Can we talk about 4? The newest Beyonce album, duhsies. So I listened to it when it came out, and was mildly amused by the shoulder-ography in the music video, but wasn't particularly pleased with the album as a whole.

I've been working a lot in the Beyonce ouvre from Destiny's Child to the present for a B medley in a show I'm working on. Back in the Destiny's Child days, like EVERY song was a hit. And B'Day is half #1 singles and half songs that could have been #1s if there hadn't been so many other contenders. Dangerously in Love, same thing. But Sasha Fierce and 4 seem to have progressively fewer and fewer hits, and this is distressing to me.

I've been relistening to 4 and I'm obsessed with a few songs: Love On Top is GREAT, in that old school 80's R&B way. Also, no jokes about the title and me, please. Best Thing I Never Had sounds like it should be in the musical In the Heights or something, which could be good or bad depending on how you see these things. And Run the World is a pretty good song in the style of Single Ladies. I mean, it's no Single Ladies, but its trying.

Anyway, is this a good album? I can't decide. Sometimes my love for B and her voice just overshadows the fact that the songs aren't amazing. Does anyone care about this besides me?