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Originally Posted by No_Doubt
For me, I thought her first solo effort was a huge disappointment. Sure, it had some hot, albeit conventional and safe singles, but the rest of the album was just bland and forgettable. Also, I felt her vocals on Dangerously in Love were too restrained; Beyoncé is one artist who can wail without sounding forced or obnoxious.
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I felt the same way about DIL; most of the songs were "bland and forgettable." I didn't like her voice in DIL; it sounded a bit too deep for me for some reason. She didn't sound as enthusiastic as she does in her recent singles; it's almost as if she wasn't showing her full potential in her first album. I compared
Crazy In Love to
Ring the Alarm, and I can hear a huge difference. In CIL, she sounds bored; in the latter, her voice sounds so much more appealing, and it just sounds better. I laughed when I first heard
Ring the Alarm, and I laughed even harder when I saw the MV (I still do laugh at the MV
), but now I realize the wonderful quality of her recent singles.
Check On It is another great example of improvement in vocals. I haven't listened to her new album, but I think I'll pick up a copy at my local Target; judging from
Deja Vu and
Ring the Alarm, I think
B'Day won't be too much of a disappointment and letdown as her debut album was.
EDIT:
Beyoncé's skiing on alligators now?
What I have to say about Beyoncé's new album, however, is that the cover is completely awful.
Of course, the cover isn't the most important aspect of an album, and it certainly won't change the quality of the songs, but I just had to give my opinion on it. The promo pictures for her recent works are ridiculous as well.
