MAGAZINES: BEYONCE FOR GOTHAM MAG
Sunday, November 2, 2008

Beyonce goes red, white, and blue for the November issue of Gotham magazine. Her cover is accompanied by a high fashion photo spread inside the issue, where she models different styles for different countries.
The singer recently responded to Gotham’s article, which implied she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown during the start of her career:
“I wouldn’t say I was on the verge of a breakdown, Bey said, adding, “That’s a very strong thing to say.” So was she misquoted? She adds, “Maybe. I have been before.” SOURCE
( Photos: Gotham Magazine / Tony Duran)
See the whole photo feature and read part of the article here…








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76.
KIKI
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Don’t like the pics…
77.
DIAMOND
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Beyonce looks Great! Love the interview! Stop cryin RhiJect into this post please, it has nothing 2 do with ‘it’. Poor peps think with her alienish looks she is a model.
78.
yep
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
I co sign with numba 9…and @ numba 14…Music is more then feel good…Its suppose to be relatiable for whatever mood your in. No one is knockin B..I feel she is a good vocalist and beautiful. However I think what numba 9 was saying is she has no soul. If dance, pop -liker&b is what you and your great at.. its your style. But this whole thing about being earthy or alternative rock(if i was a boy) you have to have soul and grit to carry the lyrics(and life experience) she dont..
Struggle is a part of soul. Her struggles are few.(though I think she will def. grow into a great soul singer one day…she is still young.
I say stick to what she know. She has to bite into everyone else style to stay present or current. Which result in Over Kill.
Solage Album was athentic because u felt her lyrics u felt her struggle, which made for good music because thats Her Style..
Now if anyone go listen to the orignal IF I WERE A BOY by BC Jean..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8svJCL2TlPU
U felt this is something she really went through or experience…You felt her grit and passion.
Now I wouldent want to hear BC Jean Sang any Beyonce Songs…It wouldent work.
Any who just my 2 cents.
79.
tyyyy, STFU
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
LET ME SAY I DONT LIKE THE FLAG PIC BUT THE REST ARE FEIRCE
FOR YOUR INFORMATION RIHANNA “IT GIRL” YES SHE IS. RIHANNA CAME OUT WITH HER STYLE WHEN HER ALBUM CAME OUT, THE FEIRCE HAIRCUT. RIHANNA IS 21 YEARS OLD. JUST CAME OUT 2004. BEYONCE WAS SINGING SINCE SHE WAS 7 YEARS OLD. FOR 20 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN SINGING. YOU SAY RIHANNA MAY BE PRETTIER THAN HER AND TAKE BETTA HIGH FASHION PICS. RIHANNA MAY HAVE A BETTER FIGURE THAN BEYONCE. SEE WHERE IS RIHANNA GRAMMYS, I MEAN GRAMMYS NOT GRAMMY, HOW MANY WORLD TOURS HAVE RIHANNA BEEN ON. HMMMMMMMM NOT ONE IF I AM CORRECT. RIHANNA NEVER ADDED TO BLACK HISTORY. BEYONCE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO RECIEVE A WRITERS AWARDS IN 2001. THE SECOND BLACK WOMAN AND THE FIRST SINGER TO BE ON SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. ARE U SERIOUS. RIHANNA IS FRESH AND NEW AND HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. SHE ALWAYS ON SOMEBODYS ELSES TOUR AND NEVER SINGS THE WHOLE CONCERT. BEYONCE WAS ON A WORLD TOUR SINGING AND HER SHE IS, YALL KILL BE RIHANNA IS THE BARBIE DOLL, NOT BEYONCE. BEYONCE MAY SHAKE HER ASS, WHO DOES’NT. JANET,CIARA, AND I BEEN TO MARY’S CONCERT SHE SHAKES HER BUT TO SOME OF HER SONGS. YALL KILL ME, BEYONCE IS 27 AND BEEN SINGING MORE THAN HALF HER LIFE AND I NOT GOING TO EVEN GET ON DESTINYS CHILD SUCCESS. SO WHILE WERE SITTING ON HER ARGUING BOUT HER, BEYONCE IS LAUGHING HER ASS TO THE BANK WITH HER 80 MILLION DOLLOR BANK ACCOUNT.
80.
Jscene
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Everything she does seems so contrived and unnatural for her. These photos look too posed and forced…..She tries so hard to do everything and be everything; it’s not possible.
No wonder she’s having breakdowns….i think she got serious issues of wanting to be perfect, when she’s no where near it. Her parents probably foster the ideas and reinforces them, however, what they should have done and should still do, is to tell her about her limits, and let her know to strive to do your best, and when you fall short, it’s okay.
81.
