buffyleigh
First Beyoncé I’ve purposely listened to. I can see why people love her, it’s just not for me.
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First Beyoncé I’ve purposely listened to. I can see why people love her, it’s just not for me.
I never before listened to a Beyoncé album before. I get why many people like her music. It's not a bad album, but it's not for me.
The genre in which Beyoncé is evolving is really not my cup of tea, and I'm pretty disarmed to assess the quality of such an album. I gave it a try anyway and: (1) it's really not my jam, (2) I was surprised by the music that is not always some boring/simple rhythms, there are actually pieces of electronic music in the background that are not so obvious (and that makes it interesting), (3) I respect Beyoncé's fights and the way she uses mainstream music to push her agenda (she talks about feminism, racism, sexuality in ways that are not really customary in pop music). Not as bad as I feared, not my jam, but there are things to get out of it.
By any measure this is a remarkable piece of work - 14 tracks accompanied by 17 videos and a slew of other bonus features, dropped as a surprise release with no pre-publicity. This is immaculately produced, with lots of interesting audio samples and flourishes, she has an amazing voice and the lyrics are interesting, but polished pop isn’t really my thing.
This is not my kind of music at all, and yet it was ok to listen to. It didn't move me much though.
This is a hard listen. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn’t to be bored. For such a sexually explicit album lyrically, it’s somehow lacks any sense of joy.