While it's become apparent that girls aren't the ones running the world at the moment, that hasn't stopped Beyonce from promoting the hell out of her last project. Not only is the self-proclaimed "diva" keeping the guest appearances to a minimum (Andre 3000 guests on the uptempo "Party"), but her album, which she says she recorded over 60 songs within the past year will only include your standard 12 tracks. I'm sure if people wait about six months she'll release a deluxe edition with a few more songs, like she's done since B-Day.
Bey also finally addressed her legendary claims of swagger jacking, who was accused of getting the idea for her show-stopping Billboard Awards performance from Italian pop star Lorella Cuccarini, who did the same routine back in 2010. Beyonce does admit that she saw Lorella's performance, and only took inspiration from her.
"My makeup artist showed me the performance of Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much," Beyonce told AOL Music. "I then met with the talented people who worked on it. The technology and concept were so genius. Thank God for YouTube or I would have never been exposed to something so inspiring. I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for the Billboard Awards."
I always say when people are inspired by something, if you are on a large platform to expose it to a larger audience why not take that on? Madonna has been doing that for decades. No one in the mainstream universe were even aware of voguing until she brought it to the masses. And since most Americans are too self-asborbed to even notice their own shadow, why not Bey finally take a risk with her career and try something new? I liked the performance and see no problem with this. Besides, she only used portions of Lorella's video. She didn't just plain copy the whole thing. Now that would be considered thievery. You can read the rest and come to your own conclusion by heading to new.music.yahoo.com
Beyonce 4 Tracklisting
1. “1+1″
2. “I Care”
3. “I Miss You”
4. “Best Thing I Never Had”
5. “Party” feat. André 3000
6. “Rather Die Young”
7. “Start Over”
8. “Love on Top”
9. “Countdown”
10. “End of Time”
11. “I Was Here”
12. “Run the World (Girls)”
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