Lol BGDC sounds nothing like Irreplaceable (it was also available before as The Dutchess came out before BDay). Irreplaceable did have many spawns, though (all of them produced by Stargate).
The fact is Beyonce worked with Toby Gad immediately after Fergie scored that monster hit with him. The same way she worked with Ryan Teddar after he scored a massive hit with "Bleeding Love". Omg. Thinking of IASF just annoys me, Bey was so damn thirsty for hits. It worked, but still.
ANOM is risky. A throwback 60s/70s sounding track in the midst of Urban/Pop domination? Lol. I don't know if it worked, though. It was a hit but didn't do much for the album and definitely didn't create momentum.
She's a crossover artist making mainstream music. Of course she's thirsty for hits. That's not her main objective though. The Dutchess and B'day were released like two weeks within each other, and from a stan I know that B'day was recorded in April of 2006. Her intentions of working with Toby Gad was to bring out a new sound from her previous work. Did he provide that? Yes. Were there any other songs that sounded like Boy that were ruling the airwaves? Not really, no.
Price Tag is a pure disgust. So generic. So bland. So pointless.
I had such high hopes for Jessie J after Do It Like A Dude.
It was rough, unapologetic, dark and full of emotion.
But then she started doing dem Price Tags and Dominoes
I can't believe in the 9 pages of this thread no one has mentioned
That's not her main objective though. The Dutchess and B'day were released like two weeks within each other, and from a stan I know that B'day was recorded in April of 2006. Her intentions of working with Toby Gad was to bring out a new sound from her previous work. Did he provide that? Yes. Were there any other songs that sounded like Boy that were ruling the airwaves? Not really, no. 
