Common Sense Note
This album has no parental advisory label, and comes in one version only. The content is mature, however, with sex the chief topic, explicitly pronounced. Even in "Gift From Virgo," where Beyonce suggests abstinence ("One day we'll make love/ I'll finally be yours"), she also sings about spending time together in a hotel room.
Common Sense Review
Reviewed By: Cynthea Riesenberg
Sexy, insistent, and hard to forget: Beyonce is all these things and more in her first solo album. In "Crazy in Love" she teams with Jay-Z to craft a hip-hop duet backed by snappy percussion and horns that sounds better with each spin. In "Naughty Girl" Beyonce borrows Donna Summer's hook from "Love to Love You Baby" and makes it her own with searing lyrics and a hypnotic synth chorus. Beyonce sizzles in "Hip Hop Star" with Big Boi and Sleepy Brown, whispering lyrics which may go too far for some parents ("Do you want to get nasty/ I dare you to undress me"), but cooling down in "The Closer I Get To You," a ballad with Luther Vandross so slow it could set the pace for a glacier.
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Sexual ContentIn "Naughty Girl," she croons, "Tonight I'll be your naughty girl/ I know you want my body/ … You're so sexy, tonight I am all yours boy." "Be With You," "Speechless," and "Hip Hop Star" are more explicit. |
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ViolenceThere are no descriptions of physical violence. |
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LanguageThere are no obscenities or foul language, but parents may object to the repeated sexual references in songs like "Yes," "Be With You," and "Naughty Girl." |
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Social BehaviorIn "Me, Myself, and I," Beyonce rants about a cheating boyfriend, living with him and his three kids, and making herself her own best friend; but in "Yes," she dumps a boyfriend who won't wait for her. |
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CommercialismOther than a few references to convertibles and chinchilla fur, the tracks have little to say about brand names or material goods. |
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Drug/Alcohol/TobaccoThere are no references to drugs or alcohol. |
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