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B'day
by Beyonce
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Overall Rating:
2.7915
Avg. Critic Score:
2.6745
B'day Rank 3 Reviews
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Jam!Rather, Beyonces BDay is a loud, raucous barnburner of a bash. Supposedly recorded in just a couple of weeks, this refreshingly immediate set finds the Destinys Child diva wiping off the lip gloss and letting down her hair with a set of ...more
AllHipHop.comThe lyrics arent girlie and neat. The tracks are an unsafe, gullie departure from DIL, which is befitting for the scuttled work. Ladies grab it, its yummy. Fellas, learn from it. ...more
Dot Music[It] firmly places her at the cutting edge of modern pop. ...more
BillboardThroughout, she romps with creative abandon, thankfully unafraid of stretching the boundaries lyrically and musically. ...more
The GuardianApart from a few pop-R&B space-fillers, there's not much to dislike about B'Day. ...more
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All Music GuideWhile Beyoncé does sound like she's in a bit of a hurry throughout the album, and there are no songs with the smooth elegance of "Me, Myself and I" or "Be with You," it is lean in a beneficial way, propelled by just as many highlights as the overlong ...more
Los Angeles TimesSome of the experiments don't click, but by reconfiguring and repurposing century-spanning components of black music, she's aligned herself more with Gnarls Barkley than Mary J. Blige, and if she's risking a drop-off in hits, she's gained an artistic ...more
Stylus MagazineBeyoncé has a presence, a character which is totally unique to her, and B’Day’s utterly imbued with it. ...more
PitchforkB'Day sounds like an entire album of third and fourth singles, which is still better than an album of filler. ...more
Slant MagazineFor all their grumbling about Internet piracy cutting into their bottom lines, record companies sure have used the blogger phenomenon to their advantage. Leak a track here, a video there, and you've got a direct line to the consumer—a global focus ...more
HipHopDXB-Day is a wonderfully arranged album, complete with quality, original production from a long list of mega-producers. ...more
Monsters and CriticsIt`s a rockier, edgier Beyonce belting out her I`m-my-own woman perspective on such intense tracks as "Ring the Alarm," the Tina Turner-esque funk/rock fest "Suga Mama" and the slick, wicked ...more
PrefixMagBDay is a joyous uptempo album full of vibrant vocals, fierce production, and boundless energy. The only complaint is that its over too soon. ...more
PrefixMagB'Day is a joyous uptempo album full of vibrant vocals, fierce production, and boundless energy. The only complaint is that it's over too soon. ...more
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