Trisha
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
So true 78
I saw beyonce perform “If I was boy” and it was not anywhere as good as B.C. Jean singing her own damn song. There is nothing believable about beyonce. She seems like she tries to act her way through everything but is a bad actress and does not sell it to the people. She just seems like an empty vessel with nothing inside of her. I have no idea what she is about and she’s been on the scene for many years. I also agree with TeTe about what she shows to her fans. I really think she actually believes that she’s on Michael Jackson’s level and like she needs to be mysterious but the truth of the matter is the fact that she just seems souless. She does not come across as being iconic she just seems boring and like a person who lacks any real substance. Someone brought up alicia keys in another topic, and that is what the defining difference is between Mary, Alicia and Beyonce, Alicia and Mary have real life experiences. Beyonce is just a sheltered woman who shows nothing except the Ms. wanna be perfect to the world. That is not interesting. When she performed that song “If I was a Boy’ she broke into a smile at the end..It’s supposed to be a sad/heartbreak type of song, it calls for real meaning. Beyonce can’t truly connect with the emotions of the song so she comes across fake by smiling at the end. I wanted to see some real emotion and she should have stayed in the moment with the song. The smile just killed it. That is another example of how beyonce see’s her career. She just does anything that she thinks is conveying a certain image, even in her music, even if its nothing real that she experienced and that’s why she is seen as fake.
The pics are just another example of beyonce trying to push a fake image of herself. She wants the public to believe what she wants them to believe about her. But its not real and this is why blogs and people making comments have turned on her. People are just sick of her and when you are fake people can see it. Even Oprah said the camera does not lie, people can tell when you are not being real. She told Tyra that was the best advice she could give her when she started her talk show. Tyra isn’t taking that advice and neither is beyonce. Fakeness.
Oh, and I am sure I will be called a hater, but at least I presented my opinions in a mature way so at least some of the grown folk on here who want to discuss intelligently can feel free to respond. All the “hater” comments can miss me, because I am not even going to have a childish fight with any stans.
82.
Jazmine Sullivan is the TRUTH
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Sorry but Jazmine Sullivan is ABOVE Beyonce non writing, rely on sex level. Jazmine Sullivan makes her look like the ‘hottest chick’ while being the ‘hottest young lady’ in the game. There’s room for everyone.
It goes something like…in terms of talent and passion for the music
A Keys
Jazmine Sullivan
Beyonce
83.
toni
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
i love bey and all, but i been watching her most recent interviews, but they sound the same. c’mon girl, ti’s been a year, am sure a lot has happened to her! I wanna know more.
84.
toni
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
by the way. i hope she loses that hair she been promoting and the black and white videos. I want beyonce back!
85.
Jazmine Sullivan is the TRUTH
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
oh…IMO….That is, so no responsese necessary, Jazmine Sullivan shitz on Beyonce and for those that don’t know the difference between gimmick and talent, well Jazmine has TALENT all the way around, finished school, WRITES her OWN music, reads music etc….
Beyonce does have good vocals, but they get annoying after a while TO ME.
86.
jazzy
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@19
thanku so much for posting that!!! they are on beyonceworld.net as well. i love her voice,its so soothing. omg, i luv her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
87.
FRANK
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
jasmin sulliven is a great talent and i love her. i love beyonce too they both have talent, so shut up
88.
Tell It Like It Is
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@79, money does not solve all of your problems. Yes beyonce has been successful but the sad commentary about her success is that her fans have built her that success and she has never ever shown you all any part of herself except the veneer of perfectionism that she would like you all to believe about her. This woman is headed for disaster once the public rejects her, her fragile ego will not be able to stand it, just like Mariah, she will lose her mind because she is so used to praise. Rihanna is still very young, but you know what? She’s gotten Beyonce’s attention. Why do you think she tries to compete with Rihanna by now trying to use Sasha Fierce as a way to do the GGGB look? And she is trying to come across high fashion? We all know Rihanna has that on lock and actually looks like a model.
Also, beyonce has come back out on the scene with a horrible hair do, even though she says she didn’t want this CD to be about her hair?? Oh come on. of course she wanted a new hair do because she saw what GGGB did for Rihanna. its just that beyonce doesn’t have the balls to come out with a real new look and without blonde hair.
Tell her to strip off all the weave and rock a true hair cut and we’ll see who looks the best. Also, take off butt pads and spanx and let’s see if she can do a high fashion shoot? This chick is fat and out of shape at 27 trying to compete with a 20 year old who has taken the industry by storm and not stopping any time soon. Beyonce really is heading toward 30 and the women over 30 in this business don’t stay hot. Toni braxton didn’t and neither has Mariah Carey. Mary has because she is REAL> BEyonce is not and never will be.
Rihanna will accomplish many things as an artist long after beyonce is finished because Rihanna has many more years to do so. Plus Rihanna is not trying to accomplish everything under the sun. She is chilling. She’s not stressed. She’s managing to make millions of dollars without all the heavy lifting that will drive beyonce over the edge into a nervous breakdown. Rihanna is not the one struggling to stay ahead of the game, she’s got vets like beyonce shook up trying to keep up and trying to redefine themselves to counter act the affect Rihanna has had on the business.
