***Flawless: The Beyoncé Discography Rate Top 50 (COMPLETE)
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It's still her best song.
If we were all still 13 years old, but alas.
To be, or not to be?
NOT.
28
SCORE: 8.32
Highest Score: 10 x 19 (@First2Run @enjoy @Wild Man. @strangekin @Maria @Itty Bitty Piggy @P'NutButter @AlmightyAloud @Animalia @Rogue @Oceandrive @K94 @Jersey @that boy is a monster @munro @ohdenny @Can't Speak French @Pinkie @Sprockrooster)
Lowest Score: 3 x 1 (@AlexD)
My Score: 9/10
*cries in homosexual*
Let's kick off with perfect-score-giver Jersey, "The best from B'Day. Hands fucking down. That delayed intro as B prepares to snatch the dance floor. That foot stomping pre-chorus. The slut-drop of a chorus. The literally on fire middle-8. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!" YASS. aaronhansome asks... a question, "Alright when did I start liking this more?" When the Jesus/Gay ratio in your soul righted itself? ThighHighs covers everything really, "This song. Live. The Beyonce Experience. That is everything a person could ever want. Iconic lyrics. Honestly one of the biggest absolute bangers of her career." I mean, again... YASS. Meanwhile, munro is simply glad to be alive, "I’m kinda glad she didn’t perform this when I saw her because I would’ve died."
ericcccc is... straight, I guess? I don't know. "I mean… yeah. It’s good. She already did this kind of song but better on this same album." There is not a rainbow in your soul. Sprockrooster kicks off with a clanger of a comment but he gave a 10/10 so I guess there's hope for him yet, "Ray Kay is an absolute amazing music video director..." Eh... "(also responsible for Gaga's Poker Face) and he created pure magic with this song. This song was just mediocre," OH FOR FUCK SAKE "but everything changed with that video. I cannot listen to this song, without visualing the music video at the same. And that is what a music video should do." Giving this full marks for its so-so video and not the amazing song is... alarming. Oceandrive also gives full marks but for much better reasons, "That.middle.eight. Is this what Gay heaven feels like?" God, I hope so. If we're not all going to hell that is.
constantino highlights... a fucking cowbell? "COME THROUGH @ the cowbell inclusion! Low-key my fave instrument! The breathy refrains during the chorus are the highlight." Jesus. FresherThanYou at least highlights the brilliance in relation to Beyoncé's earlier stuff, "One of the fiercest Early Bey tracks!" and CasuallyCrazed is a tad problematic, " I think you have to be a drag queen to fully appreciate this song." Oh? "I appreciate the sassy sentiment, but that chord arrangement is like nails on a chalkboard, Bizarre and off-putting." NOPE. joe_alouder stays true to brand with a costume change, "*puts Freakum crop top on*" and IMHO kills the mood, "The awkward moment when all the dresses designed to get your man hard were designed by your mother. Still, this goes AWF and deserves to be more of a setlist staple given how much it pops off with a live band."
We'll close on K94 because he presents an opportunity, " “To be or not to be..NOT” she’s referring to me keeping my wig." Sis as if there's even a question as far as your lack of wig is concerned.
And...
27
SCORE: 8.342
Highest Score: 10 x 18 (@push the button @CasuallyCrazed @LPMA @Daniel. @Beginner @BeingBoring @scottdisick94 @aaronhansome @PLUTO @Syzygyz @Jam @ThighHighs @Lost In Japan. @Maria @Itty Bitty Piggy @that boy is a monster @Can't Speak French @Sprockrooster)
Lowest Score: 2 x 2 (@AlexD @Remyky22)
My Score: 8.5/10
Is there a better prinking album than B’Day? Because I’m not sure there’s a better way to get charged up by doing your Naomi Campbell walk across your room half dressed and half drunk. And it just keeps going and going and going as Beyoncé keeps giving you more orders to pop your spine out. It’s like a nursery rhyme for thots. Yas.
