Dangerously in Love
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| Studio album by Beyoncé | |||||
| Released | June 24, 2003 (United States) | ||||
| Recorded | Baseline Studios (New York City, New York) COE.BE.3 Studios (Stone Mountain, Georgia) Patchwerk Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) SoHo Studios (New York City, New York) Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York) South Beach Studios (Miami, Florida) SugarHill Studios (Houston, Texas) |
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| Genre | R&B, soul | ||||
| Length | 69:47 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Beyoncé Knowles (also executive), Rich Harrison, Scott Storch, Missy Elliott, Craig Brockman, Nisan Stewart, Bryce Wilson, Bernard "Focus..." Edwards, Jr., Andreao "Fanatic" Heard, Sherrod Barnes, D-Roy, Mr. B, Nat Adderley, Jr., Errol "Poppi" McCalla, Jr., Mark Batson | ||||
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Dangerously in Love is the debut solo album by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles, released on June 24, 2003 via Columbia Records. Recorded during the hiatus of then-former group Destiny's Child, the album signaled Knowles' viability as a solo artist. Dangerously in Love debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one, selling 317,000 copies in its first week. Along with numerous awards and accolades, it earned her five Grammy Awards in a single night in 2004, matching the likes of Alicia Keys and Norah Jones for most wins by a single female artist. With number-one singles like "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy"; the album became a worldwide commercial success, earning a four-time platinum certification in the United States from the Recording Industry Association of America and selling more than six million copies worldwide[1]. Dangerously in Love facilitated Knowles as one of the most marketable artists in the recording industry, signing to a number of lucrative promotional deals.
Besides from Knowles' musical roots, the album explores hip hop and Arabic influences, courtesy from her record producers and featured guests. Housing a combination of uptempos and ballads, however, the album polarized the reaction of critics who approved the former and dismissed the latter. Its lyrical content dominantly portrays love; this recurring theme was attributed to Knowles' long-time relationship with Jay-Z, although she remained discreet about her interpretation of the album.
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[edit] Background
Knowles had cemented her singing career since Destiny's Child, an R&B group which she is the centerpiece, dominated the music scene in the late 1990s. According to Corey Moss of MTV News, after years performing with the group, "fans are eager to see" what Knowles does in solo.[2] While recording their third album, Survivor, in late 2000, Knowles announced that members of the group would produce solo albums in the coming year which they hoped would boost interest to Destiny's Child.[3] With different types of music each member to produce, the albums were not basically intended to compete on the charts. While they were gearing towards their solo efforts, Destiny's Child remained mobile, attending awarding ceremonies and releasing a compilation, This Is the Remix.[4]
With efforts to avoid bumping on album charts, Destiny's Child's management strategically planned to stagger each member's album every year. Group mate Michelle Williams was the first to surface in the scene, releasing her debut solo album, Heart to Yours, in April 2002.[4] It is a gospel album with theme that builds relationships to God; several songs in the album are tribute to the September 11, 2001 attacks.[5] Meanwhile, Knowles debuted on the big screen, starring in the comedy film Austin Powers in Goldmember; she recorded "Work it Out" to the soundtrack of the film.[4] Rowland is featured on the song "Dilemma" by American rapper Nelly which became a hit that year; it affected the release date of Rowland's Simply Deep, advancing the album in late 2002. Knowles starred on The Fighting Temptations, recording another solo singles. In 2003, she collaborated with long-time boyfriend Jay-Z as featured vocalist in the song "'03 Bonnie & Clyde"; the single earned Knowles street cred[6] and paved the way for Dangerously in Love.[4]
[edit] Production
Before Knowles started recording materials for Dangerously in Love, she choose whose producers she would collaborate with. For a schedule of two days, she held meetings with prospect producers from West Coast across the East Coast, and had interviews with them.[7] Knowles went to Miami, Florida to begin sessions with Canadian record producer, Scott Storch, his first collaborator,[8] and lived in a Miami hotel in the following months.[9] As she wanted to concentrate working on the album, Knowles "took her time" to avoid pressure build-up, significantly different from the hasty productions of Destiny's Child.[9]
Like she did in Survivor, Knowles took wider role in the production of Dangerously in Love, from writing songs and choosing which one to produce, to mixing and mastering tracks.[10] Although Knowles did not create beats, she came up with melodies and ideas she shared with the producers. With completed forty-three songs—fifteen of which made it to the album[9]—Knowles is credited as co-writer and co-producer.[11] She is also the executive producer of the album, alongside her father-manager, Mathew Knowles.
