album Beyoncé - 'RENAISSANCE'

[PrettyHurts]

OK i've had a week with MASTERPIECE, here's my first ranking

 

VIRGO'S GROOVE

ALIEN SUPERSTAR

ALL UP IN YOUR MIND 

MOVE 

I'M THAT GIRL

PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA

AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM

CHURCH GIRL

THIQUE

SUMMER RENAISSANCE

PURE/HONEY

BREAK MY SOUL

ENERGY 

COZY 

CUFF IT

HEATED

 

 

[chris1991]

23 minutes ago, yonsé said:

 

Eeek my version still has the LALAs! 
Bey should just pay her , they actually do add a spark to the song. 

[yonsé]

Just now, chris1991 said:

Eeek my version still has the LALAs! 
Bey should just pay her , they actually do add a spark to the song. 

lmfao...i enjoy them too!

[ShouldersSideways]

1 minute ago, chris1991 said:

Eeek my version still has the LALAs! 
Bey should just pay her , they actually do add a spark to the song. 

I'm pissed because I loved them, but there's really nothing Bey could do. Kelis isn't happy, so she removed it. 

 

This album is supposed to be about fun and joy so she doesn't even wanna deal with. I don't blame her.

[glamrock<3]

The box set is beautiful and I'm so happy I have it in my collection now! 

[glamrock<3]

4 minutes ago, chris1991 said:

Eeek my version still has the LALAs! 
Bey should just pay her , they actually do add a spark to the song. 

It's going to sound awkward without the lalas  

[glamrock<3]

46 minutes ago, blaggot said:

grace jones.... 

 

 

grace jones.........

 

The way she says Grace Jones is such an statement 

[Bacardo Royale]

I want all the music videos NOW

 

[Haus]

28 minutes ago, popularmoonlight said:

I will ******* RIOT. Kelis will pay for this 

 

For ******* real, the implications of this

 

[blaggot]

15 minutes ago, glamrock&lt;3 said:

The way she says Grace Jones is such an statement 

literally 80% of the reason I love that song so much

[Ibrahim]

What I'm loving about this album and how the songs progress and morph into new beats, rhythms, textures, soundscapes, etc; is that it all still makes sonic sense. It doesn't take you out of the song, it's a complementary journey through the music (and also the reason why I love Mariah's remixes). The sheer variety of vocal delivery that matches their energy the production is heaven. 

 

You can hear considerabe effort to not just provide a varying experience but that it's a variation that's curated with such precision and care that you're never even aware of it. The way it's all so polished and married together is stunning. 

 

It's a stark contrast to musicians who produce music and harmonies that are academically impressive but lack any kind of sonic cohesion to be really enjoyable. 

 

Can't believe this is the quality of a Beyonce album decades into her career. Truly blessed fans. 

[sillycilla]

29 minutes ago, Bacardo Royale said:

I want all the music videos NOW

 

I’m running out of patience!!! 
 

[Haus]

Even if you don’t think the changes to Energy are consequential, it’s still very lame that Kelis chose to detract from the moment by accusing her of theft, during release week at that. For the woman behind Flesh Tone I genuinely thought she’d appreciate the artistic value there  

[Hector]

First place the album debuts anywhere in the world: Japan (because they refuse to adapt to the Friday release schedule)

 

Billboard Japan Hot Albums Chart:

49 (NE) Renaissance (only based on 3 days of activity: physical import albums, album downloads, & streaming)

 

Japan Top Download Albums (ORICON):

 

09 NE Renaissance 495 copies
 

Japan Top Physical Albums (ORICON):

 

94 NE Renaissance 509 sales (imported copies only)

 

So 1,004 pure sales after only 3 days with imports & album downloads.

 

Billboard Japan Hot Overseas Chart:

10 (12) 6 Break My Soul (PK #4, #13 on the radio airplay chart now)

[Doogle]

 

14 minutes ago, Hector said:

First place the album debuts anywhere in the world: Japan (because they refuse to adapt to the Friday release schedule)

 

Billboard Japan Hot Albums Chart:

49 (NE) Renaissance (only based on 3 days of activity: physical import albums, album downloads, & streaming)

 

Japan Top Download Albums (ORICON):

 

09 NE Renaissance 495 copies
 

Japan Top Physical Albums (ORICON):

 

94 NE Renaissance 509 sales (imported copies only)

 

So 1,004 pure sales after only 3 days with imports & album downloads.

 

Billboard Japan Hot Overseas Chart:

10 (12) 6 Break My Soul (PK #4, #13 on the radio airplay chart now)

Not bad. I’m gonna try and find a Renaissance CD in my local music store here in Kobe (Japan) and buy it on payday, but for now I’m waiting for my imported Pose 1.

They do stock international CDs though as Avril had her own section back when Love Sux released.

 

The local convenience store advertises albums at the checkout (even though they don’t sell any lol) and I saw 30 advertised there back in December so I hope to see Bey in the wild here. The international clubs  are already playing BMS  

[Bey Admired]

Finally have my top 5: 

 

1. Alien Superstar 

2. Plastic Off the Sofa

3. Break My Soul

4. Summer Renaissance 

5. America Has a Problem 

That was hard. 
 

[Haus]

Heated is the closest thing to a ballad and I make it work

 

[yonsé]

1 hour ago, Haus said:

Even if you don’t think the changes to Energy are consequential, it’s still very lame that Kelis chose to detract from the moment by accusing her of theft, during release week at that. For the woman behind Flesh Tone I genuinely thought she’d appreciate the artistic value there  

She’s had beef with Bey for years, unfortunately 

[Quiqui4eva]

who this gyal in the back a de room?

who this gyal in the back a de room?

who this gyal in the back a de room?

it’s the groove it’s the yoncé groove 

 

[Cbreezy]

4 hours ago, ♛| Rex_Sove said:

Another thing that I adore about Beyoncé is that she's so BLACK. Like I was watching a reaction video on YouTube and it basically made a lot of points. Have we ever had a musician, maybe even a major celebrity, known for her beauty, talent, grace, etc, be so outwardly proud of her blackness through her work and references?

A lot of others had to play "the game", and she definitely used to in a certain extent in the beginning of her career, but she's always been pro-black tbh. She's just been a lot more vocal about it in the last decade–not in a disrespectful, gatekeeping way, but a proud way. Could you name anyone else? I find it so fascinating from a sociologic standpoint.

I wholeheartedly agree and love her so much for it. 

 

I'm not sure it's totally fair, though, to compare her to her elders in this regard (not saying you are per se, but I digress). 

 

Like you said, a lot of them had to "play the game" to get by and create a success narrative that allowed for Bey's to exist decades later. I immediately think of how the Motown acts were literally trained to present themselves. Same with the 70s and 80s Black Pop stars. Genteel and inoffensive to the "mainstream". Even Bey, in the early to mid point of her career, had "play the game" until she earned the kind of power and autonomy to be as brazenly Black as she is now. 

 

In many ways, I find her commitment to uplifting Blackness a triumph for her, the elders before her (who literally couldn't), and the generation to come who will feel inspired to do the same. It's a circular win!

[XXX.]

2 hours ago, chris1991 said:

Energy sounds the exact same to me. The LALALA still plays at the end of the song for me. Anyone have a comparison?

On the device I was using all day (my phone)it’s the OG version, but when I switch to another device the “La-La” section is completely taken out.  It’s just the beat playing into the transition.  And I’m using TIDAL.  
 

So, the credit was more of an accidental interpolation more than anything — not an intentional credit.  Similar to what happened on the bridge of “6 INCH”.  Boots talks about it in some interview.  Sometimes, you finish a song and someone in the room notices it’s similar to another song, so you credit as a legal precaution. 

Edited August 3, 2022 by XXX.

[Cain]

7 minutes ago, XXX. said:

On the device I was using all day (my phone)it’s the OG version, but when I switch to another device the “La-La” section is completely taken out.  It’s just the beat playing into the transition.  And I’m using TIDAL.  
 

So, the credit was more of an accidental interpolation more than anything — not an intentional credit.  Similar to what happened on the bridge of “6 INCH”.  Boots talks about it in some interview.  Sometimes, you finish a song and someone in the room notices it’s similar to another song, so you credit as a legal precaution. 

Yes Dua also did this with Break My Heart, it's not a sample as much as a way to avoid legal troubles
It's sad Kelis still had to **** it up while being credited pff

Luckily Big Freedia is still there to make it snap

[moonlitdick]

Heated

All Up In Your Mind

America Has A Problem

Summer Renaissance 

Move/Thique

 

 

[moonlitdick]

9 minutes ago, Cain said:

Yes Dua also did this with Break My Heart, it's not a sample as much as a way to avoid legal troubles
It's sad Kelis still had to **** it up while being credited pff

Luckily Big Freedia is still there to make it snap

Also happened with the chorus of Kiss Me More

[est. in 90s]

2 hours ago, glamrock&lt;3 said:

The box set is beautiful and I'm so happy I have it in my collection now! 

I'm so jelly. The one where she's posing with her hands up on the horse