Beyonce - "Work It Out"

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Beyonce's first solo single, from the Austin Powers soundtrack. The dirtiest funk to hit the charts since..."Bad Boy 4 Life"...

Somehow everything we love about Beyonce and not much to do with Destiny's Child. I heard it for the first time very, very late last nite. It's on SoulSeek, tho hard to find. Any other thoughts?

― Keiko, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I myself am prone to like anything this ass-shaking.

― Keiko, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

good effort but i give it a 6 out of 10. u cant force da funk.

― chaki, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's a Neptunes production. Beyoncé acting like she's Tina Turner. Dynamite!

― JoB, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I didn't like it nearly as much as I wanted to. I'd give it something like 5 or 6 out of 10. Like Chaki says, the whole thing seems kind of forced.

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh dear! I'm shocked I didn't realize it was the Neptunes!

...And of course it's forced.. It's the featured single from the Austin Powers soundtrack..

― Keiko, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i dunno, i saw her live on cd:uk and she was a revelation. I think the track suffers in having a definitive version especially in rel to destiny's child polish... but yeah, she smacks it live, like i never knew it possible. she'll be a megahstar if she keeps this up.

also i'm reliably informed she has size 7 feet (!!!!!!!)

― Bob Zemko, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ahh, the Neptunes hey? Hmmmm, I find it be a very unimpressive number...I would give it a 4 out of 10, funky bass alone does not a song make.

― jel --, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

...funky bass alone does not a song make

Have you heard Super_Collider?

― Keiko, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't heard it yet, but surely a CLASSIC for the attendant afro alone?

― Tim, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This thing would've sounded a LOT better with real instruments - as it stands, it's ass. As funky as my dirty shorts when I forget to wipe. (Beyonce's Tina Turner impression is killer, tho. Check out those gams!)

― Daver, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Her bottom looks very nice too.

― Lek Dukagjin, Friday, 28 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love her bum.

― Chris, Friday, 28 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i love kodanshi

― mark s, Friday, 28 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

I think Beyonce did a great JOB in the movie aswell in the song it's a bomb video and she is just fine!!! fo sho...plus she's a down to earth girl yo give her credit.. i give her a BIG 10 with much love on top...=o) Oh and don't forget Destiny's Child as a whole they all are bomb....iM out ya'll ONE .....

― Kaleo, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This thing would've sounded a LOT better with real instruments - as it stands, it's ass. As funky as my dirty shorts when I forget to wipe

i thought the blatant contradiction thread is the "boom bip not hip hop?" one?

at first it sounds like an old school Meters-style funk song done with synths like Daver suggested, but the closer you listen, it does weird things to your expectations. for instance, there's hardly any low end except for the bass thump on the one, and that guitar synth has a much thinner texture than a real guitar, so the whole rhythm track has a feel that's really trebly and video-game-sndtrk-ish. then when the backing vocals come in towards the end, it's like 'oh yeah, mids exist'. and all the instruments are way out of sync, which makes the whole thing even weirder. and beyonce's voice is kIllR. damn i like this song.

― Dave M., Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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