BEYONCÉ BEING ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY EVER!

A THREAD:

Credit: @ThePhilipMicah for the material.

1. HER INVENTION AND POPULARIZATION OF THE RAPID FIRE, DOUBLE-TIME STACCATO RAP-SINGING STYLE and SYNCOPATED rhythms and syllables that is ALL OVER music today! This is from a 2007 documentary, but in 2020, this style can be heard EVERYWHERE from-

-Ariana Grande, to Drake, to Rihanna, to SZA...to...a huge slew of artists. To be honest, finding a popular artist in Pop, Hip-Hop and R&B that HASN’T used this style is rare. BEYONCÉ CHANGED THE GAME FOREVER in 1997. With her OWN RANDOM, creative idea.

THE SINGING STYLE BEYONCÉ PIONEERED is specifically DOUBLE-TIME RHYTHMS, meaning going in an out of rap-singing in DOUBLE TIME, or, twice as fast as the original rhythm. This creates, in many senses, a NEW RHYTHM. Many of the most iconic hits of the 21st Century have iconic-

HOOKS or verses that were a new rhythm and that were sung in DOUBLE TIME. BEYONCÉ is the one who invented its place in R&B/Pop music and it can be heard ALL OVER music today. I’ve provided some examples of Destiny’s Child songs that use double time, as it was their signature-

-style in all their hits, and then some recent popular songs, 7 Rings and Needed Me. I could give HUNDREDS of examples of this...but I’m sure y’all have already heard it all over the radio.

Beyoncé became of the most influental artist off of her debut era alone. After Crazy in Love and DIL, Beyoncé IMMEDIATELY became the standard. She was IMMEDIATELY the IT girl. Artists on an individual level and the music industry as a whole started CHANGING the way they marketed-

-their girls to make another BEYONCÉ. From the fashion style and leotards to the performance style to the dance moves to the song style. Everyone from Brandy to Ashanti to Kelis to Amelie to RIHANNA was a product of that impact. The only one who has lasted is RIHANNA-

-because she’s the only one who switched it up and built her own lane. Today, this BEYONCÉ standard is everywhere,from all the new female performers(Camila, Normani,Lizzo) to even female RAPPERS(Megan,Cardi,even Nicki) who showcased aspects of this influence.Beyoncé THE standard.

There's a lot more, but I'm done.