I can't say. She could have had it with Drunk in Love though, Jay's verse completely undermines the raw strength and integrity she builds in it. Everyone is bumping and grinding at the clubs when she's jamming, and then they go get some drinks or head to the bathroom when he barges in and messed it up.
Well anyway I'm not trying to defend her or shade anyone, but I don't think what propelled CiL, DiL, Check on It to the top of the charts were the featured verse of Jay or any other rapper
Well, according to Forbes' latest report, she doesn't need them. Beyoncé doesn't care. The Hive are not bothered either.
She's doing better, financially, than any of her contemporaries w/o these 'top ten solo hits'. And that's what really matters.
I know she's doing just fine without them, but I find it very peculiar that during these past 5 years all her top 10 hits thus far have featured someone
Why are you so obsessed about this? She deson't even care about it, you should do too and enjoy the great music she has been making since when she started to create ''songs'' and not ''hits''.
Chile! It's still her song regardless, she's the lead artist. Plus when you have a scanned multi-platinum album in the biggest music market, no one cares about a top 10 hit being "solo"