Bey knows the TEA on the king. Ugh, this tribute is one of the best tributes anybody has ever given him...and it made me tear up. I'mma need her to record a studio version of this cover and then release it on her next album. It's one of my favorite songs by him and I love that she covered it.
Countdown production is old,tired not innovative like RTW
Countdown lyrics are lame 1+1 copy/paste statements
who's gonna check me?
Countdown is not lame. It is fun, bubbly catchy and unique. Its ironic youre sayin rtw is innovative when it is recycled major lazer/ pon de floor material
Countdown is not lame. It is fun, bubbly catchy and unique. Its ironic youre sayin rtw is innovative when it is recycled major lazer/ pon de floor material
but not her own past work.the video is also original,what about CD?
RTW *****
Freakum dress *****
SL *****
GMB *****
CD is a tired try hard of those innovative,BDay-esque sounds
but not her own past work.the video is also original,what about CD?
RTW *****
Freakum dress *****
SL *****
GMB *****
CD is a tired try hard of those innovative,BDay-esque sounds
:ivy:
CD tried and succeded...extremely well. Yes the rtw video ***** but that was because it was the lead single. Plus she was pregnant in he coubtdown video and it was 4 video of the era. But yeah i do adnit th cd video was not that good and didnt bring out the potentital of the song.
Oh Girls... See it was funny til the shade towards "Run the World" started. "Run the World" is innovative. Everything about it. Ok it samples "Pon De Floor" ? "Crazy In Love" samples a song also. "Countdown" is a genius track. From the Boyz II Men sample on the countdown, to it having almost every genre mashed into one. Some of y'all try too hard. STOP. "Start Over" is the only piece of IASF-esque **** on "4" and should have never been recorded. Reason Beyonce doesn't use, perform, or give it a video. [/done]
Oh Girls... See it was funny til the shade towards "Run the World" started. "Run the World" is innovative. Everything about it. Ok it samples "Pon De Floor" ? "Crazy In Love" samples a song also. "Countdown" is a genius track. From the Boyz II Men sample on the countdown, to it having almost every genre mashed into one. Some of y'all try too hard. STOP. "Start Over" is the only piece of IASF-esque **** on "4" and should have never been recorded. Reason Beyonce doesn't use, perform, or give it a video. [/done]
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Basically. But even tho I love RTW, I still want to kill Diplo for promo-ing himself with a self-sample. Da ****?
No shade, but I'm really having a hard time seeing why exactly "Run the World" is innovative.
The way it plays with typical song structure. Chorus 1 (Girls, we run this motha (yeah!)) - Chorus 2 (Who run the world? Girls!) - Verse 1 - Bridge 1 (My persuasion can build a nation) - Chorus 2 - Verse 2 - Bridge 1 - Chorus 2 - Bridge 2
The song has 2 different choruses & 2 different bridges, with the first chorus at the beginning & the 2nd bridge at the end. It's very similar to Countdown in the way it combines different elements into one song. The chorus are militaristic chants that match the hard urban feel of the song & its chorus, while the bridges switch into soft harmonies. The song contains the Dancehall & electronic elements from the Pon De Floor sample & adds African percussion instruments on top of it, creating a unique mix.