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Accountability check! Have you been consistent?

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In part 5 of ‘Self Titled‘, Beyoncé continues to give more insight on the creation of her latest project. Titled, ‘Honest‘, mini art feature include Bey explaining why she no longer felt responsible to be a role model and what she was thinking when recording the seductive track ‘Rocket’. Producer Pharrell shares how the track is liberating to married women with children. Check out a few excerpts.

 Feeling stifled in her career: 

The glue that ties this record together is honesty. I started out when I was nine, with the girls of Destiny’s Child. Our first album came out when I was 15, I was a child. But now I’m in my 30′s and those children that grew up listening to me have grown up and I felt like it was my responsibility to be aware of kids and their parents and all these generations. I felt like it stifled me. I felt like in a sense I could not express everything. I’ve done so many things in my life, in my career that at this point, I’ve earned the right to be me and to express any and every side of myself.

On the song ‘Rocket’:

What I love about the song is that it takes you through this journey. You’re flirting and you’re talking all of your arrogant sh*t. Then you climax. Then you have a cigarette. This song is actually about singing from the heart and harmonies and ad-libs and arrangements.

One of the things I love about this project is how willing all of these incredible artists were to write together. Justin Timberlake, Miguel and myself all worked together to write ‘Rockets.’ It was a moment in the studio where I didn’t wanna stop singing it and I kinda zoned out. I don’t think I would have done it you know back then. I don’t think I would been confident enough. I would’ve been to afraid of whatever people thought, but I kinda dropped that fourth wall, and I did it.

On sharing more of herself in the videos: 

I feel like I am having to tap into a lot of my life experiences to pull inspiration. I feel like I am opening up a lot in these videos and showing a lot of sides to me that only a few people have ever seen.

At the end of the day I think all of us want happiness and joy. We wanted to be able to be ourselves, our best selves. Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. Sometimes you have to take the insecurities to get to the secure place and all of those things I feel happy to express and share.

Watch the entire clip below:

-@missjohnsonp_

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Jay-Z & Beyonce spent Christmas Eve partying the night away at Greenhouse in NYC.  Check out the twosome getting drunk in love, plus some BTS footage from the Beyonce album videos, and Kanye West cozying up to his fiancee at the annual Kris Jenner Christmas Eve party....

Well that's one way to celebrate Christmas....hit the club:

The Carters stepped out close to their Tribeca home last night to hit up Greenhouse.  Now that Bey is officially on a break from the MCSWT until February and Jay is on a mini break from his tour as well, it's only right they live it up.

Wonder if they had to go back and do some drunk gift wrapping for Blue Ivy.  Peep the video below:

Beyonce also released Part 3 of her mini documentary she's been doing to promote and give insight into her new self-titled album.  This one shows the hip hop power couple in the studio doing what the do best (with Kelly Rowland in tow), shooting the video on the beach, and Beyonce explaining why she went rogue for this album.

"I'm trying to rebel against perfection.....It's really about fun, art....you can't plan it.  If it was my choice, I would never have a permit.  I would just get in the car and just shoot.  Trust me, I tried."

Check it below:

And over at Kris Jenner's mansion, Kanye West put on his Christmas best to attend the annual Holiday party in Calabassas:

He snapped pics with his fiancee Kim in the photobooth and his future sis-in-law Kylie.

And look who else was there:

Blac Chyna of course.

She and Tyga played around with the costumes.

And twins Malika & Khadijah Haqq also got in on the fun.

Photos: Black Chyna's IG/IG/Twitter

BK Nation is calling on the media and consumers to no longer support R. Kelly and sexual violence in any form.

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