Schoolin Life still being in...
Wow.
Why? y'all heard a cheesy synth and rushed to give a 10??
Wow.
Why? y'all heard a cheesy synth and rushed to give a 10??
***Flawless: The Beyoncé Discography Rate Top 50 (COMPLETE)
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Somebody mentioned Disney princesses, so you can start there.
I'm gutted Pray You Catch Me didn't make the top 20.
I'm praying for a Formation/All Night top 2.
I'm praying for a Formation/All Night top 2.
I'm surprised Haunted is still around. Didn't know it was so popular around here.
"Haunted" is basically the song that threw the entire forum up against the wall when the album dropped. I'm not surprised it's still here at all.
'Pray You Catch Me' is the track that stayed with me the longest after listening to Lemonade. It's basically the opposite of 'Sandcastles', in that it is one of Beyoncé's most sparse and understated songs but one of the hardest hitting in terms of vocal and emotion. It was nearly my 11.
I want Haunted all the way up in the top 5 - it represents the self-titled's highest heights.
Surprised 'Don't Hurt Yourself' outlasted all these other from Lemonade. It feels the least consequential.
Surprised 'Don't Hurt Yourself' outlasted all these other from Lemonade. It feels the least consequential.
Irreplaceable, Love On Top and Freedom have no business being here.
All Night, Formation, Drunk in Love top 3 would be ideal with Countdown and Haunted rounding out the top five.
All Night, Formation, Drunk in Love top 3 would be ideal with Countdown and Haunted rounding out the top five.
Drunk In Love was done wrong on the Formation tour.. her just walking back to the stage for it (instead of some of the wig snatchin chair choreo or painted twerking booty routines we've been blessed with) didn't give it a true moment
He/They
So, what's the first song to leave our Top 20?
UH!
THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING!
YOU KNOW I GIVE YOU LIFE!
IF YOU TRY THIS SHIT AGAIN...
YOU GONE LOSE YOUR WIFE.
20
SCORE: 8.532
11/10 x 1
@theincredibleflipper
Highest Score: 10 x 15 (@Conan @Terminus @Jam @AlexD @supersoon @Rogue @munro @Oceandrive @Mr.Arroz @Zdarlight @Daniel! @AlmightyAloud @Petty Mayonnaise @2014 @Aester
Lowest Score: 4 x 1 (@BeingBoring)
My Score: 9/10
...How?
When I spoke about a result that completely shocked me about a week ago, this was it. Before we even get to discussing this fucking BANGER, we need to talk about the absolute mess that is "Irreplaceable" being labelled as the best song on B'Day. Like... what the fuck happened? Did the vote just get a little too split around all the brassy bops so everyone went for the biggest hit instead? This is tragic, y'all.
Oddly enough has even more bite in a post-Lemonade world, and she always rocks it live. Do you think that same alarm noise went off in Beyoncé’s head when she smelled Becky’s perfume on his Louis Vuitton knit? Shout out to the MDF corridor she’s dragged down in the video, which she cannibalised for props on The Formation Tour. Thank God you found a budget for subsequent visual albums, sis.
Let's kick off with KAG, who is all up in this gig, "On one hand, it is a tad basic when stacked up against ‘Don’t Hurt Yourself’ nowadays but on the other; it’s still an adrenaline rush with an amazing video to boot." Sam de Jour labels it, "Incredible." and Oceandrive gives it full marks while applauding its longevity, "Many of the songs on B'Day are amazing because they set the party off and they come together for a collective vibe. This however stands on its own as a genuine musical achievement. It's a testament to how good this is that even when Bey upped her game by a hundred, this song has never sounded out of place alongside some of her recent works." ohnostalgia treats it as a call to arms, "SOUND THE BEYHIVE KLAXON!!"
Let's see what CasuallyCrazed has to say, " The Freemasons versionNOPE!!!
constantino appears to have a problem with a song called "Ring The Alarm" having... a ringing alarm in it, "I know it’s relevant but the blaring alarm sample brings this down so much…it’s so tacky. Otherwise, this is a solid mid-noughties RnB bop with some Eastern(?) influences thrown in." Sis, it's a classic mid-00s, throw your man's shit out the window and text his sidepiece threats on Excel MASTERPIECE. What were you expecting? Class? FresherThanYou says it, "Sounds more current than ever!" Ain't that the truth. Being assisted by "Don't Hurt Yourself" on tour helped a lot too. send photo goes all PETA gaymer on our asses, "I don’t approve of chinchilla coats but the coin from my B’Day copy probably went towards one, oops. Also that fucking siren makes me think I’m in Silent Hill like 50% of the time it comes on shuffle." Just keep those Pokémon even legendaries coming, boo.
