I don't like "The Beginning". This is the worst BEP album since Fergie joined the group.
This. The songs all sound like incomplete demos. There aren't great catchy choruses they are all filler. Dreadful. I only like "The Time" and "Whenever".
The Beginning is much better. I never really liked The Dutchess that much. All the songs are inconsistent and kind of don't fit together. Only half of the album is great, songs like Pedestal and Losing My Ground are so horrid.
The Beginning on the other hand is fantastic all the way through, from the beginning to the end. But since we are on a pop forum, I'm not surprised to see The Dutchess wining.