Dalliance
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Post by Dalliance on Dec 10, 2014 9:51:50 GMT -5
I'm so glad Times didn't make this bish Person of the Year. I was getting worried.
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Post by Caviar on Dec 10, 2014 12:38:32 GMT -5
I'm surprised they didn't. Time stays up her ass.
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Post by J'back on Dec 10, 2014 13:30:19 GMT -5
British Royalty meets American Royalty. time.com/3624850/twitter-beyonce-jay-z-prince-william-kate-middleton/Kate's a total card caring member of the hive. Also let's all talk about how Drunk in Love was named song of the year by Rolling Stones. #theygotitright #robbedbythegrammys She got #3 artist of the year behind one D and Katy. #2 album. Top R&B/Hip Hop artist of the year. It's hard to believe it's been 17 years since she debut with DC. And still keeping up with the new shiny artists. All hail the queen.
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Post by Live Your Life on Dec 12, 2014 12:13:58 GMT -5
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Post by Active Aggressive on Dec 12, 2014 12:51:15 GMT -5
I'm so glad Times didn't make this bish Person of the Year. I was getting worried. You mad, bro?
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Dalliance
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Post by Dalliance on Dec 12, 2014 14:08:58 GMT -5
I'm so glad Times didn't make this bish Person of the Year. I was getting worried. You mad, bro? Yep.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Dec 12, 2014 19:02:27 GMT -5
Oooh. You should make a thread in the Lounge about why you're mad so everyone can discuss.
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Post by Dreams on Dec 13, 2014 10:57:41 GMT -5
1 year since BEYONCÉ was released!
I remember waking up that day and seeing that twitter had exploded. Then I came here and saw new threads opened for "XO" and "Blow" and I went :o I ran to iTunes and she had basically shut down the whole thing!
I listened to the album and loved it right away. I remember though that not one song had stuck out to me, even after a couple of listens, and that annoyed me. But, I was really loving the album all around if that makes sense.
One year later, the album has definitely lost its spark to me (I think I got sucked into the massive hype) and there are songs off it, namely "Jealous," "No Angel," "Mine," "Flawless," that I don't listen to at all and I deleted. They just don't do it for me.
Besides those, I like/love all the rest. "Haunted" is one of her BEST songs ever imo, as is "XO" a personal Beyoncé favorite of mine; "Drunk In Love" is as hott as it was then and I remember being obsessed with it and loving Jay's verse and also that final chorus which is fire; "Rocket" is up there with "Speechless" and "Dance For You" (the latter is my favorite), as her best bedroom jams; "Blow" is a great groove and definitely should've been a single; "Partition" is one of her best bangers.
This album will definitely go down in music history for the way it was launched. Its impact definitely elevated Beyoncé's status in the industry. I have to say all of the videos that come with it are A+ ("Blow," "Pretty Hurts," "Partition" and "Superpower" are my favorites) and her Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs was more than deserved.
This is how I'd rank her albums now that it's been a year since her self-titled was released:
1. 4 2. B'Day 3. I Am... Sasha Fierce 4. BEYONCÉ 5. Dangerously In Love
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Post by surfy on Dec 13, 2014 12:30:30 GMT -5
I remember checking out the album and hating it on first listen Then listening again the next morning and fucking LOVING IT!!! <3 I still listen to this album regularly, and it's one of the best albums in recent years, so happy 1 year anniversary to this fucking ***FLAWLESS album!!!
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Post by MiniMusic on Dec 20, 2014 2:33:33 GMT -5
I think it's her best album still to this day. "Haunted", "Drunk in Love", "Partition", "Blow" and "XO" are career highlights. It's a tie in between this album and BDay.
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Post by Zeebz on Dec 20, 2014 10:54:39 GMT -5
One year (and a few days) later and Beyoncé still stands as an amazing album. It's still on repeat. Easily my favorite album from her. 4 and B'Day are both really close.
