Azealia Banks has intensified her criticism of Beyoncé, targeting the superstar’s new album Cowboy Carter.
The controversial provocateur took to her Instagram Stories to offer her thoughts on Queen B’s new project, urging her to “find new content.”
“Absolutely not,” she declared after joking that she might have to “eat her words” when it comes to previous criticism of Bey’s turn into the Country curve. “Themes r redundant. The lyrics really are forced. Album is too long… Plus who is this imaginary adversary sis thinks still wants to hump on [JAY-Z] in 2024?
“She’s gotta find new content. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY thinks he’s even remotely attractive …. LOL,” she added before finding positive things to say about the non-vocal aspects the album. “Great work from the band/producers/engineers. Cool and interesting work on the sonics. Might be her first sonically cool attempt at being arty…”
Above all her gripes regarding Cowboy Carter, Banks particularly felt Beyoncé missed an opportunity by not featuring some of country music’s biggest names like Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, among others.
“I personally would have jumped out of my seat for a KT Tunstall appearance,” she continued. “A strong dr. Luke power ballad was missing … like ‘Low’.”
Overall, Banks felt the project was a snooze, noting that she “dozed off again.”
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Azealia Banks’ review echoes sentiments she shared earlier this week, when she suggested that the former Destiny’s Child leader is trying to behave like a white woman.
“Sis, I live for Whiteyonce Donatella Bianca Bardot DOWN, but I’m kind of ashamed at how [you] switch from Baobab trees and Black Parade to this literal pick me stuff,” she began.
Azealia then suggested that Beyoncé went above and beyond for the Dixie Chicks (with whom she performed at the CMAs in 2016) because they were white women.
“Like u do lame stuff like bring out some blacklisted white women (Dixie Chicks) at the Country Music Awards. and they would never, ever do the same for you. Ur always sharing ur platform with white women, who are so jealous of you but have such a long history of sabotaging other black careers,” she wrote. “You’re reinforcing the false rhetoric that country music is a post-civil war art form.”
After questioning why Beyoncé would attempt to break into an art form that didn’t make her feel welcomed, Azealia Banks roasted “16 Carriages,” claiming that it “didn’t make any sense.”
“Had you made a great country song … going number one should be the headline without the weird race part,” she concluded. “But like Kelsea Ballerini and Carrie Underwood have better songs than whatever nauseating little Bey on the prairie stuff is going on.”
The project currently under scrutiny by Banks dropped on Friday (March 29).
Azelia is a crackhead. Nobody cares about her opinions on music or anything else
Who is this person? Where her #1 songs,album, content at? On Beyonce’s worst day she couldn’t do what Bey does. Furthermore I believe she did this album because “they” said she couldn’t. Maybe homegirl should get her ass in the studio and make something worthwhile instead of going after another woman. Even if she thought it was the best she wouldn’t be woman enough to say it cause she a born hater always got something so nasty and so rude to say.
AB had one hot song (212) 12 years ago. Since then, she just a professional hater.
Who the hell is azaelia banks? I assume she’s an irrelevant bitch.
I’m no huge fan of Beyoncé. But how sad is it that Banks only gets mentioned in articles when she’s speaking ill of someone else? Or when someone means to google Iggy Azeala and click the wrong link.
Not a fan of Beyonce but I’d never advice from crack fein lyk Azalea Banks. Never listened to a song on that and likely never will. I will say credit to B for appropriating a genre otherwise thought to be white coz white folks do it to black music all the time.
MONEY buys happiness, women and power. so she’s wrong about no girls wanting him. You girl and her sister will stay the night with Jay while you watch the kids with the money he has. She acts like she wouldn’t touch him with 6 figures cash in her hand and a record deal.
What does banks actually do for a living? She ain’t putting out any joints. But she does spend her day putting down other people. It’s the same thing again and again. She’s got to be very unhappy in herself to keep doing it. Get help or get out of the way.
Banks aint lying though. Beynces album is weak.
Azelia Banks is Faizon Love. Don’t @ me
A lesson to young artists, just create your own content man. Theres no magic formula to make everyone like you. Theres always gonna be a crowd that will not like your music and thats alright.