SWEET DREAMS
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Post by SWEET DREAMS on Nov 20, 2008 20:13:16 GMT -5
Tyra is such a stan! lol.
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Post by dahazeleyedbandit1 on Nov 20, 2008 20:34:50 GMT -5
She really is!! She loves the Knowles family like her own. Its beautiful yet scary lol
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Eloqueen™
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Nov 20, 2008 21:35:07 GMT -5
Current obsession: Broken-Hearted Girl. I swear the only tracks left that I do not absolutely love are Video Phone and That's Why You're Beautiful. I am sure it's only a matter of time. Beyonce has turned me into a super fan with this album!
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Post by dahazeleyedbandit1 on Nov 20, 2008 22:47:51 GMT -5
Current obsession: Broken-Hearted Girl. I swear the only tracks left that I do not absolutely love are Video Phone and That's Why You're Beautiful. I am sure it's only a matter of time. Beyonce has turned me into a super fan with this album! Now thats whassup!
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Lowe
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Post by Lowe on Nov 20, 2008 23:25:18 GMT -5
lol at that "One More time".. lol. Dis bitchs work ethic!
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♥ r!cky
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Post by ♥ r!cky on Nov 20, 2008 23:49:06 GMT -5
I like the Standard Cover better then the D.E. Cover!
Atleast she could of put the Standard Cover (Front&Back) Pix in the D.E. Booklet!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2008 23:56:25 GMT -5
I am going to get my copy of the delux edition tomorrow. I'm so excited! I was rather disappointed with B'Day, but I am loving this album.
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Post by sephyrpatriq on Nov 21, 2008 0:54:27 GMT -5
Why is it when I listen to Single Ladies now I hear a country song! Like if it had different production it would sound like a bonafide country song. The oh oh oh parts reminds me of a Shania Twain song
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blurple
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Post by blurple on Nov 21, 2008 1:33:30 GMT -5
YOUR WEAKEND TOP 10 CHART PREVIEW: The industry’s hot streak continues (we love typing those words) leading into what’s expected to be a boffo Thanksgiving week, with Columbia diva Beyonce aiming to bow north of 500k...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2008 7:38:20 GMT -5
Debuts at #3 in Ireland.
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LC3
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Post by LC3 on Nov 21, 2008 8:56:05 GMT -5
Review by Douglas Lytle Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Beyonce Knowles, who is barely 27 and well on her way to establishing herself as a corporation with feet in music, film and fashion, is a hard woman to resist. Beyond her good looks and talent, she has the moxie to produce records that are state of the art. Her latest, ``I am… Sasha Fierce'' (Sony/BMG), appeared in stores on Nov. 18 and sprawls across two discs. It is ambitious, cutting through a myriad of styles -– from musings that wouldn't be out of place on a Stevie Wonder or Joan Armatrading album, to flat-out, driving R&B for dancing and blasting from car stereos. This is music the way we hear it today on the radio, the beats we dance to and the look, the groove, the vibe that will leave a mark on a decade of pop music. Beyonce has two films coming out in the next year: she will be hard to overlook in the coming months, so get used to it. ``Sasha Fierce,'' which Beyonce says draws its name from her on-stage alter ego, was overseen by more producers, musicians and engineers to create 100 records. It still feels singularly focused around her own personality and ideas. ``Sasha'' is split into two discs, with the first offering the more restrained songs and the second emphasizing up-tempo dance. The material is strong enough to carry it without boredom. I would have been satisfied with just the first disc, mostly because the kind of dance-oriented R&B that fuels disc no. 2 isn't my cup of tea and never will be. Still, fans who already snacked on monster hits such as ``Crazy in Love'' or ``Ring the Alarm'' will find new work like ``Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)'' just as propulsive. Saturday, Sunday Disc two could be played on a Saturday night, while the mellower, more introspective first CD, embellished with guitars and often spare arrangements, can follow on Sunday when songs such as ``Ave Maria'' and ``Satellites'' will help to soften the mood. Beyonce's singing remains tremendous, mostly because she has the sense of restraint that eludes other divas such as Maria Carey or Whitney Houston. Instead of spending every bar trying to impress you with vocal gymnastics, Beyonce remains controlled, tasteful, riding the beat, placing the emphasis on control, color and teasing the melody. Although the lyrics are sometimes vapid or just silly -– did you expect Bob Dylan here? –- there are some killer moments, especially on ``If I Were a Boy,'' in which she imagines herself as a better member of the opposite sex than those born into it. This is the kind of intelligent, passionate material modern radio so desperately needs. In ``Boy,'' which peaked at no. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100, I haven't heard a better mainstream single this year. Rating: **** out of 4 **** = Excellent www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aKJ5M7SwjawA&refer=museIts nice when they understand the concept instead of getting caught up on the two cds thing... :)
