Reviewing Beyoncé's ‘COWBOY CARTER’ | Rap Life Review
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
- In this week's episode of Rap Life Review, Nadeska, Lowkey, and Eddie dive into the hottest new music from Buddy, Flyana Boss, Doechii, and more.
The group kicked off the conversation by reviewing the record-breaking release of Beyoncé's act ii, 'COWBOY CARTER', following 'RENAISSANCE'. They have a brief discussion running through hot topics of the week, from Diddy's properties being raided by Homeland Security to Nicki Minaj's sneaker collaboration and the conversation Ebro had with Jermaine Dupri and Unkle Luke on their documentary "Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told." The episode concludes by reviewing the number one album on Billboard charts, Future and Metro Boomin’s latest project, 'We Don’t Trust You.'
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00:00 - Intro
1:20 - New Music from Buddy, Flyana Boss, & Doechii
3:23 - Beyoncé's 'COWBOY CARTER'
12:07 - Diddy’s Properties Raided
17:21 - Nicki Minaj Sneaker
18:13 - Jermaine Dupri & Unkle Luke on “Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told”
22:07 - Future & Metro Boomin 'We Don’t Trust You' Success
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THIS is what The Breakfast Club should've done. The way Ebro analyzed this album and understood the clear message and vision that Beyonce painted allows people to understand everything that was put into making this masterpiece. I really wish people would actually listen to the message and how she has an album full of different sounds of music that even make up country music.
BINGO
I mean do we expect anything decent from them? Lol.
@@babygirl4949 not anymore. Angela would’ve NEVER have them like how they are now
@@KamTheeKilla she tried now there’s NO hope lol.
EBRO GETS IT. I’m actually sick of trying to educate people on beyonces artistry. It’s tiring… they just won’t ever get it
It’s so tiring! She has no idea how exhausting it is defending her lol
They won't ever get it because they're not smart enough to.
Its Beyonce's money grabs
@@bankm4856 exactly. Beyoncé is effectively pushing her beehive audience to a genre that is small compared to the genre she is known for aka Pop music. Its harder to get a #1 song or album in pop with all the competition so she can easily come to country and take it over. Its just like what Kanye West did when he couldn't get a #1 rap song anymore so he made a Gospel album and took that genre over with his huge fanbase and easily got #1. Its just like trans men who want to compete against women aka easier competition because they know they can win #1. Just how a trans man would be considered punching down since most cant win against their own kind so they find easier targets instead of punching up to their own weight class and gender so to speak that is what Beyoncé is doing by taking the #1 spot away from an actual artist from that genre by using her beehive fan base to get her a #1 in a smaller genre with no competition her size. Oh and if you criticize her you're a bigot and racist apparently.
@@newhorizonsforfifty2833 the album is trash
Ebro actually understands musical history and how the industry works. We need more people like him discussing albums and artistic directions instead of just regular people who like to talk about on the music they know and like.
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Fun Fact...
This album was actually Act i, initially, and Renaissance was meant as Act ii.
In lieu of the pandemic, Bey decided to hold off on putting this one out.
Once the shutdowns ended and we were able to get "back outside" she and her team decided that RENAISSANCE should go out first - because it was what the world needed. Dance, free expression, fun and partying.
So this county genre-blend album has just been sitting for a few years and was supposed to be the FIRST album release, which is WILD when you consider it.
Yeah, you're right and I think she's sitting on at least 5 more albums.
All hot garbage
@@bankm4856 coming from someone without talent. Take a dive in the hot garbage you speak of 😂
Ebro, thank you for understanding the importance of Cowboy Carter. You don't need to like Beyoncé to acknowledge the way she shifts pop culture every time she drops an album. She is the only artist that does this. Although she is the biggest cultural figure in music/pop culture, she is still taken for granted. Beyoncé unfortunately will not be FULLY appreciated until she is gone.
Facts!💯🔥
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That’s how all the legends are treated.
Understanding is the key of everything
@@kalmanta1824 very true.
