Hubris takes many forms, but rarely does it come with the exquisite humiliation that Beyonc Knowles has brought upon herself with the title of this latest album. Intended to mark the momentous correspondence of its release date with Beyonc’s actual birthday (4 September), her decision to use the ambiguous abbreviation “B-Day” has landed her, as it were, in the toilet - or at least, in the porcelain bowl often found alongside it. What, one wonders, did she think that extra bowl was for in all those foreign hotels?

Oh well, they’ll only be laughing in Europe - and she’s likely to have the last laugh, as B-Day may be the most potent work she’s ever been associated with, a giant step beyond her Destiny’s Child recordings and her 2003 solo debut Dangerously In Love. It’s not any great revelation in terms of either her vocal technique or lyrical concerns, which stick to the standard R&B diva themes of assertive sexuality, possessiveness, bling-tastic materialism and romantic betrayal; but thanks to the sterling work of her co-producers, notably Swizz Beatz, it’s delivered with the kind of nonchalant panache her rivals struggle to achieve. She actually seems to have a distinctive character, rather than just a series of vocal tics and tricks, and it’s that which enables us to care about the emotional travails that drive the songs. On tracks like “Check On It” and “Ring the Alarm”, Swizz sets her up with perky techno-soul grooves that are like more commercial versions of the UK garage two-step style, adding an irresistible dancehall offbeat to “Get Me Bodied” that should ensure it gets released as a single.

10:32 PM EDT - All I can say is WOW! Beyonce’s performance of Ring The Alarm was the absolute BEST performance of the evening! She totally killed it! Her vocals were on point, she murdered the dancing, and just overall brought the hottest performance overall! If you would like to see it for yourself, click on one of the download links below! Note: They ALL point to the same download .. they’re just uploaded on different servers. I will periodically be adding more download servers throughout the evening, so if one messes up on you .. or downloads very slow, then try another server. Anyhow, ENJOY THE PERFORMANCE!!!

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8:54 PM EDT - The beautiful Beyonce Knowles arrived about 15 - 20 minutes prior to the opening ceremonies at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards! She and John Norris of MTV News had a short interview on the red carpet, and she revealed that she will be celebrating her birthday TONIGHT at the 40/40 club! Anyhow, check out the 1.5 minute interview by clicking on one of the links below! Stay clicked for more VMA coverage featuring none-other-than Beyonce here at ForeverBeyonce.com!

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I just uploaded 6 brand new promotional photos from Beyonce’s B’Day album! All of them are very beautiful, so if you want to check them out, click on the thumbnails below! Thanks so much to Devin for the first 4, and Tyrone for the last 2! Enjoy them!

P.S. If you would like to view ForeverBeyonce’s FIRST EVER EXCLUSIVE VMA COVERAGE be sure to NOT click away from this website! We will be uploading videos, photos, and other types of media as they are available. So stay glued to your computer for the rest of the evening!

Radio One, Inc., the seventh largest radio broadcasting company in the U.S., celebrated the culmination of its 25th anniversary with an exclusive, star-studded awards gala on August 17 at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, DC. A diverse and wide-reaching group of notables were on-hand to join in showing their admiration and respect for the company and its founder and chairperson Cathy Hughes and her son, Alfred C. Liggins III, CEO and President.

The final performance of the evening was a showstopper by none of other than Beyonc! Most superstars would not give a musical performance in the Grand Ballroom of a hotel; however the music star and actress gave a one-of-a-kind performance to show her love and support of Radio One. The dynamic, young artist entered on to the stage in a long red gown, with ruffled bottom singing Dangerously In Love. The enthusiastic audience full of celebrities, music and corporate executives could not be contained in their seats when Beyonc went behind a screen and returned to the stage with the bottom of the gown removed. Backed by an all-female band and dancers, she continued her red hot set by dancing and singing a medley of her hit songs, including “Crazy In Love,” “Theme from Charlie’s Angels,” and “Survivor” and others.

To check out a few HQs from the event, click on the thumbnails below. Hopefully I can find some more, and as soon as I do, I will update the gallery. For the time being, enjoy the photos below!

As some of you may know, Beyonce recently did an interview with Giant Magazine, which was taped and released in parts. ForeverBeyonce now has one file (RAR) with all 7 parts included in it, ripped and uploaded by yours truly. Enjoy!

[ Giant Magazine Interview Parts 1-7 ]

Below are photos of Beyonce arriving at an exclusive launch party in London, England for her new solo album, B’Day which will hit stores on September 5, 2006! To check them out, click on the thumbs below.

As you all know by now, Beyonce is featured on the cover of the September 2006 issue of Essence Magazine, and I have the scans! Scans from Giant Magazine will be posted really soon too, so look out for those! But for now, enjoy the scans from Essence below!

As one of the biggest artists to emerge in the past 15 years, Beyonc Knowles is inhabiting a hemisphere where greatness is just considered good enough, and sometimes fans’ expectations border on the unreasonable. So B’Day, which comes on the heels of her quadruple-platinum solo debut Dangerously in Love which won her five Grammy Awards in 2004 has a tough act to follow.

The album’s lead cut “Deja Vu,” a dynamite hybrid of soul and hip-hop, has already come under fire as being a less effective pairing with boyfriend Jay-Z than their last collaboration, the blockbuster single “Crazy in Love.” Despite the criticism, the track has been filling dance floors and hit #1 on two of Billboard’s singles charts. But what about the rest of B’Day?

