Beyoncé

Released: January 1, 2002

Featuring: Joy Bryant Rah Digga

Songwriter: Beyoncé

Producer: Beyoncé

Carmen why you bugin', this ain't time for lovin'
Blaze got the doe we should stick it in the oven

Big boy clubbing, no more this kid scrubbing, up in Roscoes grubbing
Keep the busiest commin'

You know he do cats and keep running staying on sunset
Air force oneing, You know me and Nicki got the duce on the sicky
Tripping cause the ready came at hit you with a hickey

You got the dreams, all we need is the beams
Nineteen, Nineteen
Ice cream, Vanilla bean

It might seem, but everything that glitters don't bling
I ain't ever net these brothers hows that the right thing
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In the twenty-first century, no pop star was as poised, as polished, or as generally fierce as Beyoncé. She scored early success with Destiny’s Child, who started out as a sexier and sassier (if less adult) version of TLC, then steadily became more and more of a vehicle for Beyoncé’s operatic vocals and general diva-tude, which may have been the plan all along.

Whether appearing in TV spots, co-starring in films like Dreamgirls, or killing it every night on stadium tours, Beyoncé was omnipresent in the 2000s. Almost everybody, Beygency member or otherwise, loved shiny, hip-hop-fueled hits like “Crazy in Love”, and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. Moving into the 2010s, Beyoncé fights on, gaining more and more traction in pop culture with her work and music.

She has made a significant impact upon the music landscape in general with her recent albums 4 and BEYONCÉ, which explored complex themes like motherhood, feminism, marriage, sexuality, and doubt in a greater depth. With Lemonade, she went a step further—the fierce, intimate exploration of marriage, infidelity, and forgiveness was her most personal and musically daring album yet.

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