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I Am...Sasha Fierce
- By Beyonce Knowles
- Genre: R&B/Pop
Common Sense Media says
Fierce vocals and killer hooks mix with retro messages.
Parents say
Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Beyonce
Knowles's third studio album includes strong doses of gender stereotyping and
longing for her guy to call, but there's also a lively, feisty,
"girls, we got to stick together" message on some tracks.
What's the story?
On I AM…SASHA FIERCE Beyonce applies her considerable
talents to songs that are mostly about relationships. She sings about the glow of
early love, the disappointments of love gone bad, and how much easier life would be if she were a boy. She co-wrote and co-produced every track.
Is it any good?
With Beyonces's usual exquisite delivery and excellent
production standards, I Am...Sasha Fierce sparkles
with intensity while setting the star squarely in some
very traditional roles. "If I Were a Boy" is a fantasy about all the things
women could do if they had the same freedom as guys. It's the "if" that raises
questions. Why can't women take more control over their lives and
relationships?
Some songs wallow in co-dependency: "If I begged and if I
cried…would it give me some light/should I wait for you to call?" But others are
lovely descriptions of heart-stopping moments that promote a positive message of supporting a friend: "She was lost in so many ways/out in the darkness with no
guide/ I know the cost of a losing hand."
What families can talk about
Families can talk about "If I Were a Boy," in which Beyonce assumes
that men and women always behave differently in relationships. Do you think the song promotes gender stereotypes? Given Beyonce's true-life fame and influence would she really need to be more like a boy to enjoy life more?
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Even though there are awesome beats and good messages she cusses way more (s**t, b*tch, d*mn) and this album has far more innuendo then her other ones (it's to big, it's to long, it's to wide, it won't fit, i love his big ego)
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Kid, 12 years old
May 16, 2010
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BEYONCE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, Beyonce is my favorite singer. any younger and we'd have some problems.
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Though her music is good. People are not hearing what some of the lyrics in a few of her songs are saying. For example, in Video Phone she says "I love how u approach me fresh white with ur pants hangin grown man low" encourages boys to sag while others are trying to encourage them not too. Also in the song she says "What, you want me naked? If u like me in this position u can tape it on ur video phone".
And she does use foul languege in Ego "I'm that b**ch" and in Diva "How u gone be talkin sh*t?" But over all this one of my favorite albums and my favorite from her she one of my fave female singers
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AWESOME!
I love it...but why the heck did Beyonce split it into two discs, although there were only 11 songs on the album total? That's what I'll always wonder...
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This is one of the best CD's ever. Nothing inappropriate either! Most music these days are. =/ Go Beyonce!!
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Kid, 12 years old
May 22, 2010
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I love Beyonce!!
She focuses on her gender. But very mild,
OH HOW I LOVE YOU!!
stuff going
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hmmm...
i like beyonce's music, but i'm a little bummed at how she chooses to show herself. she wears pretty skimpy clothing, in he music videos she dances not innapropriately but not for tweens, but her music isnt bad. i like her music a lot, shes an amazing singer(listen to "halo" and her range-WOAH) and her music is a good style.
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Good, not for young kids
personally I like the album, has some good songs, but she cussed in some songs like "Diva"
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| Artist: | Beyonce Knowles |
| Release date: | November 18, 2008 |
| Label: | Sony Music |
| Genre: | R&B/Pop |
| Parental advisory: | No |
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