The video in a nutshell:

The video is yet again in black and white.
Features poor imitation Bob Fosse choreography.
Features alot of booty-poppin, weave-tossin and boob-grabbin (maybe in her quest to be like Michael Jackson she figured that since he grabs his crotch she'll molest her own chesticles? )
Features her now standard 2 female backup dancers.

My review:

Boring
Uninspired
Rips off from her own (and much better) Single Ladies video
Any street-walker could pull off these moves.

watch it without the audio.
it's funny.

I seriously wonder what she was thinking wearing that awful lions mane weave She must've watched The Lion King beforehand and got inspired.


MUFASA!
[Edited 5/21/09 15:52pm]

That sucked...what th hell.

Every Beyonce org topic must start with this icon:

So, good goin'.

Cinnie said:

that was awful

Well I like it better than "Halo" and "Diva", but it's the usual thing i've come to expect from Beyonce. Big hair, stiletto's and booty popping. Basically the usual. I like the song though.

Beyonce does the exact same things in every video

Cinnie said:

Yeah but this one truly deserved it

boring

nice booty action, boobs a wigglin

meets minimum requirements so.....

NaughtyKitty said:

Why you gotta be talkin bout me like that?

[Edited 5/21/09 19:28pm]

It's pretty basic but serves its purpose...

I like the song but the video is a bit boring.

eeeh.

I told yall there aint nothing Fierce about this...and this was supposed to be a bonus track. Should have worked with Rich Harrison or something.

Anyway the song is aiight I guess..nothing special...I dont know she doesnt release Radio or Sweet Dreams

same old thing

emile58 said:

It's true. Without the audio you just burst out laughing in the first ten seconds.

Uninspired and silly looking, really. Having seen the video I doubt that I'm even remotely interested in hearing the song...

so basically.....she remade Single Ladies?

Ego is right.

"I like to think I was created"

It's too big, it's too wide
It's too strong, it won't fit
It's too much, it's too tough
He talk like this 'cause he can back it up


Beyonce singing about her hubbys paynus

paisleypark4 said:

Sweet Dreams is going to be released with Ego and Broken Hearted girl follows after. I wonder why she and her people are going a different formula by releasing two Sasha Fierce singles instead of the usual I Am and Sasha Fierce tracks.

bboy87 said:

She tried to and failed miserably. Ego is a cheap looking, craptaculous version of Single Ladies. Guess this is what you get when you dont have a good choreographer or creative team behind you to help make a good video
[Edited 5/22/09 6:45am]

It is rather boring, but she looks good. The music's still more mature compared to what she did when she was younger, and I'd have nothing against hearing this type of music played on the radio or the sound system at a store / mall / ba.

In some ways, it's nice to see the music videos being these days more scaled down once again - I don't exactly miss the CGI / multilocation / multiple vehicle shots -type of stuff from the earlier part of the decade. That may be due to financial reasons, but there's no reason to return to that insanity ever again.

novabrkr said:

Yeah it doesnt exactly HAVE to be. Diva kind of looked cheap and some of the other vids on B*Day didnt look 2 expensive to make but they were good songs. Ego is aiight. I have nothing against it, however...they both dont do anything for me.

what a stupid ass video


Holy hell, she has a nice ass though





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a heart of gold, but so does an egg.

3 weeks and counting...

This is what happens when U write, shoot and edit a video in 2 days.

Yeah, but the ass is still good. You're missing the point here.

Graycap23 said:

Yep. I really dont like how she tried to duplicate her Single Ladies video Yes SL is a great video, probably the best one she ever did next to Get Me Bodied, but to copycat her own video when only 6 months ago the SL video first hit the air is just ridiculous and desperate on her behalf. The only difference between her SL video and Ego is that SL is a great music video, Ego is just pure trash--I think its even worse than her Diva video.

And the song is pretty crappy IMO. She comes across as desperate in both song and video, as if she feels the clock is ticking on her "It Girl of the Moment" clock.

novabrkr said:

OIC As long as she got the booty its all good!