Beyonce - 4

it's always weird when ship randomly defends something bcuz of the drum sound

i'd rather give up everything
than to live my
live my life withOUT YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

it's always weird when ship randomly defends something bcuz of the drum sound

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, October 11, 2011 4:10 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

is the texture and programming of drum tracks not important in modern hip hop and R&B? it seems hugely, self-evidently important to me.

That track isn't either of them though

hip hop or R&B that is

or POP, whatever. music with drum machines. don't be stupid.

it's a shitty power ballad. Listening to it now i guess the drums have a vaguely interesting sound but they're buried under a whole lot of bluster

it's not much schlockier than a lot of stuff you hear on beyonce albums, it's just a different kind of schlock

A lot less schlocky than a lot of previous DC/Beyonce ballads, in fact. I think if people didn't know it was written by Diane Warren they'd be a lot more forgiving of it.

what i'm saying!

is the texture and programming of drum tracks not important in modern hip hop and R&B? it seems hugely, self-evidently important to me.

― some dude, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:21 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

idk all you mentioned was the drum sound & i'm going to go out on a limb and say that the drum sound on the diane warren/beyonce album closing ballad isn't so cool that it makes the whole song

tho maybe i'm wrong idk

it doesn't make the whole song -- song is not bad in and of itself! if there's one emotion she's better at communicating than love it's I WILL LEAVE MY MARK ON THIS EARTH megalomaniacal self-love.

cool drum sounds are like 50% of the reason why I listen to music

my man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoKoSqlRLR4

I'm obsessed with the drums that kick in at about a minute

"I was here" killed it live. and ship is right about the drums; the beat pulsates like a clock.

If we're picking on tiny details, I really dislike the way she sings "it's so simple" during 'I Miss You'. Neither the lyric nor its position in the song feel like they merit that level of volume or emoting.

"Rather Die Young" is the most underratedest junt on this album

That song is amazing. Both that and 'Start Over' kind of get overlooked but that central pairing is fantastic.

I really dislike the way she sings "it's so simple" during 'I Miss You'. Neither the lyric nor its position in the song feel like they merit that level of volume or emoting.

This is so true!

I love "Rather Die Young" and especially "Start Over", one of my favourites on the album.

me too.

(the vocal on that chorus is just redic)

I never remember "Start Over".

it might hit you one of these days

yeah "start over" and "rather die young" were the last songs on the album i came around to enjoying (besides the songs i will never enjoy)

"start over" and "rather die young" are great because they always sound better when you listen than when you think about them in your head - those tracks, rather than vice versa, tend to be the core of great albums.

i think i just GOT "i was here" out of nowhere :o one of those songs that one suspects is only a full-on x factor weepy schlockathon away from unreservedly loving it

"party" entered the hot 100 and the top 10 of the r&b chart this week, and "countdown" is nowhere to be seen on either. wtf is going on, i don't even hear "party" anywhere.

Where can I pick up my late pass? This album is incredible. The lead single damn near kept me away for good, but thank god for "Countdown" convincing me to give it a go. Just, incredible, a fantastic album. It would be near perfect if you cut off "Girls" and eliminated Ye's awful "drippin' Swagu" line.

is it just me that gets more way more aggravated by dre 3k than kanye on that track

I think Andre is fine, actually.

After the first couple of times I couldn't be bothered to listen far enough to get to Dre's bit.

is it just me that gets more way more aggravated by dre 3k than kanye on that track

Andre is fine, nothing special or super annoying

a little part of me dies every time I hear the word "swagu" though

djp otm

also if I was talking to a girl who was dripping "swag sauce" I wouldn't be impressed, I would be concerned and recommend she see a doctor

so you wouldn't approach with a slice of garlic bread then

well like if we take the track to be this retro girlish party nostalgia looking thru photos from 10 years ago exercise then "swagu" is kinda like the cheesy cringy macking line that befits. "just don't tell nobody tomorrow"

andre meanwhile is trying to frame the whole picture and it's predictably tedious and faux-cleverclever

about 85% of the time I vastly prefer faux-cleverclever to genuinely, earnestly stupid

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl2/10/104165/08_2009/82e26d44379fc112_ragu.larger.jpg

MMMM DRIPPING SWAGU

http://www.mrsmoneysaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tucks1.gif

"you might need these"

it's an earnestly stupid track tho so

omigod I found a photo which would get me banned, tarred, and feathered.

would pouring three jars of tomato sauce on myself be considered a legit halloween costume this year?

Not only that, but you'd be considered dinner too.

boof

boof boof

The way her costume switches up with each key change in the video to "Love on Top" is very obvious but still very enjoyable.

i'd prefer if just the hat changed, and then at the final key change beyonce herself became a hat

Wouldn't we all.

That video is mostly whatever but I'm so glad it exists if only as a vehicle for Hat. Bey got totally upstaged.

i'd prefer if just the hat changed, and then at the final key change beyonce herself became a hat

― some dude, Friday, October 21, 2011 10:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

bahahahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btpd8zg5VWA

it is a genre staple, and im not saying rappers should never say 'bitch' (though ive a feeling a track like queen latifahs unity would prob get dismissed on a place like ilx if it came out today for being out of date step with 'genre staples'), just that its odd for one half of such a high profile couple to make a track called thats my bitch when everyone knows who his partner is (obv lines like the one about bagging supermodels are also to be taken lightly but i dunno, thats my bitch seems more specific as a kind of 'idealised partner' kind of rap song) and esp when the partner in question has made such a big deal of not taking shit from men etc. you could just jay is rapping in a make believe juvenile hip hop universe where its all par for the course, and im not saying i expect beyonce to take a stand against the whole 'THEYRE CALLING WOMEN BITCHES' issue, but youd think she might just *mind* being called that in songs made by her husband.

"people tend to look upon husbands talking about how much they love/want/admire their wives as a good thing."

even songs when theyre calling them bitches?

i mean, HELLO, look at the lyrics:

Back to my Beyoncés
Get ya own dog, ya heard? That's my bitch

yeah, its def not about beyonce.

― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, August 15, 2011 9:49 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

YOU WON, TITCHY

http://www.taletela.com/news/12461/jay-z-vows-never-to-say-b***h-in-heartfelt-poem-dedicated-to-daughter-blue-ivy

Jay also reveals his extremely protective nature towards his daughter, adding: "No man will degrade her, or call her name

something so funny about writing up a poem as reportage