Beyoncé Fan’s Radio Request Reignites Country Music Debate

I just can't take her seriously with that wig or that face.

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[quote]I just can't take her seriously with that wig or that face.

Cultural appropriation.

Imagine the DJ’s reaction if you called into an R&B station and asked to hear Martina McBride. This is some race-baiting bullshit. That shitty song that every Yaasss Kween, flitty fag has fallen inline with so quickly is shit and she says “bitch” every other word. It’s not a radio hit.

She’s getting into Michael Jackson territory.

Country radio only plays the same 10 or so artists. Why would they play Beyonce is who is mor even a country singer when they reject tons and tons of good artists that are country?

I hope they tell the beehive to get fucked. Behaving like bullies will get them nowhere!

Oh please. Neither Justin Timberlake or Miley Cyrus were accepted by country radio during their country eras. I'm sure Kylie didn't expect to be played on country radio during that Golden album too.

She's a popstar and thats why they're not really interested in her. She'll be on to some other gimmick for her next album.

Country radio doesn't play white, female country artists' music. Why would they start playing Beyonce?

I love how she released it on the same day taylor was getting all the headlines for being at the superbowl. Miss Swift overshadowed her still

That’s just ignorant. Why would you deny a listeners request. Is this the 1950s? Shit so fucking stupid. Was the reason that they don’t play “race” music like they used to say back then.

R10 Queen Bey does it for the art.

A request for the R&B stations:

If Sally Smith called HOT 97 and ask to play that song, during when the way take listeners request, they would. I used to intern at the radio. Some many white Americans are still so prejudiced.

To r13

R13 presents a good challenge. Would a single black station play that song?

R14 needs a proofreader

It's going to be really funny if this country kick crashes and burns for her.

How about some Latina representation? They have a bigger population.

R16 And I’m telling yes they would if a listener called in to request. I grew up with black radio. wtf don’t yall understand.

R20 you’re a fucking liar. They would not and will not play that. I dare you, I challenge you to get that song played on a black radio station.

She's entering "Chris Gaines" territory. She looks ridiculous. She should talk to Garth Brooks.

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R21 You dumb fuck. Black radio does not discriminate. When they take listener requests they will play it. You are assuming. I know what the fuck I have heard over the years with my very own years. Fuck you think you talking 2. They would play fkin Garth Brooks if a listener called in to request. You dumb fuck. You don’t know shit about radio. They don’t take audience requests all day long. Don’t ever try to tell me bout some shit you know nothing about again. Don’t respond because I am right and you are wrong and that’s on my mama, hoe.

One time my friend in fact called Hot 97 to play a Johnny Cash song and they fucking played it. Fuck you think you playing with bitch. I will destroy you on here with facts.

Brick is obviously a highly educated scholar from the Ivy League. No doubt that he’s summers in Nantucket, dining at all the most fabulous and the belle of society, as everyone races to his side to gather his opinions on the fashions and gossip of the season.

I found video of BrickPollitt

Hot 97 Contest/Request Line (800) 223-9797

Let’s see if you can get them to play R13

One song has shit and bitch in it. That’s not very country. Beyond seems tetarded.

Tetarded..a little retarded.

Hootie, né, Darius Rucker has/had a very successful country music career, but he was already a proven, record-selling entity.

People knew he was a talented musician, first and foremost.

This slag thinks that her name will open those very narrow, niche doors, but, alas, they won’t.

Doesn’t she and that ugly husband have enough money already? Her people think she can pull a reverse Swift and have a career in country music, where Swift started.

So groundbreaking…

The first…

She’s opening doors…

Yeeehaw!

Trailblazer….

Good God. More bullying tactics. The genre of the song doesn’t matter. Most country music listeners don’t want to hear Beyoncé sing anything at all. She hitched her wagon to Black Power “wokeness” in a big way. It’s too late to turn back and sell music to country fans now. It ain’t right, but that’s reality.

Bey & JZ can fuck off. When Faith Hill wins a BET Award or even performs on that awards show then we’ll talk.

Other than Eminem name successful white rappers. Blqs try to take over everything and dominate it. Go to most post offices and it’s all blq Womyn, because once they take power anywhere they push out crackers. Country should hold strong against this takeover.