This is why beyonce wants to be an icon and not an “it girl”/ Rihanna is now the it girl, she has no choice but to reshuffle her priorities. Her game is almost over and she knows it. Trying to be an icon just means I know I’m no longer the hottest chick in the game so I must redefine myself as an icon. Oh well in her mind she’s an icon but her music and her struggle with her weight, and her lack of style this time out does not make her look like an icon, but it does make her look like a washed up singer past her prime.
89.
shaunique
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
#9 again. Good music is based upon experiences. You don’t have to be going through drugs or rehab to produce something of substance.Look at Alicia Keys, Erykah Badu, Babyface, Mariah Carey ( once upon a time). All of these artist sang good music about experiences but it wasn’t about the hardships of life. Still uplifting stuff. What song in retrospect can we say shows that there was some thought put into it, by beyonce, and if there was probably one or two.. It all sounds like noise( all this screaming) . Normally, an artist shows growth in their music, I do not see any growth with Beyonce. The lyrics to her music does not allow any thinking capacity. the world needs to stop being so superficial and look beneath the beat and the beauty and ‘listen’ to what an artist has to say.
90.
shaiy
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
WOW! some of those arguments are really far fetched! for real, it sounds like some of you are desperately searching for negative things to say. I mean, nobody is saying that she is a model! saying that she is to fat to be model is pointless, because she is not a model, but a singer! personally i think these are interesting pictures, and very well photpgraphed.
I am not a hater nor a stan, but this thread once again proves that some people just love to hate, especially when it comes to this woman for some reason.
91.
dani22
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
damnn thats so cool
she looks fly
i would love to that someone day
she could be a model if she wasn’t singing
92.
Keisha
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
She’s fat and I can’t get pass that. Bad body type for any kind of high fashion pictures. She needs to lose about 25 pounds before she attempts anything like this again. She just looks odd.
93.
Amel Larrieux fan forever
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
ok call me a hater if you want, i don’t care…
I agree with #9 and #13. and she is very beautiful, but in a pagent queen style.
She is very vacant with personailty adn essessnce, I don’t understand how you can perform on stage and not show any personailty when you are walking down the street or something or wit ur man. I understand that her personal life is private.
But c’mon Bey you fucking how old 27 or something, and you still trying to be seen as” little miss perfect”, damn man its time to grow up we are all grow up. We all make mistakes and the fact that she’s trying to be seen as perfect is really hurting her.
Damn I don’t want to grow up like peter pan, but I got to eventually put the sneakers up and put some heels on.
I did not know she was only 18 when DC broke up, that is alot to still go through tough at that age.
ok PPEACE!!
94.
Jscene
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@88
Wow, no truer words spoken…..you’re so right and i cosign every word.
95.
FRANK
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
#88
SHE STRUGGLES WITH HER WIEGHT. SO I AND HALF OF AMERICA. SHE STUGGELING LIKE ME BUT ITS A DIFFERENCE CAUSE SHE STRUGGLES WITH HER 80 MILLION DOLLARDS. LMAO
LOOK LET ME SEE YO ASS PEFORMING 5 TIMES A WEEK. I WANNA SEE YO ASS BEING SNAPPED BY PAPARATZEE EVERY DAY, BEING HOUNDDED BY FANS. BEING TALKED ABOUT DAILY, YOU REALLY NEED TO TALK A WALK IN HER SHOES. RIHANNA MAY BE THE IT GIRL BUT NOT IN 3 YEARS, LIKE I SAID U THINK ABOUT HOW SHE FEEL. WAT EXPERIENCES DID RIHANNA GO THRU UMMMMM LETS SEE NOTHING, SO U SHUT UP
96.
Chyna
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
You know I hate to come off ignorant but it’s the same dum Rihanna stans that have invaded this post already with the same ole mess. Beyonce not a model leave that to Rihanna she does it way better, Beyonce needs to take a break, Beyonce time is over, Beyonce is fat and lame. Shut your silly 13 year old sounding @sses up. We get it you jealous of Bey and it’s understandable because no matter how pretty Rihanna is she’ll will never be Bey and she damn sure won’t stop her shine or ever take her place deal with it. The girl looks damn good and she sure as hell still got it or else these magazines wouldn’t still be calling her left and right. And where in this post does it say she was on the verge of a breakdown recently. Read the statements again before you dummies come on her with your misinformed hate. It said around the beginning of her carrer meaning her teenage years so why in the world people bringing up dreamgirls and when she didn’t win an oscar as if it said recently. Damn reading is fundamental yall should try it. I love the pictures they are very high fashion and different for a singer then anything I’ve seen lately. She’s just a singer taking pictures and the outcome is fierce.
97.
cariller
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
I love it. She is strikingly beautiful.
98.
DejaStar7
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
I never thought B was a good model but she really stepped her GAME UP w/ these’s pics.
99.
