I like Beyonce. She's gorgeous, talented and appears to be pretty grounded. But upon the release of her debut solo disc Dangerously In Love (and amidst the critical acclaim it garnered) I decided to get the album--boy, did it disappoint! The first handful of tracks (especially the international horn-blarin' smash single "Crazy In Love") sounded brilliant, everything I expected the ex-Destiny's Child leader to produce as a solo artist. But halfway through and this shockingly long record starts getting bland--it's not that they're not credible, respectable songs, it's just that they're bland and Dangerously gets a bit dangerously close to being too ballad-influenced. Beyonce's stellar and oft-fluid singing skills certainly help listeners get through the tepid, boring material. Decent, credible and definitely a respectable attempt, but nothing brilliant--get B'Day instead if possible.… Expand

not my coup of tea.

beyonce is the bomb. anybody who doesn't like the cd has a serious problem.

The album sucked to me. I can tolerate her alittle and thought that her album would be worth listening too but when i sat down and listened to it was very disappointed. I listen to two and only two songs, the title track with Jay-Z and the song me myself and I. There is just too much oooh and ahhhing on the tracks to hear her talent.

It was with great trepidation that I approached ths cd after reading numerous reviews slagging it but, surprise, it's a great cd. Beyonce shows off her flair for stylish ballads such as 'Be with you', 'Yes', and 'Speechless', the latter with it's grand vocal finale. Of course the brilliant summery 'Crazy in love', 'That's what you like', 'Naughty girl', etc are also stand outs. She took a turn totally unexpected by the public who, I think, were expecting lots of uptempo cuts. Fab cd whose brilliance time will reveal.… Expand

it one of my favorite c.d.'s

This was a great album.

If it were Destiny's Child, this would've been a 10. She's the lead in all the Destiny's Child tracks anyway... so this was (really) nothin' new.

Beyonce is a true superstar and proved that greatly with this album. Sure there are too many ballads but cares when they are this good?

it's totally hot just like beyonce

Beyonce is the business and so is her CD. With her beauty, voice, and overall style she is simply untoppable. Many hate on her, but her can replace her? She has too much to offer and not many artists can bring that much to the table. Not to mention her talent is versatile, so she easily able to appeal to almost any audience.

Very rarely will I pop in a new CD, listen to it all the way through, AND love all the songs. This debut Cd from Beyonce moves me. I could not disagree more with the critics who give negative reviews. Not only her voice gives the record it's appeal, but the songs to me are unique, there is not a somg out there that sounds like this CD at this time. Congratulations Beyonce, I'm proud of you.… Expand

Love Her

To me the CD isn't good. She needs to stay in a group. There are only 4 songs that are good. The two with Jay-z,the one with Missy, and Dangerously in love it self and that came from Survivor. She can sing but when she was with the group it was better.

NOT WORTH THE HYPE! All the songs are slow, not fun. I feel like the colaborative efforts by Big Boi, Sean Paul, and Missy are wasted. They could have done a lot more. The only good song is the star track with Jay-Z.

How could people listen to this crap.

I gave it a 2 because of the 2 talents on the CD - Jay Z and Sean Paul. C'mon Beyonce you look like a hoocie-fied video Hoe prancing around Jigga. Get back with your group - they help you with class. Kelly is the sweetest, and Michelle is following her lord to the end, GOOD GIRL - heard she was in Guyana recently - Big Up Gt Massive.

I love the CD. I used to be anti-Beyonce until now. I think she did well for her first solo album. For people to say she's trying to be J-lo is crazy! Sh is way better than J-lo will ever be when it comes to singing!

i love the beat to it. p.s. if beyonce reads this i want her to know i'm one of her fans! (totally)

I just love beyonce's new cd i love her moves and everything she can dance sooo good! everything about beyonce is just wonderful i'm one of her biggest fans and i love her for who she is and she really has the talent you go girl!

I think it's a great cd. All the girls. I can't waith for them to get back together.

i love this album

I love her

This cd is like listening to 5 different artist, Nothing but REMAKES!!! Its just new lyrics with the same old beat. "B" come on now be original!! Nice try but NOO! Go call your girls back and leave the solos to mary, ashanti and alicia.

this was the best cd ever i listen to it over and over again. I got to give beyonce her props because she did the dam thang

i give it a two because of only two songs. 'Me, myslef and I" and dangerously in love. i'm glad that i listen to this album from a friend first before buying it.

