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Originally posted by Beyond Say
I really never get all the IASF hate from Stans.
I Am... is still among her best and most distinctive work. There is no other artist that could've or would've done what she chose to do with that (particularly "That's Why You're Beautiful" and "Disappear"). It was a complete about-face artistically and I do believe doing it also provided some nuance to her vocal styling.
Sasha Fierce deserves credit for being the first time Beyoncé ever really took on musical trends and bent them to her will ("Sweet Dreams", "Radio", "Diva", "Video Phone"). She said she wanted to experiment with it, and that is what she did. Every song on that disc is distinctly Beyoncé (except one) and that truly shows how skilled an artist Beyoncé is.
IASF gets all that flak from stans who just have to have something to bash ...BAH! and it is incohesive (by design), but it really is a great work. And THAT is why it had all of that impact.
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I think it is a brave piece of work and is really great, but it just doesn't compare to the detailed brilliance of
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B'day. Maybe it was IASF's length or the fact that not every song was super strong, but those other two albums are SOLID albums with very little room for criticism. I think that if Beyonce was in control (managing) then that the album would have been stronger (but I guess the era wouldn't have been).
Also some of the I Am ... songs are a bit cheesy, and Scared of Lonely did not fit on the Sasha side of the album.