[quote] You dumb fuck. Black radio does not discriminate. When they take listener requests they will play it. You are assuming. I know what the fuck I have heard over the years with my very own years. Fuck you think you talking 2. They would play fkin Garth Brooks if a listener called in to request. You dumb fuck. You don’t know shit about radio. They don’t take audience requests all day long. Don’t ever try to tell me bout some shit you know nothing about again. Don’t respond because I am right and you are wrong and that’s on my mama, hoe.

Look, you white, cosplaying, mentally ill asshole, you don't know what you're talking about, and you betray your age and race every time you post. No radio station in a major market, nor one that is run by a syndicate, is going to play a listener request if the song isn't already added to their playlist by the program director. This isn't 1947. It's just not done. PDs are very strict about what gets played. It's not a free-for-all. The DJ has zero control over what he or she plays.

You're such a fucking moron, it hurts to see so much stupid in one person. Go take your bi-polar meds and fuck off out of here, you fraud.

She’s been played enough over the past 20 yrs. She’s got more Grammy Awards than any other artist in history. She doesn’t need more, more, more. She’s a glory hog. So is her old man. Just give it a rest!!

And anyone who doesn't understand that that whole maneuver was a PR scam ought to go buy a bridge in NYC.

This fatass bleached cunt knew she was going to start some huge drama about country airplay that was part of the marketing plan.

But that's the point, R37. When her mediocre, b-side songs don't get play, she can make it into a "cause".

I will always love you.

But I will never expect me to love me when you don’t love yourself.

Let’s heal the world. One beautiful action at a time.

Over at Lipstickalley, they claim black people are the originators of country music. I'm sure they contributed to the music but "inventing" it? But, I'm not up on country music history.

Didn't you know, R45, blacks invented EVERYTHING!

[quote] Let’s heal the world. One beautiful action at a time.

Let's start with healing Datalounge- by banning your sorry ass for life.

Blqs are fucking delusional and entitled. This all won’t end well.

r14 Teafake has done everything. "I used to intern at ..." "I used to work at ..." "I know a lady who..." "I earn 100k+ doing..."

Your delusion is funny.

What's a radio station?

R5 If Martina McBride made an R&B song, they’d play it.

Why are we pretending white artists non-R&B don’t get played on R&B radio?

Adele, Justin Bieber, Madonna, Mark Ronson all got hits on the R&B charts.

But when it’s a black artist who wants to crossover, it suddenly becomes a problem

Wasn't Beyonce one of the ones whining about cultural appropriation? Now she has blonde hair?

My cousin La’taniqua… well her Auntie Miss Evie used to work at blackest radio station on earth as the janitor and she heard from the receptionist Kar’Madisha that she heard they played a Shania Twain song once…

R48 How DARE a black pop artist do a country album. How dare she.

“Rolling in the Deep” reached #61 on the Hip-Hop / R&B charts.

Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” reached #71. “Poker Face” was #75.

Ben Shapiro has a Top 10 on the Hip-Hop / R&B charts and he said hip-hop wasn’t even real music.

But a black artist can only be on the rap or R&B charts.

It’s racist. Plain and simple.

R51 that’s 100% not true. R&B segregates itself hard and it may except the random Justin Timberlake song but they ain’t playing R13

Mainstream has always discriminated against country artists.

R52 Beyonce has had blonde hair since the 90’s.

R51 Right, and to all these racist cunts I GOT TIME TODAY. I no longer ebeef but I will ALWAYS call out racism.

Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records. During the peak years of his recording career (1966–1987), he had 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to number one. He won the Entertainer of the Year award at the Country Music Association Awards in 1971 and was awarded a Grammy for "Best Country Vocal Performance, Male" in 1972.

R56 How is it not true when I just posted non-black / non-R&B / hip-hop songs charting on the R&B / Hip-Hop charts?

Why does Lady Gaga have R&B chart entries?

I loved that "Playing chicken with a train" song by Cowboy Troy. Big hit!

The Queen is the most versatile greatest recording artist of all time. Check her very first video ever.

r57 and?

Darius Rucker has had 7 number ones on the country charts. You all are delusional and stupid.

And let’s not lie even if Beyoncé had the biggest number one singles and album in all of country music history, swept the CMA awards, and the ACM awards, and everyone started to profess that she was the best country artist of the century or all time, it still wouldn’t be enough you all would still find something to bitch about.

Katy Perry’s “ET” - #83 on the R&B charts.

“Last Friday Night” bubbled under the R&B charts at 10. This song doesn’t even have a rapper or is anything close to hip-hop or R&B.