I love 2 songs on this album. one with Jay-Z that's how I like it, because he is the greatest of all times, and the other dangerously in love. The rest were O.K. I'm not gonna hate on B though she has a nice voice but I just miss the old Destiny's Child. As long as Jay is happy I'm happy

Well done Beyonce! A fabulous album! All the songs were great with the exception of Bonnie And Clyde '03 - it's a very boring song. She teams up with some of the biggest names in rap and hip hop which makes it twice as good

she's a true star

Love her and love this album, i am still listening to it, her best work so far.

it is so awsome beonce is the best

this cd is cool and her songs are tight especially me myself and i and baby boy and crazy in love girl is off the hook she did a bomb performus on the bet music awards.

This is the best CD!!!!!! I wish I could rate it an 110. I love all the songs. My favorite is Baby Boy.

EXCELLANT !!!!!!!

Her voice is soothing and sexy! It's easy to relate to her songs and she is awesome as a solo artist! I recommend her album to anyone that enjoys real music from the heart.

i like this album because i love beyonce alone since destiny's child i love you beyonce baby girl.

she has a couple of songs that could make this album another multiplatnum success, but she has not the sense the make those songs singles. She is just doing the same old vocal tricks. I really feel she sucks as a songwriter. No way is this album going to come close to the last two destiny's child album, but what do I know, I really felt the survivor album sucked.

she's so gorgeous!!! she makes me feel crazy inlove with her all over and over

Beyonce put her foot in this album and made it a GREAT success! She is an awesome performer and singer. I give her props cause she's doing her thing.

i think this is the best album i had ever listened to! omg! this is like the best in the world i could listen to it all day and night! the songs are perfect for anytime of the day like all porpose music and beyonce you did a great job with this album! i just love it when i first heard it i was speech less! i mean it i love it from the start and i will countinue loving it forever! this is the best album i had ever listened to!… Expand

This is one of the best R&B albums ever. I'm not saying this because I am Ms. Knowles biggest fan, but because she is an exceptional writer, singer, actress, and producer. For this to be Beyonce's first solo debut, she delivers very thorough. This album has an element that would make any album successful and that is love. Beyonce's sings about what everybody experiences, has experienced, or wants to experience. Regardless of your opinion on her or this cd, one thing cannot be denied and that is her beautiful, captivating. This album left me in one word......."Speechless". I love you Beyonce, forever!!!!!!!!… Expand

Time will prove how good this album will be. It is innovative especially in the field of RnB. It moves pass the rap + catchy chorus harmony. Beyonce shows how talented she is and her wide influences. It is given that some tracks are not as strong as others but are in no way can be considered as "fillers". In my opinion they are there to display Beyonce's broad spectrum. The album seems to have a consistent theme as well. Lastley, she at least co-wrote/produced every single track on the album. Amazing for a 21 yo. … Expand

Beyonce's album is the bomb....I have to say that this album i going the best r&b album of the year!

At what point did Beyonce stop being herself and start becoming a lame impression of J-Lo. From her look to everything about her music. Its a shame, I prefered the former.

this CD is nothing but pure commercial crap, only reason people like it is because it has club hits this is as bad as Ashanti's it gets so boring when all she does is talk about Jay-Z , its to reptative a lot of the people who featured on this CD wasted there talent. this is a horrible attempt to be J-lo and trying to be J-Lo is just lame

any female that is or has been in love can relate to this CD. It is a banger.......B truely did her thing.

The album is off thed hook! The sign of a good album is that you can listen to it straight through. Beyonce you did it! She has effortless talent and really knows hows to perform. She gives her audiences their monies worth. Unfortunately, there are those that can't respect individual talent without comparing the person to someone else. That's a given, we're all guilty of that but Beyonce is 21. She writes her own music, can actually sing, dance and has stage prescence and that's refreshing, truly expressive and impressive. Comparing her to Whitney and Mariah, although good comparisons, is like apples and oranges. When they were her age they sang studio/label songs. Their images were created and they were what the label wanted them to be...Beyonce is Beyonce -- pure southern hospitality. She will be (and is) the Aretha, Chaka, Diana, Whitney, Mariah of her generation. … Expand

Beyonce is thebomb!!!!!!!!! There is no other singer out there like her. This is the best CD ever! I hope she keeps showin Ashanti up and wish her luck in whatever she pursues!