Sprockrooster... LOVES THIS?! " If the extended version was in this rate it probably would have been my 11. Did this ever leave my work out playlist. I think not. Will it ever be gone from that playlist. I am sure it doesnot. This song has the best build-up for it. The song doesnot change in pace and therefore GETS ME BODIED. I would have a different body physique if it wasnot for this song. When the middle-8 comes and it slows a tad sonically I notice I am dripping and sweating from every orifice. But there is enough time in this middle-8 to drink and get hydrated again. Obviously I go hard again at the following final chorus. Then there is always another song (mostly Bruno Mars' Money Make Her Smile or Gloria Estefan's WEPA) and then it's cooldown-time. This song will not start my workout-playlist, cause I will not survive." Stan for your life and stay snatched, mawma. Oceandrive says, "This is iconic and was quintessential pre- 4 Beyoncé." Pretty much.
"All the single ladies all the single ladies all the single ladies all the single ladies." sings Laura Vanderbooben, forgetting that that was over ten eliminations ago so SHADE REBUKED. ohnostalgia is no fun, "It's a tad shrill." and IMHO is even less fun because he writes more instead of just pounding his taint into the floor, "This is a tough one to place because it's basically the original and actually kind of superior Single Ladies but it's similarly grating and ultimately a bit forgettable in the grand scheme of things. Then again, that middle eight really sells it and the extended outro is fun in all its indulgent audacity so let's go with a nice 7." Let's go back to aaronhansome, who is dropping it down low and sweeping the floor with it, "The extended version is a 10 and that's the one I listened to so deal with it." Dominate me a bit.
After a case of the heteros in the last elimination, ericcccc is back with us, "Gay anthem. Bottom anthem. Beyoncé truly loves the gays and that’s why she gave us this song." That's also why she us the last song you didn't really like, beast. constantino sounds surprised this is a stone-cold bop and I don't know why, " WAIITTT!!! This a stone-cold BOP! Give me that dynamic, frantic and relentless body-slamming anthem that I crave, Bey!" YASSSSS. Rogue simply screams, "BANGER." and I think that says it all. CasuallyCrazed gets this, but he didn't "Freakum Dress" so I honestly don't understand, "The extended version IS the official version as far as I’m concerned. Iconic holy opus of a song. The scissor leg and Naomi Campbell walk will live on forever at gay clubs throughout the world. Devastated it didn’t blow up with the casual public." Do people even listen anything but the extended version? Why?
We must end on ThighHighs, who sums it up perfectly, " THE party starting song of her career. The extended version is an absolute must. The hokey pokey of my generation. The thinking woman's chacha slide. The THOTs cupid shuffle. No other song could implore me to drop to my knees and arch my back, shake it like that alley cat like this one." I think that's all that needs to be said.
NOT.
28
SCORE: 8.32
Highest Score: 10 x 19 (@First2Run @enjoy @Wild Man. @strangekin @Maria @Itty Bitty Piggy @P'NutButter @AlmightyAloud @Animalia @Rogue @Oceandrive @K94 @Jersey @that boy is a monster @munro @ohdenny @Can't Speak French @Pinkie @Sprockrooster)
Lowest Score: 3 x 1 (@AlexD)
My Score: 9/10
*cries in homosexual*
Let's kick off with perfect-score-giver Jersey, "The best from B'Day. Hands fucking down. That delayed intro as B prepares to snatch the dance floor. That foot stomping pre-chorus. The slut-drop of a chorus. The literally on fire middle-8. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!" YASS. aaronhansome asks... a question, "Alright when did I start liking this more?" When the Jesus/Gay ratio in your soul righted itself? ThighHighs covers everything really, "This song. Live. The Beyonce Experience. That is everything a person could ever want. Iconic lyrics. Honestly one of the biggest absolute bangers of her career." I mean, again... YASS. Meanwhile, munro is simply glad to be alive, "I’m kinda glad she didn’t perform this when I saw her because I would’ve died."
