rly hope she drops this new album soon bcz I have tickets to sell and the prices have been plummeting since it sold out in 10 seconds :(
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 24 April 2016 01:05 (seven years ago) link
theres uh a lot of diff sounds on this
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 April 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
this song w weeknd sounds incred
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 April 2016 01:28 (seven years ago) link
HOW DO I HEAR?
― emil.y, Sunday, 24 April 2016 01:35 (seven years ago) link
it's on HBO right now. i'm sure the movie will start getting bootlegged online soon enough too. i hope the album is dropping in the next few days because it'd be silly to preview every song in the movie without giving people a chance to buy the audio ASAP.
― some dude, Sunday, 24 April 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
http://tidal.com/album/59727856
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 24 April 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
f'in tidal
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 April 2016 01:52 (seven years ago) link
omg so wait it is a whole album??????
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 24 April 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
Okay, those of you who care enough to go for a temporary Tidal subscription can fill the rest of us in
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 24 April 2016 02:09 (seven years ago) link
it is a whole album, I'm sure it'll be steal-able shortly so its (likely brief) tidal exclusivity won't mean much
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 24 April 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link
you can rewatch the movie as an on demand thing if you have either HBO go or now too, I believe
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 24 April 2016 02:12 (seven years ago) link
(I mean, if this were on iTunes I'd seriously buy it now - just like I did as soon as the s/t dropped.)
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 24 April 2016 02:13 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/ErnestWilkins/status/724053313407356928
first good internet lol since Prince died
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Sunday, 24 April 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
From SPIN
http://www.spin.com/2016/04/beyonce-new-album-lemonade-download-free-stream-tidal/
Ugh. "Update: Per an industry insider, Lemonade will be a TIDAL exclusive in perpetuity, as in yes, it will be exclusively a TIDAL release forever."
Nice knowing you, Bey.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
heh to hell with tidal i'm torrenting this
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:28 (seven years ago) link
GOOD LUCK BROS im on tidal now u know theres a free trial right
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:30 (seven years ago) link
Hold Up written by Ezra Koenig!!! YES!
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
How much Terius is on this?
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:36 (seven years ago) link
BTW this album is brilliant if you havent heard it, like the jack white song goes hard thats how good it is
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:38 (seven years ago) link
HBO thing has bey doing malick narration
― We quickly ate the feast as to leave ASAP (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
it will be exclusively a TIDAL release forever
Just like The Life of Pablo?
― MarkoP, Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:46 (seven years ago) link
liking this a lot so far.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:48 (seven years ago) link
v lil terius mentioned so far but apparently one thing is a co-write on the weeknd song ...
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:52 (seven years ago) link
any caroline polachek tracks?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Sunday, 24 April 2016 03:56 (seven years ago) link
no
― dyl, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:02 (seven years ago) link
xpost I don't think so
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:02 (seven years ago) link
i am pleased to see upon browsing the credits that the common denominator to the songs that caught me most off-guard is that they were co-written with wynter gordon!
― dyl, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link
(they are also my favorite songs from the album as of my first couple of listens)
― dyl, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:06 (seven years ago) link
daddy lessons is spectacular yeah
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:08 (seven years ago) link
also how can we make a full beyoncé +kendrick album happen?
All Night with the Jon Brion strings playing Spottieottiedopaliscious. Might be my favorite track.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:13 (seven years ago) link
not strings, lol my bad. lots happening at the same time.
glad to see wynter gordon in the credits here
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link
Has anyone checked on Jay Z lately? I fear for his health.
― Popture, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:26 (seven years ago) link
love drought is a cloud
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:33 (seven years ago) link
the visual is quite dense, image- rather than narrative-driven, captivating. the poetic narration is hit-and-miss but, in tandem with the imagery, does regularly make coherent and striking connections between the album's personal-relationship-centered lyrical themes and broader social phenomena. in many instances the glimpses of the music are distractingly abbreviated or disjointed; as a result, unlike the last album, which was very arguably best experienced with the visual, this one might simply be better to listen through on its own.
the songs themselves are really good, not surprisingly. for me the most emotionally stirring moments come when bey's voice slides, even for the briefest moments, into unexpected and jarring textures, as it does on e.g. "don't hurt yourself" and "sandcastles". (now that i'm thinking about it, the way her voice and the guitar are seamlessly combined when she drops the f-bomb in the opening line [yes, even on the explicit/uncensored version] of the former track is super super brilliant.) i did not experience any devastating lyrical gut-punches the way i did when i first listened to her self-titled, but that's kind of a high standard to hold and artist to since that so rarely happens anyway. in general i am trying to resist the urge to label this 'better than' or 'lesser than' her previous work esp that album. there are beautiful moments throughout. my favorite track so far, bizarrely, might be "daddy lessons" while my least favorite is the one with the weeknd, lol.
i'm not sure what to make of the decision not to release it for purchase. i find it very difficult to part with the idea that i need to *own* music i want to listen to often, if only digitally. tidal seems fine for a streaming service, and even better than fine if indeed it compensates creators more adequately than competitors, but in general i find streaming platforms not to be particularly good ways to listen.
