Beyonce spins gold out of Lemonade - CNET

Kanye West spoke too soon. Though one of the best videos of all time does belong to Beyonce, it's Lemonade that deserves all of the attention and awards.

Beyonce's latest work, Lemonade, could be simply described as a visual album. On the surface you can sum it up as an arthouse-like film with a bevy of cameos that blends different genres of music -- from country and rap, to spoken word poetry.

But it's much more than that. Heralding a refreshing new genre that creatively melds video and music (her last album was also a visual album), Beyonce simultaneously remains personal, political and poignant in her point of view. It's a powerful piece that eaestly explores the emotions following a spouse's alleged betrayal, through a lens that unapologetically haesses the historic resilience, vulnerability, beauty and strength of black womanhood.

The richly-dense, smart and thoughtful album premiered worldwide on HBO to greatfanfare and criticalresponse. Though there's nothing new about the tired trope of cheating spouse, the way Beyonce tells her story is groundbreaking in more ways than one.

In the era where singles are king, Lemonade creates a new standard of artistic expression that could possibly save albums from dying of irrelevancy. It's 2016 and Beyonce has us talking about her album -- not just a song, but an entire work of art.