These songs are okay, they would have to grow on me though.

in addition, i’m not a fan of Rihanna’s voice, but I am a fan of Rihanna and the way she’s stepped up her game. Her album is down right amazing, and trust this haters, when she drops her album next year, Ms. Beyonce will produce another baby (album) that’s close to her heart that she worked so hard on ( in other words, beyonce despite her talent is very competitive and can’t stand the idea of someone outshining her in anyway. “If I were a Boy” is a clear example of that. Rihanna,musically is giving Beyonce a run for her money. And Jennifer Hudson, and Jasmine Sullivan have the vocals covered) LOL eat that haters!

“If I were a boy” has to grow on me, but “single Ladies” is cute

If I Were A Boy, sounds very folksy. Like RnB mixed with James Taylor. It’s not bad at all.

lol @ radio playing it every 4th song.

Yaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnn!

Not great. Tolerable, at best.

Sorry!

I BET EVERYONE CRYING ABOUT THE SONGS NOW, THEY WILL HIT #1 ON THE CHARTS! THE MEDIA IS EATING BOTH OF THEM UP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI_mAueVTD4

BEyonce can just give it up. IT’s Rhinna’s time now, although i’m not a huge fan, it is what it is

OMFG!! She’s back! Now let me go and listen to her tunes, I know they are hot!!

aargh, this isn’t a MAC friendly link. oh well, i guess it’s not that bad, i should enjoy these last few moments of beyoncelessness cause once they’re officially released everywhere beyonce mania will be unleashed.

Bow DoWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If i were a boy…wow im speechless…amazing!!! she truly out did her self once again get it gurl!!!!!!
hatas sit down yall know yall love it!!!

The songs are really ok. Britney’s album is going to be bigger though.

both of these singles suck!

if beyonce was to burp into a mic you stans would think it was just fabolous!

She fell down those stairs during that tour!!!!! And she is gonna fall down again with these singles! I try so hard to like her but these songs are terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!! O no O no O no O no no!!!!!!!!!!! BC Jean shoulda kept that song, but maybe she knew it would have this effect on B career…hmmm wonder if it was all a plot lol

BC Jean is the original songwriter and performer of this song. The original is so much more AMAZING. Look her up. Beyonce does a nice job, but I think the girl who wrote and did the song originally is creative and extraordinary. Don’t get me wrong, at least the song is being heard, but it sucks when an artist who doesn’t even write their own material gets credit for it.

Both songs will have to grow on me but I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!! I expected so much more!

Both singles are garbage. I commend her for stepping out there on “If I were a boy.” It had potential when she first started, but as soon as she started screaming the hook, she lost me. Nice lyrics though. I totally agree with you #388.

OH SH*T!!!! I AIN’T EVEN A B FAN LIKE THAT, BUT THAT SINGLE LADIES?!!!!!!

OH SH*T!!!!!

TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE SAYING BC JEAN WROTE THIS SONG - YOU’RE WRRROOOOONNNNNGGGG!!!!!!! She PERFORMED it. The writers of this song are the same people who wrote BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY.

GO TO ASCAP AND CHECK BEFORE YOU POST A COMMENT MAKING YOURSELF LOOK UNINFORMED (#390 - LA LA).

HATERS, STOP WASTING TIME TRYING TO DISCREDIT BEYONCE BECAUSE YOU CAN’T.

RADIO AND EVERYONE IS LOVING BOTH SONGS AND THEY SHOULD BECAUSE IT’S FRESH FIRE. Beyonce’s version is amazing and Single Ladies is already being talked about being on spin in the clubs by tomorrow, if not tonight.

I’M GLAD BEYONCE’S BACK BECAUSE SHE’S REAL TALENT.

I’m not really feeling the single ladies one, maybe it’ll grow on me. If I were a boy is hot. I’m still excited to see what B has up her sleeve this time around.

