Members Sylph Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 Embedding disabled so you have to go here to see the official video for If I Were a Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 "Single Ladies" sounds like "Get Me Bodied" Part Two. I'm willing to bet the new album will B-Day Part Two as well... No originality these days, with people recycling their own material in the most obvious ways. "If I Were A Boy" is the much stronger single IMO, but why is she releasing two different singles at the same time? Talk about overkill. Is "If I Were A Boy" strictly for pop radio/audiences and is "Single Ladies" for urban/R&B radio/audiences? If so, what a waste, she could've released one single and it would've appealed to both audiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 I have no idea. But I know I do not like these two songs at all. The new album will reportedly be called I Am... (it is a double disc: I Am... Beyoncé and I Am... Sasha Fierce) and the majority of it will be produced by Timbaland (yeah, ). So there's your originality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 Oh dear, both Beyonce and Timbaland suffer from a severe case of overexposure. I've never really cared for her to be honest. Her vocal delivery is all over the place and she over-sings her lyrics like hell, which is very grating and annoying to my ears. I think I can die happily if I never hear another Timbaland produced track again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 This obviously another case where the money is the key to everything: she probably has a sure ticket for album sales given that Timbaland is the hitmaker of the moment. If she really wanted to do something different, why hasn't she used some other producer? God knows there are so many extraordinary producers out there... I guess she'll never be a risk-taking "artist". I so agree on both of these points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted October 20, 2008 Members Share Posted October 20, 2008 Puts Alvin on his Christmas list and will buy Beyonce's new CD for him for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted October 21, 2008 Members Share Posted October 21, 2008 i *love* If I Were A Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cct Posted October 21, 2008 Members Share Posted October 21, 2008 If I Were a Boy...bland R&B radio-friendly radio dreck Single Ladies...too frantic. Seriously, I had to turn it off after a minute, because I thought I was going to have a heart attack...and I liked "Get Me Bodied." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted October 21, 2008 Members Share Posted October 21, 2008 Two black girls I know were discussing If I Were A Boy and they dismissed it as "too pop." (Nevertheless, the video made them like the song) So I would say that your theory is probably correct and she's trying to appeal both to AA and white younglings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted October 23, 2008 Members Share Posted October 23, 2008 Love Single Ladies. Dont care for If I Were a Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricaKane70 Posted October 23, 2008 Members Share Posted October 23, 2008 I'm not feeling those songs. B's music has gone downhill.imo She needs to quit trying so hard to push the envelope and work on what she does best which is R&B. I'm not going to write off the B/Timbo collaboration yet, I need to hear more. I really hope Jay-Z, who I love is not on this album, them being on each others songs is getting tired and worn out, they need to take a break or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted October 24, 2008 Members Share Posted October 24, 2008 And now Beyonce changes her name. She wants to be known as Sasha Fierce http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/61803020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted October 24, 2008 Members Share Posted October 24, 2008 bitch has flipped. her big ass ego couldnt be held in just beyonce. now she need sasha. please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 Her sisters new album is fantastic. It's a shame she couldn't have been more successful. Michelle too. Beyonce's new stuff is just horrible. Then again, I hated Deja Vu but the other singles were better. Single Ladies is particularly awful when considering how blatant a ripoff of Get Me Bodied it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 Bitch is crazy. I understand her rationale behind this, but please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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