On February 16, 2013 Beyonce Knowles asks the question of "How much do I reveal about myself? How can I put soul and make it popular?" in her HBO Life Is But A Dream documentary. Finally on December 13, 2013 the world knew that she certainly understood how to do both as well as reveal her life without revealing too much. With a new born baby and many things going on about her relationship in the media it was a thought that "maybe she just doesn't have time to create a song right now". But when Knowles album dropped on iTunes unexpectdly the entire Bey hive was in shambles! Through her album Beyonce her fans were able to get a view of the many different perspectives she has on life as a woman. Beyonce shows a side of this artist that we have never got to see!You have to admire Mrs. Knowles for her secrecy in creating this wonderful work of art.
Beyonce conveys a story of motherhood, insecurities, sex and both the ups and downs of being in love. With her very blunt lyrics from Blow gracefully singing "I want you to turn my cherry out" we all knew that we were certainly in for a new style from Beyonce. The outstanding overtly sexual album made you question this new side of Beyonce that we were beginning to see. The enticing beat and exciting lyrics pulled you into the album more and more after each song. Mrs. Knowles finds a way to keep each and every 19 songs unique in a way that makes you want to listen as well as provides a different moral in each song. After listening throughly to each song, once you finally get to Flawless everyone knew the message that Mrs. Knowles was trying to convey in this album: Womanhood is a very difficult part of life where you feel all different emotions. Thinking back on the HBO Life is but a dream the artist seems as though she is trapped in by feeling she's not able to speak on the things that actually make her life difficult.You can tell by the end of this album she had found her way to set a new standard for herself as an artist.
Dropping an album with no promotion or singles dropped also set the standards for various artists. Soon after artists such as drake and rihanna began releasing mix tapes and albums without promotion. Beyonce has been breaking barriers throughout her entire career and this was just the beginning. She certainly is Queen Bey!
I like that you gave insight on how Beyonce is an icon but the album was not as detailed as it could've been.
ReplyDeletewell written. But it seems like you need to focus more on the album not as a whole but the songs individually. The message behind the songs. But well job overall
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ReplyDeleteThis was a good review. I like how you included lyrics and gave me a brief description of the feel of each track and the overall album. There are just a few grammatical errors.
ReplyDeleteI like that you added in that paragraph that actually discusses the album. good job
Deleteyou seemed to have focused mores on her rather than the album. Next time try but other aspects should be better. nice usage of lyrics but you could have got better visuals.
ReplyDeleteGreat job emphasizing the personal changes that Bey encountered when creating the album. However, you should focus more on discussing how the album affected you. I like how you incorporated her documentary into your review and used it as somewhat of a platform for the development of her album. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI like how you discussed the album it was brief and got the point across. It was good the way you connected the background and the album. Lastly, I like how you included the overall message of the album and how it connected to her life.
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