I know it's all personal opinion but I really disagree. If I am going to cut it any slack it's going to be an okay song, not one of the best. (And it's funny because I love Party. It's so laid-back and chill).
BTINH (song and video) are awful. It's an embarrassment for Beyonce and the public that it was the highest charting single on 4 when there were other songs that deserved that position and more. Songs like Countdown that really went there by creating the musical gumbo she said she was going to create, or like End of Time that was upbeat and ready for dance clubs but without the already overdone dance pop of the time, or Love on Top which is brilliant in its expression of absolute and total love. But a song that is basically Irreplaceble 7.0 is not cute.
I will NEVER understand how Countdown and End of Time didn't smash. Absolutely flawless songs.
I've always thought 4 was very cohesive but in comparison to BEYONCÉ it doesn't seem as so. Plus the songs feel less personal in some ways and still like she was getting the hang of doing it absolutely HER way. And then there's BTINH which weights the album down a lot. It's still a brilliant album. She did some really interesting and innovative things on it, I love the rawness and the retro feel and how she experimented in combining genres, but I think her new one has trumped it in every way.
B'Day tho. I always struggle to put Beyoncé's albums in order. even I Am ... Sasha Fierce is a damn good album (her least cohesive/Rnb/consistent but still better than most POP albums out there)