Beyoncé

Beyoncé is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 2002–2009. The artist is connected with Afrobeat and Rhythm and Blues, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Afrobeat and Rhythm and Blues shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Work It Out (new radio edit)”, “Video Phone (original edit)”. Then move to “Promo Only: Mainstream Radio, July 2002” and “Video Phone” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.