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[royalan]

Cries for Beyonce's long-awaited comeback have been heard throughout the land since the beginning of this year. But, after passing up several prime opportunities to premier new music (the Grammys, the Superbowl Halftime Show, her documentary), many were beginning to wonder if we were being a little premature with expecting new music from the self-appointed queen.

Well, the pleas have been heard, and now new Beyonce is finally here:



Click the single artwork to listen.

...Meh.

It's chopped. It's screwed. It's boastful and angry.

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It's a little dated.

It's everything Beyonce claimed to be above when she made her last album. Seems like somebody's a secret Rihanna stan.

What say you, GAF?

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Also, I guess it's about time someone started openly repping HTown...

 

[Angelus Errare]

That's the album cover?

Talk about conceited as fuck lol. I ain't even mad.

Edit: Beat is fire though lol. And damn I am laughing my ass off at how much she's cursin lmao. Most people come into the game hard then soften as time goes by, this chick is going in reverse lmao. Her core fanbase (older white women) are going to be confused as shit with this song; but on the flip side she'll probably pick up a bunch more fans from the younger group.

 

[ecurbj]

The beat is dope though. I wonder who the producer is.

 

[Artemisia]

roy, you do too much

The beat is dope though. I wonder who the producer is.

apparently, it's hit-boy.

 

[Satch]

ratchet bey is coming

b'day 2 electric boogaloo

 

[Trigger]

Terrible.

 

[Supermanisdead]

Gold everythang
Gold ass chain
Gold ass rings

#bowdownbitches

 

[ecurbj]

apparently, it's hit-boy.

Thanks. Dude makes awesome beats. I like this track too. The artwork, meh. But nice track.

 

[jbug617]

Hit Boy did his thing. I hope people don't think this is going to be a single.

 

[DMeisterJ]

Terrible.

But you didn't lie tho.

 

[Satch]

#shinebrightlikeaBITCHDIDISAYYOUCOULDTALKBOWDOWN

 

[Vire]

Almost as egomaniacal and creatively bankrupt as this album.

Almost.

 

[Messypandas]

Who?

 

[Hoo-doo]

Wat.

This track is downright terrible. At least the production is good.

 

[Satch]

Almost as egomaniacal and creatively bankrupt as this album.

Almost.

Respect for Beyonce went down today.

gyal bye quit acting like you were even checking for beyonce before this

 

[Hot Coldman]

thought that was the Bleed American cover for a second there

 

[rdrr gnr]

That was hard to listen to. Is this real...?

 

[ecurbj]

I hope she gets some beats coming her way from MikeWillMadeIt. But I'm hyped for this album. Does it have a name yet? Or is it tentatively called "5"?

 

[Satch]

hew is hitboy tho

let me go check out more of her music

 

[Angelus Errare]

apparently, it's hit-boy.

Hit-Boy has been killing it with his recent shit like crazy.

 

[DMeisterJ]

Sounds like a Rihanna track. But if it were a Rih track, it wouldn't sound this forced since it's much more Rih's style than Bey's.

 

[krypt0nian]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

:|

 

[Trigger]

I hope she gets some beats coming her way from MikeWillMadeIt. But I'm hyped for this album. Does it have a name yet? Or is it tentatively called "5"?

5 is more or less the joke name. We don't know when it's coming, what the first single will be, etc. We know some people like Ne-Yo have worked with her and that's about it.

Who?

 

[billy beane]

Sounds like a Kanye/G.O.O.D. Music song.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Not even ratchet in a good way. What a mess.

 

[jbug617]

Sounds like a Kanye/G.O.O.D. Music song.

Sounds like an intro.

 

[Artemisia]

I hope she gets some beats coming her way from MikeWillMadeIt. But I'm hyped for this album. Does it have a name yet? Or is it tentatively called "5"?

people are calling it 5 because her last album was called 4.

 

[EloquentM]

DAT BEAT

 

[Satch]

can somebody unban londa

 

[Blades64]

This sounds pretty bad...I don't even like the beat either...

 

[computers putin']

Londa has been gone for almost 2 years, let it goooooooooooooo........

 

[Satch]

Londa has been gone for almost 2 years, let it goooooooooooooo........

#freeLonda

 

[SJRB]

What does "I been on" even mean?

 

[botty]

What does "I been on" even mean?

On top.

On top of what exactly, I am not sure. Definitely not the charts.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

This is freaking garbage. It has no rhyme or reason .... it just goes from one sound to another and again to another; yet lacks any of the creativity, great vocals, story, or cohesiveness and full-circle completion of something like, say, Bohemian Rhapsody. This song is trash.

 

[Trigger]

What does "I been on" even mean?

She's still the best as in "I've been on top this entire time".

 

[Artemisia]

That beat in the second part is truly everything, and the way it accompanies beyonce's opera-like vocals

 

[Hoo-doo]

What does "I been on" even mean?

*Your swag level doesn't meet the necessary requirements to read this post*

 

[Angelus Errare]

What does "I been on" even mean?

I been on = I've been the truth/the shit/approved/amazing/that girl/dude/n***a before I was famous/popular/well known.

It's the ratchet equivalent of being a hipster, you know "I was doing Y before it was popular"

 

[Carlbeego]

What does "I been on" even mean?

She has always been a prominent figure in her respective "lane" which is the music industry.

 

[Carlbeego]

Music is really dying though.

Shit is just trash.

This techo and club faze that every genre of music is riding nowadays is keeping a lot of money in my pocket.

 

[Salsa]

But you didn't lie tho.

I hate it when people try to copy MJ and look really stupid

compare that shitty ass attempt with this

 

[SJRB]

On top.

On top of what exactly, I am not sure. Definitely not the charts.

She's still the best as in "I've been on top this entire time".

*Your swag level doesn't meet the necessary requirements to read this post*

It appears I'm way out of my league here.


Anyway, not a fan of Beyoncé specifically, but listening to Bow Down gives me the weird impression it's a mashup of two tracks. The beat, hi-hat and electro synth are from one track, and the vocals and stringwork from another.

I kind of like it though. Until she starts singing "bow down bitches bow down bitches bow down bitches bow down bitches bow down bitches bow down bitches bow down bitches". It seems unappropriate for Beyoncé for some reason. It is unbecoming.

 

[The Faceless Master]

i don't understand what is going on in that track but i am amazed that she went that hard

 

[botty]

I hate it when people try to copy MJ and look really stupid

compare that shitty ass attempt with this

You shouldn't hate it. It just means that his impact is flowing through the veins of millions of lessors.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I hate it when people try to copy MJ and look really stupid

compare that shitty ass attempt with this

Probably a little harder to do in heels than shoes tho.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I hate it when people try to copy MJ and look really stupid

compare that shitty ass attempt with this

I'm just happy MJ wasn't around today to have fucking nonsense plastered on top of .gifs of him being the fucking King of Pop.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

beat is dope.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I'm just happy MJ wasn't around today to have fucking nonsense plastered on top of .gifs of him being the fucking King of Pop.

MJ became more infamous than famous as his time on earth went on. I'm not sure .gif makers would have bothered making .gifs of someone who was lacking in relevance.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Music is really dying though.

Shit is just trash.

This techo and club faze that every genre of music is riding nowadays is keeping a lot of money in my pocket.

Ain't t nothin techno about this track, this is some straight H-Town Chopped & Screwed ratchetness, well the beat is anyway, not really sure what she's trying to do over it.

I just sent this to my friend's mom, she's listening to it now, hopefully she emails me back. She's this sweet older lady but loves Beyonce, I expect lulz from the email.