Are you shocked that Bey has the most acclaimed album by a female popstar?

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

7 hours ago, Rino said:

that's a very wrong and subjective opinion 

I don't agree with what he said but DUH EVERY opinion is subjective

[Dominic 11,922]

It's a solid and cohesive album.  Do I think it's the second coming of albums? No.  

Whilst I can appreciate Beyonce's talent I wonder how much she actually inputs into her music.  Anyone can be an advocate for justice when they've a team of 20 writing,  creating and shaping her era and message.  

Id like to know how the album itself would have been perceived if it weren't for the visual aid,  which I admit is the best part of the entire Lemonade campaign, but I'd like to see the album stand on its own merit because I don't think it's especially groundbreaking.  

[Manul 7,377]

After I listened to it, yes, ovbeyrrated.

[Epione 10,896]

14 hours ago, FLP13 said:

Mamma this album is a VISUAL ALBUM you will never get the full experience by just listening to it. #PURPLERAIN #PinkFloydTHEWALL

She's using visuals to hide poor quality of music. And as we can see, she's good at this. 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

There are no albums with scores before the year 2000. That's just a fan score. Like a Prayer wasn't highly acclaimed when it was released. Reviews changed throught the years because of its impact.

[brizoda 3,857]

I listened Lemonade two timew and

i would give a 77/100

[Serendipity 7,821]

26 minutes ago, just4fun said:

There are no albums with scores before the year 2000. That's just a fan score. Like a Prayer wasn't highly acclaimed when it was released. Reviews changed throught the years because of its impact.

It was hailed as "the closest pop music can get to art"

[Rolodex of Hate 1,761]

[PopBitch 1,218]

I am shocked, and truthfully I thought something like this (not the cheating) would have come from Gaga, a brilliant conceptual album that carried import, a stunning and brilliant  visual album all released at the same time, to see the visual, which is definitely art, no doubt about it, with the music, which the visual elevates everything she is saying on the album.

And here's Beyonce making this amazing adult album and companion visual videos, and Madonna puts out an album that has some songs pandering to the youth and sticking to the same old religious references (overdone).  It made me realize how backwards Madonna has gone for years and underestimates her audience and the pop youth market also, who are quite sophisticated in musical leanings.

[PopThatArt 2,193]

On 4/26/2016 at 3:33 PM, Baby Blue said:

The previous holder was Madonna's Like a Prayer (92)

Lemonade is at 94 so far (with Rollingstone [mostly male favoring] giving it a perfect 100/100)

 

I love both of them very much, but I never expected that any girl could come close to 90s

 

Receipts? And this score matters, why? Rollingstone is the end all be all with what good music is? So this means that it's the best album? This means nothing. More pressing matters to keep track of than some silly opinion who's on pay roll to compliment Beyonce. And then don't forget about all the people who don't really care for the album. All this crap to just make it look Beyonce matters and that she is relevant. Tons of negativity out there about Beyonce and that album and her other work, more so than there is about, say, ARTPOP. 

[XoXoJoanneGaga 629]

When looking at the complete package of the album and the film, coupled with the fact that metacritic is still quite new relative to the history of modern music, I'm not really surprised at all. The film is really fantastic, it expounds upon and deepens the album's themes in really subtle and enriching ways through the soliloquies and imagery. The album on it's own is nowhere near as great but it still has some excellent tracks. But I think it's fair for critics to review the complete package given that that's how it was released.

[XoXoJoanneGaga 629]

4 hours ago, PopThatArt said:

Receipts? And this score matters, why? Rollingstone is the end all be all with what good music is? So this means that it's the best album? This means nothing. More pressing matters to keep track of than some silly opinion who's on pay roll to compliment Beyonce. And then don't forget about all the people who don't really care for the album. All this crap to just make it look Beyonce matters and that she is relevant. Tons of negativity out there about Beyonce and that album and her other work, more so than there is about, say, ARTPOP. 

No one's talked about ARTPOP outside of these pop forums since it came out, barely even then, so how could there be negativity about it. And you realize Metacritic is more than just Rolling Stone right?

[Serendipity 7,821]

11 hours ago, PopThatArt said:

Receipts? And this score matters, why? Rollingstone is the end all be all with what good music is? So this means that it's the best album? This means nothing. More pressing matters to keep track of than some silly opinion who's on pay roll to compliment Beyonce. And then don't forget about all the people who don't really care for the album. All this crap to just make it look Beyonce matters and that she is relevant. Tons of negativity out there about Beyonce and that album and her other work, more so than there is about, say, ARTPOP. 

 

6 hours ago, CoCo1 said:

No one's talked about ARTPOP outside of these pop forums since it came out, barely even then, so how could there be negativity about it. And you realize Metacritic is more than just Rolling Stone right?

Metacritic is an aggregate of multiple reviews.

If literally every reviewer loves an album, it is acclaimed

 

Metacritic just sums up all the reviews an album gets

 

 

[Didymus 34,380]

Nope. Pop music is rarely good enough to be acclaimed and if someone's gonna elevate it it's gonna be either Gaga or Beyoncé (Madge stepped out of the race willingly it seems). I prefer the aesthetic of TF/M to Beyonce's stuff, but you just can't deny the quality on every level of Lemonade no matter if it's not your thing.

90+ is way too high tho, lbr. 83 is enough.

Edit: Not counting alternative artists like Allie X, Grimes and Susanne S. as "pop music" here. They're super acclaimed anyway, so I feel like this thread isn't about them in any cae.

[Varo Yan 2,984]

YES, I love Honey Bee and I love her past works, for example "Beyonce" is masterpiece for me - very beautiful music and genius lyrics, but this is absolutely overrated! Look at music - trash - no harmony, boring beat, same repetitious cold sound, no tasty trend, and lyrics - some powerful words which show her individual strength, confident...

I dont say she doesnt deserve it, and of course she grows up, but in this case many objective social reasons "help" her to rise. #blackfeminism

Even Rolling Stone noticed that in 1 song "Hung Up" worked 15 co-writers...