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Can we be real here? Beyoncé has been KILLING it lately. First, she drops the anthemic Diplo-produced "Run The World (Girls)." Then, she changes the live-performance game with her jaw-dropping and awe striking performance of "Run The World (Girls)" at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Oh, and did we mention she also received the prestigious Billboard Millennium Award at that same event? Definition of killing it right there.
And quite frankly, the latest leak off the Queen B's forthcoming album, 4, should be added to her list of wins. Aptly titled "Party," featuring a white-hot verse by Andre 3000 and production by Consequence and Kanye West, the record is a laid-back slow jam, rife with '70s soul meshed with late '80s/early '90s New Jack Swing swag. It's just begging to be played at your next rooftop BBQ or driving around with the top down in slow-mo.
Layers upon layers of harmony in Beyoncé's vocals take over the sweet summer serenade. 'Kay, maybe we're getting a little too sappy here, but it's probably because WE WE SO ESSITED that Andre 3000 has decided to come out of hibernation! Our boy Andre been lying low recently, but if anyone could lure him out of the honeycomb hideout, it'd definitely be Beyoncé. Andre's swagger on "Party" is unmistakable. His verse has all that signature-Dre smoothness you'd come to expect from the man, and it makes us miss him terribly. Furthermore, the intro to "Party" features a quick Kanye West cameo, where he kindly asks, "You got that swag sauce? You drippin' Swagu." So, it's pretty pretty self-explanatory why we're obsessed with this new song. Now we're off to go ripen up some tomatoes, cook up a batch of Swagu and pour it all over some 'sghetti.
Beyoncé's 4 album is out June 28.
+ Listen to Beyoncé's "Party," featuring Andre 3000 and Kanye West.