Knowles felt that doing an album all by herself was "liberating and therapeutic".[10] Without her group mates, she would freely come in the studio and talk whatever she liked. The dependency she developed with Destiny's Child, however, came to be harder "to be on [her] own creatively".[10] As she wanted to grow as an artist and be able to collaborate with people, Knowles contacted other artists. When the collective finished writing several songs, she printed copies of each and sent to prospected guests. She talk to them by phone for possible collaboration and eventually got them. Besides from Jay-Z, Knowles was able to work with Jamaican artist Sean Paul, among others. In contrast, some artists sent copies of songs to Knowles and were eventually produced.
The title Dangerously in Love was originally taken from a song of the same title which Knowles wrote for Survivor. "Dangerously in Love" was deemed "sophisticated" among songs included in Survivor and decided to not release it as a single. After she finished several tracks, Knowles decided to add "Dangerously in Love", which was received positively by fans, after realizing that it fits to the overriding theme of the album which is love.[8]
Since the album's release date was postponed to capitalize the success of "Dilemma" in the time, Knowles had given the chance to further improvements on the album.[11] Although she was disappointed with the move, Knowles realized that "everything happens for a reason";[12] she eventually agreed to return to the recording studios to team up with a couple of other songwriters, which allowed her to record more songs, including what became the album's lead single, "Crazy in Love". In late 2002, Knowles paused working on Dangerously in Love for a holiday tour with Destiny's Child.[13] With few more weeks left of recording for the album in March 2003, Knowles was still collaborating with other guests in the album, including Sean Paul and P. Diddy.[4]
[edit] Musical style
Knowles' father-manager said that Dangerously in Love showcases her going back to her roots.[14] While Williams and Rowland focused on gospel and alternative-pop, respectively, Knowles remained on making R&B.[15]
Songs in the album are varied: from mid tempo and club-oriented tracks in the first half, and ballads in the second half:[10][16] "My album is a good balance of...ballads and...mid-tempos with just ridin'-in-your-car feels, to a lot of...up-tempo[sic] club songs, to really sexy songs, to songs that make you feel emotional. It's a nice mixture of different types of tracks."[17] With high-energy songs like "Crazy in Love" and "Naughty Girl", however, the album's focal mode is to slow and moody.[9] Knowles said that she had lots of ballads in the album.[10] However, her vocals are not well produced and, because this is an individual album, there is no three-part harmony in any of the songs.[10]
Knowles wanted to be understood as an artist and to showcase her range, she blended the album with different genres and influences of music.[10] The album incorporates contemporary R&B, hip hop, and rock influences.[18] The album took hip hop influences from Jay-Z, Outkast, and Lil' Kim; the reggae is from Sean Paul; and courtesy of Storch, the album explores Arabic music.[10] His personal study of that kind of music has given the album a Middle-Eastern vibe.[19] Knowles and the producers also employed a wide array of instrumentation.[18]
[edit] Lyrical content
Knowles said that Dangerously in Love has similarities with Destiny's Child's albums. But because she had to write for herself, Knowles had the chance to compose personally deeper songs than their previous records.[10] With a theme that is based upon different stages of a mutual relationship, Dangerously in Love houses songs that speak of love and honesty. In addition, Knowles admitted that there are songs about love-making.[9]
The somewhat personal content of the album, however, was not attributed to Knowles' particular experience in life—although parts are based from her—instead, because the theme kept recurring to her mind. Knowles explained, "...I wanted to have an album that everyone could relate to and would listen to as long as I'm alive and even after...Love is something that never goes out of style. It's something everybody experiences, and if they are not in love, people usually want to feel that..."[2] While some songs merely focus on the "beauty of love", the album also explores the other side, of which songs that "celebrate breakup" and songs that narrate a woman's desire to having a degree of control in a relationship with a man.[2]
