preach
and it's actually gotten to the point where pop music is so oversaturated with electro-pop that coming out with a distinctively R&B-sounding record would be innovative in itself anyway, especially coming from someone as popular and highly-regarded as beyonce. all it takes is one big album to push pop music in a different direction.
she's in a position where she's capable of taking old sounds and old trends and making them sound new and different.