Jon Batiste applauds Beyoncé for “dismantling genres” on ‘Cowboy Carter’

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Jon Batiste has praised Beyonce for “dismantling genres” with her new album ‘Cowboy Carter’.‘Cowboy Carter’ was released on Friday (March 29), her eighth studio album and the second in an expected trilogy that began with 2022’s ‘Renaissance’.

Batiste wrote and produced the track ‘Ameriican Requiem’ on the album, which also features guest appearances from country veteran Willie Nelson, as well as Willie Jones, Post Malone, Miley Cyrus, Shaboozey and Tanner Adele.In a new post on X/Twitter, Batiste lauded Beyoncé’s talents and thanked her for allowing him to be a part of the album, as well as pointing to the way he hopes her music will pave for a more genre-fluid future.“This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine,” he said. “I was happy to produce and write for ‘Ameriican Requiem’ along with Beyonce and Dion ‘No ID’ Wilson.“When I catch inspiration, the words and chords pour out of me.

What a honour to then see how brilliantly Beyonce made them her own and THEN further enhanced the lyrical statement, synthesising it into the larger body of work.He added: “Quincy Jones told me, as he also wrote in his forward to my WE ARE album, ‘it’s up to you to decategorise American music!!’, which is what Duke Ellington told him.

I really believe that is our generations role, led by a few artists willing to take this leap.”This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine.