Beyonce - 4

"1 + 1" isn't actually getting a single push, is it? afaict it's just a song that was released in between the first two singles ("Run The World" and "Best Thing I Never Had")

She performed out live on network tv. I'd be shocked if it wasn't a single

*it

Graduation? xxp

kl0pper was pleased 12 days before Graduation's release date

Dang

The "swagu" crap in "Party" is soooooo lame. stfu Kanye.

Yeah, the track could do without that in fairness

"swag surfin'" and "swag splash" already gave swag unpleasant fluid associations for me, now kanye's "swag goo" has immortalized swag as a synonym for ejaculate

can we inundate ASCAP with letters asking them to revoke Kanye's publishing royalties for it?

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmhx3joLQH1qgov1ko1_500.jpg

obligatory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITelIN1piYQ

yeah, ^^^ was the immediate association in my head

I don't really have any problem with Kanye's bit. If it was random producer dude #22, rather than THE KANYE WEST, no one would give a fuck. Song is a fun jam anyway.

yeah i had "party" in my head all day and i think it's entirely by virtue of beyonce's phrasing?

cause tonight's the night!—uh-uh-oh-oh—that i give you everything/music knocking till the morning light!

and then of course andre

Yeah, I don't usually think of Beyonce as having great phrasing, but her phrasing all over this album is pretty good.

people would TOTALLY make fun of anyone else going "you dripping swag goo" at the beginning of the song, it's just a little extra rmde and very much in character that it's kanye

it's "swagu"!!

apex of an unpleasant bit of slang; glad it has reached apogee and may now subside into "bling" and "i'd hit that" status

McDonald's new Swag Supreme

lol yea 'swag goo' nvr even occurred 2 me & i wish i could unread that

I can't get over how lazy that Kanye verse is on what will be one of the two biggest pop releases of the year. The song itself is merely underwhelming but Kanye actually manages to tip it over into being actually terrible.

I don't really hear it as a verse. Just a little intro.

lol yea 'swag goo' nvr even occurred 2 me & i wish i could unread that

― johnny crunch, Saturday, June 11, 2011 11:57 AM Bookmark

same here

I can't get over how lazy that Kanye verse is on what will be one of the two biggest pop releases of the year. The song itself is merely underwhelming but Kanye actually manages to tip it over into being actually terrible.

― Matt DC, Saturday, June 11, 2011 2:57 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

i think you're looking for the katy perry thread

I don't like it but it's hardly a "verse"

ha J0rdan otm

that it's only like a 4 bar into and is STILL so horrendous that it's all anyone talks about the song speaks volumes. like i can barely remember anything about the Andre verse or whether it's good or bad.

also "swagu" is actually worse than "swag goo" imo

according to wiki, "i miss you" was written by frank ocean

i was kinda hoping that "party" would be something closer to john legend's "green light" -- not sure the mid-tempo works for it

>>> "Green Light"

no!!

If anything, John Legend doesn't work on an uptempo cut like that.

no, that is the best song

I liked "Green Light" at first but it wore through really fast.

if "Party" recalls any "Green Light" it's the one on B'Day -- funny how the most uptempo songs on this album recall the most flimsy lightweight songs on that album

yall are mad, "Party" is a jam

according to wiki, "i miss you" was written by frank ocean

Yeah that's him on the intro i think

party is not as good a song as green light.

thank u forks

the slick rick sample feels so awkward, it's like offbeat chattering

I don't care if I have to stand alone on this, fuck it, I feel strongly.

i feel like there's too much winking going on w/ its retro-ness ... thats what i meant by the tumblr stuff ... like, intentionally off-beat drums, big obvious synth melody, slick rick sample -- its a build-it-yourself THROWBACK that draws too much attention to its throwback qualities at the expense of an overall song

like all those tumblr graphic design ppl who post stuff for capturing the overall vibe of 'an era' & thats the sole purpose

I don't really get an overly retro vibe from it? A bit, but it doesn't seem like the focus, certainly not as much as something like say, Lloyd's "Girls Around the World".

that partic slick rick sample was on like 200 songs in 1992. there's no way its anything but retro

girls around the world was just the beat loop -- nothing else about it was retro -- thats what made it feel more lighthearted & fun, bringing a single element forward

this just feels like -- and im sure its aggravated by kanye's presence -- an attempt to, i dunno, wear cross colors and put them on backwards and say 'catch wreck'

im probably overstating how 'bad' this is, i seem to be more strident in my 'dislikes' lately, when really its just, like, average, but i dunno, its just not my thing

also to be fair im coming at this from probably the wrong angle -- a star as big as beyonce & i'm only intermittently familiar w/ her albums so im bringing a kind of R&Bism / chart popism combo to it, instead of a Pop Star angle, so

deej you're prob being a bit harsh -- anyway i think it's pretty easy to evaluate it outside of the context of its sampling & just say it's kinda drab