LIZZIE
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
I CANT GET PAST YALL CALLING BEYONCE FAT. OMG WAT IS THE WORLD COMING THROUGH, I WAY 278 POUNDS AND IM FAT, SHE IS A TOOTHPICK COMPARED TO ME. I WOULD KILL TO HAVE HER BODY. LET ME SEE YAL PICS ON HER AND LET US JUDGE YO ASS
100.
Can you work for Diddy?
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
number 88, why can’t you stans have a argument without insulting people? A true icon could do all of that you mentiioned with ease, think Diana Ross. She never has a weight problem. Beyonce is out of balance honey, she’s emotionally unstable and this is why I believe she has an eating disorder. Her weight fluxuates so much, just like Mariah was borderline fat for many years because she used food to medicate her mental problems!! Beyonce has issues and soon you all will see! you stans make excuses for beyonce but real icons keep their ish together, beyonce is not an icon she is a fat beauty pageant queen who will be out of a job soon when the beauty starts fading. By the looks of it, the beauty is already cracking because she is aging already and can’t easliy lose all the weight she claim she put on for a movie role. really i think she just has weight problems.
101.
Can you work for Diddy?
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
oops i meant that for number 95!!
102.
DIAMOND
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
J.Lo Admitted she had a nervous break down becoz of being a workaholic. So I can understand y someone like beyonce would have the same ‘xperience’. I like Mary J Blige but I have a hard time relating 2 some of her music. She has been through alot, more than half of which I cant imagine. I never listened Keisha’s music - Shes too hood 4 me, 2 rough. Thats where beyonce comes in. It seems we had a similar upbringing. Alicia is great too, but i can relate to beyonce morE. Go Obama!!
103.
Amel Larrieux fan forever
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Scratch what I said #88 You hit it on the nose.
I feel really sorry for her now!!!!
I think it’s mess’d up that she had to find this out so later in her career.
TOO BAD!!
PPEACE!!
104.
Macy
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@95 Rihanna is 20, she’s got plenty of time to go through experiences. Actually at 20 I would venture to say because of her upbringing in Barbados, she has had many more life and cultural experiences already than Beyonce. Beyonce is 27 she SHOULD have much more to draw from in her music, instead she needs to take songs from B.C. Jean? That just means she has nothing to say and nothing to write about. You are right, Beyonce has traveled the world. So are her songs so trite? Why hasn’t she shown any artistic growth? Why is everything about shaking her faux azz? Why hasn’t she learned anything during those travels that she can convey in a song?
Beyonce is older than Rihanna, don’t you think something is wrong with that picture that you feel the need to compare Rihanna to a grown married woman? There’s a 7 year age difference, yet, Beyonce seems like she’s emotionally retarded. Why is she so robotic?
105.
BEYONCE IS FAT
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
YEA BEYONCE IS FAT, SO IS PARIS HILTON, AND MONIQUE IS SKINNY. BEYONCE IS FAT COW YEA, SHE WEIGHT SO MUCH WEIGHT THAT SHE CANT EVEN MOVE……………YALL SOUND CRAZY, YALL A BUNCH OF WAKADOODLES
106.
rite ON!!!
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
#88 You said everything thats true!
107.
BEYONCE IS FAT
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM TOCARRA DID HIGH FASHION AND SHE IS A LUS SIZE MODEL, YEA BEYONCE IS FAT, YALL ARE CRAZY, SORRY FOR THE CAPS BUT YALL NEED TO BE SADATED
108.
Richy
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
she resembles tyra in this photo shoot……. good job beyonce
109.
HATER ALERT
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
i like beyonce and she is crazy and need to sit her ass down
but calling her fat is just wakadoddle, just like #105 said she is not fat, dese pics a preety but rihanna looks betta is she would have done it.
110.
Jscene
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Beyonce is fat BY HOLLYWOOD STANDARDS and she knows it. She claims to have had to do something to gain this weight, but that’s a lie. All she had to do is eat a “normal” meal and she would gain weight. She is always on a diet and that’s why her weight fluctuates so much. She is naturally a veryyyyy big girl, and what we see right now is a result of her dieting. If she stopped dieting, she would naturally be the size of jennifer hudson or jordan sparks. She said her role in dreamgirls didn’t require her to be as thin as she got for the film, well then why did she take the dieting so far? Cause beyonce want’s to be much smaller; but she is so conflicted cause she rose to fame because of her ghetto girl image and body image, she don’t want to lose those fans….but the bottom line is beyonce would rather be a much smaller girl….she also thought that would put her more in line for that oscar too….she knows what white people like….
And i think that’s what people don’t like most about beyonce. She is such a fake person. She lies about just about everything just to appear perfect….Why couldn’t she have just been real and said for once i didn’t have to diet, i just ate normal meals and i gained the weight i needed for the role. We already know she’s dieting 24/7…..it would have been a way for her fat fans to relate….