I remember getting home from work that evening and seeing something on iTunes about it. I was so excited to see that she had just dropped a new album. I was already anticipating it due to having loved 4. I must've played the snippet of "Partition" about 30 times, lol. I was obsessed. I quickly bought it as soon as I received my Christmas money. And it was worth it. The whole album is solid the videos and I love the videos. The hype was well deserved. Standouts are "Partition", "Heaven", "Haunted", "Jealous", and "XO".
Long story short, I was already a Beyoncé fan, but this album really sealed the deal. If I had to call myself a stan of any artist, it'd be Beyoncé, and it's because of this album. Random spiel, but oh well. Oh, and Beyoncé has officially become my most played artist according to last.fm.
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Post by Live Your Life on Dec 26, 2014 12:14:35 GMT -5
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 26, 2014 12:23:03 GMT -5
Living the good life :'(
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Dec 27, 2014 3:11:00 GMT -5
That will hopefully be me + my bew one of these days.
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Post by soul2soul on Dec 30, 2014 11:50:24 GMT -5
Such a shame sales of the Plat Edition didn't do much overall. I guess this era is pretty much over! Read quite an insightful article that talks about the whole sales versus critical acclaim debacle ymmwt.com/beyonce/beyonce-album-campaign-analysis-one-year-later-2/Whichever way you look at it, the era did what it needed to. After having her best first week sales, shame it didn't sell more long-term though!
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Oprah
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Post by Oprah on Jan 1, 2015 17:33:00 GMT -5
She should just take a break and get to making Red Rose. She's earned some r&r time.
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Post by darko95 on Jan 5, 2015 4:16:04 GMT -5
I'd love to hear her write some songs for the clubs again.
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Post by surfy on Jan 5, 2015 10:40:33 GMT -5
I'd love to hear her write some songs for the clubs again. Clearly you ain't heard the club jam that is Partition!!! :bop:
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Post by Hussy on Jan 6, 2015 19:44:59 GMT -5
I'd love to hear her write some songs for the clubs again. Clearly you ain't heard the club jam that is Partition!!! :bop: I still twerk on that song, such a JAM :'(
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Jan 7, 2015 10:09:26 GMT -5
Such a shame sales of the Plat Edition didn't do much overall. I guess this era is pretty much over! Read quite an insightful article that talks about the whole sales versus critical acclaim debacle yourmusicmyworld.com/beyonce-album-campaign-analysis-year/Whichever way you look at it, the era did what it needed to. After having her best first week sales, shame it didn't sell more long-term though! This is some first class trolling... #8 album of 2013 and #6 album of 2014 with over 2 million total sold, not even counting the millions of tracks sold is hardly a disappointment...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2015 14:12:19 GMT -5
legendress of ratchet.
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on Jan 11, 2015 14:44:30 GMT -5
Trolling... ?
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jan 11, 2015 15:53:06 GMT -5
Trolling hard as hell. Wouldn't be surprised if she trolled at the Grammys lol.
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Post by Live Your Life on Jan 21, 2015 21:25:07 GMT -5
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Post by ILLUSION on Jan 21, 2015 22:22:44 GMT -5
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Post by Oprah on Jan 23, 2015 14:06:18 GMT -5
Michelle has finally made herself useful by coming for some white trash preacher who tried to drag the Queen:
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Post by Live Your Life on Jan 23, 2015 16:56:10 GMT -5
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Jan 23, 2015 20:50:12 GMT -5
My current listening situation on this Friday evening:
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Post by dominika6816 on Jan 25, 2015 13:24:43 GMT -5
I bought physical copy of '4' today again with Schoolin' Life and Dance For You. I couldn't decide in the past which album is her best, but now I'm sure it's 4. I'm glad she made re-release, tracklist is much better...those two tracks should have been on standard from the beginning, because imo they're one of the best songs in her career. Now I don't have to switch CDs (before I had Deluxe Edition).
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Feb 5, 2015 15:54:44 GMT -5
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