WHO BOUGHT/BUYING B-DAY?

WRITE YOUR REVIEW? BAD, GOOD, GREAT, HORRIBLE, JUST STANK!!

I will get in on Friday when I go into town, have U got it and what do U think of it?

I don't need any expensive coasters, so I'll pass.

Good reviews so far: http://www.metacritic.com...yonce/bday

katt said:

NO, I WILL PASS ON THIS ONE. THANX FOR RESPONDING

i wouldnt download it to even listen to it much less burn it to cd or buy it

I like Deja'vu and Get me bodied, but it's the same song over and over again. maybe it's just sonically too deep for me or something , but I dont get or hear what she's trying to do. Dont get me started on the lyrics!?

She has basically recorded a whole album of 'potential best selling ringtones"
Thats the only way to describe what the album sounds like.

Review by Andy Kellman

At least one tactic or event preceding the release of Beyoncé's second solo album inspired a bemused three-syllable exclamation from anyone who was paying attention. The lead single, the late-'70s-funk-inspired "Deja Vu," had the audacity to not be as monstrous as "Crazy in Love" — its stay at the top of the charts was relatively brief, so clearly there was evidence of some drop-off there. This was quickly followed by "Ring the Alarm," an angered, atonal, and out-of-character song with an accompanying video that invited all kinds of perplexed analysis, along with debate on whether Beyoncé was being autobiographical or, as the singer claimed, channeling her Dreamgirls character. All of this gave the haters plenty of ammo when anything less than 100% polite, ladylike, and expected was bound to do the trick. Add to this an album title that can be pronounced just like "bidet," along with the advertisement that the album's ten songs were whipped up in two weeks, and you have yourself a career-killing train wreck. B'day isn't even close to that. While Beyoncé does sound like she's in a bit of a hurry throughout the album, and there are no songs with the smooth elegance of "Me, Myself and I" or "Be with You," it is lean in a beneficial way, propelled by just as many highlights as the overlong Dangerously in Love. Two collaborations with Rich Harrison swagger and preen: "Been locked up in the house way too long/It's time to get it, 'cause once again he's out doing wrong" (the blaring/marching "Freakum Dress"); "Don't give me no lip, let mama do it all" (the spectacularly layered "Suga Mama"). The Neptunes assist on "Green Light," an ambitious, fleet-footed number that continually switches tempos and sounds, as well as "Kitty Kat," a deceptively sweet, rainbow-colored track — where what sounds like purrs are more like claws-out dismissals — that could've been pulled from one of the first three Kelis albums. And even with an entirely bonkers line like "I can do for you what Marvin did for the people," "Upgrade U" is the most potent track on the album, a low-slung Cameron Wallace production where Beyoncé wears and buys the pants while making her proposition sound more like empowerment than emasculation. If the circus surrounding this whole thing — which could take up to ten pages to document — was an elaborate ploy to transform Beyoncé into an underdog, there really is some kind of genius at play, but it's extremely unlikely that anyone in her camp could've predicted that the expectations and reactions would be less rational than any of Beyoncé's decisions and actions. There is nothing desperate or weak about this album.

http://www.allmusic.com/c...f4zfa5ehak

that cover is so selfcentered. i love her i gotta own this mess.

Aw hell no
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This cd is W A C K.
I dug her last cd but this is the opposite of that. Total GARBAGE.

Seriously considering getting it at Circuit City, since it has a bonus track. I like upbeat sounding songs, so I gotta give this a try.

Christopher said:

Actually, the problem is it isn't self centered....the photo is all the way to the right, the same direction she is looking in....It looks really bad for an album cover. If the release this with bonus tracks (which I don't doubt since it's a strategy that often works), the have got to change that cover. It's honestly the worst cover I've ever seen for a major release this year.

Not interested in B's latest release of crap. I see and hear enough of her on tv. I would never buy her cd's.

It's quite hard on the ears. I really have to like an album or artist to pay for their work and she's not getting my hard-earned money for a couple of dance beats and bad lyrics. Like the album cover, Bidet is just a mess.

To answer the question of the thread, I wouldn't take if it was given to me. So spending my hard earned money on it is laughable.

But this right here is what really made me LMFAO...



Ok, who the hell failed Marketing 101?

Even those that passed with a D know that you neva, eva, eva, eva, eva, eva, eva choose a name for something that can remind people of using the bathroom unless that's the nature of the product.

I downloaded it for free off of a blog. Can I get a refund?

menace said:

I listened to it and I liked it but by the second listen it already starts to wear off. Idk.

menace said:

It's true. The entire album--bonus tracks and all--are online. Justin's too.

Heard she was on 106 & Park debuting songs and wondered why the kids already knew the lyrics.

JackieBlue said:

So of course, when it doesn't sell as well as her last album the blame will be put on file sharers and not the fact that it's crap not worth buying.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Exactly SexyB!!!!

a 48 minute cd witha 15 minute song at the end....who does she think she is...Prince?

heard parts of it on amazon, screaming ain't singing

another formula record
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I actually bought it(after c-ing her performance on Ellen).I listened 2 it 1 time,then went crawling back 2 my Prince stuff,like I always do!Now, I'll have 2 take it 2 the wrecka stow and sell it as used!

I downloaded the album (only because some people were hyping it up in another thread), tried to get through it, and failed; the songwriting is hugely unmemorable, and Bee's screaming has gotten worse.

The least I can say about it is that the production is just a smidgen more organic than that on the last album. The more she gravitates towards real R&B and the less she gets away from the plastic hip-hop influence, the greater my appreciation will be for her. The girl's got the talent, the looks, (to a degree) the presence... I've just always thought the music itself unfortunately sucked.

Not buying. Im good..lol

VinnyM27 said:

It's a good CD, don't listen to all these haters!

I love Deja Vu, but I´ve heard the album was not that good, so i don´t know. I am not buying yet. I´ll wait for more singles and I´ll see.

squiddyren said:

I agree with entire your post.

Between the elementary lyrics and the loud singing, I give the album a thumbsdown. She practically screams through the entire cd.
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