Discussion: "Grown Woman" receives rave reviews - Page 3

GeezusHaberdash

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Originally posted by BnPac

I don't know why Swissman always engages in those long arguments with an obvious troll.

sis is so naive

Frankievii

Queen

Callisto.

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I wish I could hear, SL, Get Me Bodied, Run The World, Deja Vu, Bootylicious, Ice Cream Truck & The Barney Theme in the song like everyone else.

swissman

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Originally posted by BnPac

I don't know why Swissman always engages in those long arguments with an obvious troll.

Partly because its too tempting not to correct (I know that's the goal of a troll) and partly because I remember being a guest reading through these pages and hoping that someone would set the haters right.

annashaus

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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla

Crying about all of these official news sources reporting on an unofficial leak that got snatched. Its too late Team Bey, put the song out

Ikr? Mess

Jaxsin

These reviews D: and it's not even the official song.
I was expecting some kind of press release today but I guess not.

hecoheio

Grown Woman is coming !

One Nation

Getting good reviews just like Run the World.

BnPac

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Originally posted by swissman

Partly because its too tempting not to correct (I know that's the goal of a troll) and partly because I remember being a guest reading through these pages and hoping that someone would set the haters right.

I think lurkers recognize when someone points are flawed and don't deserve attention.

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Originally posted by Callisto.

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I wish I could hear, SL, Get Me Bodied, Run The World, Deja Vu, Bootylicious, Ice Cream Truck & The Barney Theme in the song like everyone else.

I can hear a little bit of Listen mixed with Irreplaceable.

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Originally posted by One Nation

Getting good reviews just like Run the World.

Another outstanding song; She is gifted.

reppingBey

Yasss, King.

Suede

Uh what

swissman

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Originally posted by BnPac

I think lurkers recognize when someone points are flawed and don't deserve attention.

Maybe. It still bothers me when some comments aren't checked. Some people believe anything they read. That's why Beyonce was pregnant on Friday and why people are reporting that this song was released (not leaked) and why people don't understand what the cheering is in the song and why people think that the photography was banned from her concerts because of the Super Bowl.

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Originally posted by BnPac

I can hear a little bit of Listen mixed with Irreplaceable.

LOL. I hear those too. Did you hear the exact ripoff of At Last in the bridge too?

Ressti

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Originally posted by Callisto.

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I wish I could hear, SL, Get Me Bodied, Run The World, Deja Vu, Bootylicious, Ice Cream Truck & The Barney Theme in the song like everyone else.

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While listening on repeat, feel free to imagine Beyoncé clicking "upload" right as she closes out of a pregnancy rumor post, looking over at Jay-Z and slyly quoting Don Draper/Peggy Olson: "If you don't like what they're saying, change the conversation."

I love this.

The song is amazing and you rarely hear this type of music in the pop music world, so that makes it experimental, even for Bey, who has toyed with Afro-pop before. End of Time comes closest to this, but she's never actually gone all out.

GeezusHaberdash

Five things to love about Beyonce's 'Grown Woman'

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“Grown Woman” is an empowering female anthem tailor-made for dance floors and repeat blasting in car stereos.

As with “Run the World (Girls),” “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” and “Diva,” the Timbaland-produced single has the pop diva barking out an aggressive affirmation of her prowess over five minutes of frenetic African-influenced rhythms, tribal chants and multiple vocal breakdowns.

Here’s five things we loved about the single.

1. Her cockiness. It came across a bit too brash for some on her previously leaked “Bow Down/I Been On,” but her play for supremacy is a little nicer here: “Look at me, I'm a big girl now / Said I'm gonna do something / Told the world imma paint this town / Now … , I run this.”

2. Timbaland. The hitmaker usually makes his stamp a known one early on. Recent work with Justin Timberlake got him to stretch his trademark electronic sound and experiment more behind the boards, and he continues that here. Timbaland knows his way around a percolating drum machine, and that came in handy for tackling the tribal beats. Listen closely, though, for some classic Timbo: a bit of beatboxing here, a marching band stomp there.

3. The (many) influences. This isn’t the first time Beyoncé has flirted with Afrobeat. She was inspired by Nigerian icon Fela Kuti for “4’s” best single, "End of Time," and the funky vibe is revisited on “Grown Woman.” Bey advances it by integrating African chants into the beat, making it one of her more interesting sonic offerings. She also found a way to flip a line from Snoop Dogg’s “Ain’t No Fun,” which on its own deserves some credit.

4. Her “Bootylicious” lyrics. When she’s not asserting that she can “do whatever I want,” Bey is shouting out her curves with multiple references to her jelly. A favorite quip: “You really wanna know how I got it like that / Cause I got a cute face and my booty’s so fat.”

5. Breaking a sweat dancing to those drums and being thankful that a new Beyoncé song actually surfaced. Sorry, we were starting to think we'd have to go through summer without new music.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...tory?track=rss

pink.hearts

Get that critical acclaim Bey!

Bey'Knight

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Originally posted by BnPac

I don't know why Swissman always engages in those long arguments with an obvious troll.

I was thinking the same thing to myself. Fed trolls keep coming back because the Hive are too generous

Honey