Beyoce's writing and producing skills do shine on this project. The soulful ballads and midtempo tracks struck me as the strongest. I must admit baby boy was my favorite track for a few weeks, although it lacked subtance. The one thing that bothered me was toward the end, all that i love you i love you i love you over and over was kind of sickening. she should have just called jay and told him instead of making us suffer through it. Besides that, it's a good listen!… Expand

The cd is off the chain!! With me loving and feeling R'n'B the way I do. It's like she has me in the soul zone. It's motivating in many ways and It makes you wish you had someone there to sing her songs to. I like to be in the spot light and it's funny in my room alone when I'm listening I feel like I'm on stage. Everybody out there bugging like her cd ain't the stuff, then we now know who knows music and talent, versus copiers and ''wanna be/s'' … Expand

Beyonce is the finest girl in the world cant nobody top her cd, it was the bomb. Destinys Child will alwayz be together no matter what anybody says. Beyonce Iam your #1 fan. Um, is it me or is Ashanti copying her.

i LOVE Dangerously in Love! there's not a single song on the album that i don't like. Beyonce definately displayed her unmatchable talents on this disc. She should be crowned the Princess of R & B, under the Queen -- Ms. Mary J. Blige.

man i read a whole alot of commintary about this cd and came to this conclusion f thoes haters b cuz this cd is one of the best dangerously in love is my song gurl i feel like you wrote it just for me i can relate to many of these songs on the cd so if you cant relate dont even hate stupid a wholes

I think that the cd was the best cd i had heard.

Aaaaargh!! It hurts my ears! It hurts my ears! TURN IT OFF NOW!

its the best thing that has ever happened to me. her voice makes me tear up. its like heaven!

beoynce is the best thing out there but she is turning into a hoocie.Beyonce dont turn yourself into a piece of meat girl!

Thia ablum waz more than wonderful. Her voice resonated beauty and passion. She didn't have to strain her voice to make beautiful notes. Ashanti and J lo. couldn't compare in the least. Waht realli waz impressive waz that she wrote her songs and co produced also. She showz up all the other artistz Only Alicia Keys could be ne where near and even then b would get 10 alicia would get 6 to 7 cause she the total package. Daddy and Dangerously in love Speechless Yes and Crazy in Love are soo beautifully crafted. Thiz record iz well rounded and apealling to many adiences. It made me cry literally. Beyonce ur mad sick head no good *( jamacian fraze : Ur tight) … Expand

1 great song, 2 good songs - not really down to her. Nice voice, pretty girl God awful, boring, drivel of an album - dull, dull, dull. all collaborations wasted

Ugh. Boring, repetitive, and trite. Good vocal range and good looks do not a good singer make. I also love how Metacritic allows posters like Vicky g. below to insult people (maybe all the misspellings made it go through the profanity filter, eh?) if they disagree with her narrow point of view. You know what Vicky G? I CAN hate if I want to.

This is the all time best album ever in the history of the world! Beyonce is the all time best artist ever!

It's friggin crap!!

A great solo debut by America's #1 R&B/ Pop female!

Absolutely the best of her talent, all of the album. B-stands for the best, keep it coming girl. Let Jerk taint your song writing, acting singing, dancing, etc. abilities. Obviously you haven't. The main ones hating are the main ones buying your music and seeing your movies.

stop hatin all of you i think that her cd is the best you know what all her cds is the best so back off.

At first i was a bit surprised cos i wasn't expecting so many ballads. but the album is good, and she can definitely sing!! people should stop hating so much on her.

This albumis a classic.

this cd is bomb

Gurl yo CD is off the hook and you are a GORGEOUS young ladie you also make me wanna be the next you!!!

Today was the first time I was faced with a diction in what CD I should buy, because both Michelle Branch?s album Hotel Paper and Beyonce?s album was coming out today, and with the prices of cd?s so high and with me not having a job I had to choose. But how can I choose between two vary different albums that have nothing in common but gust stars on there album but even that was totally different (Sheryl Crow on one and Missy on the other). So I did what any logical person would do, I flipped a coin and sure enough I ended up buying Beyonce?s. But let me tell you that after listing to the album I was not disappointed. The album goes far beyond what Kelly?s solo effort could achieve it even put Justine?s solo album to shame. Beyonce showed that she could do it all on this album. And her voice has never sounded so beautiful and powerful. She showed that you don?t need to exasperate every note to the point were it takes you 5 min. to say one word, and still achieve the same goal that Christina so desperately tries to show that she can sing with the best of them. (Cristina take note). The album really surprised me because it was more soulful than what I thought it would be from haring the first single. From start to finish this album does not disappoint so I recommend it highly. … Expand

WOW! What a solo album! Combining the best elements of rap, hip-hop and r & b, Miss Knowles mixes it up with the hottest acts (Sean Paul, Big Boi and Sleepy Brown, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott) and ace production (including some incredible production on tracks 2, 3 and 6 from Scott Storch, responsible for the best bits of Christina Aguleria's "Stripped"). The first four songs on this album are worth the price of admission alone... do NOT miss out on this one!… Expand

disappointing.so much R'n'B, so much commercial.I prefer the former Beyoncé.

