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- Beyoncé's 'The Gift' album features Blue Ivy's singer-writer debut - New York Post
- Stream Beyoncé's 'The Lion King: The Gift' Album - NPR
- Inside Beyoncé’s Bold Bet to Get Americans to Listen to African Music - Rolling Stone
- Hear Beyonce’s Resilient New Song ‘Spirit’ - Rolling Stone
- Watch Beyoncé’s New Video for The Lion King Song “Spirit” - Pitchfork
- 5 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Beyoncé’s The Lion King, Maxo Kream, and More - Pitchfork
- From Burna Boy To Tiwa Savage: The African Artists Featured On Beyoncé's 'The Lion King: The Gift' - Essence
- Beyoncé, Jay Z, & Childish Gambino Create A Track That Is Definitely A "MOOD 4 EVA" - HotNewHipHop
| Posted: 19 Jul 2019 04:59 AM PDT  There's a new queen of the jungle in the Carter household. As if Beyoncé voicing the lioness character of Nala in the new live-action remake of "The Lion King" wasn't enough to make her kids proud, Queen Bey gives oldest daughter Blue Ivy her own regal moment on her new album. On "The Lion King: The Gift" — a companion LP to the movie executive-produced by Beyoncé, featuring original songs in what she has called a "love letter to Africa" — the diva's 7-year-old daughter with husband Jay-Z gets her own close-up as a featured vocalist on "Brown Skin Girl." "Brown skin girl, your skin just like pearls/The best thing in the world/Never trade you for anybody else," Blue Ivy sweetly sings alongside SAINt JHN — a Brooklyn-born artist of Guyanese descent — at the beginning of the song. Then Nigeria's Wizkid and Beyoncé herself join in on the track, which celebrates the beauty of brown-skin sisters. "Your skin is not only dark/It shines and it tells your story," B croons over the lilting, African-accented groove. The track shows love for some famous brown-skin bombshells, from Naomi Campbell and Lupita Nyong'o to Beyoncé's Destiny's Child cohort Kelly Rowland. "Pose like a trophy when Naomis walk in/She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin/Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in/Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in," Beyoncé sings. But Blue Ivy gets the last word, closing out the song all by herself. This isn't the first time Blue Ivy has appeared on one of her mom's albums. On 2013's surprise "Beyoncé" album, the then-23-month-old girl talked and giggled on the aptly titled "Blue."Clearly, she has inherited her parents' comfort level in the studio. And having already sat in the front row at the Grammys, this child seems destined to carry on the family's musical legacy. In addition to curating "The Lion King: The Gift," Beyoncé appears on 13 of 27 tracks, including "Bigger" — a soaring, atmospheric ballad punctuated with tribal drums — and the percussive dance jam "Find Your Way Back." Elsewhere, Beyoncé reunites with Kendrick Lamar on "Nile," although at less than two minutes, the track fails to work up the fireworks of their "Freedom" pairing. Better is B's collaboration with Jay-Z and Childish Gambino" on the smooth vibeout "Mood 4 Eva," which pulses with the spirit of Africa. The album closes with "Spirit," Beyoncé's ballad that also appears on the proper soundtrack of "The Lion King," which hits theaters today. Although it won't go down as one of B's most memorable songs, the gospel-infused track brings the album to a big Disney finish.  |
| Stream Beyoncé's 'The Lion King: The Gift' Album - NPR Posted: 19 Jul 2019 05:00 AM PDT  Beyoncé attends the European premiere of Disney's The Lion King on July 14 in London. Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift album is out now. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images hide caption  Beyoncé attends the European premiere of Disney's The Lion King on July 14 in London. Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift album is out now. Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesThe Lion King: The Gift, Beyoncé's executive-produced album inspired by the 2019 motion picture, has been delivered. The 27-track album — 14 original tracks and 13 interludes from the Disney feature film — features an impressive set of headliners like Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Tierra Whack, Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar as well as global acts from Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica and more. Lion King: The Gift pays tribute to Disney's 1994 animated classic The Lion King as well as the continent where it takes place. "This soundtrack is a love letter to Africa, and I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa," Bey said in a Good Morning America interview. "I wanted to be authentic to what is beautiful about music in Africa." Beyoncé, who plays Nala in the new film, made it a