After reading many of your comments...I have to add my few pennies too. I am a Beyonce fan..not a stan but I will say I have been a fan since Destiny's child...All to say that this new album does not live up to standard..to me the Sasha Fierce alter ego is just a way of trying to attract interest. The Sasha Fierce music definetly sounds like Bday leftovers...there are a sew songs that I do which are tha ballads...Halo( which I heard months ago), Dissapear and Hello. She needs someone other than Jay-Z and her father to coach her in the music biz. I think that she is talented and doesn't need to shake her ass to sell records..especially since she's married now. I wish her much success...I also think that Rhianna has stepped out the box she made her mark the last 2 years..she shouldn't be in comparison to Beyonce because Rhianna is a pop artist.And to me Rhianna saw that she needed to change her image and it worked for her...