DEJA VU - BEYONCE FEATURING JAY-Z
It’s a safe bet that “Deja Vu,” which was leaked online and then digitally zapped to radio June 13, is destined to be a summer 2006 mainstay. Radiating with enough heat (and hype) to make July seem chilly by comparison, the hip-hop chugger is readily identifiable as pop/R&B’s reigning songstress, with a notably loose vocal, fluffed harmonies, a novel horn section and a chorus that adheres to the memory bank in a shake. Downside: Jay-Z’s superfluous rap. But no matter. This is an event record destined to garner Beyonce’s upcoming sophomore set “B’Day” a monster opening. And our guess: This is just a warm-up, with the biggest, best singles yet to come. Billboard