point to feature a multi-genre artists and producers for a sound that's reflective of the diaspora of African cultures. While some songs like "MOOD 4 EVA," which is produced by Bey and DJ Khaled, feature a straightforward, cinematic R&B sound, others, like Burna Boy's "Ja Ara E" or the heartfelt "Brown Skin Girl" featuring Saint JHN, Wizkid and Blue Ivy Carter, are held down with African-influenced beats and percussion by producer P2J. Nigerian artists Tekno, Yemi Alade and Mr. Eazi form an Afrobeat trifecta with "Don't Jealous Me" and Ghanaian musician Shatta Wale and electronic trio Major Lazer each add their own flavor to "Already." Up-and-coming Cameroonian singer Salatiel has a shining introduction on the track "Water," singing alongside Bey and Pharrell. The album-ender, "Spirit," was the sole single shared before the album and was released earlier this week with a sprawling music video. YouTube This new release notably marks the fourth lyrical appearance of Blue Ivy Carter, first daughter of Queen Bey and Jay-Z. Previously, Blue could be heard on her mother's 2013 self-titled album, on her father's album 4:44, and on the power-couple's first official collaborative album, Everything Is Love.   The album cover art also adds a sense of symbolism and power: Two gold lions, tied together as one, carry over messages of unity from the film. Beyoncé provides a modern interpretation and vision for the story many of us already know. "I feel like the soundtrack becomes visual in your mind," Beyoncé told GMA. "It's a soundscape. It's more than just the music because each song tells the story of the film."  |
| Inside Beyoncé’s Bold Bet to Get Americans to Listen to African Music - Rolling Stone Posted: 19 Jul 2019 03:22 PM PDT  Yemi Alade had a cold. Last month, the Nigerian star, who recently passed the one-million-subscribers mark on YouTube, flew to Los Angeles to work on a project by Beyoncé. But when Alade landed, she discovered she no longer had a singing voice. "I couldn't understand what had happened to me," she says. "I could talk, but I couldn't even hit the lowest key." Panicked, she immediately went into full recovery mode. "I went for a steaming so I could get more moisture," Alade recalls. "I jacked up on vitamin C. I went in on lemon and ginger. I felt like an herbalist, I was going in on everything." When Alade hit the studio the next morning, "the excitement awoke my voice" — she could sing. As a result, she appears twice on Beyoncé's The Lion King: The Gift, which is both a companion album to accompany the release of a new version of Disney's famous film from 1994 and a tribute to several strains of contemporary African pop from one of the United States' biggest stars. Alade is joined by other Nigerian luminaries: Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, Tekno, Mr. Eazi, and Wizkid. Beyoncé also looked beyond Nigeria as well, recruiting Shatta Wale (Ghana), Salatiel (Cameroon), Moonchild Sanelly (South Africa), and Busiswa (also South Africa) to contribute to The Gift. Artists and producers involved in the album believe it will be a major boost for their international footprint — especially in America, the world's biggest music market, which has been far less welcoming to African artists than the U.K. or France. "There have been samples [of African music in American pop] here and there, things like Drake and Wizkid collaborating [on 'One Dance']," says Guilty Beatz, the Ghanian producer who worked on three different tracks from The Gift. "But it's just been little things. Now that Beyoncé released a whole album, this will open the gateway." Word of The Gift started to spread in the music industry at the end of spring. "Mid-may we started hearing rumblings of Beyoncé working on a Lion King project," says James Supreme, an A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group. "One of our colleagues, Ari Gelaw, has a great relationship with Beyoncé's A&R, Mariel Gomerez. We reached out, and Mariel opened her arms." Supreme put Gomerez in touch with a young writer-producer named Michael Uzowuru, a first-generation Nigerian American whose credit list includes Frank Ocean's Blonde and Jorja Smith's Lost & Found. "There was a very specific vision [on The Gift], and Michael really knows how to execute a vision," Supreme says. That vision, according to Salatiel, was to make the album "very African." "[Beyoncé] insisted on having the African spirit on it," Salatiel adds. Sureeta Nayyar — who does international A&R for UMPG and has a keen ear for Nigerian acts — also entered into conversations with Beyoncé's team. "As a company, we have a really strong international presence, with Burna Boy [who is signed to UMPG] being the most significant African artist right now," Nayyar says. "We were jumping on a moving