I for one can’t wait for all of this to come out! It looks amazing. This video includes a Thank You from the Queen herself, behind the scenes of B recording a track off of the album, and behind the scenes clips of If I Were A Boy and Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) music videos! Check it out below! Thanks Alex for ripping!
Q: Is Beyoncé Knowles ever going to make a musical misstep?
A: Based on “If I Were a Boy,” her new track that debuted on Elvis Duran’s Z100 show this morning (check out the high-quality version below, or an embedded YouTube version after the jump), I’d say it doesn’t look likely. Indeed, the initial release from B’s upcoming third solo disc is an exciting departure from her previous lead singles, the Southern-fried funk of “Déjà Vu” (from 2006′s B’day) and the (greatest single of all time) jubilant horn-infused “Crazy in Love” (from 2003′s Dangerously in Love).
In the past, I’ve often translated the term “Beyoncé ballad” to mean “album filler,” yet “If I Were a Boy” is anything but. The contemplative lyrics find Beyoncé envisioning herself in the role of her do-wrong guy — I’d put myself first/ And make the rules as I go/ ‘Cause I know that she’d be faithful/ Waitin’ for me to come home — and her searing vocal is absolutely up to the challenge. “If I Were a Boy” sounds totally fresh, not like anything else on the radio right now, and should put Ms. Knowles right back in her throne as Queen of Top 40 Radio. (Rihanna, Pink, and Katy Perry, I hope you ladies had fun in B’s absence.)
wo new singles by Beyoncé premiered on the radio Wednesday (October 8th) in advance of the November 18 release of her upcoming album, I Am … . One is the dance track “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” and the other is a more introspective ballad called “If I Were a Boy” — two songs that represent two different sides of the singer, as she suggested in a letter to fans last week.
The singer recently opened up to Essence magazine about some of the influences on the album, which include hubby Jay-Z and playing Etta James in the movie “Cadillac Records.”
B recorded 60 to 70 songs for the album (only 10 made the cut), but 40 of them turned out to be about love, she said. “There’s a balance,” she told the magazine. Meaning the love is reciprocated? “Yeah,” she giggled. “Definitely.” Read More!
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