so the whole thing about them scrapping the entire album was probably bullshit right
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 December 2013 08:10 (ten years ago) link
this album dropping out of nowhere is a nice bookend to a year that started with the surprise mbv release.
― reddening, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:11 (ten years ago) link
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― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 December 2013 08:13 (ten years ago) link
Imagine how different this album would be if Solange didn't have a falling out with Dev Hynes and Beyonce was hanging out with her sister like all siblings do and Solange was like, "you should work with my pal Dev Hynes, he was in a band called Test Icicles"
― Murgatroid, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:13 (ten years ago) link
that probably would have sucked.
― billstevejim, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:23 (ten years ago) link
completely amazing
― dyl, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:23 (ten years ago) link
yes it would have sucked
lol @ a wikipedia page having been created 2 hours ago
"This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses."
― dyl, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:30 (ten years ago) link
true
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 13 December 2013 08:33 (ten years ago) link
it really is
― dyl, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:41 (ten years ago) link
PARTITION
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:45 (ten years ago) link
YONCÉ ALL ON HIS MOUTH LIKE LIQUOR. YONCÉ ALL ON HIS MOUTH LIKE LIQUOR.
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:46 (ten years ago) link
Loving this. She dropped a real Black Album, didn't she?
― longneck, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:49 (ten years ago) link
Pretty sure the closest thing this album has to a radio-friendly single is like, "Blow".
― Murgatroid, Friday, 13 December 2013 08:52 (ten years ago) link
I love how we've had months of growing collective sighs and despondency regarding this album and suddenly like BOOM there it is.
Annoyingly I'm not sure I will get to listen to this today.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:02 (ten years ago) link
i think a lot of these songs would do well on r&b radio. and "xo" could be a pop hit (and a deserving one, though i was v skeptical when i saw both ryan tedder and terry richardson in the credits).
― dyl, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:03 (ten years ago) link
"rocket" just completely slayed me
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:05 (ten years ago) link
'Partiton' is amazing
― My god. Pure ideology. (ey), Friday, 13 December 2013 09:06 (ten years ago) link
Just downloaded this, loading up for the trip to work. Not sure when I'll have time to watch the videos.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:07 (ten years ago) link
bzzz bzzz zhwap at the end of 'partition' is so cute/endearing
is 'pretty hurts' too much of a message song to be a single? i can see it being embraced by a tumblr/ONTD-type crowd
― reddening, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:15 (ten years ago) link
Guys the entire world is there buying this album at once I'm not sure Beyonce even cares about singles with this one.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:19 (ten years ago) link
I mean she probably understands the value of sudden unexpected joy and delight better than pretty much anyone in pop right now.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:21 (ten years ago) link
"Though an official single didn't precede the set, two tracks are expected to be announced as the lead singles for different formats next week. "
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5827398/beyonce-unexpectedly-releases-new-self-titled-visual-album-on
― Greer, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:21 (ten years ago) link
I'm sure she'll release them, it's just that when you've just thrown the conventional promotional cycle out of the window they don't matter as much.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:22 (ten years ago) link
singles will just be victory laps whilst flicking the vees at the crowd
― wee knights of the round table (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 December 2013 09:24 (ten years ago) link
wish i'd opened this thread before i set off for work btw
oh my god the blue ivy song is actually beautiful
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:25 (ten years ago) link
Contrast that with Jay's Blue Ivy song lol
― Murgatroid, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:26 (ten years ago) link
What does this actually sound like?
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:26 (ten years ago) link
I'll leave the description of this album's sound to someone else but for those of us still wondering about Boots, this might be of interest: https://soundcloud.com/thisisboots/sets/boots-album-tracks/s-fhzJ6
― Murgatroid, Friday, 13 December 2013 09:33 (ten years ago) link
Wake up after a big sleep in, scrolling lazily through Facebook and some high school friend of mine is posting about being in a video for Beyoncé called ROCKET. Then went to google, and literally LEAPT out of bed in excitement
― mums go off when i enter the building (monotony), Friday, 13 December 2013 09:56 (ten years ago) link
wtf just woken up what is going on omgomgomogmogmomg i'm in tears
― prolego, Friday, 13 December 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
"We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls “you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful otherwise you will threaten the man.” Because I am female I am expected to aspire to marriage I am expected to make life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Marriage can be a source of love, and joy and mutual support, but why do we do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same. We raise girls to see each others as competitors. Not for jobs or accomplishments which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the ways that boys are. Feminist; a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes."
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 10:21 (ten years ago) link
I WOKE UP LIKE THISI WOKE UP LIKE THIS
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 10:22 (ten years ago) link
Partition.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 13 December 2013 10:30 (ten years ago) link
Also experiencing that unfortunate thing of flashing on Jay-Z during the slowjamz :/
― MikoMcha, Friday, 13 December 2013 10:31 (ten years ago) link
jay-z's verse is the worst bit of this, worse even than drake on that good girl bullshit yet again
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 10:32 (ten years ago) link
Wow
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 13 December 2013 11:29 (ten years ago) link
My week is totally transformed now
Shit that's just changed:
1. My PJ ballot may now be useless, need to hear this first2. All those year end think pieces about the insane/random event album releases of 2013 is slightly less relevant
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 13 December 2013 11:30 (ten years ago) link
What's the Miguel track like? I've not heard it yet.
― Popture, Friday, 13 December 2013 11:31 (ten years ago) link
SURFBOARD
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 13 December 2013 12:10 (ten years ago) link
got through seven tracks on the way to uni, if the rest is as good as all of that then it's AOTY by miles and miles
― mums go off when i enter the building (monotony), Friday, 13 December 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
calm down, guys. Beyonce wants us to behave, for after all she runs the world.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 December 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
"Blow" continuing the "TKO" format of having Timbaland chant about vagina is pretty disturbing but otherwise this is pretty great so far
― Reince The GOPer (some dude), Friday, 13 December 2013 12:31 (ten years ago) link
i trust these videos will make on to youtube at some point? d/l fucked up and idk if i can be bothered
the album itself is pretty great on two listens
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 December 2013 13:08 (ten years ago) link
Dear 乒乓,Your Apple ID, 乒✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧, was just used to purchase BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé from the iTunes Store
Your Apple ID, 乒✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧, was just used to purchase BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé from the iTunes Store
― 乒乓, Friday, 13 December 2013 13:34 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/F7xPK7z.gif
― 乒乓, Friday, 13 December 2013 13:39 (ten years ago) link
partition is _so good_
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Friday, 13 December 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
and yeah the full flawless (aka bow down) still rules all
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Friday, 13 December 2013 13:56 (ten years ago) link
at one point i feel like "rocket' samples "untitled (how does it feel)"
― mums go off when i enter the building (monotony), Friday, 13 December 2013 14:01 (ten years ago) link