ericcccc is... straight, I guess? I don't know. "I mean… yeah. It’s good. She already did this kind of song but better on this same album." There is not a rainbow in your soul. Sprockrooster kicks off with a clanger of a comment but he gave a 10/10 so I guess there's hope for him yet, "Ray Kay is an absolute amazing music video director..." Eh... "(also responsible for Gaga's Poker Face) and he created pure magic with this song. This song was just mediocre," OH FOR FUCK SAKE "but everything changed with that video. I cannot listen to this song, without visualing the music video at the same. And that is what a music video should do." Giving this full marks for its so-so video and not the amazing song is... alarming. Oceandrive also gives full marks but for much better reasons, "That.middle.eight. Is this what Gay heaven feels like?" God, I hope so. If we're not all going to hell that is.
constantino highlights... a fucking cowbell? "COME THROUGH @ the cowbell inclusion! Low-key my fave instrument! The breathy refrains during the chorus are the highlight." Jesus. FresherThanYou at least highlights the brilliance in relation to Beyoncé's earlier stuff, "One of the fiercest Early Bey tracks!" and CasuallyCrazed is a tad problematic, " I think you have to be a drag queen to fully appreciate this song." Oh? "I appreciate the sassy sentiment, but that chord arrangement is like nails on a chalkboard, Bizarre and off-putting." NOPE. joe_alouder stays true to brand with a costume change, "*puts Freakum crop top on*" and IMHO kills the mood, "The awkward moment when all the dresses designed to get your man hard were designed by your mother. Still, this goes AWF and deserves to be more of a setlist staple given how much it pops off with a live band."
We'll close on K94 because he presents an opportunity, " “To be or not to be..NOT” she’s referring to me keeping my wig." Sis as if there's even a question as far as your lack of wig is concerned.
And...
27
SCORE: 8.342
Highest Score: 10 x 18 (@push the button @CasuallyCrazed @LPMA @Daniel. @Beginner @BeingBoring @scottdisick94 @aaronhansome @PLUTO @Syzygyz @Jam @ThighHighs @Lost In Japan. @Maria @Itty Bitty Piggy @that boy is a monster @Can't Speak French @Sprockrooster)
Lowest Score: 2 x 2 (@AlexD @Remyky22)
My Score: 8.5/10
Is there a better prinking album than B’Day? Because I’m not sure there’s a better way to get charged up by doing your Naomi Campbell walk across your room half dressed and half drunk. And it just keeps going and going and going as Beyoncé keeps giving you more orders to pop your spine out. It’s like a nursery rhyme for thots. Yas.
Sprockrooster... LOVES THIS?! " If the extended version was in this rate it probably would have been my 11. Did this ever leave my work out playlist. I think not. Will it ever be gone from that playlist. I am sure it doesnot. This song has the best build-up for it. The song doesnot change in pace and therefore GETS ME BODIED. I would have a different body physique if it wasnot for this song. When the middle-8 comes and it slows a tad sonically I notice I am dripping and sweating from every orifice. But there is enough time in this middle-8 to drink and get hydrated again. Obviously I go hard again at the following final chorus. Then there is always another song (mostly Bruno Mars' Money Make Her Smile or Gloria Estefan's WEPA) and then it's cooldown-time. This song will not start my workout-playlist, cause I will not survive." Stan for your life and stay snatched, mawma. Oceandrive says, "This is iconic and was quintessential pre- 4 Beyoncé." Pretty much.
"All the single ladies all the single ladies all the single ladies all the single ladies." sings Laura Vanderbooben, forgetting that that was over ten eliminations ago so SHADE REBUKED. ohnostalgia is no fun, "It's a tad shrill." and IMHO is even less fun because he writes more instead of just pounding his taint into the floor, "This is a tough one to place because it's basically the original and actually kind of superior Single Ladies but it's similarly grating and ultimately a bit forgettable in the grand scheme of things. Then again, that middle eight really sells it and the extended outro is fun in all its indulgent audacity so let's go with a nice 7." Let's go back to aaronhansome, who is dropping it down low and sweeping the floor with it, "The extended version is a 10 and that's the one I listened to so deal with it." Dominate me a bit.
