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With the limited sources, it is natural for this section to be somewhat lacking. However, maybe it's possible to dig deeper or try to find more sources to see what you can pull from them. Some points that stand out:

• The first paragraph is choppy: "Initial recording began at a beach enclave in The Hamptons, New York during the summer of 2012. "Pretty Hurts" and "Flawless" were partially recorded there. Beyoncé was accompanied by husband Jay-Z and their daughter, as well as producers and songwriters including Sia Furler,[5] Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and The-Dream.[3]" --In this excerpt, the second sentence (mentioning the songs) is inconsistent and random. Try to create a narrative of the entire paragraph, and the possible intent behind this "mass gathering", and then try to work in the result of this meeting: the composition of the album's first recorded songs "Pretty Hurts" and "Flawless". And then say something like, "She eventually released 'Flawless' on her soundcloud' to mixed reception (since people were not used to this aggressive sound and the song's language).

•  Done

• "Beyoncé was inspired to interpolate archive footage from her childhood of her losing the television competition Star Search as she felt it aided the aggression of the song." How so? I remember her saying this, but as written, it's not clear why a childhood talent show would "aid" in a song's aggression. Are you trying to say that their loss made them (or her) stronger and more hardened, which ultimately manifested itself in the more aggressive, dominant persona displayed in the song etc? If so, you need to say so.

•  Done

• "Boots, an unknown producer most known for fronting rock band Blonds"-- awkward.

•  Done Adjusted.

• ..."pojects previous to Beyoncé or how Beyoncé found his demo, only confirming he signed a publishing deal with Roc Nation in June 2013." Using Beyonce twice is awkward when read aloud, although it's clear that one's a reference to the album and the other is to the singer.

•  Done Adjusted.

• " but she was more enthused by his more experimental material"--awkward due to repetition of "more".

•  Done Adjusted.

• ""I'm Onto You"—which later became "Haunted"—believing..." I would suggest that you try to not introduce a song title using dashes-- it renders it insignificant, as in :"she was more enthused by his more experimental material. Having recorded a piano demo on his iPhone, Boots reluctantly played "I'm Onto You--which by the way, if you wanna know, even though it not important, became "Haunted"--believing the instrumental to be lacklustre.") Create the story of how the song came to be, explain that the song eventually became known as "Haunted", and the previous title "I'm Onto You", was instead recorded as a phrase in the song's refrain etc.

•  Done Adjusted.

due to time constraints, I will do a more thorough review in a day or so. There's a lot that can be amended for this section. Orane (talk) 02:42, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Journalist: Thank you for these amendments and I have used some of your wording as it works well. One thing I'm confused about is in the YouTube Self-Titled series, it appears (to me) she is recording "Partition" in the Hampton's Studio, yet the album credits assert it was recorded at Jungle/Oven. This makes me wonder whether the demo/initial composition was done at the Hamptons, and the full recording later. Am I inferring too much from the video if this was included, and do you think it should be?

• http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/revisiting-em-beyonc-em-could-jealous-be-its-most-important-song/284398/

— Simon (talk) 10:00, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2013/12/17/breaking-down-beyonces-record-breaking-album-launch/
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/worldviews/2014/01/29/is-beyonce-being-a-feminist-just-for-record-sales-2/
• http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/16/beyonce-breaks-itunes-record-with-new-album/

— Simon (talk) 05:05, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Beyoncé" World's Best Album - WORLD MUSIC AWARDS 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Beyonc%C3%A9#World_Music_Awards