DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album. "Dangerously In Love" won for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. "The Closer I Get To You" won for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals. "Crazy In Love" ... Full Descriptionwon for Best R&B Song and for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. The song was also nominated for Record of the Year.
Besides deft, pitch-perfect hit songs, the talented if volatile Destiny's Child was remarkable for its unpredictability, not always a defining characteristic of mainstream R&B. While there was certainly a formula at play in the songs, the structure was subtly unstable, never following standard progressions. Yet most of their singles flew to the top of both the pop and R&B charts. While DC was generally a collective, Beyonce Knowles clearly emerged as the most high-profile member, even before major turns on the big screen, signaling anticipation for her debut album, DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE.
Beyonce's opening salvo should disappoint neither her fans nor the general public, as it features skillful songwriting balancing innovation and abundant hooks. DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE starts with a flourish, as the omnipresent Jay-Z brashly introduces the feverishly catchy, brass-fueled dance cut "Crazy In Love," followed by three more lush club-bangers, including a typically inviting guest toast by Sean Paul and some tongue-twisters from Outkast's Big Boi. From there, the soulstress shifts into ballad mode, the starkest moment coming with "Yes," beautifully reminiscent of the DC sound. On DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE, Beyonce both remains true to her past success while forging intriguing new ground.
Contains a hidden track following "Gift From Virgo."
Personnel: Beyonce Knowles, Luther Vandross, Sean Paul (vocals); Jay-Z, Big Boi, Missy Elliott, Sleepy Brown (rap vocals); Nat Adderley, Jr. (arranger, electric piano); Skip Anderson (arranger, keyboards, programming); Focus, Rich Harrison (various instruments); Dan Workman, Phil Hamilton, John "Jab" Brousard (guitar); Byron Miller (bass); Ivan Hampden (drums); Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Cissy Houston, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White-King, Candace Thomas (background vocals).
Producers include: Beyonce Knowles, Rich Harrison, Scott Storch, Focus, Bryce Wilson.
Jay-Z
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Rolling Stone (12/25/03, p.104) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2003"
Rolling Stone (07/24/03, p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Beyonce sounds loose and sexy....she sounds like she's having fun..."
Entertainment Weekly (12/26/03-1/2/04, p.140) - "Crazy in Love" ranked #3 in Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "Records of the Year" - "...Beyonce swoons, Jigga glides, the recycled Chi-Lites horns vroom--and Destiny's Child seem like a distant memory."
Mojo (Publisher) (9/03, p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Her deliciously smooth reworking of Bootsy Collins' 'Be With You', 'Naughty Girl's' reference to Donna Summer's 'Love to Love You Baby', and the JB-style funk of 'Work It Out' are all exceptional cuts..."
Hide Description Dangerously In Love Music | List Price | $13.98 (You save $4.19) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Urban Soundtrack, Soul/R&B, Enhanced CD, Contemporary R&B | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 2003 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1523  | | CD Universe Part number | 4868616 | | Catalog number | 86386 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 24, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Tawatha Agee
Bashiri Johnson - percussion
Beyonce
Brenda White-King
Phil Hamilton
Rich Harrison - various instruments
Nat Adderley Jr. - arranger, electric piano
Focus
Ivan Hampden - drums
Candace Thomas - background vocals
Dan Workman
John "Jab" Brousard - guitar
Skip Anderson - arranger, keyboards, programming
Also: Jay-Z, Luther Vandross, Missy Elliott, Cissy Houston, Big Boi, Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, Sean Paul, Byron Miller, Sean Paul |
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Dangerously In Love Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)    List All Reviews The worst album out of the other DC members and the worst.
I downloaded the cd and the bonus track. I must say that the there are some really good songs (especially some of the collabs). .' "DIL" was extremely bad. Its not the way it is on the DC cd or the way she's been performing it. she changed it up a bit . The backgrounds were all her vocals. Also in the original there was a part in the end where Kelly repeatedly sang "I Love YOU". In part two Beyonce sang it. It did not sound the same at all it sounded bad. I THINK BEYONCE AND KELLY SHOULD DO A ALBUM TOGETHER BECAUSE THEIR VOICES BLEND WELL TOGETHER. The songs that I thought that were good are 'SIGNS-FEATURING MISSY', 'CLOSER I GET-FEATURING LUTHER VANDROS', 'NAUGHTY BOY', 'YES' and 'BABY BOY-FEATURING SEAN PAUL'. The song that i thought was above mediocre is 'CRAZY IN LOVE-FEATURING JAY Z'. The mediocre songs are 'YES', 'SPEECHLESS', 'ME MYSLEF AND I' and , 'BE WITH YOU' The songs that I thought were TERRIBLE were 'DIL', 'HIP HOP STAR', 'GIFT OF THE VIRGO' AND 'THAT'S HOW I LIKE IT -FEATURING JAY Z'. i was expecting something really hot and I think that a lot of DC FANS ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMLY DISAPPOINTED. Beyonce is way overrated. Although I enjoyed Kelly's album very much, NONE OF THE GIRLS SOSLO PROJECTS COMPARE TO DC MATERIAL. They should get back together as sone as possible.
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