Survivor

Terrible 3rd CD for Destiny's Child

I liked their other 2 CDS, but this one is so horrible that I resold it to a used music store after the first time I listened to it. The lyrics are very annoying and some of the songs are downright trashy. I was not impressed.

a new era of DC3

it was the new millenium and DC4 was now DC3. Survivor is my all time favorite album by Destiny's Child mainly because of Independent Women, Survivor, and Bootylicious. Survivor has much more stronger lyrics than TWOTW. many people claim TWOTW as their favorite album, but this album takes the cake for me. it's hard to believe that next year will mark 10 years already!!

1. INDEPENDENT WOMEN (5/5)- the lyrics are so catchy and memorable. "girl, i didn't know you could get down like that. charlie, how your angels get down like that?". this is a typical female anthem song from DC.

2. Survivor (5/5)-song dedicated to the all the haters and her fallen out with the two original memebers of the group. my favorite line was from kelly when she says she's not going to "blast them on the radio" or talk badly about them because she is a true christian.

3. BOOTYLICIOUS (20/5)- my #1 DC song!!!!!! i LOOOOOOOOVE this song. it's so flirty and fun to sing along to. i love the video and the outfits. love how they paid homage to michael and the guitar riff was AWEEEESOOOOOME!!!!!! this song was very popular that it got included in Webster's Dictionary and started a trend to use that term. "i don't think you're ready for this jelly..i don't think you're ready for this..cuz my body is tooo boootylicious 4 ya babe!". love that line.

4. NASTY GIRL (5/5)- thank you bee, kelly, and michelle for writing this song for all the sleazy skanks out there!!!! those type of girls needed to be pointed out!!! *claps*

5. Fancy (5/5)-i like how their voices go higher. it's about a stuck-up girl who tries to steal people's men. i laugh when bee says in the end "I won't say no names".

6. APPLE PIE LA MODE (5/5)- very sweet and sexy

7. SEXY DADDY (4.5/5)-flirty and fun. cool beats "SWEETIE PIE.."

8. INDEPEDENT WOMEN PT. 2 (5/5)-i love the remix!! someone pointed out on youtube the "Looney Tunes xylophone effect in the background". i had to laugh at that one

9. HAPPY FACE (4/5)-it's a song where one feels content and grateful about themselves. it reminds me of "so good".

10. EMOTION (5/5)- they did a great job on this remake. their voices sounded so harmonious.

11. BROWN EYES (4.5/5)- can't say i can relate to this song, but it's nice.

12. DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE (5/5)- beyonce included this song on her later solo album. i'm just gonna give it the same rating.

13. THE STORY OF BEAUTY (4/5)-it's alright...

14. GOSPEL MEDLEY (5/5)-lovely voices. they always stay true to their faith

i'm not going to rate the outro because it just has kelly, beyonce, and michelle expressing their admiration and love for each other. you could see that their friendship is very genuine. they support each other thru thick and thin.

Survivor

I got this for a friend of mine who really liked this thanks it came on time and we were both happy

Destiny's Child:Together Or Apart?

It's hard to deny with actually listening to this album that this was the breaking point of Destiny's Child as a group. Kelly and LeToya are being brushed aside into the role of,at best strong backup singers rather than sharing leads and harmonies with Beyonce' who,at this point is definately lobbying for her own solo success.Was it The Supremes all over again?Actually it was a little more aggresive. I do have to agree with many reviewers that compared with their first two albums there are an awful lot of musical weaknessess here. One of the most obvious problems that does bare repeating over and over is the fact that "Independant Women" and the title song of this album received a very unhealthy amount of saturation airplay the entire year after this came out. Before when the group seemed almost innovative in a contemporary way the way these two songs were presented to the public almost made even HARDCORE FANS turn their backs on the group. This aspect of the bands history at this point even became an SNL sketch at the time;I'm sure many remember the Gemini's Twin skits during this period. Not only that but there is also a lot of rather smug "dissing" of some of the former band members,which can also be found in many interviews they did at the time. Also the band appeared at the inaugural for GW Bush and,while I don't want to turn this into any argument about politics.....in hindsite that probably was a very bad idea. Personally Destiny's Child weren't winning a whole lot of Brownie points with me personally when this album came out because they seemed to have more to do with media hype of one sort or another than music at this time. Most of the music here is a series of songs that basically try to replicate the sound of the two overplayed hits and sometimes it almost sounds like a remix album as a result: the Peabody & Sherman-styled "Independant Woman Part II" did kind of make me laugh though. At the same time it's kind of sad beause Beyonce,Kelly and LeToya all had excellent abilities as vocalists and harmonizers and despite some of the cornier music their speedy flow of ideas was actually very hopefull in terms of innovation at times-even if some of the lyrics themselves are beyond shallow. A handfull of tunes easily rise above the heavy filler though. "Bootylicious" takes a Stevie Nicks sample and extends it into full blown funkiness:it's by far the best (and sadly least played) hit on the album. On "Nasty Girl" and "Brown Eyes" there are also strong stabs at funk but it really comes together best again on "Apple Pie A La Mode". The album actually only really catches fire at the end with "Gospel Medley",where the group really got to do their stuff vocally in an acapella medly of the music they'd started singing as children. Alright even I'll admit it:this album is inconsistant and a bit too showoffsky but,at the same time it's an important time capsule for this period in at least Beyonce's musical development.

Worth checking out...

I enjoyed this DC album more than their sophmore album. Highlights are:
Bootylicious (Yes, the Steve Nicks Riff does rock)
Independant Woman 1 & 2 (both versions have their own flavor.)
Happy Face (it's nice to hear Beyonce sing a upbeat pop song)
Story of Beauty (A very heart wrenching song).