Beyonce Controversy: "Challenger Shuttle Explosion" Audio Sample Used In New Single

[Feenix]

Orrrr, we can stop idolizing pop singers and making them out to be role models.

I do agree with what Rihanna said when she was getting flack for her behaviour, that she never wanted or asked to be a role model. People can't just arbitrarily decide that you're a role model and expect you to act according to their ideals. It's lazy parenting.

Girls and women should look up to more intelligent women, not pop stars or reality TV stars.

 

[charl_huntress]

Or people can stop hating on someone they don't know and attempt to do something fantastic with their own life. Yet I know...some folks aren't really capable of that. Easier to keep on drinking the Haterade.

 

[Feenix]

Criticizing someone for being tactless (like using audio from the Challenger tragedy in a song for money and attention) doesn't mean someone isn't doing something with their own life. Do you really think people who hate on Beyonce have boring lives? This is an internet forum, think about what you just said.

That's like saying you can't dislike the President because you're not the president.

 

[SentinelMind]

Beyonce and her husband are evil influences in entertainment industry...no one should be shocked by this.

 

[Feenix]

Evil? They're making money and exploiting suckers like everyone else. That's not evil, it's business, and the US is built on it.

 

[Duran Man]

Beyonce and her husband are evil influences in entertainment industry...no one should be shocked by this.

Or by your comment

 

[SentinelMind]

Evil? They're making money and exploiting suckers like everyone else. That's not evil, it's business, and the US is built on it.

These two believe acquiring money and power over all else is important...pretty evil. There comes a point where human dignity shouldn't have a dollar value price.

 

[charl_huntress]

I'm not talking about people criticizing Beyoncé for this one incident. I'm talking about the people who hate on her for no reason and say stuff like "I just don't like her. She's a *****". Those people obviously have boring lives if they spend their time hating on someone they don't know. She's done nothing to them but be successful. Yet....certain people really have nothing going with their lives and it's hard for them to keep the hate they have for themselves inside. I've seen this a lot....right here on SHH.

 

[SentinelMind]

Well, Beyonce has helped propogate the "independent, sleep-around-with-thugs, feminist culture that many young blacks now have to deal with....so yeah, I'm not a fan

 

[Feenix]

And you've never disliked someone you haven't met

 

[Feenix]

These two believe acquiring money and power over all else is important...pretty evil. There comes a point where human dignity shouldn't have a dollar value price.

This is the mantra of mega churches all across the US. Beyonce and Jay-Z are hardly the only or worst perpetrators. They're exploiting idiots, just like every other puffed up pop star, mega church, to some extent religion, reality TV producers and stars, etc etc.

 

[Warhammer]

Eh, I've never really cared for Beyoncé. Well, her music at least. It's either a female empowerment song or a "he dun did me wrong" song. Even though at times, I feel like the love she gets from girls/young women is borderline idol worship, she is a good role model. She isn't sleeping around or doing drugs.

 

[charl_huntress]

No actually not.. For some people though it's like a compulsion because they hate themselves sooooo much. For me to dislike you.... I actually need to know you. If I don't then why would I spend time disliking someone I don't know? That's a waste of energy. But again...some people just can't help themselves. I'm sure you understand that.

 

[danoyse]

So, what....Beyoncé and Jay-Z got the ring of power from Sauron now??

 

[Feenix]

No actually not.. For some people though it's like a compulsion because they hate themselves sooooo much. For me to dislike you.... I actually need to know you. If I don't then why would I spend time disliking someone I don't know? That's a waste of energy. But again...some people just can't help themselves. I'm sure you understand that.

Your passive aggressive BS is cute, really. I don't hate myself at all.

 

[Sawyer]

So, what....Beyoncé and Jay-Z got the ring of power from Sauron now??

 

[charl_huntress]

I'm sure that's the mantra you repeat every night before bed to make you believe that.

 

[SentinelMind]

This is the mantra of mega churches all across the US. Beyonce and Jay-Z are hardly the only or worst perpetrators. They're exploiting idiots, just like every other puffed up pop star, mega church, to some extent religion, reality TV producers and stars, etc etc.

lol, where did this come from? did I specifically say something about approving mega-churches?

 

[Zatanna]

I can foresee this thread and the Israeli abortion thread being closed lol.

 

[Feenix]

I'm sure that's the mantra you repeat every night before bed to make you believe that.

I love myself. I'm awesome. I'm so awesome, I'm better than you. In every way.

Including the grammatical way. See how I used than instead of then? It's called being intelligent.

Try being that way, too.

PS. You can't "bait" me into getting banned.

 

[Piper Maru]

I don't like Beyonce's music anyways.

 

[jaymes_e06]

Why did she do it? I like her new album and this song particularly but the clip is so unnecessary it makes me wonder if she didn't do it to be controversial for controversies sake.