After a case of the heteros in the last elimination, ericcccc is back with us, "Gay anthem. Bottom anthem. Beyoncé truly loves the gays and that’s why she gave us this song." That's also why she us the last song you didn't really like, beast. constantino sounds surprised this is a stone-cold bop and I don't know why, " WAIITTT!!! This a stone-cold BOP! Give me that dynamic, frantic and relentless body-slamming anthem that I crave, Bey!" YASSSSS. Rogue simply screams, "BANGER." and I think that says it all. CasuallyCrazed gets this, but he didn't "Freakum Dress" so I honestly don't understand, "The extended version IS the official version as far as I’m concerned. Iconic holy opus of a song. The scissor leg and Naomi Campbell walk will live on forever at gay clubs throughout the world. Devastated it didn’t blow up with the casual public." Do people even listen anything but the extended version? Why?
We must end on ThighHighs, who sums it up perfectly, " THE party starting song of her career. The extended version is an absolute must. The hokey pokey of my generation. The thinking woman's chacha slide. The THOTs cupid shuffle. No other song could implore me to drop to my knees and arch my back, shake it like that alley cat like this one." I think that's all that needs to be said.
These feel right, based on what is left.
TOP 26
Crazy In Love (Feat. Jay-Z)
Baby Boy (Feat. Sean Paul)
Ring The Alarm
Irreplaceable
I Miss You
Love On Top
Countdown
End of Time
Schoolin' Life
Haunted
Drunk In Love (Feat. Jay-Z)
Blow
Partition
Jealous
Mine (Feat. Drake)
XO
***Flawless (Feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Pray You Catch Me
Hold Up
Don't Hurt Yourself (Feat. Jack White)
Sorry
6 Inch (Feat. The Weeknd)
Daddy Lessons
Freedom (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
All Night
Formation
Crazy In Love (Feat. Jay-Z)
Baby Boy (Feat. Sean Paul)
Ring The Alarm
Irreplaceable
I Miss You
Love On Top
Countdown
End of Time
Schoolin' Life
Haunted
Drunk In Love (Feat. Jay-Z)
Blow
Partition
Jealous
Mine (Feat. Drake)
XO
***Flawless (Feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Pray You Catch Me
Hold Up
Don't Hurt Yourself (Feat. Jack White)
Sorry
6 Inch (Feat. The Weeknd)
Daddy Lessons
Freedom (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
All Night
Formation
ok I lied, Schoolin' Life and Irreplaceable are not better than Freakum Dress or Get Me Bodied.
I also think I Miss You has slid under the radar and is now a big ol' eyesore in that list.
F
Former member 21294
What an iconic song.I'm lowkey disappointed for where it landed but not too bad i guess.
GO FORTH SELFTITLED.
I Miss You definitely stands out on that list and not in a good way.
I think if we're all honest Ring The Alarm was massively helped in getting this far in the rate by its recent inclusion in the Formation tour and it sounding more relevant and current almost than ever when placed with Don't Hurt Yourself
I think the top ten will end up being something along the lines of
1. Formation
2. All Night
3. Crazy In Love
4. Jealous
5. Partition
6. Mine
7. XO
8. Sorry
9. Haunted
10. Irreplaceable
1. Formation
2. All Night
3. Crazy In Love
4. Jealous
5. Partition
6. Mine
7. XO
8. Sorry
9. Haunted
10. Irreplaceable
My worst fear has even not been matched by these losses. All 10s and my 11. What a travesty.
Let me call for Sorry and Partition to go now too! And yes my scores reflect the desire to want them out.
Let me call for Sorry and Partition to go now too! And yes my scores reflect the desire to want them out.
Y'all kicking out Heaven now says more about you than it does about me.
