Mrs. Carter redeems herself graciously after that god-awful Black Culture song we got yesterday… this is a much more familiar Beyonce sound produced by that masterful Stargate team. There’s been talk of a new Beyonce album in 2010… no comment. Song after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »
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Beyonce – Waiting
On December - 24 - 2009
NEW Beyonce – Black Culture
On December - 23 - 2009
Sounds like a B-side from Sasha over Michael Jackson’s infamous Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough. Just speculating but it could be a promo jingle for something, not sure. Could be something she just recorded playing around in the studio. Take a listen… what ya think? Read the rest of this entry »
Alicia Keys ft. Beyonce – Put It In A Love Song
On December - 4 - 2009
After much anticipation, here’s the duet from Alicia Keys and Beyonce, set to appear on Keys’ upcoming album The Element of Freedom. If I’m being totally honest, this joint is aight but I think it’ll grow on me. It’s just not really a good sound for the two of them together. I wanted MORE. I’m spoiled, I was expecting a ballad, but I think it’s better this way – a ballad may have turned into a shouting match…
Audio: Alicia Keys and Beyonce – Put It In A Love Song
VIDEO: Beyonce & Lady Gaga – Video Phone
On November - 16 - 2009
This is definitely the most creative video from the I Am…Sasha Fierce collection. Beyonce brings in pop diva-on-the-rise Lady Gaga for a remixed and extended version of Video Phone. I couldn’t help but notice that this is the most tame I’ve ever seen Lady Gaga in a music video. I guess they toned her down so Beyonce wouldn’t be outdone. What do u think? And while you’re at it, check out my homie The Glamour Whore for her thoughts on the vid!
Beyonce & Lady Gaga – Video Phone x Telephone
On November - 14 - 2009
Whoever decided to put these two pop stars together struck pure platinum with that idea! Honestly, I wouldn’t mind a Beyonce x Lady Gaga tour, or hell even a collaborative album. These two tracks with both of them are fire!! Beyonce needs the variation that Lady Gaga brings, and Lady Gaga could benefit from doing something huge with a mega star like Beyonce. I see a mutually beneficial partnership in the making…
Audio: Telephone
Audio: Video Phone (Extended)
Video: Beyonce Performs ‘Sweet Dreams’ at MTV EMA’s
On November - 6 - 2009
The Queen of the wind machine is red hot in this performance of Sweet Dreams for the MTV Europe Music Awards. Though it was very theatrical and titillating, I was hoping she’d do the whole song, as it’s one of my favorites from the I Am…Sasha Fierce album. Vocals were on point though B, another one knocked outta the park!
VMA Recap: Beyonce – Single Ladies
On September - 16 - 2009
If you’ve been to her current I Am… tour, this performance is nothing new, save for the prancing army of single ladies behind Beyonce. Although her gesture for Taylor Swift wins for classiest moment of the night, this concept is unoriginal and recycled. She used the same concept a few years ago when she performed her single Me, Myself and I with another army of single women.
Kelly Clarkson vs. Beyonce
On July - 27 - 2009
If you’ve got either of these two albums, you may notice one very similar track on each – and this highlights a growing problem in the industry – recycled tracks. When prepping her 4th album, All I Ever Wanted, Kelly Clarkson teamed up with One Republic frontman Ryan Tedder to pen one of the highlight songs of her album, Already Gone. Tedder provided the track while Clarkson penned the lyrics and the result was a hit which has now become the album’s third single.
Already Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Unbeknownst to Clarkson at the time, Tedder had provided the same track to Beyonce Knowles, which became the backing track to Halo, the fourth single from her third album I Am…Sasha Fierce. The similarities in the tracks are uncanny and Clarkson fought a losing battle with her label to pull her record from the album before its release, out of respect for Beyonce.
When producers and writers re-use tracks like that, it shortchanges the artists and the consumers. It replaces a slot for quality original work with something that’s already done, but there are examples of this all throughout the industry. Leona Lewis’ Forgive Me is a recycled track that Akon provided Gwen Stefani for Sweet Escape. Ciara’s latest single Work from the Fantasy Ride album, is a track by Danja originally used by Danity Kane for their song Pretty Boy. And the number of songs that followed Lil Jon’s ‘Yeah!’ formula is pretty high. Add Ne-yo and Avril Lavigne to the list of guilty writers/producers as well.
The list could go on, but what do you think about this trend of producers re-using tracks in the industry? Is it fair? Is it lazy? Do you even care?
Video: Beyonce – Sweet Dreams
On July - 8 - 2009
I can’t even be mad at Beyonce for this video. I actually dig this because it’s not over the top, but it’s clear that Beyonce is trying to establish an ‘era’ with the videos from the I Am…Sasha Fierce album. Most of the videos have featured her in some sort of intricate dance sequence flanked by two dancers and that will be the defining image of this period in her career. Carry on Sasha Fierce, you can be both my sweet dream AND my beautiful nightmare…
Video: Beyonce – Brokenhearted Girl
On June - 16 - 2009
Perfect!! Just when all Beyonce’s videos were getting mundane, she breaks through with this emotional and very captivating video. I love how her facial expressions tell the story in this video; there are no words, just the music and the images. Beyond that, this is one of my favorite songs from the album, penned by Babyface himself. Brokenhearted Girl appears on Beyonce’s latest album, I Am…Sasha Fierce, in stores now!
