Beyoncé

2014

Beyoncé saved her most boldly experimental beats for her self-titled fifth album, a mature but still mischievous opus that makes monogamy cool and stability sexy. “Drunk in Love” is soaring, ecstatic and intimate, an instant wedding-playlist staple; “Partition” has Bey at her flirtiest and most independent. Throw in a feminist motivational speech, on self-love anthem “***Flawless”, and a handful of instantly iconic ad-libs (you’ll never think of the word “surfboard” the same again)—it's a triumph that’s both audacious and effortless.

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"Crazy In Love," the single that all but redefined R&B for that year, was more raucous, more challenging than anything Beyoncé had done in Destiny’s Child. "Baby Boy" successfully grafted her style to that of dancehall king Sean Paul. Splitting the difference between styles, she made plenty of time for ballads. "Dangerously In Love 2” helps keep the album's long legs running.

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