train," she continues, but Burna Boy ended up being one of the few artists other than Beyoncé to get a solo showcase on The Gift. Much of The Gift came together in a studio complex in Los Angeles. "For almost two months, Michael went to the studio every single day," Supreme says. "The way he put it was there were so many different rooms, with creatives cycling in and out." "There were several studios, and every room had a theme," Alade adds. Many of the artists who worked on The Life are cagey about the details of its creation thanks to what one participant calls an "ironclad NDA." But several of the African singers and producers traveled to L.A. to oversee songs in person. When Burna Boy arrived at the studio, he watched the trailer for The Lion King reboot to get into the right mindset before writing "Ja Ara E." "It's a new Lion King where [the animals] actually look like [real] lions," he says. "I hadn't seen that — it tripped me out. The management team was there give me one or two notes; they had to tell me what was going on." Guilty Beatz also flew out from London for a five-day stint on the West Coast working on instrumentals. "I didn't know who would end up on which song," he says. But the producer knew what he wanted his beats to sound like: "I'm Ghanaian, so I wanted to bring that cultural sound [of the genre] highlife." Compared to the programmed pulse of contemporary Nigerian afrobeats, "highlife is more guitar-based, slower, with shakers and more percussion elements like congas and bongos," Guilty Beatz explains. This influence creeps into two of the most effective beats on The Gift: "Find Your Way Back," with its featherweight guitar riffs, co-produced by Bubele Boii, and most of all in "Keys to the Kingdom," where languid verses give way to an insistent, jabbing hook. The South African producer DJ Lag also spent a week in L.A. tinkering with "My Power," which channels the style known as gqom. Unlike gentle highlife and swaying, mid-tempo afrobeats, gqom is skeletal, smacking music set around 126 beats per minute. DJ Lag sent six instrumentals to Beyoncé ahead of time; the singer took two of them. When he got to L.A., "they already had chosen what they wanted," he says. "The only thing I did at the studio was work with the voices and add Busiswa's part on the beat."
By the time Alade arrived in L.A. in June — and recovered her voice — she says Beyoncé had already amassed a stockpile of around 150 songs. "There was a huge board with all of the artists that were supposed to be a part of the project," she recalls. Alade was armed with "some songs that were not going to make it onto my upcoming album;" Beyoncé's team "also played some ideas that they had," including early versions of "Don't Jealous Me" and "My Power," the album's two most propulsive tracks. Alade hopped on both. For Alade, the timing of The Gift is fortuitous: She has a new album, Woman of Steel, arriving before the end of the summer. The same is true for Burna Boy, who will release African Giant next week, and DJ Lag, who released the Steam Rooms EP with Okzharp on Friday. The Gift is also a shrewdly timed release for Beyoncé, who gets to embrace and elevate styles of music that are currently rising in popularity around the globe, even if they have not yet crashed into the American mainstream. Beyoncé now plays a role in potentially pushing some of this music into places it has not yet reached. Uzowuru sees Beyoncé's latest album as an afrobeats starter-kit for curious listeners. "This will give a great reference point for people to get into that music who haven't before," he says. "People need something like this to understand the rhythm, the melodies, the grooves. Beyoncé made a great job of making it accessible." Alade calls The Gift "yet another awakening, another step in the right direction." Collaborative albums like this one have "advantages on both sides, for the U.S. and for Africa," the singer says. But there is still more work to do. "The idea," Alade adds, "is to close the gap."  |
| Hear Beyonce’s Resilient New Song ‘Spirit’ - Rolling Stone Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:17 PM PDT  Beyoncé has unveiled new song "Spirit," which will appear on her forthcoming album, The Lion King: the Gift, as well as on the soundtrack and in the film for the live-action remake of The Lion King. "Spirit" opens with resonant voices trading call and responses. Over rich piano, orchestral melodies and choir-tipped choruses, Beyoncé sings her uplifting verses about resilience. "Rise up to the light in the sky, yeah," she sings. "Watch the light lift your heart up/Burn your flame through the night." For the Beyoncé-executive produced and curated The Gift, the singer said the album features some of her favorite artists. "This is sonic cinema," Beyoncé