White artists can go whenever they please. It’s never the other way around.

This bitch hasn’t even dropped the album and you all already think she should win all the awards

Azealia already told Beyonce she was setting herself up for failure with this stunt.

R64 Country fans like Darius the same way they like Candace Owens lmao.

Lmao at the “Adele reached #99 for one week in 2010 on the R&B charts” argument

r68 Agreed, but no one types "lmao" anymore.

Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” reached #12 on R&B / Hip-Hop Airplay.

But I guess Katy Perry is R&B / hip-hop.

There is no honest debate with you all, and I do mean YOU ALL. You just move the goalpost constantly. aggressive mental abuse seems to be a cultural thing with ALL OF YOU..

R69 Yeah and that will be more than Beyonce would get on the country charts with a country song.

R70 I’m not R68 but I am R69

LMAO

R73 well you already don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about because she’s already occupying about four or five of the top spots on the top country songs on the iTunes Store

R75 GOOD.

Nelly at Number 1 on dem country charts

Country crossover songs, like Faith Hill’s Breathe are more palatable to a general audience, then some smut songs you all have talking about pussies dripping with creamy cum and booties smacking.

R76 oh, the exaggerated faux confidence to overcome that deep insecurity that you’ll never be able to get rid of, and we all know what it is.

R65 so you are mixing up how the data is formulated. I went to NYU for communication and interned places, I know how these things work. Black radio has two formats—urban contemporary mainstream and rhythmic contemporary . In most of the major cities the rhythmic contemporary is heavily r&b hip hop ie one of the two black radio stations. Most major cities have 2, cities with huge black populations like in the northeast have more than 2. That Katy Perry song won’t chart high on r&b/hi hop billboard chart because not all of those rhythmic stations are factored in because they’re considered pop stations even though they may black radio hosts and most listeners consider it one of the black stations. Also the r&b hip component is factoring in many of the urban contemporary mainstream that will still play r&b, ls where Wendy’s radio show was on. A station like that the ET song will get less play on those formats because they’re also playing like Ledisi, Jasmine Sullivan, music soul artists who don’t get any play on the rhythmic contemporary. But many white artists like JT and Gwen Stefani have had high peak positions on the r&b hip hop component chart.

r49 Oh, add to Teafake's list "I went to NYU for communication and interned places."

What hasn't she done? All the experiences that give her all the most knowledgeable take on all of life.

THEY are always telling fun lies. “My momma’s 2nd cousin is Beyonce’s grandma!”

R81 I have always claimed the same background. I went NYU and also military. Get off me hoe. I need to stop before someone discovers my identity.

I’m the real Teacake!

R77 If I’m not mistaken at the time of its release that song broke records for most weeks at number one on the top 40 mainstream.

I went to Harvard and Yale and wuz da CEO of Amazon!

R86 who hurt you? Do you want me to get them for you.

"It's going to be really funny if this country kick crashes and burns for her."

It won't be allowed to fail. Grammys take note.

This will be the greatest album of country music ever recorded. Publications like the Guardian will insist it is.

[quote] Cultural appropriation

When did BEYONCÉ complain about this, R4?

Dumb reactionary bitch.

R89 blacks in general and this bitch is divisive.

R80 Great read and very insightful but it doesn’t negate that white acts can chart on R&B / hip-hop charts without being of the genre.

And yes they have chart positions for Rhythmic which I didn’t post.

R&B, the term itself, was coined to segregate black rock and roll from white rock and roll. Black music has always been segregated.

Pop radio refused to play hip-hop for years. They would cut raps out of the songs if there was a featured rap on a popular song.

They didn’t reject the request because she’s black. They rejected it because it sucks.

R91 haha I know it’s annoying. When I hear TLC’s waterfalls I want to hear Lisa Lefteye Lopes’ rap. I notice increasingly they do play it even the adult pop stations. What’s weird here in San Diego the closest to the black station often doesn’t play Luda’s verse in Yeah but the adult pop stations do lol.

At what point does she become too old for radio? Isn’t she pushing 50?

the fucking entitlement of the Beyhive.. I hope they learn that crying racism doesn't always get them what they want. Bitch isn't a country artist so WHY should they play her? make it make sense.

[quote] [R13] presents a good challenge. Would a single black station play that song?

