Is this real life ?
That's not why it's good,It's good because it's different from the albums that were released in 2011 it was fresh, It was REAL music, and had meaning behind it.
Ah, "Real Music". Thanks for defining that for me. I'll look out for more "Real Music" in the future - cheesy ballads, awful lyrics and of course, the super contrived fauxminist anthem. Thanks for clearing that up.
But Dr. Luke wouldn't work with her in the first place.
AND LOL @ NOT WANTING HITS. Then why did she DESPERATELY make a video for almost every song every other weekend? She was WAITING for one to explode so she can get that top 10.
No artist makes a commercial album with a big label, promos that hard and expects no hits in return.
Wow, I didn't realize I was talking to a child. She did the same damn thing when B'Day came out. But yeah, Bey did work her ass off on making this album, while pregnant nonetheless. And I never said she didn't want hit singles, just that it's clear listening to that album that none of those songs sound like ANYTHING on Top 40 radio at the moment, whereas Blackout sounds like every other song on the radio.
"Telephone" actually sounds a lot like Britney's 2007 hit "Piece of Me," proving yet again how much impact Britney has had on the sonics of current pop.
"in the last 5 years.." =/= masterpiece, or of all time.. nor does 1 critic = fact.
ZERO critics don't = facts.
Why does everyone use critics as receipts anyways?
They're NO ONE special. It's just their opinion being written in a very cynical tone.
And you can't use opinions as facts anyways.
Right. One reviewer. Rob Sheffield believes that Blackout is arguably the most influential pop album of the last 5 years, which is fine; it's a valid opinion. All I'm saying is that the Rolling Stone editors never made a list of the most influential pop albums of the last 5 years and put Blackout at the top.
Wow, I didn't realize I was talking to a child. She did the same damn thing when B'Day came out. But yeah, Bey did work her ass off on making this album, while pregnant nonetheless. And I never said she didn't want hit singles, just that it's clear listening to that album that none of those songs sound like ANYTHING on Top 40 radio at the moment, whereas Blackout sounds like every other song on the radio.
Because it invented today's top 40 radio. It sounded nothing like what was out on the radio back then either...
Critics are just people who get paid to express their opinions like everyone else.. they aren't special, nor should their opinions matter to anyone, or be used in any argument. lol
Why does everyone use critics as receipts anyways?
They're NO ONE special. It's just their opinion being written in a very cynical tone.
And you can't use opinions as facts anyways.
Well it makes it more official. Especially in 'influence'