EBRO OMG u get it!!!!!!! Beyoncé is incredibly intentional but if people are not intentional about understanding they will never get how important this moment is!! Love the way you explained it
We are living in an important cultural moment in history and people are missing it. What she is doing is beyond just music.
Is very crazy that every album she released,has Eras and style, that alone stand out.
Yesss! This album is completely groundbreaking!!
It's LUDICROUS THAT THIS MUCH TIME IS SPENT ON A BEYONCE RELEASE THAT DOES NOT GRAB PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD THE WAY IT IS BEING FORCED.
AS WITH THE BODYGUARD RELEASE......WE GOT IT ACROSS THE WORLD INSTANTLY.......NO COMMERCIALIZED
S U R P R I S E B U I L D U P
NECESSARY.
AND GET THIS.....DOLLY PARTON IS A SONG WRITER PLAYER IN BOTH.
SO BRINGING IN ......RACISM ....IF EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD DOES NOT GET ON THE HORSE BACK RIDE TO PURCHASE....COWBOY CARTER....... IS THE INITIAL DETERRENT. AND IT GOES DOWN HILL FROM THERE, INCLUDING BEYONCE GETTING AN ICON AWARD ON THE SAME STAGE WITH THE ACCOMPLISHED SOLO SINGER... CHER......WHO STEPS UP AND PERFORMS AS WHAT SHE CLAIMS TO BE....ALL THESE YEARS .....AND MIND YOU, JENNIFER HUDSON HAVING THAT B I G V O I C E DID NOT UPSTAGE CHER. ......WHICH PROVES A VALID POINT OF WHEN YOU GOT IT THAT YOU CLAIM YOU GOT, YOU ARE NOT OVERSHADOWED.
oh he ATE that cowboy carter review🐝
Cowboy Carter : bluesy rock n roll soul country gospel rap pop…so many influences …this album is a masterpiece imo.
I’m Hispanic but I love her vision w this album for black culture and our black brothers and sisters 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
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Love 🤎
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it's also for white culture & our white brothers & sisters!! if you don't call this racist, then i won't say what you said is racist! ya dig, bro?
@@normankennith7919oh brother SHUT UP
Finally somebody said it. This is the best analysis of Cowboy Carter. Beyonce won most of her Grammys in categories such as Urban, RnB etc. very few in the Pop categories. Tyler the Creator complains how they also miss categorized his music. Given black people are the roots of country, blues and rock, Beyonce is making a statement with this album. As a black woman I like to listen to all types of music ( rock is my favorite). My friends say to me a black girl is not supposed to like rock. And I say rock was invited by black people.
Just like the government does with redlining with housing and segregation in the school districts there seems to be similar segregation in the music industry. As you can see all the fuss over Cowboy Carter compared to renaissance.
And he is right, Miley and Post can jump around genres and no one cares. Gwen Stenfani, Lady Gage and Madonna make all different kinds of music. Nobody really complains . But Beyonce a black woman does it, it’s an issue.
Regardless how much you enjoy the music of Cowboy Carter Beyonce is making her statement.
Cowboy Carter is a love letter to the black Southern experience and a beautiful history lesson. It's a Masterpiece! Thank you for doing your research Ebro!
Y’all be drawn but its nice lol
Yes for the black people, and for all the people who is in country before her.
Thank you for giving Beyoncé her flowers while she's alive. She's doing it for us and we need to recognize that.
Beyonce' is overrated!!!
@@theinsightfulvisionary0197 bye
Ebro thank you for educating those unappreciative sidekicks 🙏🏾 it would’ve been great to have this episode be a Cowboy Carter deep dive
That history behind even the name Cowboy Carter alone was amazing! Thank you so much for sharing the depth and intentionality of how Beyonce creates her music! Her talent and depth of thought are extraordinary!
Except he made it up. He gave a false narrative on the origination of cowboy. Do your independent research and stop blindly believing and you'll see the truth is not what he said.
