Where oh where is the R&B on this album that everyone is claiming, the closest she came was with party, but she ruined it with all that voice changing all over the place. It sounds like POP music, only, not R&B. To the people stating those whom don't like this album haven't heard Jennifer Hudson, Jazmine Sullivan, etc, you must be on the pipe and I'm talking the pipe you smoke the rock with. It's people whom love true R&B whom appreciate Jazmine Sullivan, MJB, and many other female R&B artists, that don't like this album. It's those people whom remember Beyonce' when she was part of a 4 person R&B group, you remember the first 2 albums released under the group name of Destiny's Child? Those two albums were R&B. That's what we want from this chic, not the POP music she keeps spitting out. There really and truly is a difference. Like someone this resembles more of a Madonna album, and Madonna was never associated with R&B, ever! AND I am a Madonna fan of old. I prefer the old POP music, but in Bey's case, I'm waiting for her to come back to true R&B, until she does, the music industry won't let the other R&B artists shine. She could help the industry, if she really wanted to, but right now, her music is more pop (white), like they accuse Rihanna of sounding, but at least RiRi does get in touch with her roots from time to time, i.e. Man Down. For me, MJB is still the greatest of the past 20 years. Plain and simple, because even her worst attempts are better than this generic sounding crud.