Beyonce - 4

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

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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

it doesn't exist i don't think. the best i've gotten is ripping it from that soundcloud.

http://hulkshare.com/b70bvctgqp5n

don't need no algebuh when ur schoolin' life

Goddamn, that's really something!

so, who's the Shea Taylor that has production or writing credits on basically every song on this album?

and every great song

I know he's produced a lot of Ne-Yo's stuff

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

gave k3v a good going over here

lol wtf

decided if i ever listen to '03 bonnie & clyde again i will sing "down to ride til the very end, it's me and my BOOF BOOF"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boof_Bonser

finally got around to reading Lex's piece on this, great review!

And further evidence to back up the hedge fund theory, in today's Sunday Times Beyoncé reveals the real reason for calling the album 4: "I've won a lot of money on the number 4 when gambling". Haha.

"schoolin life" is great!

listened to this over cocktails at my friends' house the other day, and i do not think Party sticks out like a sore thumb at all. there was a palpable relief in the room to have a song like that in the flow. i just kind of sat back.

there a billion better examples of a song like that that could've fit on the album just as well, though

i'm into the simplicity of it.

to me, it reads like a really good toni braxton song

listened to this over cocktails at my friends' house the other day, and i do not think Party sticks out like a sore thumb at all. there was a palpable relief in the room to have a song like that in the flow.

i would think this was more because the ~intense~ intimate ballads that preceded it weren't really cocktail party material!

I suggest swapping the mojitos for gin.

well, we were actually drinking beer, but i may have switched to vodka when party came on

My grandma and I just drank ginger ale and Johnny Walker Black.

killing it so hard at Glastonbury

WTF what Tricky doing there though?

link?

Incredible!