@@abigailh7715The history behind Cowboy Carter is The Carter Family's famous guitar playing technique, the Carter Scratch, was taught to them by Leslue Riddle. Black cowboys invented the banjo & their singing field hollers, game songs, & work chants adapted from the tradition of ring shout is how country music came to exist. Many genres of music currently co-opted by non black people are rooted in blackness.
Maybe you should start with taking your own advice & finish with asking yourself why it's so important for you to discredit black artistry.
@@abigailh7715Uh, no he didn't. That is exactly the history behind where the term "cowboy" came from. He did not make it up, nor did he have to. Obviously, you haven't bothered to look it up yourself---go do it, please. What Ebro said is the truth.
This video makes me love Ebro again! He has knowledge. The other 2 are LOST 😂😂😂
WHOA EBRO!!! Literally the only review of Cowboy Carter I've seen that FULLY GOT IT. I really appreciate this breakdown.
I appreciate how passionate Ebro is!❤ He gets it, and I can't wait for more people to understand as well!
These two know more about the drama than they do about the rich depth of music being delivered
Beyoncé said it first that it’s not a country album but a Beyoncé album. That right there made the album make sense
Then she shouldn't get any awards for country music then
This album calls America out for it's crimes, walks us through who she is as an artist who has done nothing but work and is stepping into her motherly pride. She's pulling from all of our roots and spitting them back up at us to digest in good fun. I know some people won't like it, but she's making history by making statements and showing us our history and current place in time. She is a beacon of hope for a better future and her music is quite literally a beacon for us all to come together and spread love. She also showed that she has faith in herself by persevering even when the world tells her she can't. She's that girl. What an inspiration?!
Also, the more I listen to the album, the more I love it.
Why is she presenting as white as possible?
I love Ebro's perspective on cowboy carter. Well said! 🤎
Except he gave a false narrative on the origination of cowboy. Do your independent research and stop blindly believing and you'll see the truth is not what he said. He's inciting more h @te
Thanks for digging in Ebro! This is HERstoy, reclaiming time, and therefore developing a-new-story. Shoutouts to Bey and her team of leaders, innovators, and disrupters.
Who are these two, that don’t know any of this history, but they want to be shady? Make it stop. This is such a water shed moment…where you can now go back and read up on our history.
This album is a masterpiece.
‘Cowboy Carter’ is top tier… the replay value is outta this world. So many amazing tracks. I can’t say just yet as it’s very early but it may be her best album yet…
Nah Lemonade is her best but CC is up there for sure. 😂
I can't wait to see her perform AMERIICAN REQUIEM live! The vocal stacking in that song is insane!!!
Madonna released a country album and no one bat an eyelid. Which shows Beyoncé’s backlash is racially motivated
Also, Lady Gaga and Italian American from NYC dropped and country album and no one batted an eye. The bias is glaring.
I said the same thing…if you don’t like or can’t appreciate the art that is Act I and II you are one of those people who say “nobody really listens to Beyonce for her singing.” You probably don’t go up for instrumentation, harmonies, melodies, and vocals. I also love that she has given us a history lesson with these 2 acts.
I love that Ebro broke down the meaning of Cowboy Carter album title; I had no idea. I love how you educated us. Non-the -less, when I listened to the album I understood exactly the masterpiece Beyoncé bestowed upon us. This album is absolutely amazing!!! Beyoncé have me going back to listen to Lemonade. This is music greatness and everything Black! Also, I love what Docheii and JT did with Ego.
Its hot garbage
Is very crazy that every album she released,has Eras and style, that alone stand out.
Cowboy Carter will be studied at an academic level. It's that deep.
Yes. Its a lesson on how to perfectly brainwash the masses
How non engaging are the guests when speaking on Cowboy Carter. They seemed uninformed and confined.
People are like this now when is convenient for them they can speak if not they'll not.
