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The Prerogative – Beyonce

Posted by andPOP Staff on October 26th, 2008


Beyonce is … Sasha Fierce.

I know what you’re thinking: who the *bleep* is Sasha Fierce? Well, apparently Beyonce’s ego wasn’t already big enough so she created an over-the-top, uber confident alter ego and named her Sasha Fierce.

First name: Sasha. Last name: Fierce.

“Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I’m working and when I’m on the stage,” Beyonce said in a statement to media outlets recently.

“This alter ego that I’ve created kind of protects me and who I really am.”

Let’s forget the fact that it sounds like the name of a transvestite stripper, if these words came from anyone else, they’d be in a psych ward.

Remember how crazy Mary J. Blige sounded when she busted out “Brook”, a ghetto-fied, rapping and angrier version of herself? Yeah. Beyonce didn’t get the memo. Or when Prince started going by a symbol? He then became the Artist Formerly Known As Sane.

Where was Beyonce’s team of people who make sure she doesn’t jump on couches or shave her head? You know, the ones reminding her to wear underwear, those people keeping her image in check. Where were they when B decided telling the world she has split personalities was a good idea? Where were her friends? Come on Kelly Rowland, friends don’t let friends name their album after a weird alter ego.

Sure, Beyonce’s been mentioning this Sasha person in interviews for awhile now, but I’m convinced the sudden public push is a little bit of a desperate reinvention.

Sasha Fierce’s expertise is in catchy, upbeat and sexy dance numbers. Rhianna’s last string of hits fit that mold entirely. Coincidence? Rhi Rhi’s got the “fun, more sensual, more aggressive” thing down.

It’s no secret that Queen B has been temporary dethroned by Princess Rhi Rhi. But she’s not backing down without a fight.

Rhianna and Chris Brown are even coming for the Hottest Couple in Hip Hop title from Miss B and Jay-Z.

Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures. Beyonce had to break out the big guns- her secret weapon if you will. See the “real” Beyonce Knowles is quiet, shy and doesn’t like attention. Hmm. So, which Beyonce was in Destiny’s Child? I’m confused.

Anyway, the “real” Beyonce will only be represented on half of her upcoming double album. On the rest of the tracks, B transforms into the Tyra-approved Sasha Fierce, ready to battle it out with Rhianna on the charts and in R&B hierarchy.

If Beyonce’s two newly released songs, “Single Ladies” (Sasha Fierce) and “If I Were A Boy” (Beyonce), are any indication, it’s going to be a hell of a fight.

Are you ready, Rhianna?

WRITER’S NOTE: For those of you who frequent The Prerogative, you know I’m a little obsessed with High School Musical. So I couldn’t let this week go without telling you all to GO SEE HSM 3. If you’re into movies that make you smile uncontrollably, if you feel like leaving the theatre singing songs you barely know or if you just want to reminisce about the joys of high school days past, GO SEE IT. Oh, and shirtless Zac Efron does not disappoint. Trust me.

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