I like Janet Jackson, but Janet is naturally a big girl as well. She diets constantly, except when she’s outta the sight of her fans. But at least she’s honest about her weight struggles……..Beyonce wants to give us the impression she had to do something miraculous to gain weight for this film, but of course that’s not the reality……Janet is honest about her weight issues, but because Beyonce want’s to be on the scene constantly, you can see the evidence her weight struggles. She’s up one day, and down the next week, which tells you she has done alot of extreme dieting. You can also see the lipo suction evidence on her stomach….ever notice you never really see abs on beyonce? Her stomach at times is flat and spray painted ab lines, but never where you can see the real abdominal lines….that’s cause it was the result of surgery and not working out…if you worked out to get and keep your stomach flat, you would definitely see the abdominal lines.
I think people would like her genuinely if she was more of a genuine person herself. Her fans admire her, but she cannot truly relate to her fans.
Even in these pics, she doesn’t come across as real….she always come across contrived, fake, and ingenuine. Her interviews are unstomachable because of her fake smile and fake cookie-cutter responses. She truly needs to find herself before she have any more breakdowns, cause i think she has had one or two already.
111.
Mya
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
105, 107, 109 are all the same person LMAO
Sit down! You do not have to defend everything about beyonce
Tocarra was plus size, if beyonce was doing plus size modeling then that would be one thing, but she is really trying to do a high fashion shoot and that doesn’t compliment her size. Skinny girls look much better in these kind of fashion spreads.
No one is saying she’s big as a house, but Beyonce has much more meat on her bones that Ciara, Cassy, Rihanna, etc. I think she feels that pressure too because as much work as she does you’d think she would easily lose weight.
I think the person who says she may have a problem with food just like Janet does, could be on to something because its obviously an issue for her. Maybe that’s why she doesn’t want to have kids anytime soon. I think she knows she’d get as big as a house and might not ever get her body back. She’s already curvy and much heavier and wider than most popular artists.
112.
What i say goes
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Damn. Bey said that this relationshíp was like her first relationship. I thought she was with the other dude for like 5 years. Lindell must feel like shit. LOL. BEY cant keep her lies straight. Lmao..
113.
christina
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
yall just draggin her in da bushes. man beyonce may have curves and a booty and a bigger bust dan rihanna but beyonce is sexy.(no homo) she in my fridge so she riminds me everyday that u can look like dat.
jjescen and mya. how u now how she feel, do u know her by any means. u don’t know her body,diet or anything but her name. when did a photo spread be a issue about her weight, i thinks yall need to seriously see the prssure it is in society in hollywood or around the corner. beyonce can lose or gain weight cause she cant be skinny for the etta james role and be curvy fior obsessd. how bout yall think about yall weight and figure
114.
christina
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
i would not claim lindell because im from houston and i went to school with solange and lindell cheated on her. leve her and her personal life alond
115.
get over it
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
it’s AMAZING to me how anyone would PRAISE rihanna over this chick. rihanna may accomplish things, but fact still remains that she is NOT talented to be a musician, her CHOSEN field. she cannot sing, she cannot dance and half the time, she doesn’t look like she gives a crap when she’s on the stage. it’s funny how when people always mention rihanna taking beyonce’s spot, they NEVER bring up her talent or lack there of. so rihanna fans are happy that she’s famous because of a haircut and her looks, instead of talent? say what you want about beyonce, but i am PROUD to be a fan of a woman who didn’t become famous based off of a rumor that she was sleeping with her boss or the fact that she cut her hair. beyonce is PURE talent and the same people calling her a whore were the same ones who were praising rihanna for showing her behind and humping justin on top of that car. do you people let her get away with it because she’s younger or becuase you hate bee that much?
who are some of you to tell me what i can relate to or what real music is? just because you don’t relate to her doesn’t mean that millions of americans don’t. i can NEVER relate to mary because i have never done drugs or been through what she has been through but i can relate to bee with her music because her songs speak mostly to women. i can relate to irreplaceable, i can relate to if i were a boy, me, myself & i, dangerously in love, ring the alarm, forever to bleed and the list goes on and on. to ME, she makes REAL music, yes i said it, REAL music but just because she chooses to put her lyrics behind beats does not make it any less real because it’s not pure R&B.