They usually are very uninformed about a lot besides their favorite
Beyonce is definitely one of those artists that is super intentional about a whole album. The album cover, titles, production, lyrics, sequence, the selection of which songs to cover. Theres not a lot of those artist in the mainstream today so enjoy the moment.
No shade to the blonde girl @ 5:45 when she said bodyguard isn’t country. It definitely is country. It’s the 90s “pop country” sound and even if it wasn’t country…. It’s a great song.
Yes she’s talking like all the people saying Beyoncé isn’t country and it’s kinda annoying. It tells me they are not well versed in country and a whole genre but they only know stereotypical country. Very uneducated takes 😭
It fits in with the danceable pop/rock/country sound that spans the 70s through the 90s. Think of Fleetwood Mac or Sheryl Crow. Those singer-songwriter types could hope in and out of rock, country, and pop. It was all meshed together.
Country with pop rock influences really peaked in the 90s…think Shania Twain and LeeAnn Rimes
This kind of people it hurts when you are praise someone hard work
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Ebro, I love the breakdown . Her picture on the white horse (original born BLACK), the flag, and riding backward (just naming a few things) are ALL symbols and meaning 😊
Pure evil
Totally agree with all your points.Every image is reference or link. I have or am learning so much about Black music history and how it has been systemically redlined for black artists in every genre. Yet it’s our creations. Same with Reggae & Dub. This album is a war cry that horse is a war horse. The layers of this body of work is exceptional in every way. I was a very casual Beyoncé fan 🇬🇧🇯🇲 but hearing this album allowed me to see the whole artist that was relatable to me has a Caribbean British woman. I have been down so many rabbit holes with this album from the Italian link, the opera, Chitlin Circuit documentaries, Linda Martell’s history and Son House, finding so many current black country artists on Spotify l had to build a playlist. I love the album sonically too. I researched Rhiannon Giddens the banjo 🪕 player on Texas Hold Em remarkable musician/singer Grammy winner . The journey continues so much to reflect & soak in. Beyoncé should be proud of this album and all involved. Masterpiece 🤠🎠🎤🎶🐦⬛🎸🐝🙌🏾❤️🔥🌍
Ebro, you explained Beyoncé and the importance of her artistry and Cowboy Carter perfectly. Thank you, from hive! 🐝
Ebro, perfect job explaining, love it.
Interesting fact about Beyoncés album cover is that the white horse she is on is actually born black and turns white when it matures.
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Ebro had is Beyhive hat on & im here for it😂🤭🐝👑
Cowboy Carter is ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
Garbage of the year
08:13 Working with uninformed people is the pits! Maybe Ebro should find some more dedicated co-hosts. "They already did it, BRO!" 😅🤣
The cohost are so lost
LOST ASFFFFF
they usually are. it would be different if it felt like they were there to learn. they’re just having a ki and could not be bothered😭
Seriously. Homegirls did not even know what Jay said at the Grammys. My kids even know that tea.
Ebro most definitely apart of beehive family 💗💗
Thank you so much EBRO!
Ebro Needs new cohost IMO Thanks.
Definitely, because if you can’t speak intellectually about the subject of music..then why are you there?
It's like watching Jess on thr breakfast club 😂
The review and full on education of Cowboy Carter brings me to tears because it shouldn't be so hard to gain the allegiance of our people. We shouldn't have to break it down to mini bits for you to understand how much we need to stand up for each other. The history lesson sits in my mind and is amplified every time I listen to the album. You did your community service for the year. Thank you
She wouldn't spit on u if u were on fire hun
Cowboy Carter is amazing! I’m not a country music fan so I wasn’t excited but after listening to it I’m reminded of what Queen B said… “it’s ain’t a country album it’s a Beyoncé album” because that’s exactly what it is. I was mesmerized by Renaissance (went to the concert twice) but Cowboy is an exploration into a musical utopia 😩🐝🔥🐎🤠🍯🙌🏽
Same. I was highly skeptical but now I’m going on my 4th listen. One of the few records I can listen to from start to finish no skips.
