I LOVE BOTH SONGS AND I LOVE BEYONCE.
CANT WAIT TO GET THAT ALBUM NOVEMEBER 18TH.

#147, you need to face reality. Only stans is checkin’ for this ish. Sorry, but its not up to par. Every dog has its day. For beyonce this ish is like ground hog’s day..its the same ish over and over. She need new material or just sit her wide ass down! lol

@100,man i love “If”,”Forever To Bleed” and “Kick Him Out”(or Next Ex)
what the hell happened to them,all of them are better than these two!!

nvm,i forgot two of them were bonus tracks but Kick Him Out is the most recent i’ve heard

#150 SHE DID TAKE A BREAK.

WHAT DO YOU WANT HER TO DO? DROP OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH? IS IT HER FAULT THE PAPS TAKE HER PICS EVERYTIME SHE WALKS OUT THE DOOR?

UNLESS YOU BLOG, THEN MOST PEOPLE HAVENT SEEN BEYONCE IN A WHILE. PEOPLE ARE HYPED SHE IS BACK. SHE TOOK A LONG ENOUGH BREAK AND NOW SHE IS BRINGING SINGING BACK. SHE IS ONE OF THE FEW TALENTED MAINSTREAM ARTISTS WE HAVE.

I like the If I Were A Boy. Its a little over-repetitive… but I could see it getting spins on the radio. As far as Single Ladies… so far i’m not really feeling it - the beat is hot though but it sounds like get me bodied. IDK what to say…*shrugs* I’m a big Beyonce fan but I’m not really feeling them but I know If I were a boy is gonna grow on me. Not so sure about single ladies. I wish she’d take a break because I really want to buy her new album & go see her new tour but its like im getting tired of her. oh well - on to the new ciara joint..

WHOEVER SAY ‘IF I WERE A BOY’ IS THE BEST SONG OF THE YEAR IS TRUE , IT SO DEEP AND THE VIOCE IS AMAZING. ‘SINGLE LADIES’ IS NOT THAT AMAZING BUT IT IS SO ADDICTIVE. SO I THINK BEY WILL DO WELL!

Eh… I like the original for “If I Were A Boy” : http://perezhilton.com/2008-10-08-if-i-were-a-boy

Bey needs to go to the left, to the left with that recycled garbage. She took all that time off and this is the best she has to offer? SMDH

Okay I guess…….I’ve heard better this year. Like A Boy is alright…not really my taste, but good that she’s trying something new. I guess……..

If I Were a Boy is a beautiful song. It’s a bit over-produced.
There is too much going on with Single Ladies.

#152 YOU need to face reality. You haters say the same thing every time new Beyonce music comes out.

She fell off…..this is wack……yadda yadda yadda. She has millions of fans who support everything she does. She is in forbes and whoever your favorite singer is, is not.

Like I said she dont need your support. She gets plenty from her fans, peers, and legends. All her success speaks for itself.

She dont need you. Period.

#137….my opinion is published on a regular basis homie so contrary to what you THINK my opinion is read by a whole body of people and pursues many……further more, Rihanna is singing about friendship in Umbrella, how no matter what her friends goes through she will always be there…..that is SUBSTANCE….but you are a Beyonce fan so I wouldn’t expect you to understand that. Go cope Brandy’s album on Nov. 11th and then you will have the definition of SUBSTANCE

Meanwhile Beyonce is singing about If she was a boy…..something that another artist already came up with ….it’s one thing to duplicate the whole concept but to take the title too……be a innovator. I like Beyonce as a entertainer and I think she has so much to offer she’s just not showing it…and I can’t wait until she does because I know she will kill it…but with singles like this….SHE IS NOT!!!!!! ..

Enjoy your day homie!

Not impressed at all. Why is there so much hype…B-day was a mess and now this, please do not support this mess and maybe she will do better next time around

I truly believe in order to be a true fan of an artist, you possess the ability to admit when your favorite artist sucks or isn’t at their best.

This isn’t Beyonce’s best.

If I Were A Boy is cool. Couldve been WAY better. Her vocals were on point though. The song just has to grow on me.

Single Ladies absolutely SUCKS! Good God that song was wretched!

She couldve came harder.