said in a statement. "This is a new experience of storytelling. I wanted to do more than find a collection of songs that were inspired by the film. It is a mixture of genres and collaboration that isn't one sound. It is influenced by everything from R&B, hip-hop and Afro Beat." "I wanted to put everyone on their own journey to link the storyline," she continued. "Each song was written to reflect the film's storytelling that gives the listener a chance to imagine their own imagery, while listening to a new contemporary interpretation. It was important that the music was not only performed by the most interesting and talented artists but also produced by the best African producers. Authenticity and heart were important to me." Beyoncé voices lioness Nala and Donald Glover portrays the older Simba in the remake of the 1994 Disney animated film. The pair also teamed for a rendition of Elton John/Tim Rice's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," which appears on the film's soundtrack. The Lion King: the Gift will be released on July 19th, while The Lion King original motion picture soundtrack arrives on July 11th. The Lion King hits theaters on July 19th.  |
| Watch Beyoncé’s New Video for The Lion King Song “Spirit” - Pitchfork Posted: 16 Jul 2019 06:30 PM PDT Beyoncé has released the video for "Spirit," the lead single from the 14-song collection The Lion King: The Gift. The singer also executive produced the project, which is a supplement to the official soundtrack for The Lion King. On July 19, Beyoncé released an extended cut of the video featuring new visuals for "Bigger." Check that out below. The video premiered as part of a one-hour primetime special on ABC, "The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts." "This soundtrack is a love letter to Africa," she told ABC News, "and I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa, and not just use some of the sounds and did my interpretation of it." Interspersed with scenes from the film are various set pieces featuring Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and a squadron of dancers. Watch it below. The Lion King: The Gift features several new Beyoncé songs as well as contributions from Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Childish Gambino, 070 Shake, Tierra Whack, Pharrell, and JAY and Bey's daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Beyoncé voices Nala in the new The Lion King. The cast also includes Donald Glover (as Simba), John Oliver (as Zazu), Eric André (as Azizi, one of the hyenas), Seth Rogen (as Pumbaa), and more. The film hits U.S. theaters on July 19. Read our review of "Spirit" here.  |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2019 07:03 AM PDT With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week's batch includes new albums from Maxo Kream, LINGUA IGNOTA, Tomb Mold, and Ada Lea, as well as The Lion King: The Gift, executive produced by Beyoncé. Subscribe to Pitchfork's New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork may earn an affiliate commission.) Various Artists: The Lion King: The Gift [Parkwood/Columbia] This epic new LP of original music is executive produced by Beyoncé and features an A-list cast of contributors, including Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Pharrell, Childish Gambino, 070 Shake, Tierra Whack, and others. Bey and JAY's daughter Blue Ivy Carter even makes an appearance on The Lion King: The Gift. Read Pitchfork's track review for Beyoncé's "Spirit." Listen on Apple Music Maxo Kream: Brandon Banks [Big Persona/88 Classic/RCA] Brandon Banks is the major label debut from Houston rapper Maxo Kream. It follows last year's Punken. The new album is named after an alias Maxo's father used. In his review of the album, named Best New Music, Stephen Kearse calls the record a "major leap in craft and style as well as refinement of his self-image." Read about the album-opening "Meet Again" in Levels' "The Ones." Listen on Apple Music LINGUA IGNOTA: CALIGULA [Profound Lore] CALIGULA is multidisciplinary artist Kristin Hayter's latest release as LINGUA IGNOTA, following All Bitches Die. Her label describes the record as "an outsider's opera." In a recent interview with Treble, Hayter said, "[The record explores] depravity in a larger sense... [such as] the depravity of people in power politically these days; and also the depravity of people in power in our communities and intimate relationships." Listen on Apple Music Tomb Mold: Planetary Clairvoyance [20 Buck Spin] Toronto death metal band Tomb Mold are back with their new LP Planetary Clairvoyance, the follow-up to the group's 2018 album Manor of Infinite Forms. The record was led by "Infinite Resurrection," "Accelerative Phenomenae," and "Planetary Clairvoyance (They Grow Inside Pt. 2)." Listen