Its a hot garbage combo😊
Love your insight on COWBOY CARTER, Ebro! You have a pretty powerful voice and glad you’re on the open side
Thank you for educating them breeze
BEYONCE QUEEN OF HARMONIES
She goes crazy with those vocal arrangements. I can't even imagine the number of vocal stacks she got in the stash
Facts Ebro! It seems that these country music / cowboy themes and shining that light on that history has been percolating with the Carter family around the time of that “Harder They Fall” movie.
been lowkey tuning in for more than a year. yall keep going
Thank you Ebro for being studied on Cowboy Carter! So appreciate you.
Shout out to Ebro. He def needed to have this convo w other people that got it. The other two dropped the ball smh.
This album is meant to serve as a musical education of the African Americans historic place w/in Country music, which would sound like Irish Folk (great in It's own right, mind you) if it weren't for the Blues & Gospel of the enslaved Africans. This includes the BANJO, which was created by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean then, later brought to The States.
Yes, the banjo wasn't created by the Appalachians but by Africans.
I could also go into the Black artists that many of the earlier big name white country artists learned from then portrayed as their style....
as it was with Elvis and Black artists like Roy Hamilton, Big Mama Thornton, Chuck Berry and Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Godmother of Rock & Roll), but it would take awhile. ;) Beyonce adds a bit of those artists work into this album as well.
Her last few projects have been a meld of grand musical production, a mosaic of Black History and how the two interconnect.
It appears that Beyonce is in a period of the Reclamation and Rejoicing of African American Culture, trying to correct the record due to the erasure and gate keeping whilst also trying to push The Culture forward in Unity, Knowledge and Beautiful Experiences and Conversations. 😎
It's what she's become known for.
The Superficial and surface level won't fully appreciate this album over the more curious and expansive minded.
So did elvis steal from black creators?
@@jimbob2427 Are. You. Fcking. Serious?? 😬 lol 💆🏽♀️
@@robinvolpi peoples say he did tho
@@jimbob2427 I EXPLAINED it in my initial MESSAGE
@@robinvolpi u never said he stole from black creators. U said they learned which is t the same as stealing and not giving them credit
I actually love Ebro,is not only one artist he anyone comes with great music or art he will try to explain. Best possible way ❤🙏
Beyoncé is wonderful and so is the album!!! 🐝🐝🐝🐝
I love ebro's enthusiasm. He sounds like a kid reiterating what they learned at school that day
You get it! Cowboy Carter is brilliantl both musically and in messaging. also? mmmmmmm mmmmmmm also, the co hosts are uniformed and contribute nothing.
I was really surprised that I liked the new Beyoncé album . It’s just so good man…. I’m not the biggest Beyoncé fan, although I loved her self titled , and Lemonade albums . Cowboy Carter I think is an absolute masterpiece.
Cowboy Carter you have to take your time to listen to. I be blasting it out here in Houston. Vocally her best album to me!
EBROOOO THANK YOU!!!
Cow Boy Cater is a good album Beyonce is a international ,universal super star ! ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Ebro saves this show. 👏🏾
Loved this episode
Thank you EBRO for your commentary on Beyonce! 🎉
Loved your breakdown of Cowboy Carter
When it comes to beyonce a lot of peoples misunderstanding comes from false information, media can be misleading and loves thriving off of negativity at times, but every star faces that, the top will always have more criticism though, it’s ok to not like her music aswell, everyone ain’t for everybody, that’s life.. plenty more great artist out there aswell, a lot of us beyhive get her message, and we glad she’s still here four decades later 👌
Ebro we love you bro!
Flyana Boss are from Dallas & Detroit.✊🏾 Proud of them.
Ebro, you are icon,People don’t need to love artist,but they’re enthusiasm, talent and art,the way they are thinking do things, put all this genres in one album 🤯 this body of work it’s masterpiece for sure.
Great B take 👏🏾🐝🐝
Love the passion. We really have no idea of our own history.
Some NOT all, but it's done by design.
