and no one wants to admit it.
It is funny how certain races, religions etc. can say whatever they want and have no consequences. I for one will never buy another Beyonce’ album. Screw her and her self righteous attitude.
“NONE OF YOUR CONCERN”, I am sure that you won’t be missed. Those who are intelligent know what she meant, and that there was nothing racist about it like the second poster stated quiet well.
How is what she said racist! Did she say something insulting, degarding or demeaning, about another ethnicity. Has she said anything insulting, degarding, or demeaning about her own ethnicity.
Perhaps if you don’t know the definition of racism, you shouldn’t be calling someone a racist. It’s irresponsible and downright wrong to be doing that to anyone without the proof to back it up.
‘Sarah’ get over yourself, keekp licking that celebrity hole, I am sure her millions are really helping your life out right? Yeah did not think so.
“none of your concern”—when you’re wrong, you’re wrong!. As well as having no comprehension of what racism means, you also obviously have no class. Listen to how you speak.
And, just as you believe that my defense of Beyonce is not helping my life out, you should also realize that your hating her isn’t helping your life either.
Ha ha ha, it is so funny to see you take things about a stupid celebrity so seriously. I am sorry, I forgot ’sara’ your name is Beyonce’ and that was a personal attack against you! One day you will get a life and stop defending celebrities who do absolutely nothing but take your money!
I don’t think that she was being racist at all. The girl was just being real. Why some people gotta take it so seriously. Just because she said that she makes “Black Music” is not the same as her saying that she makes “Black People Music”. People just need to leave that girl alone, cause she don’t bother nobody. She is just trying to live her dreams like everybody else. Keep going girl u doin’ yo thang. Don’t let them hatas out there make u fall down on yo stuff. YOU STILL #1
i think they need to leave beyonce alone because she is young and in life you need to take challenge and i dont think she is racist i strongly agree with #2 they are all player hater so beyonce strive for the best and pray because virgo are strong and nobody take us off the top easily because we are blessed by god
Guys, please, (this is an objective comment from a fan)
What she said was wrong. No matter what the context. I like Beyonce overall (I mean, to me she is just a singer, nothing spectacular), but saying, “I make black records…”. How many different things could that mean? She is saying that she is black and that she makes black music–music for black people and music that blacks can relate to. That’s all it could mean.
If Britney Spears said she made “white music”, what would you all say? Get off of B’s tits people! She made a stupid comment, even if she isn’t racist or meant it in a bad way. It doesn’t necessarily mean she is racist, it just means that when she writes a song, she is thinking about the stuff that her brothers and sisters go through and how we act and handle it, not white folk. I think it was a stupid statement nevertheless, just knowing that people would take it like she is racist. You do not make comments like that as a celebrity. Just like when J.Lo said “nigga” (I’m Real – Remix) in her song, they were all over her.
I think that was a dumb move to make in a country like America where the majority of citizens and therefore consumers are white. It just goes to show that the scars of racism are still here and it is still an” us “versus “them” mentality. I know that if Jessica Simpson for example said something like ” I make white records and not going to try any of the hip hop or R&B sounds because that just not who I am” black people would be offended.
It is a matter of principle saying something that implies racial segregation is hurtful to blacks, whites and latinos everywhere. Like Beyonce we should all think about the other person feelings before we speak.
I disagree with you. I could see Jessica Simpson saying something exactly like that, “Like, I’m a white girl..I make white music, I’m not like a R & B singer like Beyonce, like, that’s just who I am”. And being a black woman, I wouldn’t give a damn. Because she would be telling the truth. She’s a white girl who makes white music. Likewise, Beyonce is a black girl who makes black music. Get over yourselves people. I guess yall never heard the song “play that funky music white boy”. Maybe back then, when it came out, people had a problem wit it, but today, don’t nobody care.
beyonce didnt say i am a black, am not pop like jessica simpson, thats just who i am…she just say i make black music…so what if he does isnt she blac anyways…obviously she makes black music because cause you dont see her singing pop or country…just like you dont see “jessica simpson” singing r&b…an dont compare beyonce to jessica…cause j.s. is just dumb…doubt if she knows the kind of music she sings…
i personallly can care less i never bought a beyonce cd
anytime i got one it was given as a present i dont see no reaces in this situation she is a black independent woman who is trying to make a livin so for those who are on her back about a stupid comment needs a life cause i do not see beyonce caring about what comes out of our mouths let alone what goes in it eighter
It is what it is. It doesnt matter. Everybody says something stupid every now an then. People just need to get over it.
