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QuoteBut other pop stars have picked up the slack. Kanye West, the one contemporaneous Top 40 fixture whose big-thinking could've rivaled Gaga's at her peak (and, once upon a time, a near-tourmate of Stefani's) stepped up his game even further after her arrival, blowing his music videos into 35-minute short films and eventually expanding the art form to include live projections and stadium premieres. Former co-star Beyonc? also went through a conceptual makeover, eventually reviving interest in both the music video and the LP format with her self-titled surprise visual album. Rihanna released her weirdest album a year after Gaga's breakthrough and was never quite the same after. Even Britney -- who "Telephone" was initially written for -- ended up trying to make her own version of the song's video.Not all of this can be traced back directly to Gaga, of course, but it's hard to overestimate the impact she had in making all this acceptable, even commonplace in the pop realm. She took American mainstream music at one of its least-interesting and most star-power-deprived moments and made it bigger, weirder, more visual and infinitely more personality-driven -- in other words, much more fun. Today, the sense of possibility in pop is as vast as it's ever been, and even if Gaga is no longer the ringleader that all look to for what comes next, she ensured that pop fans would at least come to expect such boundary-pushing out of their best and brightest. They haven't let us down since.
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Quote from: DAMN. on April 26, 2017, 04:10:04 PMQuote from: NIKES. on April 26, 2017, 04:05:34 PMQuote from: DAMN. on April 26, 2017, 04:02:45 PMQuote from: NIKES. on April 26, 2017, 04:01:23 PMMadonna.Bey really turned a fucking corner with Self Titled & Lemonade, though. I think by the time it's all said and done, she will have the best female videography. Lemonade was just next level visually. If she can keep that consistency for another 3 albums, it's a wrap.oop!Hey, twins!Hey twi'!
Quote from: NIKES. on April 26, 2017, 04:05:34 PMQuote from: DAMN. on April 26, 2017, 04:02:45 PMQuote from: NIKES. on April 26, 2017, 04:01:23 PMMadonna.Bey really turned a fucking corner with Self Titled & Lemonade, though. I think by the time it's all said and done, she will have the best female videography. Lemonade was just next level visually. If she can keep that consistency for another 3 albums, it's a wrap.oop!Hey, twins!
Quote from: DAMN. on April 26, 2017, 04:02:45 PMQuote from: NIKES. on April 26, 2017, 04:01:23 PMMadonna.Bey really turned a fucking corner with Self Titled & Lemonade, though. I think by the time it's all said and done, she will have the best female videography. Lemonade was just next level visually. If she can keep that consistency for another 3 albums, it's a wrap.oop!
Quote from: NIKES. on April 26, 2017, 04:01:23 PMMadonna.Bey really turned a fucking corner with Self Titled & Lemonade, though. I think by the time it's all said and done, she will have the best female videography. Lemonade was just next level visually. If she can keep that consistency for another 3 albums, it's a wrap.
Quote from: Lazarus on April 26, 2017, 04:13:13 PMBjork's vids >>>>>>
Quote from: OwnIt on April 26, 2017, 04:03:47 PMQuote from: Black Bitch on April 26, 2017, 03:57:19 PMQuote from: ANIMMAI on April 26, 2017, 03:55:29 PMqSomeone plz argue with Talisa about Rih or Janet that bitter black bitch is in distressjans best vidya was Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes faggot
Quote from: Black Bitch on April 26, 2017, 03:57:19 PMQuote from: ANIMMAI on April 26, 2017, 03:55:29 PMqSomeone plz argue with Talisa about Rih or Janet that bitter black bitch is in distress
Quote from: ANIMMAI on April 26, 2017, 03:55:29 PMqSomeone plz argue with Talisa about Rih or Janet
Quote from: Lazarus on April 26, 2017, 03:22:59 PMToss up between Madonna & Janet
Quote from: Kurama on April 26, 2017, 04:14:07 PMQuote from: Lazarus on April 26, 2017, 04:13:13 PMBjork's vids >>>>>>wait King
Quote from: Kurama on April 26, 2017, 04:13:08 PMQuoteBut other pop stars have picked up the slack. Kanye West, the one contemporaneous Top 40 fixture whose big-thinking could've rivaled Gaga's at her peak (and, once upon a time, a near-tourmate of Stefani's) stepped up his game even further after her arrival, blowing his music videos into 35-minute short films and eventually expanding the art form to include live projections and stadium premieres. Former co-star Beyonc? also went through a conceptual makeover, eventually reviving interest in both the music video and the LP format with her self-titled surprise visual album. Rihanna released her weirdest album a year after Gaga's breakthrough and was never quite the same after. Even Britney -- who "Telephone" was initially written for -- ended up trying to make her own version of the song's video.Not all of this can be traced back directly to Gaga, of course, but it's hard to overestimate the impact she had in making all this acceptable, even commonplace in the pop realm. She took American mainstream music at one of its least-interesting and most star-power-deprived moments and made it bigger, weirder, more visual and infinitely more personality-driven -- in other words, much more fun. Today, the sense of possibility in pop is as vast as it's ever been, and even if Gaga is no longer the ringleader that all look to for what comes next, she ensured that pop fans would at least come to expect such boundary-pushing out of their best and brightest. They haven't let us down since. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7548935/lady-gaga-pop-ambition-kanye-beyonce
Quote from: Black Bitch on April 26, 2017, 03:46:45 PMi just...wow
Quote from: Vonc2002 on April 26, 2017, 04:15:23 PMQuote from: Lazarus on April 26, 2017, 04:13:13 PMBjork's vids >>>>>>are weird and make no sense, luv queen tho
Quote from: DAMN. on April 26, 2017, 04:13:50 PMQuote from: Lazarus on April 26, 2017, 04:13:13 PMBjork's vids >>>>>>OMG QUEEN
Quote from: Vonc2002 on April 26, 2017, 03:54:08 PMu know what, after thinking about it Janet>Madonna>RihJanet has the best most entertaining videos.Alright, Escapade, Rhythm Nation, etc