@@renewilson2540exactly
Gotdern Ebroski! You are educating brotha. Lawd ha mercy! Thank you man
K Michelle has been trying to do a country album for years and no one supported her this much!
EBRO YOU CLOCKED THAT TEA!!!
People who think small they will never understand, if you know you know😉
Anyone can very much love "black music" without embracing Bey's new album. Ebro is goofy for that statement. Not every black song/album/project is loved by each and every black person. By human nature it's literally impossible. That needs no further explanation.
Lol, just a hater not to like SOMETHING on this album. It's that good. It has everything!
Exactly. Everything is so biased just because its her. Let's just be real tho.
But everyone loved Prince..lol 🤣
The diss going number 1 is insanity. congrats to future, metro, and kenny
Ebro…💯💯💯💯💯 agree 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you Ebro. You said what needed to be said, respectfully!
Ebro this interview showed me that u need new cohost lol for them to not have the musicianship of GETTING it says everything
I wish we could just take it all back.
Yooo, guy in blk hoodie on his 🔥🔥 SPEAK ON IT!! If they could do it y cant we? its 2024
Ebroooo 🙌🏽
Man, the other two hosts are why I've pretty much only been watching & reading Black southener's perspectives on the record. Y'all energy different kinda lol...love the breakdown of the record tho 💖
Great job Ebro.
Ebro and them guys got the Knowledge
I agree with Ebro. It’s a real treat for me
The host is speaking trust and standing with the truth. Even some black people don't understand the power of Beyonce mission.
To brainwash everyone
Ebro is spot on......
Ebro was on point with that Beyonce project.🎯💯
I don’t like the sound of this album (just don’t get the sound, might appreciate it sonically maybe when I older) but said immediately I get it’s importance and Beyonce’s bravery. That alone has to be applauded, beyond liking or not liking the sound
She didn't choose K . Michelle, yet she sent her flowers she's been singing country , let's talk about that great time to kick the door in and with someone obviously she know been singing r&b aswell as CM trust me she found out who all over their and how long K. Michelle has been there. Oh, she's very much aware of a lot of things people think she doesn't have time for,
B and J are 2 very calculated slick people that after more awards, please, sir, they went to the other side for the awards, money, power, and respect from the CM audience
people are followers of B&J personal evil twisted situations . She and her husband don't give 2 sh$$s about her fans ,
yet she used her fans to try to put the CM Industry in a bullying situation, 🤔 😔
Exactly
So what she didn’t choose who you wanted and now it’s a strategy? The other country artists she chose have been doing it for long too and are less known than k.michelle, from that perspective you could say they deserved it more. Shaboozey who’s on the album sings many genres, so in that aspect, she’s already good. They aren’t after more awards because guess what! Beyoncé is already the most awarded woman in Grammys history and this is very much a white man’s world, they know that, this is paving the way for future artists. Many would argue that past Beyoncé albums were better and deserved more awards but they didn’t give her. I promise you, she’s not delusional enough to think these white people care and neither should you. She didn’t use fans, y’all talk like artists tell fans what to do, these same fans have told her to shut up many times, fans are independent people. This woman, no matter how successful and influential she is, still experienced racism on a stage is why don’t you shut up.
LOVE owe the locs.
Cowboy Carter HAS to be Album of the Year!
Garbage of the year
Ebro, you get it!
The Title Is US!! COWBOY CARTER!! Even if you don't like It or Bey... Better RESPECT!!
The whole “if you don’t like this then you are that” argument is so tired. Grow up, Ebro.
Ebro is right, the slow left side is annoying
break it down Ebro!!! also feel the same way about Renaissance , like so many people are saying they disliked it and I refuse to let CC steal the shine lol. such another deep appreciation for Black music but CC is more controversial due to it being based around the country genre. Also diddy trippin, like bro we know you're going down. Great video!
What is "black" music?
@@bankm4856Music made, written, produced and created by black people.
Ebro gets it. Claps for that cowboy carter speech