It’s time for another episode of your new favorite podcast, The Cooler!
This week, we mourn Prince and share some facts about his life you might not know:
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Then we make ourselves feel better by celebrating and analyzing Beyoncé’s LEMONADE:
Beyoncé’s LEMONADE Isn’t the First Time She’s Used Divorce to Play with Our Emotions
So by now, you’ve either seen LEMONADE, heard it or just read all about it on Twitter. In addition to being a bold feminist exploration and celebration of what it means to be a black woman in America, the visual album is also a raw look at distrust, infidelity, and the limits of love.
Beyoncé: 11 LEMONADE Lyrics That Have Jay Z Researching Witness Protection Programs
The main takeaway from Beyoncé’s LEMONADE is that black girls rock really hard and Bey is the most interesting artist in the music industry right now. Another thing the visual album made abundantly clear: Jay Z should research witness protection programs because, after hearing all about his cheating ways, the BeyHive is abuzz and poised to sting him dead like Macaulay in My Girl.
And we cap things off with a musical bridge between these two legends — their joint Grammys performance from 2004:
Until next week!
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