I am white, and her comments did neither put me off nor offend me. I don’t quite understand what the fuss is about…? The genre of music she’s making is black, and it’s a great black music, why is the comment racist, everybody is trying to be so PC nowdays even in the most ridiculous cases like this, it’s sad! Or did you forget that it’s supposed to be about music …?
Im white and I like Beyonces music…even if she said that she makes black music it doesnt mean that she is making music just for black ppl to hear it and white ppl should get lost…..,ppl get over it ok if her sales drop its her problem it is not your money that gets lost ….
There was nothing racist about Beyonce’s comment. She was just Speaking her mind. And whoever thinks her comment was racist needs to grow up. For real.
Beyonce was just being real. She could have said it differently, but it still would have meant the same thing.
You ignorant white people are in no position to parallel a statement like that, by saying “what if a white person said they make white records”. Idiots, there is a bit of a difference, it’s called CENTURIES OF SLAVERY that still have ripple-effects affecting society to this day.
You reap what you sow, and if what you sow is a society of blacks who have a bad taste in their mouth towards white people, and want to liberate themselves through acknowledging they openly make “black records”, then deal with it, or further cement your assanine ignorancy.
I write black music the way I speak and I wont change it for everyone to like them.HMMMMMMM,I am trying to find a racist comment in that statement.Those that like her music will buy it and those that dont will not.If you like black music,as she has stated that she writes,there shouldnt be a problem.Those that seem to think that she is a racist,please put your money in someone other than her.But tell me first,What are the Country Award classified as, What are the Hip Hop awards classified as,What does BET stand for? It is either music written by black people and song by them or mostly white music sont by white people and BET,black intertainment television. No matter what you think or how it comes out,all of the music industry is classified as black,white,latino or something else.So classifying herself as a black writer of music is nothing.I am a black woman and I dont like her music but I will not try to degrate her because of the words used in her statement to classify who she is and what she is not willing to do,which is to change herself for others.
We may as well lay it all out on the table. For some reason some Caucasions are upset at blacks point blank if she wouldn’t have even said that comment. The comment just gave whites a reason to jump. What i mean when i say this is that whites were waiting for a reason rather big or small to get back at black people for just now recently being noticed as a beautiful, talented, equal race just like every other race. For all who have not noticed whites are recently angry because blacks speak there mind and say what they feel just as Kanye West did on the Katrina incident. Whites are upset because blacks get accepted in colleges because of there skin maybe in front of about 8-10 whites. Whites make it seem like we want your hand out we just want what we work for we are not behind offices making those decisions just to name a few there it go to lay it all out there.
no she did not ruin her career ima always be her biggest fan…stop tring to bring her down all ya’ll haterz are just makin her stronger…
dont jump down her throat and call her raicist just because she said something that you may not agree with stop looking for a reason to cause controversy over, when its really no big deal. How can she be raicist when all the people in the corporate office behind music are white people. Maybe some of yall should look in the dictionary for the meaning of the word racism or go back and watch some Malcolm X, Emmit TIl, and Martin Luther King Jr videos. to understand or get a glimpse of what racism really is. If you havent done so, shut the fuck up cause Beyonce is far from Raicist towards whites and any other ethnicity.
No matter how much you like her…the comment was wrong. She shouldn’t have said it and if a white person had said the same thing…we would be all over them. Accept that she was wrong. There are just, if not more, whites buying her music and going to her shows. Some blacks, like me, can’t afford the tickets so she needs to remember that her audience is multi-racial.
A SAYs: i like what beyonce says because it true and yall need to to stop making this into a big deal it is not that serious so get a life!!!!! beyonce might have said to much but you should repect her opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!
y’all whte people are fools.it goes to show how stupid and ignorant you’re.b wasnt being wrong or racist.she was just being factual.a fact is a a damn fact!u better lisn,it aint about the fans n mult-raciality or shit like tha,.truth is truth.jus cos you white and love black music dont mean we gotta make xcuses for y’all.i mean i happen to love asian music ,so if an indian said i make indian music do i got the ryte 2 get pissed?FUCK YOU ALLL!!!!!!!!!!
MATTER OF FACT IT IS A COMMON KNOWLEDGE 4 THOSE EDUCATED THAT BLACK MUSIC IS BLACK MUSIC AND WHITE MUSIC IS WHITE.I MEAN THEMOVIE RAY WAS JUS RELEASED YESTERDAY.U’D THINK U’D HAD LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT MUSIC.DO THE WORLD A FAVA AND CHECK SOME INTERVIEWS AND WEBSITES BY CREATERS OF MUSIC LIKE RAY CHARLES AND MAYBE,JUS MAYBE U’LL UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.WHITE IS WHITE AND BLACK IS BLACK,GDET OVERIT.