It would appear munro has been popping his puss since before he even knew it was there for popping, "I still severely pop my puss to this. Absolutely perfect." Pop on, sis. ericccc links to a Vine and praises the hell out of it, but since his commentary consists of a link I'm not going to bother opening, we'll namecheck and move on. Sprockrooster makes no sense but then again when does he? "The song responsible ThatGrapeJuice is still alive? Because of the continuous stan wars between Rihanna and Beyoncé there." Meanwhile, dodoriazarbon has flashbacks, "I remember watching LQ versions of the vid of Youtube back in the day and loving it." Beyoncé: slaying in 240p since 2006.
IMHO clocks the same references I did, since we are the same person, "The original and most bitter dose of Lemonade, way back before we even knew it was Becky that had Bey as SHOOK as she is here. Those sirens and Beyoncé's screams throughout are everything." and Jersey has the tea, "Young B didn't do this quite as much justice as Prime B would have but, it's still that 'motherfucker, I'm gonna kill you for cheating on my ass' anthem. It also gets a few extra points for that amazing VMA performance." Oh, we'll get to that. Right now in fact!
The song has taken numerous forms over the years, getting a decent amount of faithful renditions before going through a complete transformation during On The Run Tour which served it well as a partner to "Don't Hurt Yourself" on Formation Tour. The video is also iconic, and not just for the derp faces I used to open this post.
UH!
THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING!
YOU KNOW I GIVE YOU LIFE!
IF YOU TRY THIS SHIT AGAIN...
YOU GONE LOSE YOUR WIFE.
20
SCORE: 8.532
11/10 x 1
@theincredibleflipper
Highest Score: 10 x 15 (@Conan @Terminus @Jam @AlexD @supersoon @Rogue @munro @Oceandrive @Mr.Arroz @Zdarlight @Daniel! @AlmightyAloud @Petty Mayonnaise @2014 @Aester
Lowest Score: 4 x 1 (@BeingBoring)
My Score: 9/10
...How?
When I spoke about a result that completely shocked me about a week ago, this was it. Before we even get to discussing this fucking BANGER, we need to talk about the absolute mess that is "Irreplaceable" being labelled as the best song on B'Day. Like... what the fuck happened? Did the vote just get a little too split around all the brassy bops so everyone went for the biggest hit instead? This is tragic, y'all.
Oddly enough has even more bite in a post-Lemonade world, and she always rocks it live. Do you think that same alarm noise went off in Beyoncé’s head when she smelled Becky’s perfume on his Louis Vuitton knit? Shout out to the MDF corridor she’s dragged down in the video, which she cannibalised for props on The Formation Tour. Thank God you found a budget for subsequent visual albums, sis.
Let's kick off with KAG, who is all up in this gig, "On one hand, it is a tad basic when stacked up against ‘Don’t Hurt Yourself’ nowadays but on the other; it’s still an adrenaline rush with an amazing video to boot." Sam de Jour labels it, "Incredible." and Oceandrive gives it full marks while applauding its longevity, "Many of the songs on B'Day are amazing because they set the party off and they come together for a collective vibe. This however stands on its own as a genuine musical achievement. It's a testament to how good this is that even when Bey upped her game by a hundred, this song has never sounded out of place alongside some of her recent works." ohnostalgia treats it as a call to arms, "SOUND THE BEYHIVE KLAXON!!"
Let's see what CasuallyCrazed has to say, " The Freemasons versionNOPE!!!
constantino appears to have a problem with a song called "Ring The Alarm" having... a ringing alarm in it, "I know it’s relevant but the blaring alarm sample brings this down so much…it’s so tacky. Otherwise, this is a solid mid-noughties RnB bop with some Eastern(?) influences thrown in." Sis, it's a classic mid-00s, throw your man's shit out the window and text his sidepiece threats on Excel MASTERPIECE. What were you expecting? Class? FresherThanYou says it, "Sounds more current than ever!" Ain't that the truth. Being assisted by "Don't Hurt Yourself" on tour helped a lot too. send photo goes all PETA gaymer on our asses, "I don’t approve of chinchilla coats but the coin from my B’Day copy probably went towards one, oops. Also that fucking siren makes me think I’m in Silent Hill like 50% of the time it comes on shuffle." Just keep those Pokémon even legendaries coming, boo.
It would appear munro has been popping his puss since before he even knew it was there for popping, "I still severely pop my puss to this. Absolutely perfect." Pop on, sis. ericccc links to a Vine and praises the hell out of it, but since his commentary consists of a link I'm not going to bother opening, we'll namecheck and move on. Sprockrooster makes no sense but then again when does he? "The song responsible ThatGrapeJuice is still alive? Because of the continuous stan wars between Rihanna and Beyoncé there." Meanwhile, dodoriazarbon has flashbacks, "I remember watching LQ versions of the vid of Youtube back in the day and loving it." Beyoncé: slaying in 240p since 2006.
IMHO clocks the same references I did, since we are the same person, "The original and most bitter dose of Lemonade, way back before we even knew it was Becky that had Bey as SHOOK as she is here. Those sirens and Beyoncé's screams throughout are everything." and Jersey has the tea, "Young B didn't do this quite as much justice as Prime B would have but, it's still that 'motherfucker, I'm gonna kill you for cheating on my ass' anthem. It also gets a few extra points for that amazing VMA performance." Oh, we'll get to that. Right now in fact!
