It is her marketing and production team that is crippling Beyonce's artistic arc. The marching-band-on-crack horns on "Crazy In Love" are fantastic, but the decision to drop in the now-obligitory ABAB rhyming of Jay-Z brings the record to a stumbling end. Even worse are the mumbled ramblings of P. Diddy (or P-Daddy or Puff Daddy or whatever silly name The Most Overrated Man In Show Business is going by these days) on "Summertime." It could have been a nice record, but the King of Self Promotion killed it.

Beyonce' needs to set aside the pseudo-Janet Jackson pretentions and kick the washed up rappers off of her records before I'll be able to take her seriously. If she must ape another musician, Diana Ross would make more sense. Beyonce' may have the pipes to pull it off.


A Huge Single   July 30, 2006
Gert Van Gelder (Antwerp, Belgium)
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Hi,

I listen to all kinds of music like Rhythm'n'Blues, Pop, Jazz, and Classical Music. Today I saw the very last Top of the Pops on BBC television wich included a clip of Beyonce performing Crazy In Love. That lady's performance was so self assured and the band sounded so strong. I knew the single ofcourse, but what I heard and saw today really astonished me.
If I already loved the fine fast sections of the beautiful single 'You've made me so very happy' from the band 'Blood, Sweat and Tears' way back in time when I was just a ten year old kid, this groovy rhythm in 'Crazy In Love' shows us all the more that we need this fine groovy thing and the message of love linked to it.
Crazy In Love is definitely one of the finest singles ever created. It ranks in the top, believe me.

Yours,
Gert


say what you want about beyonce..   January 26, 2006
a_poet_grows_in_brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

but she's got a way with a groove...destiny's child was an ok group, but they were nothing more than a stepping stone for b's solo career...this is one of the catchiest love songs i've ever heard...she uses a chi-lights horn sample and the bass groove just keeps the song pumping...jay-z provides the rap solo and is in rare form...


Crazy In Love   March 21, 2005
Satokasu Suki (Ontario, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The remixes are pretty fun, but I think I prefer the single version above all. I was never really into Beyonce, or Destiny's Child for that matter, but this song's really infectious and the message is cool. ^_^ Pretty cool song.