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Post by busyboy on Nov 21, 2008 8:59:23 GMT -5
Beyoncé: I Am... Sasha Fierce [Columbia; 2008] Rating: 5.7Though she's only 27, Beyoncé goes out of her way to be an old-fashioned celebrity, the type offended by Pete Wentz blogging about Oscar the Grouch or Britney Spears Twittering her life away. "I feel that, especially now with the Internet and paparazzi and camera phones, it's so difficult to maintain mystery," she said earlier this year. "It's almost impossible to have superstars now, because people will never get enough." And, in our TMZ-addled world, her reluctance to entertain most questions about her personal life is both refreshing and a bit stubborn. She's a megawatt anachronism in sky-high heels and a frozen smile. So, without much outside interference, Beyoncé's fan-artist connection relies almost wholly on her music-- the only place to find the "real" Beyoncé is on her albums. With that direct relationship in mind comes I Am... Sasha Fierce, a supposed window into the soul of Beyoncé as well as her hair-flipping sexpot alter ego who happens to be blessed with the ultimate "Project Runway" moniker. The "split-personality" gimmick is now a tired and, more often than not, hapless pop theme (see: Garth Brooks's proto-emo character Chris Gaines, T.I. vs. T.I.P, the street vs. boardroom dynamic of hubby Jay-Z's Kingdom Come). Sasha Fierce will not disturb that unfortunate trend. Unlike 2006's underrated funk-fest B'Day, which held together remarkably well as an LP and saw Beyoncé ditching sap for sass, this record isn't supposed to coalesce. Speaking once again to her penchant for the outdated and obsolete, it's a 2xCD affair also available in a deluxe edition with five additional tracks. (Didn't anyone tell her about Christina Aguilera's recent diva-fied double disc disappointment Back to Basics ... and that you're supposed to put the deluxe edition out six to eight months after the regular edition?) Sasha Fierce puts Beyoncé back into the "singles artist" column-- only the blindly devout would consider slogging through the deluxe edition multiple times; only the foolishly puritanical would deny the occasional high-gloss super hits. Nobody wins the Beyoncé vs. Sasha battle-- often, the listener loses. On the Beyoncé side, while tracks like the effective (and affecting) gender-bender "If I Were a Boy" and the stunning love-as-god power ballad "Halo" (courtesy of "Bleeding Love" scribe Ryan Tedder) find the singer both strident and exposed, there's lots of wispy nonsense seemingly dug out of Celine Dion's scrap pile. Her twist on "Ave Maria" is vocally impeccable, but it reads more like recital fodder rather than a true confessional. Flip to Sasha, which is more listenable overall, but also more pandering. There's the one that sounds like past Beyoncé hits ("Single Ladies [Put a Ring on It]"), the one that sounds like "A Milli" ("Diva"), and the one that sounds like Rihanna ("Sweet Dreams"). For someone famous for effortlessly sparking trends, there are a surprising amount of opportunistic retreads here. Beyoncé is a capital-S Star, and one glimpse of her onstage makes it clear why she's earned her right to operate above the fray. But an album isn't a concert, and there are simply not enough Sasha Fierce songs worthy of her or our time. (The hopelessly benign "Smash Into You" will provide a prime bathroom break moment on her next world tour, though.) While this LP is more painstaking than B'Day, the extra effort dulls any emotional wallop; B'Day, in all its hectic glory, offered a much more vivid peek into the elusive mind of Beyoncé than Sasha Fierce, which often reads more like projection than reality. Considering the wealth of characters this multi-talent is currently amassing between movies and alter egos, the notion of Beyoncé is more splintered now than ever. Sasha Fierce doesn't help her put the pieces back together. - Ryan Dombal, November 21, 2008 www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/147597-beyonc-i-am-sasha-fierce
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Eloqueen™
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Nov 21, 2008 9:08:33 GMT -5
Made a cover for Hello:
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Post by shayonce on Nov 21, 2008 9:13:25 GMT -5
44 days mediabase
11/20/2008 If I Were A Boy 74.212 million audience impressions (+0.941m) Total SPIN: 11632 (+156) AC: 31 (+3) HAC: 414 (+7) POP: 5914 (+61) RHY: 3893 (+47) UAC: 227 (+2) URB: 1100 (+37) MTV: 8 (-3) BET: 4 (0) VH1: 22 (+1) Fuse: 19 (+1)
11/20/2008 Single Ladies 79.69 million audience impressions (+1.255m) Total SPIN: 9338 (+220) HAC: 26 (+7) POP: 719 (+68) ALT: 4 (0) RHY: 3655 (+114) UAC: 359 (+9) URB: 4523 (+18) MTV: 17 (+4) MTV2: 6 (+1) BET: 9 (0) FUSE: 20 (-1)
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SWEET DREAMS
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Post by SWEET DREAMS on Nov 21, 2008 9:40:26 GMT -5
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Eloqueen™
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Nov 21, 2008 10:22:24 GMT -5
Thx rdh! :)
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Post by dahazeleyedbandit1 on Nov 21, 2008 10:51:14 GMT -5
Bee looks cute in that add. Single Ladies is really, really blowing the hell up on iTunes..like crazy! I'm so happy and proud of her! I still think she'll do over 500-550K..I just feel so.
