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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
You think so? Explain, please.
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I'll try and explain. Though the concept is a bit more abstract than her previous albums. IMO It was basically dissecting or challenging the notion of Sasha Fierce. As you go further throughout the Sasha disc you encounter songs that sound less and less like Sasha. Hello, Scared of Lonely..the delivery is strong but the subject matter is more vulnerable and soft. I think people make the mistake of thinking that the Sasha side was meant to epitomize everything Sasha Fierce was about. It wasn't. That was B'Day's job. Here she wants to blur the lines between her and her alter ego. The I AM side is meant to be interpreted with this in mind. It's not her trying to randomly do different things, these songs are still a part of her "sound", even though it's not the Sasha sound people are used to. That's why she wanted to challenge what Sasha was about. I AM SASHA FIERCE. It's still her. In a nutshell, she's saying "Don't put me in a box, this is still me, all of it." It's her expanding the notion of what her sound is. I think she was really aiming to broaden her fanbase with some of the new songs, while having the majority of her existing fanbase stay put.
Now, sorry for if this does not come across as very clear, I haven't articulated this before. This is just my interpretation of the album.