A song called "Daddy", which Knowles did not intend for inclusion in the album, is a tribute to her father. With whom she was with on the road for years since Mathew Knowles fronted the group as their manager, the song is an account of Knowles wanting to have her future husband and child to possess similar qualities to that of her father. Knowles has been with him and her mother for a long time, and has seen them "go through a lot".[11] Set as the album's hidden track, Knowles decided "Daddy" as a closing song because she thought of it as not a good idea for inclusion and its being personal might keep people from hearing it all the time.[9]
[edit] Interpretation
When "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" emerged in the music scene, critics and the public have speculated that Knowles and Jay-Z were having mutual affair.[20] Despite widespread rumors, they remained silent about their relationship.[11] Much on Dangerously in Love, the title itself sounds "more intriguing", with Knowles singing personally-driven songs.[2] Though this is the kind of theme Knowles had put in the album, "most the material is vague enough to be about any relationship";[11] however, there are songs that suggest affirmation of their relationship. In the song "Signs", Knowles sings being in love with a Sagittarius which coincidentally is Jay-Z's zodiac sign.[11] In response to the persistent rumors about them, Knowles stated, "People can come to whatever conclusion they like...That's the beauty of music...I'm a singer, I'll talk about writing songs all you want. But when it comes to certain personal things any normal person wouldn't tell people they don't know, I just feel like I don't have to [talk about it]."[11]
[edit] Release and promotion
Since "Dilemma" was dominating the Billboard Hot 100, Knowles' management released her first solo single, "Work it Out", a soundtrack to Austin Powers in Goldmember, instead of a single from Dangerously in Love to keep it from possible competition.[21] From the original October 2002, the album was pushed to December,[21] and to May the following year.[22] Knowles recorded a version of "In Da Club", and served its way to mixtapes before its original release date. The single failed to dominate as "dancefloor favorite"; Mathew Knowles, however, confirmed that it was just a "buzz cut" and was not included in the album.[23] While Knowles was keeping the record to wrap up, several of the songs have leaked online. In efforts to prevent materials in the album to continue spread in the internet, as well as being a victim of bootlegging,[14] and with highly commercial expectations,[9] Knowles' management pushed backed the release of Dangerously in Love to July 24, 2003, two weeks ahead of the originally planned July 8.[24]
People who pre-ordered the album online received links where they could download a song called "I Can't Take It No More"; it lasted until the day the album was released.[25] In June 14, 2004, Knowles premiered songs from the album during her fist solo concert and the pay-per-view TV special, "Ford Presents Beyoncé Knowles, Friends & Family, Live From Ford's 100th Anniversary Celebration in Dearborn, Michigan".[14] By the night of the album's release, Knowles broadcasted the concert in more than twenty theaters across the United States.[25] Destiny's Child cohorts, Tyrese, Solange Knowles and girl group Ramiyah also shared the show. Knowles also promoted the album in televised performance like "Saturday Night Live", "The Late Show With David Letterman", "The Today Show", "The Early Show" and "The View".[17]
By April 2003, Knowles' management was choosing between two songs set to be the album's lead single. Sent to clubs, the song which would receive positive reception would be considered the lead single.[23] Finally, "Crazy in Love" was released as the lead single off the album. With commercial success that included crossover music markets,[26] the single spent eight consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[27] "Baby Boy" followed, and received greater success than "Crazy in Love". With its dominance on radio airplays,[28] the single able to surpass "Crazy in Love"'s chart performance, remaining on the top spot for nine consecutive weeks.[29] The album released "Me, Myself and I" as the third single and "Naughty Girl" as fourth and final;[30] although the last two releases only reached the top five on the Hot 100, like "Baby Boy", it attained more immediate and commercial successes which propelled the album atop the chart and helped reach multi-platinum sales.[31]
[edit] Response
[edit] Critical reception
