***Flawless: The Beyoncé Discography Rate Top 50 (COMPLETE)

Soygirl

Soygirl

I didn't participate in the rate because I couldn't be bothered listening to all the turds in I am.. turd album but Formation should win this rate!
 
TheDangerZone

TheDangerZone

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IMHO said:
Hold Up going over the turgid Ryan Tedder schmaltz of XO?!
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Drunk in Love still in the Top 10 despite a rap verse that pokes light at domestic abuse, and a largely tuneless garbled "chorus" in search of a melody.

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TheDangerZone

TheDangerZone

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Formation is fantastic but the video really helped sell the sheer ambition of the song, while All Night is a much stronger song when taken separately in isolation from the video, and for that reason I hope it somehow captures the gold.
 
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Former member 21294

10-Crazy In Love
9-End of Time
8-Drunk In Love
7-All Night
6-Partition
5-XO
4-Formation
3-Sorry
2-Haunted
1-Countdown

is the right way to do this but i would be ok if Sorry or Haunted end up winning the rate.
 
kermit_the_frog

kermit_the_frog

Am politely requesting the following result (though I think I gave all of these 10s bar All Night, so any line-up is ok with me) -

10. All Night
9. End Of Time
8. Drunk In Love
7. XO
6. Haunted
5. Countdown
4. Crazy In Love
3. Sorry
2. Partition
1. Formation
 
Jersey

Jersey

I'd absolutely love if All Night swept the rate. Seeing my 11 be slated by some witches here, I don't think it's going to win.

REALISTICALLY:

10. Countdown
9. End of Time
8. All Night
7. XO
6. Haunted
5. Sorry
4. Crazy in Love
3. Drunk in Love
2. Formation
1. Partition (because let ha get that triple PopJustice win)
 
TheDangerZone

TheDangerZone

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EnsnareTheSenses said:
uh oh guys the melody police is here
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Don't lump me in with the other basics who couldn't appreciate Self-titled's glory. That's not fair and you know it sis.

I love Self-titled and I credit the album for getting me into Beyonce (and I might give it the slight edge over Lemonade as my favorite album from her). However, I just don't understand what's so great about Drunk in Love, and I'd easily name it the weakest song on the album. Bey's tone on the track and take-charge embrace of her sexuality are the only good things about the song.

I know lack of melody was the go to criticism for most of the basic bop fans after self-titled dropped and they discovered a more moody, PR&B inflected album than what they had expected, but it's probably the one time I'd personally say the criticism holds true.

And I'm not even going to touch Jay's verse, which is frankly disgusting and incredibly tasteless.

I know that's not a popular opinion here since everyone seems to love the song but other than the growly chorus, I find the song's melodic structure completely unremarkable otherwise and the song is completely underbaked. Especially when there's songs like ***Flawless and Partition on the very same album which do what Drunk in Love attempts to do but much much better.

K94 said:
Some of y'all need to stop getting out your dusty pop rulebook and applying it to R&B.
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I don't know if this was directed at me, but it's a good point that I want to respond to.

I'm not asking for her to slap on a dated 2010 poppers o'clock EDM dance break, nor am I asking her to recruit Max to write a massive pop chorus. There's a way to make RnB and trap music that's still melodic and has a proper hook.

On the very same album you have Partition which succeeds in doing it and you have ***Flawless which also succeeds in doing it. On Lemonade, you have Sorry and 6 Inch, both electro-RnB tracks, that also have a strong enough hook, melody, and production.

Ultimately I just don't think the track succeeds at what it's trying to do.
 
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