Beyonce - 4

"Rather Die Young" sounds like Diamonds & Pearls-era Prince

OMG that clip prolego. "everything - would be free?"

also given that beyoncé WAS queen of DC (not just for a day) that was tantamount to lèse majesté. shocking stuff, michelle :o

also, beyoncé as hedge fund would make solange one of those "ethical" banks (that secretly fund grizzly bear shows)

Number None where are you c/ping from?

The quote about The-Dream song is from this
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/beyonce-experimented-with-everything-on-1005240182.story
Luke Steele bit from here
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/luke-steeles-love-song-for-beyonce-20110617-1g796.html

Just got those from googling around to see what credits i could scare up

Supposedly Rich Harrison worked on the album too. "Love On Top" maybe?

it's so weird to me that beyoncé has been to bath, lol

Great review, lex.

uh, so "rather die young" was co-written from some guy from empire of the sun??????

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/luke-steeles-love-song-for-beyonce-20110617-1g796.html

smh.com

http://images.smh.com.au/2011/06/17/2436504/Luke-Steele_729-420x0.jpg

andre 3000 flows like yelawolf on this

i had zero expectations for this album after sasha fierce/"run the world" but this is really one of the better albums released this year

xp more like yela kinda flows like andre

I'm not sure how anyone can confidently say there are no hit singles on this album, or that it's too retro, in a pop environment where Adele is the year's biggest star.

xp more like yela kinda flows like andre

― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Sunday, June 19, 2011 3:22 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

well yeah, but there's something about the elongation of "ooooo" in that verse that struck me as distinctly yelawolf

I'm not sure how anyone can confidently say there are no hit singles on this album, or that it's too retro, in a pop environment where Adele is the year's biggest star.

― Matt DC, Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:57 PM (13 minutes ago)

in the uk maybe dude

the better example would be cee-lo, but that's more kitschy than "love on top" -- i mean retro songs can be hits still certainly, but i don't think there's a smash on this album

there might not actually be a song as big as "motivation"

yeah i know what you mean

in the uk maybe dude

― jag goo (k3vin k.), Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:10 AM Bookmark

and like second biggest in the us?

nah, biggest in US to

too

I was giving Lady Gaga benefit of the doubt

i haven't paid attention to the pop charts but i'd be surprised if adele was a"bigger star" than gaga or beyonce yeah

She's had the #1 album for 9 weeks (non-consecutively) and the #1 single for 6 (consecutively). Looks like she's already taken back the top spot on albums from Lady Gaga so some dude is otm.

in any event snorting "YEAH MAYBE IN ENGLAND COR BLIMEY BLOOD SAUSAGE" was pointless

ive heard the song a million times but i didn't realize she existed

There are other ways to measure stardom than chart performance ... thankfully.

Still think 1+1 will be a hit hold this against me later

Nitsuh's review is really great too (obviously):

http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/beyonce-abebe-review-2011-6/

I like this in particular:

"Much of Beyoncé’s appeal has lain in her over-the-top levels of poise and ­confidence—her almost machinelike command of the art of being an R&B star. (She makes you experience emotions in about the same way a surgeon makes you not have an appendix anymore, and backed with similarly cutting-edge technology.) But the way she sings about love here—which is to say, love as a grave and weighty life choice that demands hushed music, spotlights, and occasional anguish—means singing about things that can sound more like weakness and dependency. She does a wonderfully convincing job of making this seem like a form of bravery. As if, having asserted herself time and again as independent, single, and tough, it’s now more powerful to choose vulnerability—kind of how humans, having conquered most of this planet, might tackle the vulnerabilities of piloting rockets into space."

waht

Beyonce's voice could power space rockets if only NASA would let her.

lol

"i care" on hot 97 sounds REAL nice

WOAHWOAHWOAH:

http://www.rap-up.com/2011/06/22/new-music-beyonce-schoolin-life/

yesssss. incredible

so awesome

so terius, too

why has rap-up had this same image on their site for like 2+ years?

http://cdn.rap-up.com/covers/current.gif

damn, this is great. i think i'll be deleting the tedder/warren song + who run the world girls & pretend like the album goes straight into the bonus tracks

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Yeah, this thing is in my top twenty.

thats cool. also imo basically proves the dream-needs-to-get-over-the-solo-career hypothesis that says hes at his best when operating as a songwriter rather than performer

feel like there's too many failed big terry/trick hype singles swept under the mindcarpet for that opinion to really take hold

request a shipley statistical beatdown on this matter

can i specify DELUXE EDITION on my p&j ballot?

http://soundcloud.com/tr3flow/beyonce-lay-up-under-me-www

schoolin life is really pretty

glad to have beyonce stuck in my head again

schoolin' life and dance for you are amazing. why are they bonus tracks, exactly?

feel like there's too many failed big terry/trick hype singles swept under the mindcarpet for that opinion to really take hold

request a shipley statistical beatdown on this matter

― r|t|c, Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:15 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

oh dont get me wrong, im not saying he has a great hit % for either -- but what terius single has been that good since the 2nd album

hey can someone hook me up w/ this new beyonce leak mpeg layer three

legally