it is a shame that black people will not stop until they have brought this woman down. it is even worse that they want someone like rihanna to represent them overseas when she doesn’t have an ounce of talent besides looking good on stage. if rihanna wants to look good, fine, but she should put the mic down and model. black people will not stop until bee turns the britney route, just so they can say i always knew she was crazy. bee represents herself with dignity and class. i have NEVER heard any of her musical peers refer to her as a biatch nor have they ever said anything wrong about her. every interviewer who has interviewed her has mentioned how gracious and sweet she is. i don’t listen to you people on blogs because none of you have ever met her and in reality, NO ONE has ever said anything bad about her. people have this preconceived hate for her, but you know what, it’s all right because she is where she is and continues to be for a reason. i went to church today and the pastor said, GOD PUTS PEOLE IN THEIR POSITIONS FOR A REASON AND NOTHING MAN SAYS CAN CHANGE THE FACT THAT GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR EVERYONE. WE ARE WHERE WE ARE CAUSE GOD HAS A PURPOSE AND GOD WILL LET EVERYONE STAY WHERE THEY ARE UNTIL THEY HAVE FULFILLED HSI PURPOSE. not my purpose, not yours, but HIS purpose. so i quote the pastor and God to say, hate all you want, God put this woman where she is and he is not going to bring her down from the top until he is good and ready when she has fulfilled what he wants her to fulfill. and you know what, that quote relates to rihanna too. i may not think she’s talented but the Lord put her in this position for a reason. so from now, i will just sit back as God unleashes his master plan through all of us on this earth!
116.
Joja86
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
HOT!!!!
117.
christina
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
115 cosign. speak the truth
118.
DIAMOND
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Talkin about Alien, She has already done too much changes in regards to her image and music, a bit too early in her career. She is a rushed project by def jam to make money. Beyonce might be 27 but it will be much more interesting to see where she’ll be in ten yrs. Rhiject might be 7 years younger but she has already evolved which is a disadvantage 4 some so young in this industry. Bey will continue 2 evolve there shouldnt be any rush. I am waitin 4 Alien go bald nxt. 4 albums in 4 years, poor donkey!
119.
Chase
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@112 she is just lying again. There is no way Jay was the first to water the garden lol
or to mow her lawn lol lindell was the one she bought a car for way back when she was trying to keep him but he didn’t want her anymore because she was never around. She seem to have a problem keeping her lies straight lately. Lindell dropped her she said because he never got any, well that’s why she is conflicted about her relationship with Jay. She doesn’t want to give up her career so she is trying to juggle it with flying back and forth to see Jay and to give him the knob slob lol and to let his lawn mower mow her pasture every day, but you just wait and see, its not going to work either her career will fail or the marriage.
No one can have everything all at once. She need to listen to the lyrics of Jay song Lost ones. hmmmmm
No wonder she is teetering on the edge of break downs every week. It is a lot of pressure so maybe she should put her marriage first or don’t complain when it falls a part. She’s too busy trying to compete with and swagger jack others instead of worrying about her husband. Interesting that as in love with Lindell as she says she was she wants to now say Jay was her first haha that’s funny because Lindell definitely hit that. Waiting for him to do an interview in the near future and spill the beans lol
120.
BaddestJawnEva!
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
i love the pictures very articulate…..beyonce shows how vers. she is…she can do a beauty pic and switch it up to high fashion….can wait till your album either…..
121.
Islandchick_Bri
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Not feeling it at all…Except the 2nd pic of her with the pink and green background…
122.
Carmen
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
#115 its truly sad that you people go to church with beyonce on your minds?!?
Wackadoodles = Stans. Who sits in the church pew relating what the pastor says to BEYONCE ?!? You all are some crazy people. You need to be worrying about what plan Jesus has for you, stanning surely wasn’t the plan. My GOD.
If you want to make a difference, stan for JESUS> There are plenty of non-believers in the world why don’t you all spend half the time you spend defending beyonce, defending the bible and the LORD> get your minds right!!
123.
iknowdasrite
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
These are the first pictures of her I wasnt really blown away by. She doesnt pull off the high high fashion thing for me. Cant put my finger on it. Hey but, I guess somebody feels them!
Cosign 82, about all interviews being the same! YAWN!!!! Thats what happens when you become such a huge celebrity, all interviews become the same bc u do so many.
I cant believe folks calling her fat! She is clearly not fat, or rather, not unhealthy. If she can dance and shake like she did in “Single Ladies” for four minutes not to mention live. I know some of yall would be damn near collapse LOL. Hate hate hate!
124.
g
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@78 BEYONCE DOES MAKE MUSIC ABOUT BREAKN UP WITH GUYS… BUT SHE CARRIES IT IN A PARTY WAY… GREEN LIGHT, RING THE ALARM , SHIT RENSENTMENT…. BEYONCE IS TRU TO HER GAME… I’M HAPPY SHE DNT MAKE THESE LIL SONGS AND I’M HAPPY SHE MAKES MUSIC TO MAKE US AS N PPL FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR SELVES….
125.
UrbanChic
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
No, as much as I love Bey, I don’t like these pictures she’s been taking lately. I will pray for her because it has to be stressful to be Beyonce.
