Double Standards In A Low Standard Society

I don't usually blog about a topic more than once.
I already discussed the Alicia Keys issue twice and decided to leave it alone on this blog I had made my point.
This blog never gets at anybody who hasn't done anything wrong, which is why you will never see me bash Kelly Rowland or Fergie or even Kelis but when an artist or pop culture figure does something which represents the double standards that exist in today's culture, I will blog about it.

So I'm on Twitter last night and somebody makes a comment about Beyonce' not being a "real" writer. So now I'll adress this issue:

The song "Irreplaceable" was indeed originally written by Neyo and StarGate and was offered to Beyonce' because Beyonce' is Beyonce' she cannot record and release a song without having some part in, so she changed the key of the song and some aspects of the melody because that counts as writing because song lyrics need a melody and vocal arrangement is counted as being part of writing a song.
I find it funny that people latch onto this song, ignoring all the other songs Beyonce' created herself but that's cool because when it comes to Beyonce', all common sense goes out of the window.

The song Smack Into You was originally written by The Dream and another writer for an alternative male artist, because The Dream was also writing with Beyonce' at the time, the song was given to Beyonce' who then re-named and changed the key of the song which also counts as songwriting, the melody of the song is altered slightly also. Now- do you think whoever represents the Dream would allow Beyonce' to take credit for a song that she did nothing to, do you think Neyo (who had been writing for more than 4 years before writing Irreplaceable) would agree to give Beyonce' the song and put her name on the credits if she did nothing to it.
Do you think the NAACP would give a singer/songwriter of the year award to someone without checking if the singer/songwriter actually wrote on the song.

If the other writers are credited on the album, then there is nothing suspect going on.

Alicia Keys fans seem to be under the impression that because Beyonce' sings upbeat songs and wears "provocative clothing" she is in some way less artistically credible than Alicia Keys.

You want to know what's not credible?


Its not credible that a woman can sing a song about "Karma" and then go and have an affair with a married man, does she not know the meaning of her own song.

It's not credible that a woman can sing about female empowerment in a song called "SuperWoman" where she praises the average women of the world for being who they are and then turns around and sleeps with the husband of an average woman.

If Alicia could dance like Beyonce', she would.
If she could sing like Beyonce', she would.
And when it comes to provocative clothing, you could put a hoe in a Nun's outfit but it doesn't change the fact that she's still a hoe.
Beyonce' can shake her ass because we know she can blow better than the best of them.
Beyonce' can talk about being a porn star in Video Phone because we know that on the same record she can talk about being in awe of love in That's Why You're Beautiful.

Alicia Keys fans seem to believe that she is some way more credible than Beyonce, because she plays a musical instrument, if that's the case then Alicia Keys is also more credible than Michael Jackson.
There is a reason that it is Beyonce' who sang at The NeighbourHood Ball, there is a reason that Beyonce' is the star of 5 box office hits, one of which she executive produced.
Oh and when it comes to Beyonce's acting and the suggestion that she is only cast because she is famous and that all her roles (aside from Obsessed) are singing roles because she can't act: If that was the case, everysinger who could sing would be in hit movies, even singers who at the time of Beyonce's movie debut were more accomplised than Beyonce': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwruffC_Tg0

Whether Beyonce' sings in a movie or not, she is acting because there is a script which contains a storyline which contains a message, you think the Oscars just put anybody up for nomination?
If you say that Beyonce' cant act, then my dear, neither can Barbara Streisand after all, most of her movies were musicals too.
You never hear anybody complain about how Will Smith always plays the hero in his movies, or how Whitney Houston also played a singer in her biggest movie role, but of course when it comes to Beyonce, all common sense goes out of the window.

The problem with modern society is that we find it way to easy to overlook things are blatently wrong, we can look at SuperHead and judge her for sleeping with married men but then find a way to rationalise the act when somebody else does it.

We can look at George Bush and call him an idiot and overlook that there wasn't a single terrorist attack in the USA when he was in complete power. (9/11 was being planned when Clinton was still in Office)


If you don't know how shit works, then shut your mouth.