When Beyoncé decided to record her last album, B'Day, in the midst of filming Dreamgirls, she holed up for a marathon three-week recording session with some of the game's biggest hitmakers. She's taken more time on its follow-up, and earned co-writing or co-producing credits on every track on the new LP. The disc also features big names like Justin Timberlake and Sean Garrett, who co-produced some of B'Day's big singles ("Ring the Alarm," "Upgrade U").

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