Beyonce releases first album in six years RENAISSANCE

....thank you DayGlow and you are spot on as it just seems anymore that anytime there is any criticism valid or even not valid about a person .....the person's ethnicity or partner preference gets used as a defense. There is some talent there with her to a degree if that's the music you like, but you wonder if she didn't have the husband she has ( I will leave that alone ) and for reasons I am not sure of ,  the amount of publicity her music gets - '' would she even be musically relevant '' ?  It all sounds the same .......now as far as Little Feat is concerned as you had notably mentioned ; '' Waiting For Columbus '' is done by some really good musicians and not be entertainers. Maybe there is where the issue lies ; musicians vs entertainers. I enjoy listening to good musicians and entertainers are just that .........entertainers. 50 years from now will you still be listening to her music ? I doubt it but you can still put on ; Miles Davis or Howlin Wolf ....the Beatles for that matter and you know what ; yup it's still good !!!!   

Music is entertainment as well as art, just like books, movies, television, etc...

Before such conclusion, one should try to define which music, books or art we are talking about and than we should establish the context of such discussion. Of course, it is up to any individual to choose how it will relate to such things, but I would not agree that all ’music, books and art’ might be considered as an ’enterteiment’, or at least, some are not created to be observed as such.

Than again, there is a story when W.Blake met than young Constable when he was just finishing one of his paintings. Blake, amezed, said that painting is an inspiration, but Constable answered that he believe that is a landscape...

@garebear Thx for the shout out! I was not the one that mentioned Little Feat, it might have been hifiguy42? Not sure what his point was. We as Audiophiles and Melophiles only have so much time to listen. An elimination process is necessary I can’t give my listening time to Beyonce when a Stan Getz/Beethoven/or Steely Dan LP is on the shelf. The bottom line could be some are offended if one has higher standards or the OP could have bated us to create division?

@alexatpos - good points!