So the people over at fox news have given beyonce’s album the worst review possible. this is what they had to say.
Beyonce’s world is made up of family, and they are close-knit business partners. Her dad, Matthew, is her controversial manager. Her mom makes her outfits. Her sister Solange sings and gets writing credits on her songs, as does a similarly named cousin, Angela Beyince.
More importantly, her boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z, casts a huge influence over her sound.
The result of so many cooks in the kitchen, and none of them objective, is that post-Destiny’s Child Beyonce serves up a mixed bag of Tina Turner-inspired videos, shrill singing and invariably tuneless songs.
Her biggest hit, “Crazy in Love,” was an invention of producer Rich Harrison that was heavily sampled from an old Chi Lites song called “Am I Your Woman?” written largely by the late great Eugene Record.
Harrison then took the major elements of that song and reworked them for several more artists, including Usher and Jennifer Lopez.
But on “B’Day,” there is no Chi Lites song to act as a saving grace. The closest they come to a defining single is “Déjà Vu,” written and produced by Rodney Jerkins with a team he’s used on Lopez’s records, among others.
Jay-Z contributes an extended rap and appears in the video. The song is catchy if you hear it enough times — like a sidewalk drill — but it lacks a consistent melody.
I am told that focus groups (yes — can you imagine?) don’t care for it. A London radio DJ told me last night that “Déjà Vu” and Justin Timberlake’s new “Sexyback” recently tied for least-liked records in his station’s polling. Ouch!
That isn’t to say that “B’Day” doesn’t have its charms, or its hits. They’re just not by the cynical people who created this thing or have the most to gain from it.
A clever ballad called “Irreplaceable” is the most memorable track, and has the most potential of catching on with fans quickly. It’s also the only song on “B’Day” that you might actually want to sing along to, written and produced by Stargate, an anonymous Norwegian pop hit production team akin to Max Martin’s boy band factory of a few years ago.Read more here
I havent heard the album as yet but so far the two songs that i have listen to are really good so i dont really give a damn what foxnews has to say about the album. it sounds as if those people over at fox are Big beyonce hatters .
