Most orgers know I'm not very taken by Beyonce

But..recently, I heard her version/remix of "In Da Club" and
really liked it. Was it official? When it was released/recorded?
What for? I searched iTunes to buy it, but didn't see it there.
Was it just released/recorded for fun and not put out officially?

I'd love the scoop on the one Beyonce song I can actually stand
(as of today) - I might hate it tomorrow.

Vanilli said:

This was done around 2003, but was rejected by radio for "Crazy In Love". I have had a copy of this for years... Ironically, this is the one song by her, that I cannot stand.
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Released in March 2003, it was official.

http://www.mtv.com/news/a...once.jhtml

Beyoncé's version of "In Da Club" made its way onto several mixtapes after being released a couple of weeks ago, but it never quite made its way into the clubs as a dancefloor favorite.

Still, there's good news for anyone jonesing to shake their jelly to the sounds of Jay-Z's Bonnie at a favorite hot spot. Beyoncé's father and manager, Mathew Knowles, said they're choosing between two songs as the first single for her solo LP, Dangerously in Love, now due in June. According to Knowles, both tracks are geared toward the club, and whichever one wins out should be out by the first week of May.

Knowles said his daughter's "In Da Club" was just a buzz cut and will not be on the album, but he said to look for guest appearances by Sean Paul, Missy Elliott and Jay-Z. In fact, B's Clyde stepped a little outside the hip-hop realm and wrote two R&B songs for the album. One will definitely be included on the LP.

R. Kelly also contributed to Dangerously in Love, according to a spokesperson for the R&B crooner. Knowles would only confirm the aforementioned artists, but he did admit that Beyoncé was either in talks with or had worked with a few other artists.

Live Version


Studio Version

ernestsewell said:

I actually like her version of this song. I was kind of pissed when I heard it was done for a mixtape/buzz cut. They played this song around here on the radio a LOT.

shorttrini said:

She has that many songs that you like? B is so hit and miss for me.

daPrettyman said:

Frankly, I like "B", I just think that she has become a little bit too exposed.

shorttrini said:

A little?

I will admit, in the last year or so, her image has died down a bit. One while there, she was EVERYWHERE!

I will admit that I do like a lot of her music, but she doesn't switch it up enough for me. I'm tired of her doing the same thing everytime she drops an album. Not to mention that her albums tend to all sound the same to me. "I Am" was her worst effort to me so far.

shorttrini said:

A LITTLE!?!

Dude u r being FAR TOO MODEST!

now i get it...i've got this version of 50 cent and Beyonce singing at the end of it...always thought she was doing an extended version with him or something...didn't know she had her own version

Is this the "Sexy Lil Thug" version?

Timmy84 said:

I know right, little lol

To me, Beyonce is no more over exposed than Lady GaGa. The difference between the two is and this is JUST my opinion, Beyonce is far more talented than GaGa.

shorttrini said:

Maybe this year, but think back to 06, 07 and 08. B was EVERYWHERE. On EVERY magazine cover, at EVERY award show, on EVERY video channel (even singing a country version of "Irreplaceable").

I agree she toned down her image this last year a bit, but she's still everywhere.

I'm personally tired of her. I wish she would take off a year or 2 and put together a good and solid album. Her "I Am" project was horrendous.

shorttrini said:

I appreciate you qualifying your sh*t but one of these two writes their own songs and plays the piano...the other wears a mean weave.

Okay, back to your regularly schedule program.

sosgemini said:

To be fair, Beyonce writes her lyrics. Just because B can't play an instrument doesn't mean she's not a songwriter. MC doesn't play music either, but she writes her own lyrics.

daPrettyman said:

Beyonce writes her own lyrics? Well, I gotta bridge upstate, I'd love to show it to ya.

sosgemini said:

Who else would write some crap like "Bootylicious"?

http://www.ascap.com/ace/...20&start=1
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daPrettyman said:

Wait, Beyonce is trying to take credit for writing Amazing Grace now?

I think it's well know that Beyonce demands writing credits, even though, and in most cases, she doesn't write a lick.