MATTER OF FACT,ALL I SEE IS A BUNCH OF JEALOUS,STUPID WHITE FOOLS WHO WISH THEY WERE BLACK!AND I GOT NEWS 4U,U AINT NEVA GON BE BLACK!SUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m white and if I said something like to the affect that I write white music ya’ll would be affended. All those comments that stick up for Beyonce must be written by black people!
she sounds very racist see she starting to prove the kinda person that she really is although jayz is a ugly guy but he should leave beyonce alone cause her head is to much in the clouds she don’t care about no one else but her self she just using him she pretends to like him he is her career booster it’s because of him why she is so succsessful as a solo artists and i feel soory for him her want to be love is blinding him she just secureing her future cause she know once jayz is around she will keep getting bigger and bigger that fucking bitch beyonce
Beyonce plain and clear said she’s going to be herself and she won’t change for no moth*fu*kin body. Oh and jady obviously everone who’s not defending her is white. Stop making assumptions that shit just sounded racist.
Oh and none of your concern whatever that mean, stop hating, how much beyonce worth is how much you probably in debt. you probably could never afford to buy a cd no way. keep wishin!
oh and jamie u must be ugly. I mean it’s obvious that beyonce is it. plain eye can see that shes beautiful, talented, and successful what more can u ask for.
And for whoever is wondering beyonce will keep being successful. yall few will not affect her sells. SORRY!
i think the bitch is crazy shes comin out with a latino song but she only makes music for blacks she sounds so confused she want white people to buy her shit but she saying that shit i never liked her because she used her group and she would not be with jay-z if he was broke because he ugly as hell 4 one he look like a damn camel that bitch beyonce is a user anyone can see that she is a lier and a fake whore the bitch thought sje was gonna compete against jennifer hudson she cant sing like her beyonce needs to take a break shes trying to out do everybody but b-day sucks that cd is not worth buying anyway fuck beyonce shes wears all that makeup when she takes it off shes ugly as hell shes nothing but a user and a trader
beyonce is a r&b whore fuck that dick sucking bitch im black and i cant stand her annoying voice she really is concieted
This conversation is really annoying. You can’t tell an ignorant person anything. I like Beyonce’s music. She has been blessed with the ability to sing. But I do not like Beyonce as she is displayed (only because I don’t know her personally) because she comes across as arrogant/ Now Is it’s okay for Tommy Hilfiger to say he only designs for rich white people? People can be anyway they want everything always seems to boil down to race there are bigger and better things on this earth to be concerned with the few ignorant comments a person makes. Comments are made like this everyday by regular people – because these people are famous why should we expect any better
damn apparently Beyonce is all of that if yall are taking out of yall time to search for her and write somethin negative about her….to me, i think that is a good thing for her cuz she need haters and yall aint the first ones to do it…so do like TI said, “HATAS GET ON YA JOB.” feel me….if not email me at goodgirloftheyear_04@yahoo.com
beyonce is really conceited though i love her songs but the truth is she is conceited…even jayz said so himself in “lost one” when he said she loves her career more now shes doing a song with shakira but she cant dance like shakira but she certainly is trying….i use to like her alot now she jus annoys me…she thinks she is the queen of everthing and that song upgrade u is just showing off her big ass EGO….the more i see her the more i dislike her
i dont think she is being raciest cause she is black and she is standing up and if she was raciest then she would not have made the song with shakira. i love beyonce so PLEASE STOP HATING ON HER
i think she is right people already like her music so there is no problem there she is pleasing her fans very well im sure she dont care what yall think she makin billions of dollars by doing what she does if u dont like it oh well haters
I’m proud of her for saying what she said . White people have this
thing of thinking that some celebritys arent black when they reach a
certain status like Diana Ross , Oprah , Janet Jackson and Beyonce
all she’s doing is keeping it real . Who knows what kind of raciest
she has to deal with from day to day. If a white person had made
that statement I’m sure a lawsuit would have surfaced but I feel
like we can say things they cant becaus e of what they have done
to us .
I feel that beyonce was saying how she felt but could have phrased it better and said i make r&b music for r&b fans thats the music i listen to and its were i draw my inspirations from and what has shaped me in my upbringing. I feel that THIS IS WHAT SHE MEANT BUT IT CAME OUT WRONG
I feel that beyonce was just saying how she felt but could have phrased it better and said:
i make r&b music for r&b fans thats the music i listen to and its were i draw my inspirations from and what has shaped me in my upbringing.
