Released at midnight tonight on Itunes. I am listening to snippets of the album. Pretty good so far and her videos look good (from the previews I've watched anyway) as well.

I've never been a fan, but this is a slick marketing move. I love that my FB friends are also posting about it and the tweets are getting out of control.

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Bravo. I'm curious now. If this were released the traditional way, I wouldn't have given it the time of day.

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Very smart, Bey, very smart.

I agree. I'm a casual fan but I agree this was very smart of her. No hype or anything. Just let the music speak for itself. Great marketing strategy.

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Snippets sound good!

I have to agree that this is a smart strategy from Beyonce.

I dont know how smart it is, its a meme for the moment, but only her fans are that interested. Without a single or any promotion the majority of people arent going to even know this has happened.

lazycrockett said:

I dont know how smart it is, its a meme for the moment, but only her fans are that interested. Without a single or any promotion the majority of people arent going to even know this has happened.

True.

14 new songs and 17 videos just like that. Boom!
I can dig it. Who needs traditional marketing channels when you've got social media promoting an album for you?

Just sayin... Kanye did this first in the year NOT jay after Yeezus was announced out of nowhere, literally a week later Jay announced Magna Carter. And since Bey has to keep with the times she did it too

she sounds literally drunk on that drunk in love song.

Don't forget that the artist that made this the first was David Bowie with his astonishing comeback early this year. Not Kanyes or Jays. Just Bowie.

Still from the new visual for the song "Mine".

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Javi said:

Don't forget that the artist that made this the first was David Bowie with his astonishing comeback early this year. Not Kanyes or Jays. Just Bowie.

You know what? You're g*ddamn right.

Gunsnhalen said:

she sounds literally drunk on that drunk in love song.

She probably was when she recorded it.

Javi said:

Don't forget that the artist that made this the first was David Bowie with his astonishing comeback early this year. Not Kanyes or Jays. Just Bowie.

forgot about that... my comment has just taken a seat

I like the video for Grown Woman.

I like Grown Woman, Pretty Hurts, Blow, Drunk in Love, the one with Drake, Heaven

Want to like Ghost, but look at her earrings

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I'm not a fan or anything, but this is REALLY cool!

Makes a nice change not to have a big star's hype shoved down your neck. She's just done it and released it leaving the audience to decide if they like it or not.

Some of the videos look interesting, I especially like the Madonna inspired 'Haunted'.

Bravo B.

Javi said:

Don't forget that the artist that made this the first was David Bowie with his astonishing comeback early this year. Not Kanyes or Jays. Just Bowie.

True. Hopefully it will catch on.

I have to bow down to her for the shock value of this! Even though I'm not a fan. She out did Prince on that alone! I guess I agree now she is the "Queen Bee" or "King Bey"!!!

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Not a fan but I can get with "Blow", "XO", "Mines" and "Blue". But "Haunted" hands down is fierce. If she did that type of music on a consistent basis, she would actually make a fan out of me.

Beyoncé dropping an album without promotion just further reiterates the power of social media. Once the internet got word that the album dropped, social media spread the word faster than herpes at a crackhead orgy...

I guess I dont get all the hype and hysteria about this? She released an album and music videos--well she's a singer and this is what she and all the singers do, its their job. The only thing different she did this time was she kept it all top secret and released it unannounced. Ok. She gets kudos for keeping it all secret but people and the media acting like this is the biggest and greatest ever feat achieved in music is a bit much And didnt she make music videos for every song on her album on the Bday album? But like G3000 said, this move demonstrates the power of social media--its a force to be reckoned with that's for sure!

All of these new Beyonce videos at once feels like Christmas just came early...