Elvis is the person who made this type of setup his fortune.

daPrettyman said:

Yes, she does. That does not mean that Lady GaGa, does not do the same. It just seems to me that what distinguishes whether an artist is over exposed, is the type of gimmick they use. Gaga seems to be EVERYWHERE but people seem to dig her more than Beyonce, simply because of her "uniqueness". I am not saying that Beyonce is the next coming, but she talented, has a hand in writing the material she sings, and has one of the tightest bands, I have ever seen and heard.

shorttrini said:

Wait, I don't even like Gaga but the chick actually creates her music, from beginning to end, from the lyric to the arrangement. Beyonce, moves letters around a chalk board and demands writing credit and you people are going to give her equal footing for "creating" music?

Get. The. Fuck. Out.


I'm sorry, when people like Elvis and Beyonce steel commission from actual songwriters and deceive the public, the only thing they are going to get from me is my big foot up their ass..

And shame on you for perpetuating lies. Shame on you!

sosgemini said:

Not trying to shame u or anything, but Gaga seems to have a "co-writer" on every song she has published. Therefore, she's doing the same as Beyonce.

http://repertoire.bmi.com...e=ArtistID

daPrettyman said:

Just stop.

Seriously. Oh, and the moon is *not* made of cheese. Just saying.

sosgemini said:

Shame on you for pretending Caca is some sort of new all knowing genius on the scene. Caca ain't all that, and you know it. You might not like Beowulf and that's fine, but let's not trade bad for worse for the sake of it. If you're buying into Caca doing it all, then you're just as out there as those who think Beyonce does it all.

Both have said, "I wrote this song for....." and we know they're both lying their asses off.

Even if Caca wrote all her music, how fucking creative is something as redundant as "Ra Ra-ah-ah-ah Roma Roma-ma GaGa Oh la-la". Yeah, cuz that's better than "to the left, to the left".

Oh wait, she didn't write that. Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Espen Lind, and Amund Bjørklund did. And RedOne did the bulk of the writing, production and work on "Bad Romance" from Caca.

Both are ridiculously over rated.

ernestsewell said:

Look, I don't know Gaga for Caca but from watching her one appearance on The View awhile ago but the one thing I do know is that an upcoming artist does not have the financial or political clout to force songwriters to give up their commissions so that leads med to believe that Gaga is more credible in this instance.

Now, I'm not going to argue the artistic credibility of either artist because I don't pay any attention to either one.

ernestsewell said:

That has got to be the funniest but yet most truthful post, I have ever seen!! Look, they both suffer from over exposure, but when it comes to GaGa, her "over exposure", can be easily explained or excused as the result of good marketing to a certain demographic, (the gay crowd, white teens, etc). Some even see her as the "Second Coming". While Beyonce, who is just as talented, because she really does not have a "gimmick", people tend to look at exposure that she gets as unwarranted and because she has not "paid her dues", she is not as deserving of all the exposure. Well, what if Gaga, did not have a gimmick? GaGa is smart, but not necessarily as talented. There is a double standard between the two.
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shorttrini said:

She may be more talented but GaGa stands out (true what she did folks been doing since almost 40 years ago) when you compare them. Beyonce has become so commonplace you know exactly what she's gonna do. I want her to SHOCK me once in a while like take a break and then in a year come out with something that don't compare to "Crazy in Love" or "Single Ladies". Just saying.

And Gaga's early music consists that the girl can write a song. So let's not even go there.

Trini, I should slap you for even mentioning Gaga in this thread. (((puts dunce hat on Trini)))

Timmy84 said:

Hey Timmy. First of all, Happy New Year, Brah!. I think pretty soon, GaGa will become as common place as Beyonce has become. In the case of Gaga, is it talent and the ability to "write" a song, that keeps her in the top spot, or the fact that she stands out? She reminds me allot of Boy George. The only difference is, George, wrote most of his material. Like I said before, people like her for her shock value and pretty soon, that shock is bound to die down.

I don't know if it's me but I feel the only real reason Bee keeps putting out material is that her father keeps pimping her.