Some of ya’ll aren’t REAL fans

LOL, THE HATERS ARE ALREADY ON THEIR JOBS. WHY ARE SOME OF YOU HATERS SO DUMB AND STUPID?!? SONGWRITERS DO DEMOS ALL THE TIME, THE ARTIST THEY INTERESTED IN WRITING AND SELLING THE SONG TOO. OBVIOUSLY THE PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER WROTE THE SONG FOR BEYONCE. GIVE IT UP HATERS, STOP RECYCLING THE SAME HATE MATERIAL FORM 2006

IT YOU LIKE THEN YOU SCHOULD OF PUT A RING ON IT!!!!!!!
LOVE IT BEYONCE

i am a b fan all day long. this is disappointing beyond belief. i don’t want a formula. needless to say, i will buy the album b/c she does bring it! i hope this is a ploy to divert attention from the REAL tracks

Anybody that would even put Ciara in the same sentence as Beyonce needs to have their head examined. I llike REAL singing not that whispering crap Ciara does.
And most of you claiming to like the original better are just saying that just to be saying something. Most of you probably had never even heard of BCJean or whatever until today.SMH

LOL@69 i co-sign. Gee whiz . . . i guess we’ll have to stomach it.

#165 there is a difference between facts and opinions.

You might not like it but there are others who do. So they’re not real fans just because they like it and you don’t? gtfoh.

I LOVEEEEEE IT!!!!
both songs are great!!! but “if i were a boy” is my ISH!!!
i like single ladies too but im just IN LOVE with IIWAB!
i cant wait 4 the album!!! i will be at bestbuy early in the
morning to buy my 3 copies!!!!

SINGLE LADIES IS A SONG THAT FUN. IF I WERE A BOY IS BEAUTIFUL SON. I LIKE THE NEW STUFF. GOOD JOB BEYONCE

“IF LIKE IT YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT A RING ON IT.”

I listened and I kept an open mind because I want to hear new music…….I dont like what I heard. “Like a boy” is just okay it sounds kind of like something Fergie would do, and “Single Ladies” is crap with no substance. I need her to go in and rework this.

Again, I want to make it clear that I think Beyonce is an amazing ENTERTAINER….her stage performances can not be touched by anyone her age and will that amount of talent on the stage I know she can come harder with good quality music instead of stuff like this……I’m not a psycho fan but I do appreciate her hustle!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE If I were a Boy. Single Ladies is my new workout anthem. “you should’ve put a ring on it” LOL

Queen B is bizzack.LOL

Hotness. I disagree, she didn’t even take a whole year off. Look at people like Christina Aguilera or Justin, Jill Scott… I could on but not necessary, I’m not hating at all.Artists truly develop through experience, I am an artist myself.These two artists, amongst many others allow themselves time to complete a good album.I have worked closely with peopIe in the industry, and I think they put way too much pressure on that girl.You can tell she has a passion for what she does, but it seems as if she is being pushed like crack cocaine.I just think people take whatever the radio dishes out, and most of that is garbage.

THE SONGS ARE FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THOSE 2 ARE HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
NICE JOB BEYONCE!!!!
YOU GUYS THAT DONT LIKE WAIT TO SEE THE VIDEOS YOULL LIKE FOR SURE I HEARD SINGLE LADIES CHOREOGRAPHY IS WICKED AND IF I WERE A BOY IS CINEMATOGRAPHIC CANT WAIT

PLEASE ! NO MORE BEYONCE I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!NOOOOOOOO!!SHE AINT EVEN GOOD AT ALL 2 ME!PLEASE DONT FORCE US 2 HEAR THIS GARBAGE A MILLION TIMES ON RADIO!

STFU!!!!! THOSE THAT ARE SAYING ‘I AM A FAN BUT I AM DISAPPOINTED’ STOP LIEING U R A BEY HATER!!!!

AND STOP POSTING UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES!!!

Vocally? As expected. Otherwise? Eh. ‘Like a boy’ is okay. It’ll grow on me. She is doing the Rihanna simplicity thing - i.e., Take a bow. I don’t think she went to any new level with the vocal performance. She’s always superb. ‘Single ladies’ I don’t like at all.

The hype ended out to be stupid. If I were a boy I can see myself listening to. Single ladies sucks donkeys balls. SORRY, It does. I wonder what cocky fans have to say now?

Like a Boy is a great single choice for POP radio…I’m feeling it slowly. This other track Single Ladies is okay, I’m sure it will grow on me. It sounds too much like a 2nd version of Get Me Bodied…no growth material wise. But it’s Beyonce so what the hell!

Let’s just face it people, if Beyonce took a crap on a track all these STANS would be like oh my god, that track is hot, this is the best crap she ever took, can you believe it only took her one week to get that crap out. I can’t wait for her DOO-DOO album to come out, I’m straight coppin it. All of yall haters always getting mad because the artists you like can’t tak a crap like Bey. She’s the greatest. LOL. I like Beyonce but you STANS need to give it a rest. It’s ridiculous

Beyonce go back to the studio, these tracks suck.