on Apple Music Ada Lea: what we say in private [Saddle Creek] what we say in private is the debut album from Montreal-based artist and musician Ada Lea (aka Alexandra Levy). Levy made the 10-track album with producer Tim Gowdy. In her Pitchfork review of the album, Margaret Farrell writes, "Ada Lea's music is a fusion of solemn acoustic-guitar melodies, belligerent distortion, warped saxophone cries, spectral synthesizers, field recordings of birds and snowmobiles and airplanes, and volatile tempo fluctuations." Listen on Apple Music  |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2019 10:05 AM PDT On Friday, Beyoncé released her latest album, inspired by the live-action The Lion King, The Lion King: The Gift. Needless to say, fans went into a frenzy upon its release. The project includes features from Tierra Whack, JAY-Z, and the couple's daughter, Blue Ivy, as well as a number Afrobeat and Afropop artists. Calling the album "a love letter to Africa," the Grammy-winning singer and producer tapped into many incredibly talented stars from the continent for the new songs. With the inclusion of the amazing African writers and producers behind the project, we've rounded a quick list of the voices you'll hear while playing The Lion King: The Gift on loop. You can stream the album on Tidal, Spotify, and Apple Music. 01 Hailing from Nigeria, Tekno appears on "DON'T JEALOUS ME" alongside Yemi Alade and Mr. Eazi. Earlier this year, he released "Woman," an addictive ode to women everywhere.  02 Yemi Alade If you were in New Orleans Fourth of July weekend, you may have spotted Yemi Alade at Essence Fest. In 2014, the Nigerian popstar made waves with her debut album King of Queens and single "Johnny" and she's been making hits ever since.  03 Known as the pioneer of Banku music, a sound described as a mix of Ghanian and Nigerian genres and sounds, the Nigerian singer-songwriter's music has caught the attention of fans all over the world. Mr Eazi performed at Coachella earlier this year and recently appeared on Bad Bunny and J Balvin's "COMO UN BEBÉ."  04 Burna Boy landed his very own smooth flowing, vibrant single on the Beyoncé-produced album with "JA ARA E." If you're into it make sure to check out his recent single "Anybody." Burna Boy, who won BET's Best International Act last month, is also expected to release his upcoming album African Giant this month.  05 We've written about Wizkid before and the Nigerian artist continues taking the world by storm. He's worked with the likes of Drake, becoming the first Afrobeat artist to appear in the Guinness Book of World Records. And his most recent collab on The Lion King: The Gift's "BROWN SKIN GIRL", sees him not only working with Beyoncé and SAINt JHN but also the iconic Blue Ivy Carter.  06 Tiwa Savage Another artist we're obsessed with, Tiwa Savage, who appears alongside Mr Eazi on "KEYS TO THE KINGDOM." If you like what you hear, the singer has plenty of hits worth checking out including "One" and "All Over."  07 Shatta Wale Known to many as the King of African Dancehall, Shatta Wale excels on the album's single "ALREADY." The Ghanaian-born producer and musician has a number of songs you should add to you summer playlist like "Taking Over" and "Ayoo."  08 Moonchild Sanelly South African artists Moonchild Sanelly is known for her electrifying hair and style as well as the genre she calls "future ghetto punk." Her turn on "MY POWER" is just a taste of what the artist has to offer.  09 Cameroon's very own Salatiel is featured alongside Bey and Pharrell on "WATER," an infectious, energetic track that we are sure will be blasting from cars and homes all summer long.   |
| Beyoncé, Jay Z, & Childish Gambino Create A Track That Is Definitely A "MOOD 4 EVA" - HotNewHipHop Posted: 19 Jul 2019 01:23 AM PDT  There are plenty of songs, memes, and moments that people have considered a "mood," but Beyoncé has linked up with husband Jay Z and her The Lion King co-star Donald Glover to encompass that feeling in "MOOD 4 EVA." The feel-good, up-tempo track is featured on the Lemonade singer's curated album The Lion King: The Gift and was produced by both Bey and DJ Khaled. Beyoncé wanted to make sure that The Gift was a "love letter to Africa," and the production of "MOOD 4 EVA" does just that. The hip hop track at its core is steeped in African rhythms, sounds, and background vocals; something that Childish Gambino also introduces more so when he comes in at the bridge. Jay Z made a few references on his verse, including giving a nod to the late Nipsey Hussle while also poking fun at himself by mentioning the meme where he's shown rocking a helmet on a jet ski. Let us know what you think. Quotable Lyrics Helmet, on a jetski, you know the vibes  |
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