 

[danoyse]

I was watching it live on TV with my entire 3rd grade class. I remember our teacher crying out in shock, but other than that it was just dead silence as we watched. Truly it was one of the most shocking things I had seen at that point in my young life.

I...want to give Beyoncé the benefit of the doubt on this and believe she truly didn't understand how offensive it would be and was just trying to be...artistic. I'm willing to give her a pass as long she apologizes and donates some money to Space Camp. Is that still around?

Anyhoo, I don't understand why people hate on her so much. She is incredibly talented and tries to be a good role model for young women. She's not half as bad as some of these other no-talent singers, but she gets 3x as much hate. People need to stop drinking the Haterade!

I remember, I was in my reading class, and another teacher just walked into the room and said, "The shuttle exploded." I can still hear her saying it. And she said that everyone on board died. It was so sad.

My middle school science teacher was in the running for the Teacher-In-Space program. I'm not sure how far he got, but close enough that he was still pretty freaked out talking about it a year later.

I'm not like an avid Beyoncé fan, but I like a lot of her music and I loved her in Dreamgirls. Using the audio was a bad call for sure, but I don't have the time or energy to denounce her existence over it. Hopefully she'll use better judgement going forward.

 

[SentinelMind]

are people shocked by singers who promote lyrics like this?

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Hey
(I want a Soldier)
The way you got it, I'm the hottest around
They'll know it when they see you rollin' impala's around
(I got a Soldier)
Wit the top down feeling the sounds
Quakin' and vibratin' your thighs ridin' harder than guys
Wit the chrome wheels at the bottom, white leather inside
When them flames be spittin' at you tell 'em don't even try it
To shot it wit Chelle and kick it wit Kelly or holla at B
Ya, gotta be G's you way outta your league, please

We like Dem boys that be in them lac's leanin'
(Leanin')
Open their mouth their grill gleamin'
(Gleamin')
Candy paint, keep that whip clean and
(Clean and)
They always be talkin that country slang, we like

They keep that beat that be in the back beatin'
(Beatin')
Eyes be so low from that chief
(Chief and)
I love how he keep my body screamin'
(Screamin')
A rude boy that's good to me, wit street credibility

If your status ain't hood
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Known to carry big things if you know what I mean

If your status ain't hood
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he looking at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough and he betta be street

We like Dem boys up top from the BK
(BK)
Know how to flip that money three ways
(Three ways)
Always ridin' big on the freeway
(Freeway)
Wit that east coast slang that us country girls be like

Low cut Caesars wit the deep waves
(Deep waves)
So quick to snatch up your Beyonce
(Beyonce)
Always comin' down poppin' our way
(Our way)
Tellin' us that country girls the kinda girl they like

If your status ain't hood
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Known to carry big things if you know what I mean

If your status ain't hood
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he looking at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough and he betta be street

I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
They wanna take care of me
(Where they at)
I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
Wouldn't mind takin' one for me
(Where they at)

I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
They wanna spend that on me
(Where they at)
I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
Wouldn't mind puttin' that on me
(Where they at)

Next to the speakers keep a toy in the trunk of the 'lac
A reformed D boy use to run into traps
Still a soldier do to war if you running your trap
About my girls ain't no thing to put you under the map

Walk the streets five deep with nothing less than a stack
And 80 carats on my chest provides a special attraction
50 G's in my jeans plus the dough from the waller
It's the reason I'm the king girl, I know what you like

If your status ain't hood
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Known to carry big things if you know what I mean

If your status ain't hood
(Ain't hood)
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he looking at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough and he betta be street

I like Dem boys over there they lookin' strong tonight
(Strong tonight)
Just might give one the phone tonight
(Phone tonight)
Homey in the dickies in my zone tonight
(Zone tonight)
He don't know it might be on tonight

Ooh he lookin' good and he talkin' right
(Talkin' right)
He the type that might change my life
(Change my life)
Every time he look at me my girls be like
(Girls be like)
That one may be the one tonight

If your status ain't hood
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Known to carry big things if you know what I mean

If your status ain't hood
(Ain't hood)
I ain't checkin' for him
Betta be street if he looking at me
I need a soldier
That ain't scared to stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough and he betta be street

Hey, see cash money is a army, I'm walkin' wit purple hearts on me
You talkin' to the sergeant
Body marked up like the subway in Harlem
Call him, weezy F baby, please say the baby

If you don't see me on the block I ain't tryna hide
I blend in wit the hood, I'm camouflage
Bandanna tied, so mommy join my troop
Now every time she hear my name she salute

I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
They wanna take care of me
(Where they at)
I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
Wouldn't mind takin' one for me
(Where they at)

I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
They wanna spend that on me
(Where they at)
I know some soldiers in here
(Where they at, where they at)
Wouldn't mind puttin' that on me
(Where they at)

 

[Feenix]

It's not the worst I've heard.

It's not very good writing, but it's fairly tame given what some singers sing about.