>which i guess is her competition, but i thought of Bey as a
>trend-setter and thought she might go in another direction for
>the single. but it just seems they wanted to get this out
>there as a 'street' single. time will tell.

Really? I've always founded her music to be safe and formulaic, coppin' the latest flavor of the month producer and sicked the hype machine on her new products.

I'm saying "products" because there's no way in black & blue hell I'd call whatever she's pushing "music".