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Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR
4 > B'Day > I Am... > DIL > Sasha Fierce.
My problem with I Am... Sasha Fierce: That album is the epitome of inconsistency. The lyricism on the I Am.. half was beautiful, but the songs were boring and annoying when you're not in the mood to drown yourself in your sorrows. (I'm in the mood to do that a lot. ) The Sasha Fierce half was exciting and quite well produced, but the lyricism was basic and uninspired. Neither half was perfect. Then when she re-releases it and just slaps the songs from both halves together, the albums just sounds like a big, disjointed, inconsistent mess. Not bad. Just badly put together and not as good as it should be.
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The music that I generally jam to (acoustic inspired songs) was directly in vein with I Am... so I absolutely love love love that album.
And the emotional connection that I have to it is beyond any words. Even the basic ass Broken-Hearted Girl. It's such a go-to album for me in pretty much ANYTHING.
If I wanna chill, if I wanna get in my feelings and cry, if I wanna drive, if I wanna just hear some great soft rock songs... It's perfect for me lol.
It took me a full year to fully appreciate every song on the Sasha side, even though I still don't like Video Phone. I just got into Diva in 2011... But every song other than those two I love.
In terms of cohesiveness though, B'Day and 4 are waaaaaaaaaay better.