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Oprah
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Post by Oprah on Nov 21, 2008 11:47:32 GMT -5
That ad is so awkward.
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Lowe
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Post by Lowe on Nov 21, 2008 12:12:43 GMT -5
It is... lol
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Post by dahazeleyedbandit1 on Nov 21, 2008 12:27:21 GMT -5
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Oprah
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Post by Oprah on Nov 21, 2008 12:32:47 GMT -5
Their facial expressions & body language.
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Post by aTunes on Nov 21, 2008 13:06:57 GMT -5
I want there to be 7 singles from this:
1. IIWAB 2. SL (U.S. only) 3. Halo 4. Diva (U.S. urban only) 5. Ave Maria (I actually think this could be a hit on a lot of formats and internationally, even though it's religious) 6. Radio 7. Sweet Dreams (I think this is the sleeper smash on the album, could see a lot of different formats liking this, and I think it would do really well in Europe)
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Post by dahazeleyedbandit1 on Nov 21, 2008 13:23:04 GMT -5
I want there to be 7 singles from this: 1. IIWAB 2. SL (U.S. only) 3. Halo 4. Diva (U.S. urban only) 5. Ave Maria (I actually think this could be a hit on a lot of formats and internationally, even though it's religious) 6. Radio 7. Sweet Dreams (I think this is the sleeper smash on the album, could see a lot of different formats liking this, and I think it would do really well in Europe) I like the way you think...she'll be releasing videos for every single track but who knows which songs will be released as "singles".
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rdh: THE YONKAZ!
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Post by rdh: THE YONKAZ! on Nov 21, 2008 13:25:16 GMT -5
I would love Disappear, Disappear, and Smash Into You as well. Heck release the whole album!LOL
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Sir Benji
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Post by Sir Benji on Nov 21, 2008 13:34:15 GMT -5
um no^ almost half of the album is filler or garbage i think the singles should be
1. If I Were A Boy / Single Ladies 2. Ego / Halo 3. Sweet Dreams or Radio
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elementd5
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Post by elementd5 on Nov 21, 2008 13:52:57 GMT -5
Ok...ssshhhh...I luv this album, now.
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Post by dahazeleyedbandit1 on Nov 21, 2008 14:14:39 GMT -5
um no^ almost half of the album is filler or garbage i think the singles should be 1. If I Were A Boy / Single Ladies 2. Ego / Halo 3. Sweet Dreams or Radio .anywhoo yes "Sweet Dreams" needs to be a single
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Post by JenkseyArt on Nov 21, 2008 15:10:36 GMT -5
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Nov 21, 2008 15:13:31 GMT -5
I would like the singles to go like this:
01.) If I Were A Boy (Pop & Rhythmic) / Single Ladies (Rhythmic & Urban) 02.) Halo (Pop & Rhythmic) / Diva (Urban) 03.) Sweet Dreams (Pop) / Ego (Rhythmic & Urban) 04.) Radio (Pop & Rhythmic) / Hello or Broken-Hearted Girl (Urban) 05.) Disappear (Pop & Rhythmic) / Ave Maria (Rhythmic & Urban)
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