B'day [Deluxe Edition]
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History may prove Beyoncé's B'Day to be a rare double-whammy of an achievement. Not only is it destined to hold up as one of the thumpingest, most polished-sounding discs of 2006, it's also bound to loose a new phrase into the popular lexicon: a "freekum dress" (n.), as described on a same-named track halfway through this excellent CD, is a "right-fittin'" garment owned by every woman; "when they act wrong, that's when you put it on." Linguistic hijinks aside, here is Beyoncé as the public rarely sees her: fully liberated and artistically fearless. "Ring the Alarm," a big-banging, fire-alarm-clanging wake-up call to a cheating man, finds her seething; "Kitty Kat," a feline-like size-up of a stale relationship helped along by the still innovative Neptunes, shows her spurned; the womanly, fire-in-the-belly come-on "Suga Mama" gets her way, way worked up; and the crackling, vocally volcanic "Resentment" steeps her in Aretha-caliber soul. For all the disc's solo trailblazing, though, where it really soars is on one of two duets with Jay-Z: While "Up Grade U" chugs along entertainingly enough about the good life ("I'm talkin' spa bags and fly pads and rooms at the Bloomberg"), opener "Deja Vu" blasts out a bomp-bomp beat nobody with a head to nod could resist. Cake, candles, and Cristal or no, B'Days rarely get this good. --Tammy La Gorce
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Tracks
| 1 | Beautiful Liar |
| 2 | Irreplaceable |
| 3 | Welcome To Hollywood |
| 4 | Greenlight |
| 5 | Kitty Kat |
| 6 | Upgrade U |
| 7 | Flaws And All |
| 8 | "Still In Love" (Kissing You) |
| 9 | Get Me Bodied (extended mix) |
| 10 | Freakum Dress |
| 11 | Suga Mama |
| 12 | Deja Vu |
| 13 | Ring the Alarm |
| 14 | Resentment |
| 15 | ListenHidden Bonus - Worldwide Woman |
| 16 | Amor Gitano |
| 17 | Listen (Oye) |
| 18 | Irreplaceable (Irreemplazable) |
| 19 | Beautiful Liar (Bello Embustero) |
| 20 | Beautiful Liar (Remix) |
| 21 | Beautiful Liar (Spanglish) featuring Sasha AKA Beyonce' |
| 22 | Irreplaceable (Irreemplazable - Nortena Remix) |
