Poll: More Overrated: Beyonce or Blackout - Page 3

geddymonster

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Originally posted by Rivington Reject

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4 is just on a musical level BEYONCÉ couldn't reach.

In my opinion it seems like she was trying to play it safe with BEYONCÉ after experimenting musically on 4.

derrickk

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Originally posted by Luigi

Blackout. At least there's a couple of decent songs on Beyonce.

Misanthrope

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Originally posted by Zaynsus

Blackout. It's overrated and not even Britney's best album... Circus and ITZ are much better. BEYONCÉ is a masterpiece.

Circus? Get out of here lol its alright but its so limp. The majority of the tracks don't really go anywhere and the bridges on that album.....the lyricless limp-pop "dance" bridges. Blackout >>

The best thing to come out of that album was definitely Unusual You and Blur though.

Rei

Beyoncé, it only has like 4 good songs while Blackout is just perfect.

22 Two's

none is OVERRATED in real life. Blackout is maybe a lil bit overrated on ATRL but it's really good. next.

geddymonster

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Originally posted by Misanthrope

I like both but both of them are overrated

Beyonce is treated as if its beyonces feminist manifesto for herself and everyone needs to apply it to themselves and they treat her like god and its obnoxious. I genuinely think its her best album, however I don't think its world-changing or breaking the mold. And I don't think the feminist aspects of the record are substantial enough to be hailed.

Blackout is Britneys best pop record for reasons that were unintentional. They set out to make an urban-pop album for her which they did which was good, but the record is really her best because it encapsulates in music that whole train wreck time period for her and the whole train wreck bad girl time period in general. It was like the 2005-2007 britney, paris, lindsay era put into a pop album with Britney at the helm and it worked. It put a cap on it. And Britneys obviously half hearted efforts made the album even better because it aligned with the era. But all of that is not premeditated, so when people try to give her so much credit for making a statement with this record or give the producers so much credit for changing the direction of pop music or some **** its like no. They made a typical urban pop record that did not change the direction of the industry. All the reasons the album is great are not reasons you can give Britney much credit for and are not groundbreaking. Its production was literally of its time period, it makes me cringe when people try to act like it set the stage for dance pop or dubstep or whatever. No. Stop. No. For the longest time I thought Blackout was produced by Timbaland who literally produced every album within that year and the year before.

How was she not making a statement? Have you actually listened to album and the lyrics?

Gimme More is pretty much an attack on the paparazzi in disguise. Britney was trying to make a statement with the album, which is why she is the one who executive produced it. She wanted it to be innovative and not make something like everything else on the radio. And most critics have noted its influence and it has been called one of the most influential albums of modern pop. And I have no idea where you got Timbaland from.

Citrus

I personally prefer Blackout, but BEYONCÉ's merits are undeniable.

Exotic

BEYONCÉ.

Misanthrope

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Originally posted by geddymonster

How was she not making a statement? Have you actually listened to album and the lyrics?

Gimme More is pretty much an attack on the paparazzi in disguise. Britney was trying to make a statement with the album, which is why she is the one who executive produced it. She wanted it to be innovative and not make something like everything else on the radio. And most critics have noted its influence and it has been called one of the most influential albums of modern pop. And I have no idea where you got Timbaland from.

Oh god, this statement right here is why Blackout deserves more votes in this poll.

geddymonster

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Originally posted by Misanthrope

Oh god, this statement right here is why Blackout deserves more votes in this poll.

To each his own I guess.

I don't see how Britney's involvement has to do with whether it is overrated or not anyway.

Materialboy215

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Originally posted by Haribo

Blackout. It's average at best and absolutely not iconic.

Yet its her only album to be inducted into the R&R HOF .... I mean Its Britney bitch alone is ICONIC.

ADD the fact Rolling Stone in 2010 named it the most influential Pop album of the last 5 yrs.

Iyanla, Fix Me

Blackout. Blackout is associated with the "iconic meltdown" so it gets called a bad album when in reality it isn't at all. However the Airforce runs with this calling it an amazing album when its just different from most of her discography and decent at best.

Granted BEYONCE has been hyped by the release. But the actual music has given it longevity and stain.

In short BEYONCE is amazing. Blackout is decent but gets praised by stans cause the GP trashes it and it is decent among the mediocre albums in her discography.

Rainsford

Blackout.

Misanthrope

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Originally posted by geddymonster

To each his own I guess.

I don't see how Britney's involvement has to do with whether it is overrated or not anyway.

Did you even read what I wrote? Did you even try to get what I was saying or did you just see the overall sentiment, get red, and respond feverishly trying to tell me why im wrong and the album is a masterpiece? I like it, I like Britney, its in the trinity of britney albums for me. However, just because some stan critic from Rolling Stone, who really has no business critiquing anything Britneys done; its irresponsible on the magazines part considering how obsessed he is with her (Rob Sheffield), went on a stan rant about how brilliant the album is doesn't actually make it a revelation. You have to have a mind of your own and not just rely on critical reception. Ultimately they made an urban tinged pop record. It went accordingly with what was popular at the time, Danja is one of Timbalands right hand men and Timbaland was recording everything on pop radio at that time and the album reflects that sound of the time. What makes it her personal best is the fact that it went as grimy as possible so unabashedly and completely aligned with her aura and the general aura of the time period. I can't with people trying to act like it re-aligned modern pop music, I really cant roll my eyes hard enough when I read that or when people like you try to argue about her involvement in the record like she was right there at the helm of it all creating a masterpiece when we all know she wasn't. What makes the album so great wasn't as calculated as you all think, its dopeness unintentional which is probably the best kind of dopeness but regardless its not a groundbreaking modern pop record. Its just a great reflection of a certain time period in popular culture which it encapsulated.

SilencePlease

Beyoncé is mega overrated.

Blackout is a masterpiece, all the praise it gets is deserved. One of the best albums EVER (if not the best)!

JustActinUP

Blackout. It's an underwhelming album, Overrated by the Britney fans, and forgettable by the general public. While Beyoncé on the other hand, is a masterpiece, a universally acclaimed album, with chart success.

Concrete

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Originally posted by OnlyManInTheWorld

Beyonce is average and extremely overrated.

Blackout is phenomenal and extremely underrated.

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Concrete

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Originally posted by Istan4R

If Blackout is only mentioned by her fans and not the GP that would make it underrated lmao

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Originally posted by Pikachu

lol @ some people not even getting the meaning of underrated/overrated.

"Blackout is more overrated because it is getting less praise and sold less"

Like, isn't that the exact reason why it's not overrated?

Some people really struggle with comprehension. Forgive them

Danger

I don't understand the stanning for Blackout. It's nothing special

sadnight

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