"If I Were A Boy" was a country song. Many urban radio stations declined to play it in favor of its b-side "Single Ladies." She's from TX and I think she has a sincere appreciation of country. I don't want to hear her singing it though.

You dumb fucks. That radio station was hosting the segment where listeners call in. Why the fuck would they disrespect someone and refuse to play a song that isn’t racist or homophobic.

r97 You're arguing with the same 2 people back and forth.

If I were a boy, Beyonces version is not a country song. It’s a pop song with folk, r&b, and soft rock influences. No urban radio stations refused to play the song. It got decent airplay as the lead mainstream single, but the popularity of Single Ladies quickly surpassed it. Urban radio were equally play both songs upon their release. They even started playing the official remix featuring R. Kelly. I remember everything.

Her voice really was so bad on "If I were a boy." Ugh - mismatch.

R100 yeah R13 better

Did Beyoncé give up the payola? If not, no air play.

Mrs. Snaggleface is such a corrupt mess.

r103 Justin Bieber did that same trick a few years ago!

R103, nobdoy uses itunes anymore. It's not 2012.

[quote] If Martina McBride made an R&B song, they’d play it. Why are we pretending white artists non-R&B don’t get played on R&B radio?Adele, Justin Bieber, Madonna, Mark Ronson all got hits on the R&B charts. But when it’s a black artist who wants to crossover, it suddenly becomes a problem

Really? What white country artists have been played on the R&B charts? Because the examples you used are all pop acts. And one look at ANY pop chart will tell you that Black artists have been a major part of those charts for more than 50 years.

[quote] What white country artists have been played on the R&B charts?

Don't know where or if it hit the R&B charts, but it got airplay

It’s never enough. They have been nominated for and won a disproportionate amount of Grammys in the major categories according to their population percentages and they always find a way to spin the numbers and play victims. We’ve been bowing down and it’s getting old, fast…

What about Latinx and Asian representation?

[quote] Don't know where or if it hit the R&B charts, but it got airplay

Kelly Clarkson is not a country artist. Do you read?

[quote] “Old Town Road,” which features [bold] Billy Ray Cyrus [/bold] and is spending its 19th week at No. 1, surpasses the record set by Drake’s “One Dance” on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart.

[quote] “Old Town Road,” which features Billy Ray Cyrus and is spending its 19th week at No. 1, surpasses the record set by Drake’s “One Dance” on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart.

[quote] —Is this better, asshole?

Nope, because that is a Lil Nas X song that sampled Billy Ray Cyrus' song and brought him on as a featured artist. It is NOT a Billy Ray Cyrus song. It's a song done primarily by a black artist.

You fucking suck at this. Give up already.

Whatever happened to Ashanti? She was better than Beyoonce and hasn't had a hit in about 20 damn years.

Beyoncé IS Patsy Clyne!!

And Teafake is Minnie Pearl.

Only tackier.

R113 Jennifer Lopez stole her career after using her voice on her songs. It’s actually rumored the voice on JLos earliest hits is actually mostly Ashanti demos. Dive deep into the nets and read up on it. It’s fascinating.

The song sucks but it doesn’t even sound country. If anything it sounds like that folk indie rock that was popular in the early 2010’s like Lumineers and Vance Joy.

It’s crazy how Americans don’t realize how these constant race debates DEFINE them to the rest of the world. Yes other countries have race relations issues, racism, etc. that’s a given. But you guys will really pull up every floorboard, pull out every nail to reveal what race war might be underneath every fucking issue.

Your are children who deeply enjoy shitting in your pants and making other people smell it. You have zero desire to grow up and move on. It’s obvious and scary.

Jlo did not steal Ashanti’s career. She was already poppin before Ashanti became the flash in the pan of 2002. Ashanti, a very pretty girl, is the ultimate timing is everything success story. She is very likeable and pretty but she is not that talented music wise. She is a cute songwriter. But her voice is thin and she can only sing in head voice. Compared to JLo she is patty Labelle but come on let’s be real here. Even her lyrics; it’s not like she was writing Erykah Badu caliber songs. Ashanti is definitely not more talented than Beyonce.

R118, Go tell the Beyhive. They are the ones racializing Beyonces shitty "country" music.

I mean Beyoncé? Really? You’re gonna dig your heels in and take up sides over a pop star. What the fuck are you actually trying to prove with this argument? What the fuck are you actually trying to say? And whatever that is, just say because this shit is nonsense.

