Beyoncé cover

Beyoncé

Released

We sleep, Beyoncé grinds. When Bey released her strongest album in seven years without anyone having any idea it was coming, it came bundled with 17 videos too. Beyoncé features futuristic, sometimes tribal, mid-tempo tracks from Timbaland, Pharrell, Frank Ocean, Justin Timberlake, The-Dream, Hit-Boy and more. By the end of “Blow,” she starts pleading, “I want you to turn that cherry out,” squarely in sex kitten territory. “Partition” makes mention of a lover who “Monica Lewinskyed all on my gown” in a limo. Later, Beyoncé asks him to “rock it till water falls” on “Rocket.” Bey used overt sexiness as a superpower here and crafted an instant classic.

Miles Marshall Lewis

Recommended by

Suggestions
I Remember Me cover

I Remember Me

Jennifer Hudson
Shine cover

Shine

Estelle
Supa Dupa Fly cover

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott
Crown cover

Crown

The-Dream
Care cover

Care

How to Dress Well
Shockadelica cover

Shockadelica

Jesse Johnson
99.9% cover

99.9%

Kaytranada
Overload cover

Overload

Georgia Anne Muldrow
Dirty Computer cover

Dirty Computer

Janelle Monáe
The Electric Lady cover

The Electric Lady

Janelle Monáe