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\n\tBeyonc\u00e9<\/a> doesn\u2019t just drop albums, she drops incredibly dense, multilayered bodies of work that pull from decades of musical history across genres and regions to fashion something wholly new and idiosyncratic from the legacies of those who came before her.<\/p>\n \n\tWith the release<\/a> of her eighth solo studio album, Cowboy Carter<\/a><\/em>, on Friday (March 29), Queen Bey added yet another culturally immersive record to her illustrious catalog. Across the album\u2019s 27 tracks, the \u201cTexas Hold \u2018Em\u201d<\/a> singer square dances her way across a sprawling soundscape that incorporates samples, interpolations and production motifs that nod to country, \u201970s rock, trap, house, Brazilian funk, opera, blues, gospel, R&B and pop.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 wrote<\/a> in a March 19 Instagram post detailing the album\u2019s creation. \u201cIt feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn order to fashion her very own Western epic out of the roots of country music, Beyonc\u00e9 chose to sidestep the concept of genre \u2014 \u201ca funny little concept,\u201d according to country legend Linda Martell \u2014 and completely reimagine classics from the likes of Nancy Sinatra, Fleetwood Mac and the Beach Boys in the process. Cowboy Carter<\/em> follows directly in the footsteps of its predecessor, 2022\u2019s Renaissance<\/a><\/em>, in the way that Beyonc\u00e9 looks to the past to fashion new futures out of the different styles she\u2019s experimenting with.<\/p>\n \n\tHere\u2019s a list of the samples and interpolations throughout Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Cowboy Carter<\/em>.<\/p>\n