Dangerously in Love received mixed response from the critics, most of whom compared how its ballads failed to live up the vibe of its uptempos. Anthony deCurtis of the Rolling Stone magazine said Dangerously in Love presents Knowles in two styles, with one "far more flattering" than the other. Rating the album three out of five stars, deCurtis found the ballad-oriented songs in the album least flattering, commenting that Knowles has "plenty of time" to develop the style maturely that would "makes sense for her".[32] Entertainment Weekly's Neil Drumming said that the album validates Knowles' "taste in innovation". Collaborating with various high-profile record producers, Drumming added that it explores new directions in contemporary music with Knowles "does more reinventing than revisiting". Like deCurtis' commentaries, however, he pointed out that "most of the disc's missteps" are in its latter part.[33] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic echoed their commentaries: "['Crazy in Love' and 'Baby Boy'] are the moments when Dangerously in Love not only works, but sounds like Knowles has fulfilled her potential and risen to the top of the pack of contemporary R&B divas. It's just too bad that momentum is not sustained throughout the rest of the record. About halfway through, around the astrological ode 'Signs' with Missy Elliott, it starts crawling through its ballads and, while listenable, it's not as exciting as the first part of the record."[34]
Dangerously in Love and its singles released earned Knowles numerous awards. In 2003, "Crazy in Love" won her three awards at the MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Female Video and Best R&B Video.[35] The same year, she was recognized as New Female Artist and New R&B Artist, among the four awards, during the Billboard Music Awards.[36] The following year, she won Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Crazy in Love" at the Grammy Awards; her rendition of "Dangerously in Love 2" earned her Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.[37]
[edit] Commercial performance
Dangerously in Love debuted at number one upon its release, racking up 317,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.[38] Although the album's first-week sales failed to match Survivor which sold 663,000 units in its debut in 2001, Knowles' earned the highest among Destiny's Child members' solo albums by best weeks; Rowland sold 77,000 copies for Simply Deep in its strongest week while Williams earned 17,000 copies for Heart to Yours in its top week.[38] It spent fifty-one weeks on the top fifty and seventy-two weeks on the top one hundred. In 2004, the album was certified four-time platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[39]
Internationally, Dangerously in Love had similar response. On July 12, 2003, Knowles became the first female artist (and the fifth artist ever) to top both the singles—with "Crazy in Love"—[40]and albums chart simultaneously in the US and the UK, following The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, and Men at Work. The album has sold 600,000 copies and the British Phonographic Industry certified the album two-time platinum award in October 2003.[41] In Australia, it reached number two; the album was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales of 70,000 copies.[42][43] In 2003, Dangerously in Love was the fifty-first best-selling album in Australia, and the seventy-fourth the following year.[44][45] [46]
[edit] Acclaim and impact
Rebecca Louie of New York Daily News considered Knowles as becoming "sultry solo star" who "blossomed from a girly group".[6] However, critics have found that the album is not yet the record that would set her independently. While the first half of the album received positive feedbacks, the following half was criticized. Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times said that it missed the harmonies Knowles had in Destiny's Child records. She went on to comment that although Knowles is undeniably a "strong and independent" singer, she becomes stronger "when she's got a posse behind her".[16]
The creative output of sessions for Dangerously in Love has left several tracks ready for another pressing.[4][47] While filming for "Me, Myself and I"'s music video in late 2003, Knowles planned to release a follow-up album that would comprise of left-over songs from Dangerously in Love.[48] The move was prompted when a P. Diddy-collaboration called "Summertime", a left-over track from the album, was sent to radio stations and received favorable response.[49] Meanwhile, the success of the album incited the public to infer that it signals Destiny's Child to finally part ways, as pop singer Justin Timberlake "could not go back to 'N Sync after tasting solo success".[4] However, Knowles said that their side projects were only "a brief diversion in the juggernaut that has become Destiny's Child".[12] As time did not permit, Knowles' musical aspirations were put on hiatus to concentrate for her Super Bowl performance—slated to sing the US national anthem—and the recording of Destiny's Child's fourth album, Destiny Fulfilled,[4][47] although the group finally disbanded in 2005.