Ok yo SO tis is it. BEYONCE BACK everybody going crazy rite now. I think the songs are diffrent i like “IF I WAS A BOY’ thats a nice track. tats another worldwide hit. but i luv the Direction shes going in. :). U can tell by her voice that Its like every girl has to become a woman. Her and her Man Gonna kIll this year. at first when i heard i was like Ok tats cute.lol

But when i listen to it againg and againg i was liek this is a nice job Bey did.

If i was a boy Is my faveorite song. TIme to get my website up Now. :D.lol

single ladies is soo cute song but it do have a B’Day kinda feel to it. But we’ll see

Now these RIRI fans Gettin mad.HAHA OMG ITS CRAZY RITE NOW.lol but yo the riri stans need to get a life Beyonce back and she only got two singles out nd tey nervous.lol but im happey beyonce back. and im getting the album.

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You can tell Beyonce tore the paint off these songs because the haters don’t even know how to hate. Stating facts that aren’t true or just plain saying craziness.

You ain’t gotta like Beyonce, but you can’t deny her talent.

And you wonder why she has more fans than haters…. GET ‘EM BEY!!!!

LMAO - whoooooooooohhhhhhoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

People who hate on Beyonce kill me. First they talk mess about Single Ladies because it reminds them of something that she has done in the past (Get Me Bodied and Freakum Dress). Okay okay, I agree, but then she does something totally left field (If I Were a Boy) and people hate on that. That song sounds nothing like “Like and Boy”. I’m confused!! I’m tired of posting, but I people are killing me. Single Ladies will be blaring in the clubs this weekend and people will be chanting “Put a Ring on it” and If I were a boy is already tearing up radio. As for Bey stepping up her game, she will, just wait. As I mentioned on another post, these single are doing what they are suppossed to do. Get people talking, create buzz. And its creating a lot of buzz. Look at comments about the songs on every black and non-black blog site.

And to the Ciara and Michelle Stans, Beyonce doesn’t need to wait to put out a single just so it doesn’t conflict with their videos or albums. Thats not the way competition works. They should step up their games (because they are both talented) and compete w/ Bey!!!

Get ready ya’ll….alot of ppl doubting her business sense…her creative being…this chic is DANGEROUS!!!! Watch how it all plays out…the chic knows what she’s doing…you don’t get this successful, loved and adored by millions on luck..no mam….no sir!

Check out the behind the scenes of her video shoots…HA she gonna blow our minds and yes I LOVE BEYONCE

http://www.beyonceworld.n...res/2008/BehindTheScenes/

Remember some ppl slept on her with De Ja Vu and what she do…took us by storm with her other songs…

She’s very smart…it will be a commercial success for sure. I didn’t get it right away and I listened to both songs again and I said she’s smart because what she’s doing is pleasing everyone from all angles…r&b, pop, hip hop and dare I say…country.

God Bless you Beyonce…you are doing exactly what God intended you to do and I plan on doing the same.

Instead of hating on Beyonce…UPLIFT her! I believe if we all were living out our own dreams…we would understand and appreciate that she is being true to herself…are YOU!?!

I AM!

see you all soon.

leslie arnelle

DAMMNNNNNN!
QUEEN BEE HAS STUNG!
WATCH OUT NOW!
i love it all.
i just love it.
i love beyonce.
LIVING LEGEND.

RTFO people coming on here writing letters to explain the dreadfulness that is this overrated b#tch!

signed,

rightful HATER!

Middle finger to the HATERS. Im jamming to “Single Ladies” already!

I can’t continue to read these comments about Beyonce swagger jacking. 1. If I were a boy sounds nothing like “Like a Boy.” 2. SHE DOES NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT RIHANNA. They are on 2 different levels, Bey on the higher end. Thats like comparing Bow Wow to Jay-Z. C’mon. I can understand if people don’t like her but saying she is trying to copy rihanna is insulting on so many levels!!

The songs didn’t grab me at first, but I KNOW the album will be fire. These songs were not designed to move mountains. LOL But its garnering buzz for the album, which is clearly working. If haven’t seen this many comments on a story for CL in a min.

If she would have waited to release the songs for michelles album and ciaras video to do what ever, that says more about them and their talent than Bey. Time to step up their game if thats the case.

