Normally I don’t pay attention to anything gossip blog Concrete Loop writes, not because I’m a hater but because Angel and I have had our differences in the past, and because I tend to hold a grudge a lot longer than Mariah carried #dembabies.
But today, I’ve decided to put aside my differences because CL was the only urban blog invited to review Beyonce’s upcoming album, ‘4’.
According to Angel, CL was invited to an ultra exclusive listening party with Beyonce at the New York offices of Columbia Records yesterday “along with 10+ of her devoted internet fans.” The kids got the chance to study Beyonce, up close and personal, during the 5 song preview.
Wasn’t that nice of her?
This is significant because that other singer, Rihanna, who we used to love here on Sandrarose.com, invited only mainstream (read: Caucasian) bloggers to review her album before it dropped last year. The snub was considered a slap in the face to urban bloggers who have held Rihanna down for years when those other blogs weren’t checking for her.
Some skeptics might say Beyonce inviting an urban blog and fans to a private listening party proves how far Bey has fallen, because the old Beyonce wouldn’t have shown love for an urban blogger or her fans. But the fact is, she did show love and Rihanna didn’t.
By inviting one urban blog to review her album in her presence, Beyonce symbolically invited all urban bloggers.
Click here to read Angel’s review of Beyonce’s ‘4’ and her review of Bey’s video for “Run The World (Girls)”.
