Album Rating: 5.0
UNIQUE
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Album Rating: 3.0
break my soul is so annoying
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Album Rating: 4.5
it's the best chart-topping single in years
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Yeah it slaps
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Exemplary imo. Truly tuneful and engaging. The poptimist writing around this one (album quality as self-evident, parading its influences and bad bitch credentials for the artist as tantamount to incisive music journalism) really felt like we were about to get sold another "event" album more interesting on paper than entertaining. But damn! s/t has the highs but as an album guy, I'd say this is front to back the best. Wanted to like this and did! A triumph.
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"House music is something that is, by design, meant to be high energy and push vocals, however soaring or impressive, into the background of irresistible beats. You simply can’t do that with Queen Bey on the mic and a brand to uphold. This winds up with the songs essentially at war with themselves constantly with the production both trying to be bouncy enough to make you dance, but not distracting enough to detract from constantly reminding you that you are listening to Beyonce."
Actually agree with this, to a degree. Interesting tension in the album that flagged as a flaw before becoming something more like a genuine triumph of function stepping up to the challenge of, like, debasing the form. Queering the space but make it Beyoncé. People smarter than me can probably tell us why that is actually really bad but party people roll up!
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Album Rating: 4.0
drop it like a thotty drop it like a thotty
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Album Rating: 3.9
This album might just actually fuck, for real
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Album Rating: 4.0
This album does fuck
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Album Rating: 3.0
I never revisited it. even my favorite songs I have problems with (opener, church girl)
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Album Rating: 4.0
I mean it's just a good time, great fun listen, nothing revolutionary
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Album Rating: 3.0
the virtue it possesses of making a genuinely full-bodied effort to import more fundamental elements of dance/club/house/w/e music than just direct references and sonic bells and whistles (although why did she have to shoot herself in the foot in this regard by choosing fucking "I feel love," "I'm too sexy," like I love that first song but it's like. cmon. "I feel love"? Cover "the weight" next!) is also its downfall because I think it's too samey and the tracks rarely thrill me at any points. I like that she thinks on the level of (album) structure, think of that quality as a pretty unambiguous virtue for a pop musician of her stature, I just think her thought process here led her down a path I like much less than the ones on Beyonce and even Lemonade which I already thought was a step down
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Album Rating: 4.0
Waittttttttttt you thought Beyonce and Lemonade were step downs from her previous work???
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Album Rating: 3.0
I think Beyonce is one of the best albums of the 2010s and I think Lemonade is a light 3.5, although it's hard to say why. I have an insane level of sentimental connection to s/t
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Album Rating: 4.0
Oh I'm sorry I misread, I gotchu, yeah they are all 3 different vibes, love songs from each, but this one just feels the most concise
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beyonce is balls i haven't heard this but she super lame and that album cover is wtf horses are played out homie
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Album Rating: 3.5
Think this is my fav bey album now, maybe tied with s/t
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Album Rating: 3.5
Also these songs HIT in the club just sayinnnn
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Horses are played out homie
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So great! 5 Start for this album Fun Games
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