126.
get over it
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@chase
i see you are a member of bwboard cause they were talking about this and using those terms. did she say that jay was her first relationship? NO! she said jay is LIKE my first relationship, keyword being like as in this is like her first real relationship. this is why the woman never opens up because you people pick everything she says apart
@carmen,
who said i was sitting in church thinking about her? that is what the pastor said in relation to EVERYBODY and he even said that no matter who you vote for on tuesday or who you don’t vote for, it is God who is ultimately choosing the president because God wants that person to fulfill his purpose. this has nothing to do with being a stan, i’m reiterating what the pastor said about why everyone is in the position they are in today. it was a good sermon and applied to this topic because people were literally telling the woman to go sit down somewhere as if they have some power. once again, nothing to do with being a stan because although i dislike rihanna as a musician, i said what the pastor said relates to her too and therefore, i can no longer judge why she is in the postion she is now. i thank you for talking the time to read my post though!
127.
get over it
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
^^i meant taking the time
128.
beyonceforever
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
I was waiting for CL to post these pics. Love the photoshoot. And yall killin me ….some ppl never have anything positive say.
129.
CW
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Love the pics.. Man Beyonce is def here to stay. No matter what anybody says, she aint goin nowhere. Arguably, the most talented female artist of all time. Cant say that for anybody else. I am with you #115
130.
theComplex
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Great high fashion shots. The hats are fierce. Beyonce’s come full circle.
131.
Miranda
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Of course beyonce fans & stans think she’s the most talented person to ever walk the earth LMAO
Rihanna fans & stans think she is the most beautiful, fashionable style icon to ever hold a mic LMAO
WTF cares???????????????
Get a grip and a damn life!!!
My two cents: The pictures are not flattering. Period. I’ve seen beyonce look much better.
132.
SOPHIE NOT SOPHERA
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Bee looks like a straight up Voo-doo QUEEN in the forth pic.
133.
Rising Star
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
The pic where she is wearing that blue shiny coat and that blonde George Washington Wig OMG she looks straight foolish. That’s not fashion that is just retarded. Whose in charge of this era? They should be taken out in the backyard and beat up. Someone in her camp does not like her, to put her out there like this is just plain stupid. This is not Beyonce’s lane. This is all WRONG.
134.
Maybelline
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
132, girl no she looks like Willona from Good Times LOL
135.
Greatestloveofall (Stop focusing on Beyonce/Rihanna feud but remember to vote for OBAMA)
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Oh LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD clearly this photoshoot’s one to get the haters all worked up in a sweat. She throws a bone out at every chance for y’all hatin asses cuz thats how she gets more free promotion. Thanks, the more press and attention u give her, the bigger she’ll become/
You aren’t really boycotting her then (LOL!!) cuz u still clicking on her posts and writing about her. Clearly Bey does matter to u dumbasses.
136.
Hadley Street Nightmares
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
^^^Let’s try to have an educated convo without the words “dumbass”. I am shocked at GreatestLOve ofALL…I mean Solange I always knew you were dumb but since you are constantly trying to act educated….why are you acting ghetto now? Take your prozac or leave it to the adults to have a conversation without curse words!!!! You must be really young, since you have a tough time forming a sentence and articulating yourself without using expletives.
137.
TeTe
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@135,what is a hater?anybody who want proclaim beyonce/rihanna/mariah/ciara as their God?
138.
keepitrealallthetime
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
rihanna gucci ads are way better than this junk.
139.
DIAMOND
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
whoever said God has beyonce where she is, its so true. After all da hate she got when DC split, who would have thought she would be where she is today? Judgement starts on earth and her sucess is God judging her. some of u will never be sucessful and that will be God judging Ur azzes! They claim 2 hate her but they r on all the damn blogs stalking her. what has she done to you? Do you even know her? Its just mean, vile and nasty.
140.
CommonGround
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
I gotta co/sign with #88 and #138.
Not sure what they were trying to accomplish but I’m not feeling these pictures.
I am not going to dog her out, but I don’t think these pictures make her look her best.
Not a good look.
141.
Classy
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Everyone who doesn’t like the pictures is not a hater @ 139
You all need to grow the hell up! You all act like Beyonce is some sacred word not be uttered disrespectfully. GTFOHWTBS! She’s a celebrity and she’s not doing anything that every other successful person in the game hasn’t already done.
Janet fans went through this, Mariah fans went throught it, Madonna fans and Brittney fans also. Beyonce fans are such whiners! Get over yourselves. Beyonce is not perfect and she does have faults. Every picture she takes isn’t going to be praised people! You guys need a reality check. Those pictures are really not hot in my OPINION. Just face that everyone can say whatever they please and move on. Your opinions are yours, others have the right to theirs. Calling people haters does not make their opinion any less valid than yours. Opinions are like ass=holes we all have one!! GROW UP.
142.
Nothing But Love
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@ THEGREATESTLOVEALL
Girl you need to calm down, i used to enjoy reading your posts but as of late not so much… i read a few of your posts in the previous bey threads….. and girl you need to chill it aint that deep. Your forever calling people haters who are just giving their opinons about bey…. but i remember reading one of your posts the other day and you were dissing Rihanna…. so does that make you a hater??? i’d like to think NOT… rather it be those were just your opinions…
I know you get what im sayin so i’ll leave it at that….
