This has been a problem since I worked at BET.com (a*k*a "the plantation"). It's an even bigger problem now. I don't have cable. The last time I watched TV, it was because Taj was on Survivor.* The time before that was Lincoln Heights, and that was online. Because I own a 120 GB iPod that is compatible with my car stereo, I haven't listened to the radio in years. And from the little I hear, there's no reason to.
Today, I learned two things:
1) Alicia Keys had an album out in 2008, and
2) Beyoncé has a video called "Ego".
I happen to really, really like Beyoncé, in a "never bought one of her albums" kind of way. I firmly believe that Beyoncéitis is real. I love "Single Ladies", and I couldn't stop watching the video for a while. (I think she had some songs after that, but I can't say I cared all that much.) But this? This really, really, really sucks. This is like, MIDNIGHT-level suck. It's like she took all of Janet Jackson videos, threw them in a hat, drew out three or four at random and made a video.
I think it took me 45 minutes to get through a four minute music video. I kept pausing it, doing other stuff and coming back. Oh, and the song is garbage. HOWEVER...I must say "it's too big/it's too wide/it's too strong/it won't fit" is pretty darn clever. What can I say? I'm a sucker for wordplay.
Still. C'mon, Bey. I know you recreated the game and all, but fans are fickle. You do this a couple more times, and Ashanti is going to come off her shift at Whataburger and kick your ass right off the charts.
*SHE WUZ ROBBED!!!!
