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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/15/2008

Snap Judgment: Beyonce's "I Am ... Sasha Fierce"

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In the news release for her new, ambitious, somewhat befuddling double album -- the deluxe edition, with extra tracks, is currently streaming >

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Rap-Up.com:  Review Roundup: Beyoncé - ‘I Am… Sasha Fierce’

Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip:  Beyoncé Bares Just A Little Piece Of Her Soul [The Last Word]

Jezebel:   I Am...Sasha Fierce : A "Gimmcky Concept [That] Falls Flat" [Critical Mass]

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bumpshack.com - 11/14/2008

Beyonce Introduces Sasha Fierce (Photos)

— bumpshack.com — Singer Beyonce has an alter-ego, someone who takes over her body when she is performing and her name is Sasha Fierce. Beyonce Introduces Sasha Fierce (Photos)

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mediaservices.myspace.com - 11/12/2008

Inside The Mind of Beyonce / Sasha Fierce

— mediaservices.myspace.com — Inside The Mind of Beyonce / Sasha Fierce Inside The Mind of Beyonce / Sasha Fierce

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bumpshack.com - 11/14/2008

White Writers Doom Beyonce’s ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’

— bumpshack.com — It looks like Beyonce hired all but one white writers to pen her new album 'I Am...Sasha Fierce' which in turn has led to the album being more bubble gum pop than true R&B. White Writers Doom Beyonce’s ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’

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Review Roundup: Beyoncé - ‘I Am… Sasha Fierce’
Rap-Up.com — ... : But the Sasha disc boasts Beyoncé’s most adventurous music yet: She rides frothy techno on “Radio,” turns out modal-sounding hooks over 808 bass on “Diva,” and juices the eerie, Nine Inch Nails-style beats of “Video Phone” with lines like “Press ‘record’ and I’ll let you film me.” 3.5 out of 5 Los Angeles Times : As a vocalist, Beyoncé seems more comfortable in Sasha’s stilettos. Her performances on those cuts feel unforced and fun, like she’s thinking on her feet. Stretching for deep meaning on the Beyoncé ballads, she risks sounding ponderous—communicating thoughtfulness ...

Beyoncé Bares Just A Little Piece Of Her Soul [The Last Word]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — ... • "So consider I Am....Sasha Fierce Beyoncé's Obama album. Through it, she is imagining a pop sound that doesn't foreground race, but which still respects its roots in the black community. She's not there yet, but the effort is fascinating, and hopefully she will keep on this path. After all, the Obama that Beyoncé invokes with the name of her alter ego is still only a child." [LAT] ...

I Am...Sasha Fierce : A "Gimmcky Concept [That] Falls Flat" [Critical Mass]
Jezebel — ... hooks galore. But the gimmicky concept falls flat. In the album's first half, Beyonce adopts a familiar (if dispiriting) guise: doormat. "If I Were a Boy" offers a promising premise, the kind of illuminating gender-bender Prince might've written, but instead portrays the narrator as a needy victim. It's more of the same role Beyonce also played on her previous album, 2006's "B-Day." Her softer songs inevitably portray men as unfaithful curs, but she still can't live without them. The Los Angeles Times (Blog) : The weirdest thing about this split is its racial undertone. The ...