― dyl, Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:35 (seven years ago) link
there is some wildly casual percussion on this record
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Sunday, 24 April 2016 04:36 (seven years ago) link
loooooool i think "6 inches" lists "my girls" by anco as an interpolated song b/c it uses the phrase 'material things'??? good lord
― dyl, Sunday, 24 April 2016 05:38 (seven years ago) link
*6 inch smh
― dyl, Sunday, 24 April 2016 05:39 (seven years ago) link
Have to admit, I expected the song with Jack White to be a whole lot worse than it actually is.
I love the New Orleans horns on Daddy Lessons, but the acoustic guitar stomp of the rest of it is so goddamn bad.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 24 April 2016 05:39 (seven years ago) link
All Night is so beautiful.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 24 April 2016 06:02 (seven years ago) link
The song w an Ezra Koenig credit also has a Josh Tillman (aka Father John Misty) credit acc. to wikipedia. Just...fyi
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 24 April 2016 06:33 (seven years ago) link
MNEK co-wrote "Hold Up"!
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Sunday, 24 April 2016 06:51 (seven years ago) link
The first point of comparison that occurred to me was relational: this feels like the To Venus & Back to Beyonce's From The Choirgirl Hotel: a more casually executed, "smaller"effort that leans harder into its predecessor's eccentricities and points of difference.
When I wrote about Beyonce following its release it seemed obvious to me that the most interesting aspect of the album was what Beyonce was doing with her vocals, exploring the way she could use her voice to push into different emotional states and terrains. With this album, it's like the songs only really matter insofar as they provide vehicles for exploring new states, new terrains.
― Tim F, Sunday, 24 April 2016 08:19 (seven years ago) link
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 24 April 2016 08:24 (seven years ago) link
really glad i listened to the audio before watching the film
wow @ "daddy lessons", "don't hurt yourself", "freedom" especially
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Sunday, 24 April 2016 10:41 (seven years ago) link
I'm, uh, not much for Jack White but his vocal over those drums is a holy-shit moment.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 April 2016 11:37 (seven years ago) link
Is the sound on this kind of muted or is it just my dodgy MP3s? Please don't make me subscribe to Tidal to find out...
― Matt DC, Sunday, 24 April 2016 13:12 (seven years ago) link
Probably the dodgy mp3s.
― MarkoP, Sunday, 24 April 2016 13:21 (seven years ago) link
Yeah it definitely is - Formation just started and boomed out about twice as loudly as everything else.
First impressions are that this is excellent but the one with James Blake is probably the worst Beyonce song since the Sasha Fierce at the very least.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 24 April 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link
the straight up documentary parts of the film are wonderful, i even managed to convert something beyoncé said into good writing advice for myself, but i kinda hope 1) there's a physical release 2) it includes a version of the show without breaks
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
hope Liz Harris got a fat check from this
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
Oh was she sampled?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
Buddy of mine got sampled :)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
apparently "Made of Air" gets a couple of needle drops xp
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 April 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
Re:the movie, I was hoping for a little more documentary style than behind the scenes if that makes sense but the Sons of Kemet background music made my night.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 27 April 2019 05:14 (four years ago) link
Grouper was in the background as well which was cool
― just sayin, Saturday, 27 April 2019 06:24 (four years ago) link
I’m not a huge Beyoncé fan, but this film is extraordinary.
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Sunday, 12 May 2019 05:27 (four years ago) link
Hold the fuck up, a grouper song is in this???
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 12 May 2019 08:43 (four years ago) link
Caroline Shaw's Partita for 8 voices, too.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
New Lion King-related collaborative album out tomorrow, featuring, amongst others, African artists ranging from Wizkid to Busiswa to Shatta Wale:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8520147/beyonce-the-lion-king-the-gift-track-list
https://critiqsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Beyonce-The-Gift-Tracklist.jpg
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 18 July 2019 04:42 (four years ago) link
the film dialogue interludes are slightly distracting but the album is really good
― dyl, Saturday, 20 July 2019 05:12 (four years ago) link
The thing I find really distracting is how much of a copy this is of Kendrick Lamars Black Panther soundtrack, except that one seemed pretty personal to him. I have no idea why Beyoncé would make a Lion King album, except that she's in the film. Some of the songs are good, though.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 20 July 2019 13:08 (four years ago) link
My main hope for this is "Brown Skin Girl" becomes a massive hit, so I never have to see Wizkid's entire career summarized as "Drake’s 'One Dance' collaborator" again
― rob, Saturday, 20 July 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
i don't really care about it being a 'copy' of the black panther soundtrack - doing a film tie-in compilation/soundtrack album with more effort put into the curation and production than usual isn't really some wildly innovative idea. with the success of the black panther soundtrack i'm not at all surprised that others are doing something similar. there's not really a reason it needs to exist and i'd much rather a beyonce-does-afropop album as its own thing but since it does exist i'm glad it's quite good. it certainly seems to be by far the best thing related to the lion king remake.
"find your way", "jara ara e", "brown skin girl" and "my power" are the highlights
― ufo, Sunday, 21 July 2019 10:17 (four years ago) link
likely deserves a thread? it's good.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 21 July 2019 13:58 (four years ago) link
Was toying with that idea as well. Mind if I start it, or are you on it already?
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 July 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
Whoomp, there it is: the LiON KiNG: the GiFT <<>> where Beyoncé meets with Afropop
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 21 July 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
skoal
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 21 July 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link