![]() The Carters are as comfortable in their wealth as are any moguls minted within the entertainment world, and as always, they pointedly and continually remind listeners that their assertions of wealth are meant to elevate not just themselves but their communities of color, both real and historical. His presence is inherently elegant, but in relationship to the white aesthetics this museum represents, unprocessed: "The fro that I grow got no perm in it," he rhymes in "Black Effect." Jay-Z stands next to her, holding her hand, one hand in the pocket of his Superfly 1970s-style suit. ![]() The skin we see through her diamonds is Creole brown, like her daughter Blue's skin, and like the skin of the kids at the Texas border whose lost faces are breaking so many hearts right now. "These diamonds on me, they see-through," Beyoncé raps deep into "Apes***" in the video, she wears a flesh-colored leotard while dancing in front of the Venus de Milo. (You can listen to a conversation between Powers, Carmichael and All Things Considered host Audie Cornish by clicking on the audio player below.) NPR Music critics Rodney Carmichael and Ann Powers were among those who spent the days following its release listening to - and thinking about - Everything Is Love. As it does when Beyoncé (and her husband, to a lesser extent) releases something new, the world snapped to attention. The album had been rumored since the release of Beyoncé's 2016 album Lemonade and Jay-Z's 4:44, both of which addressed fault lines in the artists' marriage, and in a summer of major hip-hop albums, this instantly marked a new high-water mark. On Saturday, one of the highest-profile and most scrutinized marriages in pop music became an official collaboration with the surprise release of Jay-Z and Beyoncé's album Everything Is Love, credited to The Carters, alongside a video for the album's first single, shot in the Louvre. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment Beyoncé and Jay-Z on stage in Glasgow during their On The Run II tour on June 9, one week before they released the collaborative album Everything Is Love.
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