I feel that this is what she meant and it came out wrong.
If a white artist had said i make white music for white people their would be uproar because 90% of americans are white anyway and it would be a blatant rascist comment however only 10% percent of americans are black or of a ethnic minority, and basically all beyonce was doing is saying that she is catering to that market just as the r&b artists she listened to growing up did.
It was a harmless comment, taken out of context and blown highly out of porportion. Don’t buy her music because of a silly throw away comment. If you like it buy it if you don’t then don’t.
YALL JUS SHUT UP AND GET OVER IT..BEYONCE WUZ JUST TELLING DAH TRUTH..U DONT SEE HER OUT DER SINGING COUNRTY MUSIC…THE GENRE THAT SHE SINGS IS R&B AND R&B IS A WHAT TYPE MUSIC BLACK!!! YEAH..WHITE FOLKS DO LISTEN TO IT..JUST LIKE SOME BLACK FOLKS LISTEN TO COUNTRY..BUT SHE WAS JUST BEING REAL..YALL JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BRING HER DOWN..IF SHE WOULD HAVE OUT IT ANY OTHER WAY THEN THE TRUTH THEN YALL WOULD HAVE CALLED HER FAKE SO JUST GET OVER IT!!!!!!
face it she never meant it in a bad way. why cant you except it anyways if your not buying her album i will be buying all of it.Thanks but the majorty of people are black i love beyonce just beccausse yall must be white doesnt mean i have to. im black and proud.
WOW…….PEOPLE CANT WE GET ALONG>……nah obviously some people just need to go to school and learn how to read between the lines….let me break it down so the ones who are offended understand….Beyonce simply said “I am making music that reflects my taste and I am not changing it because other people want it to sound how it reflects them…..” PLEASE UNDERSTAND…..it’s like Brittney Spears or better yet KID ROCK saying i make white music..(did anyone suffer?? let me know) I personally think the ones who are offended are the racist one…..I could care less what brittney or kid rock or whoever says… if the music is hot its hot….YEA YEA…CT’s finest letting it be known…..And JAMIE, NONE OF YOUR CONCERN…YALL PATHETIC…Get over it. is it that serious that you stop the world so that yall can get attention of how your light skin suffered from a comment that really had no evil in it….call me what you want but Black white puerto rican jamaican indian chinese whateva music is KEY WORD Music (AN ORGANIZATION OF SOUND) LYRIC(WORDS WRITTEN FOR MUSIC OR POETRY)
FOR THE WHITE PEOPLE: Did you ever feel like your boyfriend/girlfriend was playing you but you felt you were strong enough to cope without them and you would deffinately find someone to replace that unfaithful one….how about you sing Irreplaceable: writen by Ne-yo performed by Beyonce.
Ethnic People: did you ever get sooo hyped up that you just wanna wild out…how about listening to Let the body’s hit the floor (LMAO) i dont know i just think that song is funny
But foreal: how about when your tired…no when you wanna…wait..I know when you!!!? OKAY OKAY….WHEN YOU FEEL VERY UNLUCKY SING UNLUCKY Brittney spears…..
…..Duh totally rockin dude im out….(Str8 up puerto rican/black decent)
Beyonce is black. And the term Black music is used in the music bussiness. People don’t say a thing when Slim Shady acts black and stuff and says Black music. He calls 50 cent a negro and stuff. Beyonce doesn’t do that. She’s black and gets talked about because she said black music. The second comment is 100% true.
This isn’t true, Beyonce was misquoted by vanity fair………. Secondly Beyonce sue this publication, but not let truth get in the way of a good story……vanity fair is a very racist publication they alway have to bring race in everything.
Whitney Houston, is black Mariah Carey is white, Whitney or Mariah don’t sound white or black they both sound good full stop. Anyway I buy Beyonce album and it great.
well its surprising how RACISTS are so quick in twisting her statement just to make her seem bad. beyonce is simply saying she makes r & b music, and has reached a stage where she can express her true feelings and personal experiences through her music, not caring whether or not people would like her message and style. thats the only message she was trying to portray. and i bet that also means she doesnt care anymore who is interested in buying her music and who isnt, as long as she sings her heart and speaks her mind about what she believes and feels she should expess through her music. i know everyone of her cds sold rily counts to her. but those cds, which should have been bought by these RACISTS who changed their minds about buying them after hearing or reading her comment, they dont deserve to be in their filthy hands. but one thing for sure is that they do dance to her beat wherever they hear it. we just never there to witness that. so B, do your thin’ and remember you are a SURVIVOR. people wil always be there to try to put you down but dont let them succeed. i love you so damn much.