album Beyoncé - 'RENAISSANCE'

[QueenBLadyG]

42 minutes ago, V$. said:

 

 

[V$.]

https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/beyonce-renaissance-review.html

 

[seancarter]

Alien Superstar is the best I've heard from Beyonce in AGES. I'm very impressed with her. I'm one of the few who have always thought she was overrated. but this body of work has impressed me. 

[Destiny]

2 hours ago, Cbreezy said:

YES!

 

I said from very first listen that CUFF IT is THE next smasha. Her Get Lucky / Levitating. It's literally a readymade hit. Structurally, melodically, universally. 

 

I know we are all living for all the songs and have our fave, but IMO we ought to unite behind Cuff It as another big hit sets her up nicely for more success...both from this album and the ones to come. 

 

The only monkey-wrench is the viral success of Alien. In a way, she'd be smart to capitalise on that. Maybe they can work both. 

 

Ahhh...what a good "problem" to have!

I LOVE nice life problems like these 

 

[Lucas32]

First half is fantastic but the second half is really bloated and filler-ridden. Would‘ve been a stellar record if it was about 20 minutes shorter

[Stan.killah]

Hello fats, does anyone know what time Billboard usually post their new top 10/H100 for the new week fats?

[Haus]

I’m so defeated and spent three hours walking around campus last night trying to find a functioning printer for my final which is not finished because of the delay and, what I had discovered upon returning home, someone stole my watermelon Red Bull.

 

The intro of I’m That Girl is the only thing holding me together. 
 

[Rider]

I can't imagine starting the album from COZY and skipping Im That Girl. It doesnt make sense to me and takes away from the experience this album is.

[satellites.™]

Im That Girl was such a genius choice too, all the haters and people speaking out against her doesnt require a response, the song IS the response.

[Daydream]

NOW DO IT BABY STICK IT BABY

DO IT BABY STICK IT BABY

 

[Mirtilo]

I noticed they finally put the feats in the song titles (at least on Apple Music). Good, it was bothering me to not see  "feat. Grace Jones"

[Nashe]

there's no way in hell the predictions won't increase

[Negi]

This album is literally breaking my soul.

 

I’m not in the mood of listening slow songs for now so I have to admit I ALWAYS skip BMS (worst song ever), Plastic and Virgo (I don’t hate these at all I’m just into bop city for now) but LET ME TELL YOU : EVERY SINGLE OTHER S.L.A.Y.

 

Cozy is Lay Up Under Me x Naughty Girl x Dance For You

 

I just really love every single song tbh this album is so so amazing… it’s pretty up there to become her best in my ranking I cannot even believe it. i would have never thought she could be capable of beat B’Day

[Lovett]

[OrgVisual]

Seems like the universe agrees Cuff It and Alien Superstar are THE HITS

 

No idea why they put Summer as #1 on TTH

 

[*-ChriZ-*]

4 minutes ago, Sept said:

Seems like the universe agrees Cuff It and Alien Superstar are THE HITS

 

No idea why they put Summer as #1 on TTH

 

SR will be ha Levitating: Forced by ha label on playlists and radios for months to come until they cave in and it becomes the biggest hit of the year (in 2023)

 

[QueenofCopyPaste]

OMg she butchered it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[qurl]

4 minutes ago, QueenofCopyPaste said:

OMg she butchered it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beyoncé’s lawyers have already contacted her to retract and renounce this at once

 

[genio]

Finally came around to do a little review. 

 

I'm That Girl 10/10 - a great opener, even though the highlight comes after the 2 minute mark.

Cozy 8/10 - the verses are better than the chorus, but overall a nice song. 

Alien Superstar 10/10 - the title hit the nail on the head. The song immediately pulls you into a fictional galaxy/universe world. Very BTW Gaga!

Cuff It 10/10 - this reminds me a lot of the Motown reign. The most soulful, r&b jam of the album. 

Energy 10/10 - very addictive, from verses to the chorus to the feature, I love it. 

Break My Soul 10/10 - one of the best house songs of the last years. It's the song with the most mainstream appeal.  

Church Girl 7/10 - it progressively gets better as the song goes on. Definitely a grower. 

Plastic Off The Sofa 8/10 - very nice, nothing more to say. 

Virgo's Groove 9/10 - a groovy, funk bop. Those 6 minutes pass over so quickly. 

Move 9/10 - we are always here for a catchy, confident bad b*tch anthem.

Heated 10/10 - reminds me a lot of Drake's dancehall era's from 2016 to 2018. Fantastic track. 

Thique 10/10 - a whole banger.

All Up In Your Mind 10/10 - this reminds me of Charlie XCX in the best way possible. 

America Has A Problem 10/10 - very Jackson like. 

Pure/Honey 10/10 - Pure gets better with each listen tbh. Honey is very cute and early Janet / Jackson 5-like as well. 

Summer Renaissance 8/10 - a cute closer and fun song to listen to every now and then. 

 

Overall: 9/10

 

This album is truly a skip-free career highlight and deserves all the praise it gets. I don't really care if it's an unpopular opinion or not, but the way every song flows into the other is a genius move and makes Renaissance her most cohesive work to date. The album resembles early Beyonce with a twist of current Bey, yet she manages to make it sound orginial and unique. She experimented while staying true to her own sound. This album has to be one of the best projects released by any pop girl in recent years, because I don't really remember loving or at least liking every single song on an album so much, there were literally no skips to be found and I rarely every experienced that. 

 

Also, love to see her proudly paying tribute to all of her idols with adding her own scent into the album. 

 

Now comes the challenge to not overplay this whole record in such a short span of time. 

 

 

It might be the recency bias, but Renaissance feels like her second best album already. 

[Patient Zero]

9 minutes ago, QueenofCopyPaste said:

OMg she butchered it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTF

[collin]

Break My Soul is the best song on the album.

 

Cuff It should be the next main single but they should ride the AS wave because why not. None of it really matters if she isn’t releasing a video or promoting it, she ought to do that for Cuff It.

[satellites.™]

28 minutes ago, Negi said:

This album is literally breaking my soul.

 

I’m not in the mood of listening slow songs for now so I have to admit I ALWAYS skip BMS (worst song ever), Plastic and Virgo (I don’t hate these at all I’m just into bop city for now) but LET ME TELL YOU : EVERY SINGLE OTHER S.L.A.Y.

 

Cozy is Lay Up Under Me x Naughty Girl x Dance For You

 

I just really love every single song tbh this album is so so amazing… it’s pretty up there to become her best in my ranking I cannot even believe it. i would have never thought she could be capable of beat B’Day

I was on the bop train too, heavy cardio days. Virgo caught me though, and once it gets you... oh baby....

[Haus]

TIP, TIP, TIP, ON HARDWOOD FLOORS

TEN, TEN, TEN, ACROSS THE BOARD

GIVE ME FACE, FACE, FACE, FACE, FACE, YAH!

YOUR FACE CARD NEVER DECLINES, MY GOD!

 

[Lovett]

[Bloodflowers.]

Good evening to only Break My Soul stans that stanned from first listen without any switching