Well, it’s obvious that hanging out with the Jiggaman’s rap-world friends has rubbed off on Beyonc: B’Day is a sonically harder, decidedly more street LP than Dangerously in Love. B has chalked that shift up to Deena Jones, her fierce character in the upcoming film “Dreamgirls.” Beyonc drew inspiration from the assertive siren, who knows when to play to her man’s ego to get what she wants.

Beyonce celebrated her ‘B’Day’ a week early on Monday, surrounded by 10,000 fans in New York City’s Central Park. It was her first-ever appearance on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ which kicked off its fourth season in the Big Apple. Beyonce, backed by her stunning all-female band, performed a perfectly choreographed ‘Deja Vu,’ the first single from ‘B’day.’ That was followed by another new song, ‘Irreplaceable,’ likely to be a future No. 1 for the Grammy-winning beauty.

Sitting down with Ellen for a heart-to-heart, Beyonce dissed the tabloid rumors of an engagement to long-time boyfriend Jay-Z. “It’s a big, fat rumor,” she said. “One day I hope to be married with children.” “OK, so… when?” Ellen asked. “I dunno!” Beyonce answered, giggling.

3.5 Stars!

For all their grumbling about Internet piracy cutting into their bottom lines, record companies sure have used the blogger phenomenon to their advantage. Leak a track here, a video there, and you’ve got a direct line to the consumera global focus group that will provide instant, unfettered feedback about your product. Paris Hilton’s new video not going over well? Schedule a re-shoot and rush-release the clip onto YouTube. And despite having little influence over execs in the past, online petitions, like the one signed by almost 7,000 Beyonc fans demanding that the singer’s label shoot a new video for her single “Dj Vu,” have become more and more common.

So, in an era when entire Hollywood films are created and marketed based on the demands of the public, I have to commend Beyonc’s handlers (including her typically bothersome dad, Matthew Knowles) for not caving in to the pressure. Grievances regarding Beyonc’s video included “no clear story or theme,” “confusing” and “alarming” dancing, “unacceptable [sexual] interactions” between the singer and her real-life boyfriend Jay-Z, “unbelievable and ridiculous” fashions, and editing that “causes one to get dizzy and disoriented.” The alarmed and apparently woozy undersigned also request that a director “more acclimated to urban themes and imagery” be hired for the re-shoot (though they ask, naturally, that it not be “Hype ‘Letterbox’ Williams”). Not only is the petition insulting to artists of any ilk, it specifically targets Sophie Muller, who, though she’s never been at the helm of an “urban” video before, has been making consistently high-quality clips for 20 years.

Ring The Alarm, Beyonce’s HOT new video, has soared into the #1 spot on Yahoo Music, beating out competition Justin Timberlake (#2) and Fergie (#3)!

And this isn’t really news as such, but I just wanted to take this opportunity to ask the Beyonce fans out there to try and vote for Beyonce’s new video ‘Ring The Alarm’ as much as possible. Also, when her album comes out, PLEASE make sure to pick up a copy. It would be great for her to have a #1 video AND album!!

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I finally got my hands on the scans from the September 2006 issue of Fashion Rocks Magazine with Beyonce & Jamie Foxx on the cover! Thanks so much to Fai for these! I also have Giant and Essence Magazine to post, and I will try to get to those either later today or tomorrow. In the meantime, Check out the scans from Fashion Rocks below!

Beyonce Knowles has been reprimanded by animal rights group People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) after boasting about taping a baby alligator’s mouth shut at a photo shoot for her new album. After consulting with British reptile biology expert Clifford Warwick, PETA activists are snapping back at the pop star for allowing something so cruel to take place. Knowles upset the animal activists by telling September’s (06) Arena magazine that the taping incident was “my bright idea,” adding the reptile was so distressed, “he peed on me.”

Warwick has now teamed up with PETA to make sure Knowles knows that what she did was both cruel and insensitive. In a letter to the pop star, he writes, “Humans and alligators are not natural bedfellows, and the two should not mix at events such as photo-shoots. In my view, doing so is arguably abusive to an animal. “Humans have historically treated alligators badly. Skin and meat traders ranch them and slaughter them via slices through their spinal cords or bludgeon them with hammers. The alligator you handled probably faces this same end, after a life of confinement in captivity. “It seems a great pity that this animal’s problems should be added to in the course of promoting your own work.”

- Contact Music

Infamous radio personality, Miss Jones, has been suspended for 2 weeks after having little one on one with Tina Knowles. Tina confronted Miss Jones about some harsh works said about Beyonce earlier and Miss Jones lost it.

They asked Miss Jones to leave early on Friday because Beyonce was doing an interview there, which Jones agreed too, because apparently Miss Jones does not like Beyonce. She was walking down the hallway as Beyonce, her mother and their crew were coming up the hallway. One of Beyonce’s entourage said “HI MISS JONES” and alerted everyone to her presence. Beyonce tried to shake miss Jones hand and kiss her on the cheek and Jones said “No, I don’t do that.”

Tina said “I would like to thank you for speaking about me and my daughter every day on your show and increasing her album sales” Miss Jones replied with “You should thank MAC makeup for hiding the old on your face…making you look like the joker”. Sony execs jumped and Hot97 execs jumped which then lead to Miss Jones being suspended for 2 weeks.

No word yet on any audio or video from the confrontation, but we do have this. Big credit to Hip&Pop

[ Miss Jones vs. Beyonce And Tina ]