As captain of the R&B trio , Beyoncé Knowles grew into an absolute superstar in the late 1990s. After and , Beyoncé is the last of the three to release solo work, after the group work was temporarily put on hold in 2002. On Dangerously In Love she once again proves herself as the group member with the greatest artistic aspirations. Not only did she co-write all the tracks herself, she was
… also involved in everything production-wise. The slick R&B sound we know from Destiny's Child is once again the starting point, but Knowles knows how to enrich that with heavy hip-hop beats in Crazy In Love, ragga influences in Baby Boy (a duet with ), fat funk in Work It Out and even light avant-garde fiddling in Yes. In personal songs like Speechless and Gift From Virgo, she lets go of her image as an unapproachable superwoman and we hear her as a sensual soft-soul singer. Other guests on this successful solo debut are , , , and . (MS)more