With the release of Dangerously in Love and the combined commercial success of "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy", Knowles established herself a viable solo artist. The acclaim of Knowles during the Grammy Awards had facilitated her to enter the echelon of A-list singers like Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, and Lauryn Hill.[37] Knowles tied them for most Grammy won by a single female artist, although the feat was considerably "spoiled" after losing the Album of the Year and Record of the Year accolades.[37] The album has also facilitated her to become one of the marketable artists in the industry.[15] She appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, guested TV for promotions, and has signed lucrative commercial deals.[12] Knowles signed to PepsiCo, a conglomerate beverage manufacturer, in 2003, and appeared on several TV commercials for its products. She also became the spokesperson for L'Oreal, a large cosmetics company.[10]
[edit] Track listing
- "Crazy in Love" 1 (featuring Jay-Z) (Beyoncé Knowles, Rich Harrison, Shawn Carter, Eugene Record) – 3:56
- "Naughty Girl" 2 (Knowles, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, Angela Beyincé, Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer) – 3:29
- "Baby Boy" (featuring Sean Paul) (Knowles, Storch, Sean Paul Henriques, Waller, Carter) – 4:04
- "Hip Hop Star" (featuring Big Boi and Sleepy Brown) (Knowles, Bryce Wilson, Makeda Davis, Antwan Patton, Carter) – 3:43
- "Be with You" 3 (Knowles, Harrison, Beyincé, Shuggie Otis, George Clinton, Jr., William Collins, Gary Cooper) – 4:20
- "Me, Myself and I" (Knowles, Storch, Waller) – 5:01
- "Yes" (Knowles, Bernard Edwards, Jr., Carter) – 4:19
- "Signs" (featuring Missy Elliott) (Missy Elliott, Nisan Stewart, Craig Brockman) – 4:59
- "Speechless" (Knowles, Andreao Heard, Sherrod Barnes, Beyincé) – 6:00
- "That's How You Like It" 4 (featuring Jay-Z) (Delroy Andrews, Brian Bridgeman, Carter, Randy DeBarge, Eldra DeBarge, Etterlene Jordan) – 3:40
- "The Closer I Get to You" (duet with Luther Vandross) (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas) – 4:57
- "Dangerously in Love 2" (Knowles, Errol McCalla, Jr.) – 4:54
- "Beyoncé Interlude" (Knowles) – 0:16
- "Gift from Virgo" 5 (Knowles, Otis) – 2:46
- "Daddy" (hidden track) 6 (Knowles, Mark Batson) – 4:57
1 Contains a sample from The Chi-Lites' "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" written by Eugene Record.
2 Contains an interpolation from Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby" written by Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder, and Donna Summer.
3 Contains an interpolation from Bootsy's Rubber Band's "I'd Rather Be with You" written by George Clinton, Jr., William Collins, and Gary Cooper, and excerpts from "Strawberry Letter 23" written and performed by Shuggie Otis.
4 Contains resung lyrics from DeBarge's "I Like It" written by Randy DeBarge, Eldra DeBarge, and Etterlene Jordan.
5 Inspired by the original musical composition "Rainy Day" written by Shuggie Otis.
6 Contains an uncredited interpolation from Whitney Houston's "So Emotional" written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.
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