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[LIL UZI VERT] OFFICIAL VISUALIZERS ARE THE NEW LYRIC VIDEOS

If you love the song “Unfazed” by Lil Uzi Vert featuring The Weeknd then you have been listening to this song wrong. Lil Uzi Vert put up a great visualizer video for the song and it captures the fun and trippy energy.

Check out the Official Visualizer here:

Hey, we might not have a music video but this is pretty close.

Lil Uzi Vert has always been a huge fan of visualizers.

Check out the “Neon Guts” visualizer here:

And don’t forget about the “The Way Life Goes” Visualizer:

He has always been a creative soul. The graphics really help put these songs on the next level. I hope he continues to add this element to his discography. I wouldn’t say they are better than his music videos but hey it’s a lot better than a simple lyric video. Check out more of his work on his YouTube channel.

 

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WHO DOES TAYLOR SWIFT THINK SHE IS?

Taylor mother f*ckin Swift thinks she runs the world and she can put out any song and it will be a smash hit. Taylor’s popularity seems to be drastically going down recently and after this horrific cover, she is racking up so much bad publicity.

Taylor Swift decided to do a cover of “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire. “September” is a song rooted in black culture and history- marking this funk track’s ascend into popular culture.

Earth, Wind & Fire isn’t just a band and “September” is not just a song. It is a huge part of black culture and black music that marked a shift in cultural influences.

Check out the original song here:

Now check out Taylor Swift’s distasteful cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COMvxYPfFFY

Not only was it bad- it was so bad that it was disrespectful. People actually thought it was a Friday the 13th joke. It wasn’t.

You could say that the criticism was very swift. Covering a popular song is tricky, but why would she even want to go into this territory? When I first heard Taylor’s cover it didn’t even sound like the original, so what was the point to even cover it if you’re not going to stay true to the song’s central theme/idea?

I don’t know why she had to put a sexual moaning voice at the chorus. It seems like she was trying to go for the vibe that Justin Bieber had when he released his cover of “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

Check out Justin Bieber’s cover of “Fast Car” here:

The difference is that Justin did it right and only put a small spin on the song.

Monique Judge, a columnist for the black culture magazine the Root stated:

“There are certain songs you don’t mess with, especially if you don’t have the range, and we all know Taylor Swift has all the range of a dial tone.”

You simply cannot turn this black-rooted funk dance track into a country folk song without backlash. This was highly insensitive and in poor taste.

We have bad blood now Taylor.

 

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[ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF ALL TIME] BEYONCE’S COACHELLA REVOLUTION

This weekend one of the biggest music festivals in the world was held in California- the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The famous Coachella stage is shared with some of the biggest artists of this generation. This Saturday around 11:05 p.m. Pacific Time the stage introduced Beyonce.

Beyonce was the first black woman to headline Coachella, which is shocking because it is 2018. She made an effort to show her black roots and created a performance that was more than just music- it also revolved around culture.

She was supposed to perform at the 2017 Coachella but due to her pregnancy she had to back out and her performance was replaced with Lady GaGa. Since she had a year to prepare she certainly took all that time to produce one of the best performances of her career and one of the best performances on the Coachella stage.

Check out her opening here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guf1L6HmeOc

She even brought out Destiny’s Child:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NfdCEEpqM

She also brought out her sister on stage to dance with her. She also brought out her husband Jay-Z. Overall this performance was amazing and touched on every stage of her career.

Fans named the performance, “Beychella,” combing Coachella and of course her name. Beychella” will certainly go down in the books.

Jon Caramanica, a New York Times music reviewer stated,

“there’s not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year or any year soon.”

And this is why:

She managed to pay homage to her roots of the black South while also incorporating her influence in American pop. She performed gracefully and powerfully, displaying black excellence to an audience that has ties to racial ignorance.

The performance almost felt like the SuperBowl with numerous light shows, fireworks and a large number of background dancers. With her dazzling black crown punctuated by pops of gold- she was the queen of the night.

Not only was she able to show her black southern roots, she sang verses of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black National Anthem. In a time of such political corruption, this is really what the crowd needed. She also included references to the big names of the civil rights movement. From Nina Simone to Malcolm X and Chimamanda Adichie- she really turned this performance into a landmark of her career. Malcolm X’s quote, “the most disrespected woman in America is the black woman” was broadcast all throughout the crowd.

Even though she is famous, she is still in touch with her black identity that most singers in her position ignore due to their success- for example, Michael Jackson.

She turned her performance into a show of resilience, black culture and power. She has cemented her name in the industry and has no plan on silencing her voice. This was one of the best performances of all time and one of the most moving performances to happen on the Coachella stage. I wonder how she is going to top this. Her voice will never be silenced and injustice will continue to happen unless powerful people in the industry speak up about it.

 

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