143.
Mrs.Sk8board P
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
sexytime…go head B!
144.
kmniles
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Rihanna has made an small notch on the market but to be honest, half of her apppeal is based on image and not talent. No matter how much smoke you want to blow up her butt she had to work triple time to catch up to Bey’s career 2 years ago and to be honest, I’m not anticipating much now that her GGGB era is coming to a close. She’s done entirely to much in a short span and there hasn’t been any room for growth or improvement as an artist. I can actually go back and see the steps from teen to woman with Bey that is non-existant with Rihanna, who’s gone from a cute bubbly girl to Grace Jones-esqe dominatrix almost overnight. So yeah, she may have gotten Bey’s attention but it was simply because she felt the warp drive of Rihanna’s career coming to a close before her own.
145.
DIAMOND
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
the comments I read here are very mean, vile and nasty. I hope some of u dont have kids, nieces, nephews etc because they are probably getting their fair share of bullying at school. Opinion my azz! Since when Calling some one a b!tch is an opinion. Anyways, if tearing beyonce down make u feel better about urself u can continue.
146.
dee
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Bey is a good entertainer. She sings and dancing…..I will give her that. I don’t believe she is a strong actress because she mainly get cast to do something that involves singing. If we saw her in a different type of role that will be the real test.
No hater here…..I give her her props but I agree at times she is overrated.
147.
Missy
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
#144, welp, seems to me with all you have said, Rihanna hasn’t had to work 3 times as hard as Beyonce. Def Jam just made sure that they took advantage of the market and capitalized on it. If you’re not hating on beyonce for constantly working and trying to stay in the public eye, how can you possibly hate on Rihanna for doing the same thing? That makes no sense. you should just stop because your argument makes no sense. Hating on Rihanna for getting her paper is no different than Beyonce going for hers. This feud is really in the minds of stans not in the minds of the celebs. Yall need a break! Rihanna is young and this is the time she should be working to get her paper. She’s not even 25 yet, she’s not married and she doesn’t have any responsibilities that will drive her crazy. She’s not on the verge of a breakdown either.
148.
What i say goes
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
Damn. I must have hit that lindell shit right on the nail. Lmao. Syke. But yeah i know. i know she used the word “like her first relationship”. But still how u just going to forget about ur first?? Smh. Like i said dude must feel like shit.. Lol. Nothing against bey but she dont seem legit. Syke let me stop. Its her personal life.
149.
Cali Girl
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
The only peeps saying rihanna does too much are the same stans for beyonce that are threatened by her….beyonce is the one who appears under the most pressure…not rihanna so that is just far fetched to even say it lol
150.
Dani bee
Sunday, November 2, 2008 /
@88 OK I CAN SEE YOUR RIHANNA FAN, WILL RIHANN EVER WIN ASCAP SONG WRITER OF THER YEAR? NO. WILL SHE EVER WHEN 5 GRAMMY’S WITH ONE ALBUM? NO, I MEAN SHE HAS THREE ALBUMS AND ONLY GOT ONE DAMN GRAMMY FOR GGGB! IF IT WAS THAT GOOD WERES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS! THREE SOLO ALBUMS NO WORLD TOUR, SHE IS STILL THE OPENING ACT FOR OTHER ARTIST KANYE WEST! SO FOR YOU TO EVER TRY TO DOWNGRADE BEY’S HARD WORK, YES SHE HAS 10 GRAMMY’S, HER WORLD TOURS ARE SOLD OUT, SHE HAS NEVER BEEN THE OPENING ACT SINCE HERE SOLO CAREER! ,
AND YOU GUYS SAY SHE DOESNT WRITE HER OWN MUSIC, SHE IS THE ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN TO WIN ASCAP WRITER OF THE YEAR!
IF RIHANN\A HAD SO MUCH APPEAL WERE’S ALL THE ENDOREMENTS, OH TEHER TO BUSY GIVING ALL THERE MONEY TO BEY, LOREAL, ARMANI, PEPSI, TOMMY HILFIGER, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DIRECT TV, SAMSUNG, SAMANTHA, WALMART, MCDONALDS!! BECAUSE THEY THINK SHE HAS APPEAL DUH!
BEY ALSO THE FIRST EVER NON MODEL TO GRACE THE COVER OF SI SWIM SUIT COVER, WHY DIDN’T GET RIH IF SHE SUCH A GOOD MODEL!
OK TRUTH OF THE MATTER BEY IS UPER SUCESSFUL AND THERE IS A REASON BEHIND IT, SO WHILE SHE MAKES 80 MILLION A YEAR, YOUR IDOL RIH STRUGGLES TO MAKE TEN!( TOP 20 CASH QUEENS A MUSIC, #20 MADE 12 MILLION AND RIHANNA WASN’T ON THE LIST AT ALL)
I LOVE YOU BEY, AND I WILL BE GETTING BOTH CDS ON THE 18TH
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