Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases a mash-up of Beyoncé's official video for her 2016 song "Freedom" and Kamala Harris' first Presidential campaign ad that features that song.
This post also presents the lyrics for the chorus of the song "Freedom" that is featured in Kamala Harris' campaign ad and which serves as the anthem for her campaign.
Information about Beyoncé's 2016 Song "Freedom" is also included in this post.
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Thanks to Kamala Harris and thanks to Beyoncé' and all those who were involved with composing and performing the song "Freedom". Thanks to all those who were involved with producing these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this showcased mashup video on YouTube.
..."[Chorus: Beyoncé]
Freedom! Freedom! I can't move
Freedom, cut me loose!
Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?
'Cause I need freedom, too!
I break chains all by myself
Won't let my freedom rot in hell
Hey! I'ma keep running
'Cause a winner don't quit on themselves"...
INFORMATION ABOUT BEYONCE'S SONG "FREEDOM"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)
" "Freedom" is a song by American singer Beyoncé
featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It is the tenth track on her sixth
studio album, Lemonade (2016), released through Parkwood Entertainment and
Columbia Records. The song's music video is part of Beyoncé's 2016 film
Lemonade, aired on HBO alongside the album's release.[2] In the years since,
the song has become an anthem for various social and political
movements.[3][4][5]
Beyoncé performed the song live as part of the set list of The Formation World Tour (2016), and at the 2016 BET Awards with Lamar. It received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
[…]
Video and release
"Freedom" was released within Lemonade on April
23, 2016. The album's film of the same name simultaneously aired on HBO. The
film includes the music video for "Freedom", which has exclusively
streamed on Tidal ever since.[2] On the three-year anniversary of Lemonade, the
album became available on all music streaming services. However, the film, and
by extension "Freedom" music video, are still exclusively on Tidal.
[…]
Composition
"Freedom" contains three musical samples:
"Let Me Try", written by Frank Tirado, performed by Kaleidoscope;
"Collection Speech/Unidentified Lining Hymn" (1959) and recorded by
Alan Lomax, performed by Reverend R.C. Crenshaw; and "Stewball"
(1947), recorded by Alan Lomax and John Lomax, Sr., performed by Prisoner
"22" at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.[6]
Arrow Benjamin, who collaborated with Beyoncé on "Runnin' (Lose It All)" by musician Naughty Boy in 2015, served as the song's backing vocalist.[6] Marcus Miller and Canei Finch played the bass and additional piano in "Freedom".[
[…]
Reception
Critical
"Freedom" was met with critical acclaim.
Consequence of Sound named it the best song of 2016.[7] It was voted as the
36th best single of 2016 in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop poll.[8]
Pitchfork named the song "Best New Track" on release, with editor Britt Jullious commenting "After [earlier songs on Lemonade] of paranoia, anger, and revenge, we finally get a song that speaks truth to Beyoncé’s deep well of feelings. Bathed in psychedelic, synthetic organs and a propulsive drum beat, the track cuts straight, providing an alternative narrative of personal redemption. It is also the explanatory work on [the album]."[9] Everett True for The Independent wrote that the track "roars like thunder, and threatens to topple governments in its wake".[10] Brittany Spanos and Sarah Grant of Rolling Stone called the song "one of the most striking political statements of [Beyoncé's] career".[11]
[...]
Released - September 9, 2016
Recorded - 2016
Genre : Blues, gospel, R&B
[...]
Songwriter(s) - Jonny Coffer, Beyoncé, Carla Marie Williams, Dean McIntosh, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Tirado, Alan Lomax, and John Lomax, Sr."
EXCERPT #2
" “Freedom” is an anthem dedicated to black women. The song brings Beyoncé’s visual album to an apex with the scene ‘hope’ and features the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner pictured with photos of their deceased sons.
Throughout the song, Beyoncé alludes to herself as a force of nature who can empower other women like herself to break free of the bonds society places on them. She addresses her struggle with infidelity as a black woman, as well as alluding to the history of slavery inflicted upon African-Americans, including current issues and the Black Lives Matter movement. Beyoncé and her writers, musicians, and producers sonically reference the musical memories of all those periods.
Beyoncé is joined by Kendrick Lamar in their first ever collaboration. While Beyoncé focuses on women’s issues, Kendrick continues to touch on institutionalized racism, a major theme of his critically acclaimed 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly. However, Kendrick also brings women to the forefront, alluding to 2Pac’s “Dear Mama” and “Ride 4 Me” while sending a message of empowerment to his own mother.
[...]
Along with issues affecting black women, social equality justice are major motifs of this song."...
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ARTICLE EXCERPT FROM "KAMALA HARRIS IS USING BEYONCE'S "FREEDOM" AS HER CAMPAIGN SONG: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANTHEM
From https://apnews.com/article/beyonce-kamala-harris-freedom-campaign-song-d575644248b9b609aafcd348f39146ef
By Maria Sherman, Updated
3:27 PM EDT, July 25, 2024
“We choose freedom,” Harris says in the clip, as Beyoncé's powerful chorus kicks in: “Freedom! Freedom! I can’t move / Freedom, cut me loose! Yeah.”
It’s become a campaign song for Harris. She used “Freedom” during her first official public appearance as a presidential candidate at her campaign headquarters in Delaware on Monday, and again on Tuesday at the beginning and end of her rally in Milwaukee.
[…]
Omise’eke Tinsley, academic and author of “Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism,” says Beyoncé has performed “Freedom,” in particular, in ways that have made it clear it is a political song. “She performed it at Coachella; it segued into ‘Lift Every Voice,’ the Black national anthem,” she says. It was used by activists ahead of the 2016 presidential election, and “in 2020, it was taken up by activists again. In the wake of the George Floyd killing ... It’s a song of hope. It’s a song of uplift.”
How the “Freedom” campaign video came together
Beyoncé gave permission to Harris to use the song on Tuesday, a campaign official confirmed to The Associated Press who was granted anonymity to discuss private campaign operations.
The Biden-Harris creative team wrote the script for Harris’ video on Tuesday, based on her speech at campaign headquarters on Monday. Harris recorded the voiceover while on the road in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon.
[…]
The musical legacy of “Freedom”
Arriving in the back-half of “Lemonade,” “Freedom” samples
two John and Alan Lomax field recordings, which document Jim Crow-era folk
spirituals of Southern Black churches and the work songs of Black prisoners
from 1959 and 1948, respectively.
Brooks calls it a kind of “inheritance.” “It’s necessary that Beyoncé is using, you know, the cadence and the rhythm and the foundation of spirituals and things like that in a song called ‘Freedom,’” she says, because it is part of a greater tradition of Black Americans imagining new ideas and concepts around freedom.
“Freedom” also features Pulitzer Price winner Kendrick Lamar, the L.A. rapper at the top of his game having recently released the No. 1 hit song “Not Like Us” in the midst of his beef with Drake. Brooks says, “Lamar has that momentum, the momentum of winners.”
[…]
Is it an effective campaign song?
“Democrats across the board have been saying freedom is at
stake,” says Tinsley, “And this literally makes that into a refrain. (She’s)
associating her campaign with a literal call for freedom and a reminder that
that’s what’s at stake.”
Kasper says there is a benefit to campaign songs where “the musical artist is popular, as the candidate may use the song to connect their campaign to a popular celebrity,” and “if the artist supports the candidate, as that can turn into a type of celebrity endorsement.”
Luminate, a data and analytics company, found that on-demand
streams of “Freedom” increased 1300% in the U.S. from Sunday to Tuesday,
following Harris’ use of the song at her campaign events."...
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