B'Day.
| Beyonce
B'Day.
B'Day is the second studio album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released to coincide with her twenty-fifth birthday on September 4, 2006 in various countries and a day later in the United States by Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment, and Sony Urban Music. The album was originally planned as a follow-up to Beyoncé's 2003 solo debut Dangerously in Love to be released in 2004; however, it was delayed to accommodate the recording of Destiny's Child's final album Destiny Fulfilled (2004) and the singer's starring role in the 2006 film Dreamgirls. While on vacation after filming, Beyoncé began contacting various producers and rented Sony Music Studios, completing B'Day in two weeks. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
On her second solo album, the former Destiny's Child singer mostly eschews balladry, melisma, and clean pop, instead delivering a tight, energetic set heavy on upbeat numbers and funk affectations.
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Rolling Stone
there is endless pleasure in the gliding transitions from Jay-Z’s staccato rhymes to Beyonce’s own honeyed flow, and there’s plenty of seductive wit and charming Independent Woman feminism here.
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Slant Magazine
B’Day sounds like the album “Crazy In Love” initially forecasted. The ballads are tacked onto the end and are, therefore, easier to dismiss as mere afterthoughts.
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The Guardian
Apart from a few pop-R&B space-fillers, there's not much to dislike about B'Day. A result for Bouncy.
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PopMatters
I still think Beyonce has a perfect masterpiece in her, but I guess we'll have to wait until the next album to find out.
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EW
On her second solo album, B’Day, the songs arrive in huge gusts of rhythm and emotion, with Beyoncé’s voice rippling over clattery beats; you’d have to search far and wide — perhaps in the halls of the Metropolitan Opera — to find a vocalist who sings with more sheer force.
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Sputnik Music
B'Day is an accomplished second effort from Ms. Knowles, doubly so considering the timeframe within which she managed to collaborate with so many people, but as an album it's simply not the finished article. The concept was a nice idea, but it's delivered without consistency and without any real intelligence: if Beyoncé truly believes that the proper reaction to a straying boyfriend is to don her 'freakum dress' and fight to make a sinking ship slightly more comfortable, then she's a confused lady.
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HipHop DX
B-Day might not be Beyonce on her best day, but then again I’d take Beyoncé any day of the week.
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All Music
There is nothing desperate or weak about this album.
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