Album
: Britney Jean
Album
: Beyoncé
Artist
: Britney Spears
Artist
: Beyoncé
Genre
: Pop
Genre
: R&B/Pop
Record Label : RCA
Record Label : Sony BMG
Date of release: 3 December 2013
Date of release: 13 December 2013
So with a title for an album, “Britney Jean” one
would have thought that Ms. Spears was bringing
on her A-game with a probable feisty, over the top
“alter ego” so as to reclaim her title of Pop
princess however this album falls short of
Britney’s glory. It has been called her most
personal album to date, one tends to wonder
what’s been happening to her, personally? It is
public knowledge that this album was produced
after calling off her engagement, (which should
have been more reason to create a superb album),
however her eighth studio album has more lows
than highs. She was hands-on on this album and
allowed Will.i.Am to produce most of the songs.
What can we say, we love Britney and how sweet
and down-to-earth she is, but we miss the pop
superstar that we met in the late 90s. Oh well, it’s
good to see Britney back on the music scene and
we hope that her new Vegas gig will be
compensation for this album and remind fans
why they loved Britney so much.
If ever Queen B wanted to seal the stamp on
who runs the world, it was the day when she
secretly released her fifth studio album. With
no promotion and without the knowledge of her
record label, Beyoncé took one of the biggest
risks in music however she managed to break
iTunes records within three days of release. The
self-titled audio-visual album of 14 songs and 17
videos is the most personal album to date.
Actually after listening to the album, “Beyoncé”
is the music version of Mrs. Carter’s biopic,
“Life Is But A Dream”. There’s nothing fancy in
terms of production compared to the album’s
predecessors however this is the most intimate
that fans could get to Bey. She includes
husband, Jay Z, daughter Blue Ivy, Drake, Frank
Ocean and poet, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on
the album thus highlighting the elements that
make Beyoncé who she is. The videos are simple
and contain snippets of personal home videos,
showing how far Beyoncé has come as an artist
and a person.
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Get it for : Some tracks like the intro “Aliens”,
”Til It’s Gone”, ”Perfume”, ”Don’t Cry”, ”Now
That I Found You” and of course the reason why
we all have to ”W ork B****”, with the lines "You
want a hot body? You want a Bugatti? You want a
Maserati? You better work, …“, are worthy tracks
to listen to.
Get it for: For the ultra Beyoncé fan this album
is a must-have as it encompasses soulful ballads,
the “girl-power” tracks and of course why being
Mrs. Carter is so fab. The best tracks on this
album are Flawless, Drunk In Love, Pretty
Hurts, Jealous, Mine and Superpower. As for
the videos, it is whatever you relate to, we love
“Grown Woman”!
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