9. Diva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNM5HW13_O8 Get ready for class because Bey is here to school you on just how hard she can go in on a track, demanding everything from your respect to the money in your pockets with style intact. Strutting all over the place with confidence and swagger her demeanor goes completely trenchant with street-style hustle while holding on to her easy to convey but impossible to replicate sexuality. The production ratchets her sexuality up to a boiling point thanks to an impossibly well placed snare drum combined with chipmunk squeak sampling. Bringing her definition of hustlin' into the female lexicon with the reapplication of the word "diva" Beyoncé underscores a repositioning of equality for her skills up against any artist - male or female she can take them all on. Demanding respect has never sounded so gloriously boss. Beyoncé really delivers on her royal status as Queen B here and should be a calling card for any woman who's attempting to break down barriers in life due to the impractical challenges women face receiving the same notice as their male counterparts, let alone getting recognised whatsoever.
Ryan Curtis Outcault
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Two years on in Los Angeles and I am no closer to unearthing the secrets to its successes and riches as portrayed on inspirational programming like The Hills and NUMB3RS, maybe I just haven't joined the right cult yet. My hobbies include buying music on analog formats, considering the implications of Inception to this day and not sunbathing. I might be bewildered, but its better than sitting pretty and ignorant.
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