Hello World,
This story is filed in “Stories I Don’t Really Care About But Maybe Y’all Will…” So Beyoncé’s latest album “Renaissance” is causing controversy every whicha kinda way mainly because of all of the samples she used…and let me just insert this here…I LOVE a good sample and a good remix, but something about all of the popular samples that Bey used in her latest album is annoying me…The Kelis sample annoyed me because I believe that Beyoncé could have alerted Kelis beforehand although she was not legally contracted to do so. Additionally, I love me some Kilo from back in the day because he represents Atlanta from when I was coming of age and so to hear one of his classic songs melded into a song that no longer represents that time doesn’t sit quite right from me. But Kilo is probably happy about the sample (read mo money) unlike Kelis who apparently is not motivated by cash…
So Beyoncé also sampled from gospel hits such as “Center Of Thy Will” by The Clark Sisters for her song “Church Girl.” I don’t like it.,Not because of the lyrics which are explicit, by the way, to me. But because it’s not all that good to me. Remember from my bio, I wrote that I “don’t mind backin’ that thang up to old school rap” and that I “embrace the reverent and the irreverent” so I’m not above jamming to a song that wouldn’t be sung in the house of God. But whether in the house of God or outside of the house of God, the song has to be at least good to me…But before the BeyHive comes for me, as a fellow twin mom, much of what she has done professionally and even personally has proven to be inspirational for me, but that doesn’t mean that I have to like every single Beyoncé song… But I digress…Bishop Patrick Wooten has plenty more to say about “Church Girl.” See below…
On the other hand, The Clark Sisters don’t mind the sample at all…See their statements below…
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This is what Twinkie Clark said when the song first came out…but Dorinda Clark-Cole even more recently doubled down on the unbothered stance of The Clark Sisters…See her statement below…
Dorinda said y’all need to leave Beyoncé alone! pic.twitter.com/ibRsPj52xH
— Henry Washington, Jr. (@DrHenryWashJr) August 9, 2022
If you’re gonna offend the church, at least let the song be so powerful that you have to reckon with the message…Madonna got that right with “Like a Prayer” back in the day…See below…
Anywho, that’s all I have on this topic…
Any thoughts?