Did she even try??? Single Ladies sounds like a throw away from B-day and if I were a boy would put me to sleep if it weren’t for the needless screaming. I prefer the original much more. (If you haven’t heard its by BC Jean) I’m really disappointed in Beyonce this time around. I thought she woulda came harder, seeing as though she’s got a couple chicks on her heals.

if i were a boy is already a SMASH in the UK. it’s already record of the week over there and appeared on the b list. that’s a huge accomplishment. go head queen bee! i know the haters are dying right now…….LMAO

@Mark

Boy STOP!!! Nobody cares about brandy’s shitty single! How are you gonna be hypocritical about another artist subject matter in a song, when Brandy isn’t exactly original with her subject matter either. Making such travesty comment about Rihanna’s umbrella having substance?!? Get that mess outta here!

Mark go sit down somewhere. How the hell is “if i were a boy” and “like a boy” the same title? and LMAO at you saying “umbrella” has substance.

sorry but you are no different from anybody else on here with an opinion. sit down.

BEYSUS STANS…YA CREOLE EASTER IS FINALLY HERE

BREAK OUT YA LACEFRONTS AND STILETTOS!!

#171.

I know music is subjective. I don’t recall stating what I posted as fact. I stated what I believed which is -gasp- MY opinion. I also know I said “SOME of ya’ll aren’t real fans” not all those who like it aren’t.

A lot of these posters don’t have justified reasons for liking the song, other than the artist & their obsession with said artist. She could squeak her armpits on a track with her farting the chorus & SOME people will STILL continue to go apeshit over it.

I like this chick. I just wish she went harder with her comeback.

If YOU feel guilty because you’re one of those fans I was talking about, that’s on you.

These songs, especially If I Were A Boy are great! This song is full of substance. I mean did some of you even listen to the song, or are you just all haters.

To #42. You are insane. The audacity of some of you psychos in the world today. How do your dumb a** know what Bey’s faith is. You have no idea! Before passing judgement upon anyone- look in the mirror idiot!

@177 - I AGREE. PEOPLE DO PUT PRESSURE ON HER TO BE BETTER - TOO MUCH PRESSURE ( A BETTERNESS THAT IS OUT OF THIS WORLD).

THEY CANNOT LET HER BREATHE, BUT THEY WORSHIP ARTISTS THAT IS MILLION TIMES WORST THAN HER IN EVERYTHING!!!!!

THE SAME PEOPLE THAT COMPLAIN MUSIC IS GARBAGE, WELL IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE GABBAGE UNLESS YOU STOP HATING AND BEING JEALOUS AND EMBRACE REAL TALENT!!!!

Alrighty then!

Music’s not bad, and ti’s nothing special either. I would expect more from her.

BOTH SONGS ARE TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IM SO DISAPPOINTED
SHE COULD DO SO MUCH BETTER
I CANT BELIEVE SHE WROTE/CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE PIECES OF SHIT
SHE NEEDS TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HER ASS IS TIRED
GO HAVE SOME BABIES OR SOMETHING
I WOULD TAKE RIRI OVER HER ANYDAY NOW

^^^^^^yawn.

LMAO! Both songs are hot garbage…Once again she’s hollering and straining on the track. This does not come easy for her like it does for Jennifer Hudson. I don’t blame her father when he said there are 1000’s of singers that are better than beyonce.

These singles are terrible. But once the radio stations play it 1 million times and force this garbage on people, those easily influenced will grow to love it.

STRAIGHT GARBAGE! If i were a boy - no words, but it’s the better of the two. Single ladies - straight country bumpkin trash; you would swear it’s a country track. She always makes songs singing to the ladies to kiss women’s ass hoping they buy her cd’s.

Crazy in Love is a classic…B-Day was a bunch of loud noise except for irreplaceable, and so far this cd = STRAIGHT GARBAGE.

Ciara’s like a boy was of much better quality……just wow.

Single Ladies…ok. If I Were I Boy…I expected this song to have a different sound. We’ll see…

Yes the haters say the same shit every Beyonce album but she always goes #1 and sells millions.

So apparently you cant believe nothing haters say. Beyonce has a lot of fans and everything she does is a success.

btw i love both songs. her vocals give me chills.

CANT STOP LISTENING TO ‘ IF I WERE A BOY’ ITS ON REPLAY. SOME ICONIC SHIT!!!!!

