"...Albeit biographical, Lemonade paints a clear picture of what every Black woman experiences at least once in their lifetime. Lemonade is a sonic and visual archival landscape of our experiences with love, pain, loss, and the political. It explores how these experiences are deeply tied to the systematic injustice her ancestors and herself have experienced and are currently experiencing. It showed us that no matter what position you hold in society, your identity on a political level can never be separate from your experiences, especially your experiences in love. It speaks to Black women and is a reminder that the injustices in Black communities have and will continue to affect our interpersonal relationships, whether you believe it or not. It acknowledges that, like the presence of memories, the past lives of those before us live through us if not dealt with. This album has a vital message for all Black women: acknowledging, healing, and reconciling with our history as Black women is the only way forward."

- Medium