Beyonce - 4

I like the little bit of intro to run the world than the actual song itself

thank god for a music video that doesn't feel the need to cut every 1/2 a second but it does seem to make the song seem slower than it is

love the album art but it makes me want people to appreciate cubic zirconia's aesthetic more

long over the song but the video is sick - apparently she enlisted kwaito dancers tofo tofo from mozambique to help her choreographers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmJzUMDVuo

(re: run the world)

no tags: http://soundcloud.com/3xs/tteotb

Oh this is great.

Yes. So great!

her performance of 'girls' at billboards was pretty amazing imo

yes very amazing

also lol at dream's contribution to the 'say nice things' video beforehand

that whole thing was just hilarious, even by narcissistic pop musician standards

"amazing" or "hilarious" or both? The animation that was added was hilarious imho-- red javelin in her hand or something...

Song may not prove popular enough to merit a Saturday Night Live version of that appearance

ya the javelin bit and the drumsticks were kinda corny, just because they required a little too much precision to "work," but i thought everything else was phenomenal. hope more awards shows will try to do video stuff like that in the future

http://beyonce.columbiarecords.com/4/images/splash/bg.jpg

YES!!!!

can always count on her to serve it visually, at least

she's performing a new song titled "1+1" on Idol tonight.

Also, tracklist:

http://www.columbiarecords.com/beyonce/4/images/splash/tracklist_1.png

http://www.rap-up.com/2011/05/25/new-music-beyonce-11/

^ link to 1+1 stream

wow, this is really good. Sounds like something Alicia Keys would do, really soulful...off of the back of this and "End of Time" I'm really excited for this album now.

yeah this is great

wonder who did this -- sounds like something r kelly would write

damn, miss info says it was written by terius

this really totally could've been on 'love letter' tho

really excited about this

considering how terrible the ballads were on the last album, this is exciting news imo -- she sings the hell out of this

wow wouldn't have guessed Terius wrote this

into all three of these tracks now

she just killed it on idol

Yeah, the Idol performance was w0w!

there's something p hilarious & diva-ish about beyonce slaying a ballad on the final night of american idol

fuck, this song

btw how is this the first song on the album

I have to assume that "I Care" will be a banger.

thx for that soundcloud btw; so good.

Listening to that now. Not convinced it's better than just the piano/vocal arrangement she did on Idol (but still very nice).

here's the idol performance

http://www.mrworldpremiere.net/2011/05/beyonce-11-american-idol-live.html

"im so dead right now she is everything"

think i've said this a dozen times but i so can't wait for her to get really fat and kick into a whole new gear

Not convinced it's better than just the piano/vocal arrangement she did on Idol

Now that I've seen the Idol performance a second time, I AM convinced the album version isn't better. Too bad. Would've been great to open the album with just a piano/vocal song—especially this song.

idk i like the gospel undercurrents of the recorded version

1+1 is really great!!

lol @ the ad on that video page

http://guru.sitescout.netdna-cdn.com/52e714ff_12-12_davidson_belly-881bdb1.gif

btw this is not the thread for this but i think a really great way to prevent piracy is to name all of your songs stuff like "1+1" that are impossible to search rapidshare fore

It's already on Soundcloud, which means it's out there for anyone who wants it. (Of course, searching Soundcloud isn't always the easiest way to find things.)

This is the type of song I've always wanted from Beyonce - this is a total, stadium-packing power ballad! From the three tracks we've heard so far this looks to be her most experimental album, but at the same time she's making a move towards more traditional R&B stuff... "1+1" wouldn't sound out of place on a Jazmine Sullivan record!

Don't know how this will work as a single though, pop radio will not touch this at all.

i'm on my knees sobbing atm

yeah can't see this getting much radio play

damn

I've p much always thought she's a terrible balladeer, but she really pulls this off

btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ZBeUR0UhI