Beyonce's New Album

After all of the hype and excitement over Beyonce's new "surprise" album (and due to the magic of a Best Buy gift card), I finally got around to purchasing it.  There are 14 new songs and 17 videos.  But as that old lady in the memes says "ain't nobody got time for that".  So this review will be based on the one song and two videos that I actually listened to and watched.

Based on those songs I've listened to/watched, this album appears to be a concept album.  And that concept is "Beyonce Has A Big Booty".  Because it's everywhere.  On the booklet cover (isn't she above this?  What is she-- Britney Spears circa 1999?) and co-starring in all of the videos (okay, in two of them.  At least).  And mind you, I'm not complaining, but as an international entertainment journalist, I have to point these things out.

The song "Blow" is catchy.  I think it's about something salacious, but I'm trying not to think about that right now.  The video for that song is kind of 70's retro and features Beyonce roller skating.  I may watch this again.  Yeah, it was that good.  The video for "Pretty Hurts" features our heroine in a beauty pageant as Miss Third Ward.  Harvey Keitel inexplicably makes a cameo in the middle of it.  I thought I was high, but he was really in it.  You would think he would be working on Pulp Fiction 2 or something.  The video was about the value that our society places on beauty and the ramifications.  And it's really a thought provoking piece.  Okay, not really.  I was looking at her ass.  As you will too.

So there you have it.  Based on the song and the two video clips, I give it a thumbs up.  With further listens or even the most preliminary analysis, this could of course all change.  Hope this helped!