R120 you sound like an 8 yo.

R122, Its true. They're the ones who need to hear this message. Go to twitter and read their race meltdowns.

R117 Funny, Pitchfork actually compared it to a Lumineers song in their middling review.

Country music hardly even exists today. In the 80s it turned into country flavored rock and now I guess it's like Op's picture, a rapper in a plastic cowboy hat.

As for black inventing country, they get credit for the blues but country comes from English and Scottish origins. Those being the primary demographic who settled the Appalachian region and westward.into Kentucky and the Smoky Mountains.

[quote] She was already poppin

Teafake, do you have a Ebonics-English dictionary sitting next to your cheap Tandy laptop?

R124 It does sound like a Lumineer song.

R126 Hi buttercup.

[quote] It does sound like a Lumineer song.—BrickPollitt

Do it? It a whole mood? A bop?

You fake piece of shit.

[quote] I need to stop before someone discovers my identity.—BrickPollitt

I wouldn't worry about that, particularly because no one cares.

[quote]The request was rejected, spurring hundreds of calls and emails about the exclusion of Black musicians from the genre.

I think black Americans suffer from an immense fear of missing out (FOMO).

They think that if they're not included in every storyline of a book, movie, play, etc. -- or pretty much not featured prominently in every aspect of American society -- then they're somehow being discriminated against.

They forget that they're only 13% of the U.S. population and thus do not feature in many Americans' lives.

In fact, most white Americans go through life without knowing black people personally or befriending one.

But according to current 'woke' Hollywood, everyone has multiracial relatives, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc,

Now, that's a fantasy that is deluding many POC.

“They think that if they're not included in every storyline of a book, movie, play, etc. -- or pretty much not featured prominently in every aspect of American society -- then they're somehow being discriminated against.”

I’m am black and don’t feel that way.

And it seems like gay men would understand. They are much less than 13% of the population and screaming about representation in Hollywood until every show had to have a gay character. The impulse is the same.

Who even listens to radio stations now?

Only very old people.

[quote] And it seems like gay men would understand. They are much less than 13% of the population and screaming about representation in Hollywood until every show had to have a gay character. The impulse is the same.

I'm gay and I totally get this. I don't want or need to see every single bit of entertainment shoehorn in a gay character. It irritates me because it doesn't feel organic. Don't pander to me. And usually they overcompensate and make it some ridiculous stereotype of a character. And you can't blame straight people for that anymore. Gay writers are among the worst offenders of putting ridiculous stereotypes on the screen. I don't want to watch something because it's gay themed. I want to watch it because it's good. And gay themed films/shows are usually not.

The Queen won’t sit down or not talk back. If she wants to do country she shall do country. Everything she touches is excellent. And when people call the radio to listen to her country bops the radio will play it. That is all.

[quote] —BrickPollitt

How did you get into the library so early, you piece of shit?

R134, totally agree with you. If it feels forced, the creators are trying too hard.

[quote]Everything she touches is excellent.

Fuck off with this shit.

R136 It will be ok. I am at work right now in my office but things will be ok babe. Just pray.

The idea that this was racism is just so dumb.

She surprise released the song 5 days ago. Some little ass station in OK doesn't have every song in its library and hey, if someone had called the indie station where I used to DJ and asked for a Beyonce song, I'd also say that wasn't part of our playlist.

Once they heard the song, they added it to their playlist.

The pop/rock music industry is littered with lots of bullshit racist moves, and lots of black artists that didn't get their due. This situation? Ain't that. Not at all, not even a little bit, no.

Stop blaming the Queen for this bullshit bias. If they didn’t have it in the mafuckin playlist they would have said so. Everything is digital nowadays. They had that shit.

[quote] If they didn’t have it in the mafuckin playlist they would have said so

They did say so.

[quote] If they didn’t have it in the mafuckin playlist they would have said so.

Moron

[quote]Gay writers are among the worst offenders of putting ridiculous stereotypes on the screen. I don't want to watch something because it's gay themed. I want to watch it because it's good.

Sex and The City's Anthony and his Hot Buns bakery, or whatever it is called, is the most cinrge-worthy gay stereotyping I have seen on TV in a long while. And that's written by a gay man and performed by a gay man who should know better and who's a writer himself, but is just happy for the check.

Oh god, that's nothing compared to the shit that's out there, but I hear you. It's not good.