MikeBrownsJob
Seattle fan since 2013 *deal with it slime*
You're telling me that her touring isn't promotion for her brand?Her brand is what's propelling the sales of this album and being carried by word of mouth. I know this whole "zero promotion" thing is the new shyt for stanning purposes but this album is being promoted, just organically. Promotion isn't limited to just singles, interviews, radio play/payola etc. That's just the typical music promotion. A lot of real world brands will release a product first, let it pick up steam via word of mouth and then follow up with what I guess many of you would call traditional promotion. This is only new to music and only the largest and most relevant music brands can pull this off. So yes, just existing is a form of promotion. Beyonce is high profile and embarking on a huge tour raises that profile. And given how rabid her fanbase is going to see her live will leave them salivating for new music and here it is. All she had to do was drop the bait in the water and the record was going to promote itself via the internet, word of mouth and just the event of a major artist releasing a full album (plus videos) of music with no leaks or singles is going to propel it like a rocket. It worked. It was a gamble but it paid off and saved a somewhat faltering brand.
And Beyonce was just in Houston last week, genius.
How do you like the album? Yeh I agree with you. Her entire year has been promotion. The Inauguration, Superbowl, Staring in the Sun, Bow Down(summer songs) But you got let people cook. It's what the rNb/pop genre needed. Gaga while good hasn't delivered musically, Katie Perry roar is kind of lame and Rihanna has saturated the market so much she's beginning to bore. The album is quality to
so well back then was because the consumer couldn't sample and entire album before buying then resort to buying it illegally. If I heard 3 singles from D'Angelo, I bought the damn album and ran the risk of ending up with a dud. I actually had to gamble a little bit with my dollar. While I like autonomy with my dollar, I try to break bread to smaller artists who are struggling with sales because of this. I bought Miguels album, I bought J Coles Born Sinner, I bought Drake's album...I don't like stealing from people. I bought JT, MCHG, etc.
Your opinion. I'm still listening to Love on Top, Get Me Bodied I still hear at house parties, Single Ladies, Me Myself and I, Halo. She's had music that has stood the time. I still listen to Janet's 93 Album. I think this is quite possibly her "classic" album. "4" was her highest rated album ever prior to this and Metacritic has given it a full 12 points more. Entertainment Weekly an A-. Billboard 90/100..It's lowest rating is 3.5/5 thus far.
You a PAWG doe brehette? :smugkang:
@ it? 