This cd is the best R&B album i have listen to.i love the slow songs 'be with you' is one of my favorite .and the songs with Sean paul and jayz are very good.

i love beyonce so much, she did her thing and the cd is off da hook. her dance moves alone kills me. keep it up gal.

I give it two because of the appearance of two SUPERSTARS - Sean Paul and Jay Z...don't mean to hate on Missy, but I can't honestly put three in the rating, it'll hurt my heart. Beyonce you absolutely, positively need your group or some banging collab.s. You are horrible by yourself - this is ridiculous. You need to stop acting diva-like - U ain't. And the press need to stop swelling her head, this cd can't hold its own, if honest people would admit it. I am so perturbed at the Grammy's for that travesty - Beyonce beat out R. Kelly and Ashanti - SHAME ON THE GRAMMYS, they should apologise to the music-loving public. Like JayZ said - ur sh&t is garbage... I know someone out there is listening with good ears though, and they (Bless their soul) put a stop to Beyonce releasing a second single, and pushed for a Destiny's Child album, Lord know I need to hear that blessed voice of Michelle, and the true lead singer Kelly shine. The saying goes PRIDE goeth before a FALL...so I encourage you Beyonce - PRIDE PRIDE PRIDE, GO GO GO!!!… Expand

I think... my bad... I KNOW that Beyonce is without a doubt the queen of R&B right now and she makes those otha girls like Alicia Keys and Ashanti who are famous but can't sing worth a d$mn look dumb as h$ll! She has total control over here voice and she very beautiful. How many people do you know are as good looking as she is and can sing as good as she can. She is the total package!

great cd!! although it SUCKED

This cd is off the chains. Beyonce's voice is very pure and Beautiful, and so is she. People need to stop hatin her; she deserves all the sucsess, she writes all her own songs. Listen to speechless, and you really here her vocal ability. People need to stop comparing her to Ashanti, there voices are totally different. Keep doin yo thang beyonce and brush those hatas off.

i really love your C.D.I really like the song about the signs and i really like #7.Iaso like dangerously in love

it is the best cd ever! my favorite songs are baby boy, signs and crazy in love.

This Cd was just an average cd Beyonce' poured her heart out on this Cd. So all ya'll haters stop hatin' on Beyonce' atleast she gettin' paid whether it's good or bad.

I really like this album its mad hot and i just want to say keep doing your thing alright ma love ya , and love always.

I think this album is superb.It shows awesome vocal range and creative genius.Those that disliked it may no havet liked the lyrics or the beats,but one thing you CAN NOt hate on is B's voice.The sister can blow!!!

beyonce had only 2 good songs if that, she is a marketing joke, she will never be mariah aor janet the bitch dosent even have a GREATEST HITS CD and everyone is giving her the credit of an artist who has been int he industry for years!!!! she has no talent is is all marketing.

-None- Though the cd is of the heezy

One of Beyonce's best work yet. It was the perfect introduction to the solo Beyonce. It has solidified her as the superstar we know today. Packed with dance hits and emotional love ballads, you won't be bored. Favorite tracks: Baby Boy, Crazy In Love, Dangerously In Love, That's How You Like It, and Naughty Girl.

This album was very eccentric. It was both R&B and pop, and hip-hop. It seems as if Beyonce was just recording every song that sounded good to her, hoping that it would sound good to others as well (which it does), but it left out the honesty that should be found in music especially with vocal talent like hers. At moments like "Me, Myself, and I" and "Daddy" you can literally fell what she feels, and at other points like "Hip Hop Star" you wonder what she is doing. Overall it was a strong debut release, it show promise for who Beyonce will become as an artist, vocalist, and overall as a human being.… Expand

I'm surprised by the mixed and negative views this album received. With that being said this album is underrated and in my opinion one of the better first albums I've heard. Imma start with the cons of this album: 1. the songs were reinvented so instead of Beyonce making this an all new album she re made some songs, gave them a beyonce twist and perfected them. That's really all the cons to me. This album was good. Songs like "speechless" "yes" "be with you" and "signs" are classics to me. Her voice is mainly soft on the album and it compliments well. Overall the album is good, if you were looking for her to use all Beyonce created material then the album was not for you.… Expand