Beyoncé: Bow Down/I Been On
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Genre: Hip-hop, R&BPros:
Sasha Fierce is back...Cons:
The music, the lyrics, the production...the perfect breed for a catastropheSasha Fierce once more proves to have bite, but there’s not much here to chew
Sasha Fierce once more proves to have bite, but there’s not much here to chew
Ramping up the heavily-lubricated marketing engine behind her highly talked about “Ms. Carter” Tour, Beyoncé is showing off her boss bitch attitude on a “Run the World (Gurls)” sequel. I actually like Bey’s alter ego Sasha Fierce; she’s got spunk, attitude and comes off as a tamer Millie Jackson. I also excuse her sauciness on “Bow Down,” where she tells her haters to “bow down” as if she’s some a 21st century Madusa. Certainly it’ll be more bait in stirring up those Illuminati theories. But the Hot Boy-produced, hip-hop-influenced track is awfully constructed and hardly compliments Bey’s catalog. The Rihanna swagger is heavily copied here – think “Birthday Cake.” When the song crosses the one-minute mark, alien sounds take over, resembling the strangeness of one of those bad Limewire rips done on dial-up. It hardly features her vocal, which is a good thing. Had her voice been plastered throughout the entire massacre, it would’ve sounded like a total endorsement. It’s rumored that the “leaked” track might surface on her upcoming album. Hope she toss this track to the wayside and return back to the drawing board.
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BEYONCE – BOW DOWN/I BEEN ON
Bow Down / I Been On by Beyoncé
