Beyoncé's fourth album, rightly entitled 4, was released this past Tuesday in the States (earlier in other places). As friends and acquaintances tweeted and made Facebook statuses about getting the leak, I patiently waited....and waited....and waited for June 28. While I get the occasional download from time to time (I'm a avid music lover on a college student budget sorry), there are some artists that I've been rocking to since the very beginning of their careers who I will always buy. Beyoncé is one of them. Was definitely happy to finally have my deluxe version digital download of 4 on my iPod. 
I figured that I would do a review of B's album. It took me a while to get this together, because I wanted to give a good review since it is Beyoncé haha, offer justification for my take, and not just give her a top score just because she's one of my favorite artists. So I listened to the album a couple of times through before writing anything, just to get a feel for it.
Listening to it all the way through, this is not a commercial album like I Am...Sasha Fierce or her other albums. Whereas all of her previous albums had bonafide #1 hits, 4 most likely won't. To be quite honest, there aren't a lot of radio friendly records, which is what people have come to expect of Beyoncé. However, I feel like with her having spent about half of her life in the music industry, she's entitled to experiment, irregardless of people's thoughts or worries about sales. Sometimes music should just be done for the love of music, and that's what this album shows. Again it's a long one, as all of my reviews tend to be, so bear with me! Read the track by track review after the jump!