# 394 (Wake up goofy) BC JEAN! Did Write Like A Boy … opps I mean If I were a boy. The people from Big Girls PRODUCED IT GOOFY!!! Single LADIES has the best potential but STILL IDK It is SuPER WEAK Compared to Get Me BODIED now that SONG Is blazing and still is! Thats why I SHAKE My head in SHAME! Cus she just WENT BACKWARDS NOT FORwARDS!!

Yes Beyonce has vocals, but they dont make the song! Its everything. Now The Like A Boy Rip off and BC JEAN song If I were A Boy should just have been released as a BONUS TRACK. SO SHOULD HAVE SINGLE LADIES!!!

Ciara Video GO GIRL IS BLAZING! Im like UH OH Ciara is back and with the FIRE!!!
Beyonce not so much this time around and these singles do sound RUSHED. That’s why I say Bonus tracks at BEST!

IDK What happened to Beyonce but it sure as heck NO IRREPLACABLE(I still jam to that song every day!) and LIGHT YEARS AWAY from CRAZY IN LOVE ( Which made me FALL CRAZY IN LOVE with Beyonce as a solo artist)

GET IT TOGETHER BEYONCE!!! Cant let the WHORISH MoM Britney Take over I’d Rather see BEYONCE and CIARA ON Top this time around then Christina Augerlia and Britney!

rihanna fans and stans don’t have nothing to worry about. her weakest song(say it and hate that i love you) are way betta than beyonce new songs

#406 LOL wow, true but no on the VOCAL LEVEL of the Like a Boy Reject. Yeah the vibe and just chrisma of that song is BETTER Then this one. Heck I even love Ciara GO GIRL better then THIS and I know thats her weakest song ever! At least the video, which is CRAZY and best this year!!! Makes up for it and the vibe of the song is so mellow and groove to it. It is radio friendly.

Cmon Beyonce I hope videos deliver the songs1!!

THESE SONGS ARE A HOT MESS…..HER ALBUM WILL FLOP

THERES SOOOO MUCH COMPETITION OUT THERE…SHE NEEDS TO STEP HER GAME UP ON THE MUSIC SIDE AND STOP FOCUSING ON ACTING

THE ALBUM WILLL FLOP…….

“If I were a boy” sounds horrible and corny!!!! Wow! That was horrible!

Damn both songs are horrible! Ya’ll have to be real fans to like either one of those songs! She has fell off hard! She need not release either one of those songs!

Hottttttttt!!!!! Love bee… Single Ladies is cool! I love both singles! Can’t wait to buy this album!

All of the good comments are coming from stans! sorry but she Sucks and so does those recycled garbage can songs. Can beyonce go sit her fat ass down!!!!!!!!!

DONT LIKE IT!

400 comments!LOL

The Beyonce era is going to be off the chains!

FLOP…Lmfao Queen bee stans yall better come out and support yall girl…

Anyhooo

ASHANTI

THE DECLARATION CLASSIC ALBUM HANDS DOWN

**And don’t talk about hoe she “flopped” becuase she didnt have any promo/support from her label And at least she writes EVERYTHING.

Good Luck Bee

ASHANTI- SPRING 09′

Lmfao @ Rihanna next sound tryna be Punk/Rock LMFAOOOO such a sell out the ONLY artist I RESPECT is

ASHANTI

BRANDY

and Beyonce at times but she won’t do good this time around IF HER album drops the 18th. srry

Srry How^^^

SHE’S GONNA SELL MILLIONS!!!
soo i advise you haters to pick ya face up off the floor right now!!!

HER ALBUM WILL DROP THEE 18TH!!!
NO IF’S AND’S OR BUT’S!!

I love Bee all her past albums I have and listen to now on a daily basis but, I’m not really excited about her new music If I’m not mistaken Ciara came out with a song called Like a Boy with fine ass Reggie Bush in the video and the song was about the exact same thing!!! Single ladies is ok I think it’s going to have to grow on me. I’m really hoping that the rest of the album is better….

