Speaking of plain (see post below), check out Bey's I Am Beyonce/I Am Sasha Fierce album here. Because B'day was just so electric and wild, I was waiting in anticipation for Beyonce's softer side to soothe me over. The I Am Beyonce album is just indeed softer, but... it's so just plain. Almost like you can play it in the background and forget about it. It feels very cookie-cutter and formulated. Almost like she doesn't have any creative control. Like how Rihanna was before she found her niche or how executive-driven Christina was before she cut ties and got dirty. You know what I mean? Each found their niche. With this album, I find myself asking what's Bey's niche? I think the answer is Sasha Fierce. In an interview I read somewhere, Bey said that she thinks she's finally made a classic album. I'm not sure about that. Dangerously in Love was the classic - perfect from the beginning to the end - but I guess perfection is hard to duplicate. The I Am Sasha Fierce album does exactly what it's supposed to do. And you know what that is ladies! Haaay!
Still... with that said, my favorite songs are "Halo" (her best power ballad), "Disappear" ( I really like the melody of the "when i think about it" line) "Video Phone" (heck yes!), and "Diva" (it's got Lil Wayne's "A Millie" swagger to it).
I'm hearing that she'll make videos for the entire album like she did last time. Well yeah... She's going to have to with this mediocrity. How else are we going to fall in love with it and eventually by the deluxe version that's selling for a whopping $23! If it wasn't Bey, should couldn't pull that kind of crap.
4 comments:
yeah I havent heard the deluxe edition... only the regular one and it ws straight trash... you mentioned tracks you like that weren't on the original so maybe the deluxe edition is better but if you have to pay that much for it... I'll surely pass!
And whoever said this is finally a classic album... must have got paid a pretty penny by papa knowles for that review because this is the worst of the 3 albums
you know i have been fighting th e"bey train" for awhile now...so to hear that its not that great is a BLOW...can i just get half the album...LOL
Aww...I have difficulty wrapping my psyche around the whole "alter ego", "dual personality" thing...But I'm willing to give it a chance because generally Beyonce songs are great work out tunes.
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