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On her second solo album, BDay, the songs arrive in huge gusts of rhythm and emotion, with Beyoncés voice rippling over clattery beats; youd have to search far and wide — perhaps in the halls of the Metropolitan Opera — to find a
Read more about B'day on Entertainment Weekly
While 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 Dangerously in Love.
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Beyoncé has a presence, a character which is totally unique to her, and B’Day’s utterly imbued with it.
Read more about B'day on Stylus Magazine
On the most arresting moments of her second solo album - including the anguished, Sixties-tinged ballad "Resentment" and the punk-R&B single "Ring the Alarm" - Beyonce sings with enough frantic, quavering intensity to make you believe she really is
Read more about B'day on Rolling Stone
B-Day... well… it’s not a work of genius. It’s a solid album, but I definitely get the feeling that this album might have been rushed a bit.
Read more about B'day on PopMatters