The song has taken numerous forms over the years, getting a decent amount of faithful renditions before going through a complete transformation during On The Run Tour which served it well as a partner to "Don't Hurt Yourself" on Formation Tour. The video is also iconic, and not just for the derp faces I used to open this post.
Fucking Schoolin'Life. Seeing this songs lowest score, means I am lowest for Schoolin' Life. And it most likely is also the case for Formation, Partition and Sorry. But I expected them to go far. Schoolin' Life so far is all kinds of wrong.
For a sec I was scared it was Don't Hurt Yourself that would leave.
19
SCORE: 8.591
11/10 x 1
@Petty Mayonnaise
Highest Score: 10 x 26 (@FresherThanYou @ohdenny @Subwaykid @Beginner @theelusivechanteuse @Jonathan27 @allyshone @aaronhansome @KAG @IMHO @Push @Pinkie @WarmBlood11 @joe_alouder @P'NutButter @RetroPhysical @PLUTO @Itty Bitty Piggy @HeartSwells @CasuallyCrazed @strangekin @Can't Speak French @AlexD @supersoon @Mr.Arroz @AlmightyAloud
Lowest Score: 4 x 3 (@Sprockrooster @MrMannacroix @Jam)
My Score: 9.5/10
Her voice in that second verse (I think? Points for weird structure too) is just slithering across the ocean floor, it’s that low; just rumbling away like thunder. I spoke about this in… I think the Big Pop Girls 2013 Rate (2016 sequel coming soon #promo) but I love the barely restrained possessiveness of it all. One of the tracks that also would fit on a prelude EP for the album that came after, in retrospect. But yes, incredible. That fist-clenching want that runs through the whole thing is so compelling. There's no ambiguity. It's not a desperate plea, or even a declaration of intent. It's like she's calmly stating a fact; like she's pointing out a brand on someone's soul. You're mine. No one else's. It's that simple.
Let's kick off with joe_alouder just for something a bit different, "Perfection, the chemistry between their voices is undeniable and the verse melody is gorgeous." ohnostalgia serves the write up's main non-sequitur, "The video reminds me a bit of Baby Boy which is never a bad thing." Okay. K94 is typically late as always, "Wasn’t buying the hype with this at the time but it’s aged really well." Took you long enough. Hopefully Jersey is on the same path, "I still stand by my declaration that Drake fucks this up by taking up too much space here. A little less Drake would have been ace."
KAG says, "This song gives me chills (especially the opening verse). It's so perfect. For a woman who's notoriously guarded and renowned for projecting a flawless image publicly, it was refreshing to hear her be candid and raw on record like this. Drake shines on here too, his rap gives this another perspective." Yes, perfect. Meanwhile, Rogue sneers at Beyoncé's single choices, which to be honest are kind of all over the place all the time anyway, "Would have been a better single than Pretty Hurts." The entire album would have been. CasuallyCrazed remarks, "Another magnum opus with a refreshingly restrained vocal. That womblike soundscape just envelops you." Yeah, it pretty much gets you from that piano riff the second it starts.
ThighHighs serves serious I-only-know-one-Drake-song teas, " I can dig it, even though it is biting "Take Care" pretty heavily." What? Sis, the moment Beyoncé starts rumbling through the first verse in that insane lower register, this becomes 100% hers. Meanwhile, eccentricsimply is no one's, "I don't dislike this song, but it always feels like it drags for too long." and ericcccc displays tolerance, I guess, " Gorgeous intro. I like Drake in mild doses. He doesn’t annoy me in this." constantino appears to give a begrudging 8/10, "As VASTLY overrated as Drake is, I’m happy this exists."
FresherThanYou thinks giving a song a 10.5/10 is going to fly BUT IT FUCKING DOESN'T, so we'll give him closing statement to make up for it "The best song on the Album, felt like a real creative peice from her, the mix of the sublime storytelling of her thoughts on life after having Blue and then the random uptempo instrumental and drakes numb vocals.. Everything is perfect about this track!"
Having been swerved on the second leg of the Mrs Carter Show Tour, "Mine" finally got an outing during Beyoncé's Video Vanguard acceptance performance (Which I can't find a video for because for some fucking reason MTV/Beyoncé likes to make the best moments of her career impossible to find), before also finding its way onto the Formation Tour, where Beyoncé performed it with a backdrop of her dancers suspended in gauze behind her. I got my fucking life, quite frankly. It also got one of the most stunning videos of the self-titled visual album too.
People have no right to complain about Drake in this one, the chemistry between the voices of him and Beyoncé in this song is just perfection.
Drake sounds like he genuinely gives a shit on 'Mine', which is a fucking miracle for him. Everything about the song and it's accompanying video is outstanding and shame on anybody that scored it less than 10.