WOW…I fuckin love “If I were a boy”!!!!!!!!!!!
But “Single Ladies” has 2 grow on me…But its very catchy tho…

Yeah Too much like Ciara and too much like Get Me Bodied!!! Where is her Growth!??!
Nice vocals thats about it! But same vocals as other songs again why should we be so HYPED for this nothing REFRESHING NEW, NO GROWTH or anything. Just hope the Album delivers becasue these arent cutting it. Should have saved this for bonus tracks on the BDAY album!

SOLANGE SONGS MURDERED THESE!!! SandCastle and I Decided. Maybe Beyonce need to look up to her!

If I was a boy is straight garbage and Single Ladies? What a cheap generic attempt at getting all the women out there to sing along like some dumb asses lol put a ring on it? GTFOOH (Get the fizuck outta her Beyonce with them fat ass canckles lol)

bey must really hate bran cause this board wants to compete with a legend of our time. its all good tho will see who will win? most singers wait about 2 month period after thier single release but she think she the shit well when this song flop and her album and bran come on top i will be laughing

Luv Bee’ — but that song ” Single Ladies “…………sounds like

she made that up in the shower.

not Hot.

@ 323 I agree. I was not feeling Single Ladies Put A Ring On It until I saw video preview. The chorography is tight.

i don’t care for Beyonce’s ballads…so i’m not really feeling “If I were a boy.” But single ladies is gonna be club banger…for reall!!!! yall can’t even lie. Kind of reminds me of Get me Bodied…. Now us women are gonna be yelling “shoulda put a ring on it’ for the next two years….Beyonce has that power…lol

These songs are real reguluar! I expected wayyy more, she worked on this mess for a year???? The game has changed and I don’t think this will cut it…

i’m not really feeling either songs. i like the demo version of “If I Were A Boy” by BC Jean.

I must add…as much as I can’t stand Ciara….Ciara’s single Go Girl is better than BOTH OF THESE SINGLES. I do not really like “go girll.” I do like ‘’single ladies” but it reminds to much of “Get me Bodied.’..i listened to it again and i don’t like it as much

This song is horrible! Why does this sound like something left over from B”day? I figure she feels like she can put anything out and people would buy it. I don’t know if that is going to work this time around. With the economy the way it is, and everybody albums coming out around this time of year, people are going to be a bit more selective of who album they are going to buy.

Not crazy about “If I were a boy”, very mediocre. However, I know the radio is going to over exaggerate and overplay this song to the max that will learn to “like” it. “Single ladies”, independent women, yada yada yada, she screams the same message, but turns around and makes a song about being emotionally hurt. What happened to raa raa sisterhood?

WOWEE Beyonce got them haters out in full force. Beyonce got them MAD as heck LMAO.

My girl did her damn thing…so cannot wait til her single and album hits the stores…OMG I literally am counting down the days til we get her numbers in. You peeps are going to be even more annoyed.

But carry on hating, Beyonce and her fans need you…afterall you’re the ones that give the free publcity. Keep talking.

400+ comments (and no video) just proves how hot this woman is. What other artsist has produced so much comments over their songs??

I remember when the remix of ‘Until the end of time’ with Justin Ft. Beyonce was released that was over 700+. Beyonce you are DA BOMB!!

WATCH THIS!!
http://www.sinternet.com/beyonce.html

Nothing New, Not feeling it at all. Maybe next time

RITA, while I have browsed this topic I have seen countless comments made by you ‘explaining’ you aren’t feeling Beyonce or her tracks so why (and I mean this politely) are you even posting in her thread?

You do realise you are contributing to the greatness that is Beyonce Knowles- Carter, right?

YOU CAN TELL THESE SONGS ARE GOING TO BE A HUGE HIT BECAUSE OF THE BUZZ ALREADY SURROUNDING THEM. LOL!!
I LOVE SINGLE LADIES (IT’S NOT A SERIOUS SONG. IT’S A SONG YOU GO TO THE CLUB AND JUST DANCE TO.
HOWEVER, IF I WERE A BOY IS DIFFERENT YET REFRESHING. SHE IS TRYING TO CAPTURE ANOTHER MARKET AND SOUND
SONGS SHE DID A GOOD JOB.

