Beyonce, Finally Talks New Album!

Beyonce's been holed up in the studio for months now working on her fourth studio album.  During an interview with ET she finally talked about working on the new album.  She's currently writing and producing for the new album.  She also says it will have a lot of live instrumentation.  Hopefully that means it will have an old school feel to it, more in line with great studio album's like Sade's, Prince's or Michael's Off the Wall.

In the interview she says she's trying to create her own genre.  "I have a lot of live instruments that I'm putting into the tracks to try to change the sound and make my own genre of music."  Guess B's tired of being put into a box.  So will it be a dash of Soul, a sprinkle of pop, a hint of dance, a dose of rock and a smidget of jazz, all the things B loves in music.

She's definitely out to Dance and spread her happiness, something that has been echoed by producers Sean Garrett and Rodney Jerkins.  So, is B channeling old school R&B and Pop, genres that used to rely heavily on live instruments and at the same time trying to create a new sound?  Prince did it. Mike did it. Madge did it. Now it's B's turn.

So far confirmed producers for the album are NE-YO, Jim Jonsin, Sean Garrett, RocNation's Deputy, Tricky  & The Dream and Rodney Jerkins, Q-Tip, Rich Harrison, The Script and Fitzroy Reid.

--Princess Carter

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