FOR THE ONES WHO DONT LIKE HER PLEASE FUCK OFF!!!! I MEAN IF YOU DON LIKE HER WHY ARE YALL HERE POSTIN?
PEOPLE WITH BRAINS PLEASE WAIT FOR THE VIDEOS AND THE ALBUM YOULL SEE!

The video for If I Were A Boy is also shot in black and white just like Ciara’s Like A Boy.

She’s dressed up like her man (the cop outfit) in the video just like Ciara wore mens clothing in Like A Boy.

** Beyonce stans please explain these coincidences????

hate both of ‘em.
…..but love her.

&& wtf is up with all these HATERS!!! god!!!
LMAOOOO….yall gotta kno that beyonce is gone make you LIKE her! even if you dnt!!..lolsz all i can say is that..keep HATIN!! its only gona make her do wat she loves more!!!

GO BEE GO BEE!!!

jscene just go kill yourself already. the sick hatred you have for beyonce is sad.

nobody is checking for jhud album and ciara who? didn’t she open up for rihanna who is broke her damn self.

please none of those chicks are as popular, rich, and successful as beyonce.

now go cry yourself to sleep over it.

I JUST READ HER VIDEOS IS INCREDIBLY HOT, ESPECIALLY ‘SINGLE LADIES’ ( HOT DANCES) AND ‘IF I WERE A BOY’ VIDEO IS AMAZING!!!!

ICONIC!!!!!

i actually LOVE both of em…i could see myself rockin to single ladies in the car!

Anybody that would prefer rihanna goat singing or ciara whispering over beyonce REAL singing must be deaf or age 18 and below.SMH

Anyway Bey vocals are really good. Both songs are hot.

&& STOP comparin her to CIARA!!!
because CIARA aint got SHIT on BEYONCE!!!
&& thats a FACT!!

I’m disappointed too! WTF is this mess?!

@JSCENE - YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS THREAD IS IRRELEVANT. HATE IS YOUT MIDDLE NAME .

#208
lolsz thats sooo not tru!! lolsz im 16 && i love beyonce!! always have since destiny’s child days!! lolsz!!

Okay, after my 4th listen, I like ‘Singles ladies’ LOL. I have to keep it real - it’s addictive. I’m annoyed because it sounds so much like her previous stuff but that ‘uh, oh, oh, oh, oh’? That part is my ish LOL

Both songs are God awful, but because she’s Beyonce this horrid garbage will sell. Ugh. It’s time for more over kill.

#202 explain why ciara is wearing a cheap version of beyonce’s get me bodied bet performance outfit and why ciara say she was influenced by destiny’s child? and why is she trying to sex it up all of a sudden. explain those coincidences.

i dont know what’s funnier. comparing ciara to beyonce or comparing rihanna to beyonce. either way ciara stans and rihanna stans lose.

OMG. Did you hear her vocals on if” i were a boy” ? Sounds like she’s running out of breathe. Wowwwwwww…And her remix to “get me bodied”, sounds like the same sound. I’m extremely disappointed. When you stay away from work that long you better come back with a banger, ask Usher. Go back to the studio beyonce. Please.

These songs are nothing spectacular…I can’t even get through the whole track…either of them!!!! They’re whack!!!!

These songs are nothing spectacular…I can’t even get through the whole track…either of them!!!! They’re whack!!!!

both song are wack. sorry

both songs are wack.

LMAO at the haters talking about go back to the studio. Puh-lease this is BEYONCE. She can fart on a record and it will sell. Even her biggest haters know that.

These songs will be played everywhere just like all her other songs. Her haters better just prepare themselves.

I’m feeling “If I were a boy” its cool. “Single ladies” is really gonna have to grow on me…..

The only thing worth even making a fuss about is her cover for “Single Ladies” and I bet that ish was photoshopped

after few listens Single Ladies becomes my new favorite jam!

@180 Diamond

What makes them a hater, cause they got a real opinion. Nope, you’re wrong…these are not the same people, these are different posters and i know cause i come on here everyday and i recognize the different names. And why is it so out of the question for some of her fans to truly be dissappointed with this load of horse shit this time around? Admit it, this shit sounds terrible! If i were a boy is stomachable, but it’s horing as fuck, and once again she’s straining her voice, yelling and carrying on. It might sell as a pop record, but overall deep down, you know this shit is trash…I wouldn’t even say this is worthy of her, i believe she can do better, but because you her psycho fans, they’ll buy anything she put out, i don’t think she tries as hard as she can. I’m sure many of her fans will be obsessed; at least the ones who are honest with themselves, or not truly obsessed with her.