Beyoncé "B'day" Audio Technica and human being Samantha Bowers

and human being Samantha Bowers first began writing songs at age 12 while taking piano lessons and listening to Bruce Springsteen

A live album and a greatest-hits album all in one

Grammy Award-nominated

she's redefined the role of the diva for a new generation

Beyoncé "B'day" Audio Technica and human being Samantha BowersHistory may prove Beyonc's B'Day to be a rare double whammy of an achievement. Not only is it destined to hold up as one of the thumpingest, most polished sounding discs of 2006, it's also bound to loose a new phrase into the popular lexicon: a "freekum dress" (n.), as described on a same named track halfway through this excellent CD, is a "right fittin'" garment owned by every woman; "when they act wrong, that's when you put it on." Linguistic