Wow beyonce is still stuck in B-day era. These songs are really not that great. Too bad she can’t come with something original. She needs to live a litte. I mean not up under Jay Z all the damn time. Really get out there and live. She knows nothing about single ladies wtf???She been up under Jay Z since she turned legal. She is a sheltered girl who went from daddy straight to Jay Z. She knows nothing about what its like in the real world. Beyonce has not grown as an artist. Maybe once she divorces the camel she will see what real life is really about. Chicka got a long way to go to write some real songs. Damn I am disappointed SMDH

And seriously, someone tell her she is not a Michael Jackson or on Prince level. She is sooooooo unoriginal. No one will be singing this shit in 10 years…hell in two months this wack ass music will have flopped. She is on her last leg limping along with bullshit ass songs that won’t cut it. Only her stans will try to convince themselves that this shit is legendary music lmaoooooooooo

oh lord, someone on here actually thinks that the number of comments you have mean you’re hot. Come on and grow up stans LOL Are yall seriously as dumb as home schooled drop out Beyonce? If half of the comments are bad, that just means the real public has weighed in and the other half are the same stans posting “hooray” “Yes!! she’s back! It’s hot!” most of yall are from be yon ce world dot net LMAO yall not fooling anyone. These songs are really not all that great. her look is basically the same once again. What else can she do? She’s older now and really has lost her spark.. obviously the younguns in the game has her shook. She said she worked on this for a whole year? Damn wtf is she slow or something? LOL It sure as hell don’t seem like she worked on it for a year unless she is dyslexic and can’t write too fast because all her shit is jumbled up! Single Ladies. If I was a boy? ummmm come again beyonce cause you slippin bish LOL

ok, here’s my 2 cents. it seems B’s new sound is A LOT more mainstream/pop. I’m a big fan, not feelin the two singles. I know she definitely worked hard on this work, but these tracks sound like somethin Rihanna would sing. Does continued success in the industry mean u have to leave your R&B, soul, hip-hop roots and go for this same ‘ol same ‘ol pop sound? i hope her next singles are better.

LOVE IT!!! GO BEYONCE!!! SHE IS SHOWING US THAT SHE IS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN OTHER ARTISTS .. NAME OTHER ARTISTS WHO CAN DELIVER LIKE THIS NOT MANY….

I wanted to like her songs, I really did. But they sound so juvenile. If I was a boy is ‘aight’. Maybe she should really take a break and find her inner creativity. The fact that she says she recorded how many? 70+ songs? for this album seems suspect. She should slow down and make some ‘quality’ music.

@441 ummmmmmmmmm I think Ciara, Ashanti, Rihanna and anyone else could easily sing this wack shit. I mean, look, I am a fan and I can say there is nothing special about any of these tracks. If anything, these songs will prove to the haters that she is not above all her competition. Its straight mediocre material. Beyonce says she wants to be a legend? Then why make songs that any chick in the game can sing. Nothing special about these two singles. let’s hope she put the weakest ones out first, that’s the shit Michael Jackson use to do back in the day. Hope that’s her strategy because it not? Its all downhill from here.

garbage

beyonces body dont look like that!
shes a master of illusion!!!

one word:

WACK

Single Ladies is a club banger. I have already seen snippets of the video, and it looks great. The other one is a different kind of song for her. I heard it was written by the same person who wrote Fergie’s Big Girls Don’t Cry which I loved. This one has to grow on me though.

If I were a boy > Single Ladies

I like Ciaras “Like a boy” better.
Single Ladies…the chorus…uh that’s the best you could do??

uh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh no!

If I were a boy > Single Ladies

I like Ciaras “Like a boy” better.
Single Ladies…the chorus…uh that’s the best you could do??

uh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh no!

OMG!! I love “If I were a boy”. The lyrics are bomb. Glad to see Bee still doing her thang

These songs are not hot. at all. sorry stans but Beyonce needs to try again.