A random thought.
With some house chores to do and no particular album in mind to listen to, I put the IPod (affectionately called “Mr. Green”, because of his green slipcase ) on shuffle. On came “Back Up” by Beyonce`, a rare and suspected reject track from the “B’day” album. I immediately started dancing and singing along thinking “dang, I love this song”. The overall sound and lyrical style wasn’t typical Beyonce`: it was hard-hitting, aggressive, very urban and featured overconfident, bragging lyrics that addressed the issue of industry haters (a hardly touched topic for Beyonce`). While the goal of being and doing such things didn’t translate well on “Sasha Fierce”, it did on “Back Up.” It dawned on me that “Back Up” was “Sasha Fierce” done right. Beyonce` didn’t follow her own blueprint when she started to record “SF.” Her alter-ego is much more likable on this song. “Back Up” is more natural, and is more of Beyonce’s personal take on hip-hop than the other way around. Part of the reason why the disc 2 “SF” material didn’t work was because Beyonce` was trying on other shoes instead of designing her own. Next time Bee wants to be all hard and gangsta, maybe she should look at “Upgrade U”, “Ring the Alarm” and “Back Up.” Just a thought.
With some house chores to do and no particular album in mind to listen to, I put the IPod (affectionately called “Mr. Green”, because of his green slipcase ) on shuffle. On came “Back Up” by Beyonce`, a rare and suspected reject track from the “B’day” album. I immediately started dancing and singing along thinking “dang, I love this song”. The overall sound and lyrical style wasn’t typical Beyonce`: it was hard-hitting, aggressive, very urban and featured overconfident, bragging lyrics that addressed the issue of industry haters (a hardly touched topic for Beyonce`). While the goal of being and doing such things didn’t translate well on “Sasha Fierce”, it did on “Back Up.” It dawned on me that “Back Up” was “Sasha Fierce” done right. Beyonce` didn’t follow her own blueprint when she started to record “SF.” Her alter-ego is much more likable on this song. “Back Up” is more natural, and is more of Beyonce’s personal take on hip-hop than the other way around. Part of the reason why the disc 2 “SF” material didn’t work was because Beyonce` was trying on other shoes instead of designing her own. Next time Bee wants to be all hard and gangsta, maybe she should look at “Upgrade U”, “Ring the Alarm” and “Back Up.” Just a thought.
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