8.12.08

the best two songs on Beyonce's terrible new album!

hazim and the new asymptotes
hey. hazim here...again. Ooohh...I can't even tell you how much Beyonce's I Am...Sasha Fierce album sucks goat balls. If you want to do a double album, do it well ( a la Rachael Yamagata), don't rush it out (a la Foo Fighters). Splitting her personality into two: one is the emotional heartfelt Beyonce, and the other, the fierce Sasha...ermmm Fierce, Beyonce only makes a fool of herself in this day and age of downloading. As bad as most of the songs are, there are two that I like, maybe even love. And one of them I love even more than most of her previous singles.
SONG: "Radio"
ARTIST: Beyonce
RATING: OOOO
"I be on the hotline, like everyday," Beyonce starts off the song like a gun firing off, and the stuttering techno r n' b backdrop starts pouring and multiple Beyonce's jab at the airwaves with a chorus of "O O Ohs". She's in heat. She's in love, but not with a boy. Boys just break her heart as demonstrated with "Irreplaceable" and "If I Were A Boy"...no. She's in love with her radio. And judging from the way Miss Knowles curls her words and struts on this potential single, she should have fallen in love with her radio more often for her record.


SONG: "Halo"
ARTIST: Beyonce
RATING: OOO1/2
Leona Lewis has sung it, and you can find her version of it on Youtube. But she can't sing it as well. Most of the time that girl doesn't know what's emotion. RyanTedder of One Republic wrote it. But he an't bring this glowing ballad down. The piano is lovely. Beyonce's voice is velvet and heartfelt. And you can already imagine an arena full of people (gay boys and baby mamas unite!) handclapping and stifling back tears as they absorb Beyonc'es best vocal performance to date in the form of the emotional stunner that is "Halo". Only problem is, every time they, and I, hear this, I'll have to imagine Jay Z's face. Cus, you know, that's who she's singing to. Great love song.



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