Beyoncé And Jay-Z Just Dropped a Surprise Album

Titled Everything is Love, this is the Carters's first record together. The album has nine tracks and for now, of course, is exclusively available on Jay-Z’s streaming music platform, TIDAL.

The music video for the feature track "APE SHIT" was also dropped on Saturday.

There has been this sort of rumored talk in the last couple years around if this album would ever be released. To some this isn’t a total surprise. The album has been expected for some time by people in the industry, but the lack of forewarning for fans and the fact that it actually, finally happened tends to add some shock.

With no warning or a million dollar promotion like other artists, they still will be able to grab international headlines with EVERY. SINGLE.MOVE.— forever billed as The Carters — released the teased and rumored album on Saturday evening after a concert in London, England with the power of social media and the streaming platform TIDAL. Which instantly sent the industry and “beehive’ fans into complete hysterics.

Majority of fans took to Twitter and Instagram to express their excitement for this surprise joint album.

Mostly praise, and everyone is loving Beyoncé is rapping on this album. This is what music reviewer Yoh Phillips from DJBooth.com had to say about the single.

“The vibe has changed. TRAP BANGER. RAPPING BEYONCE! Quavo doing ad-libs. A nice knock. Why is Beyoncé the greatest trap rapper ever? Her flow is very well delivered. She makes fun, trap music. Banger. I’m so impressed. Like, if she was an unknown artist, this is the kind of song that would get her signed to QC. Okay, Jay’s here. He sounds lively. The Chief Keef and Lion King bars got me hype. Jay is the elder statesman who still has the energy to keep up with the young gunners.”

He continued on about the final track "HEARD ABOUT US" from the album

“So far, this is quite the enjoyable project. Beyoncé sounds like she drank pure gold before their studio sessions. If there was a steroid to make greater music, she's taking it. The switch from sung vocals to this flow was so seamless. I can hear the wigs being snatched. Hairlines are being pushed back. This is a groove. Beyoncé music could be described as high self-esteem excellence. “For the thousand time that kid ain’t mine” hahaha. Okay, Hov. He responded to that rumor with the swiftness. And it came before Drake. He’s killing it. This album avoided being cheesy. It’s filled with swagger, sauce, and stunting in the most royal way. It’s the music of royalty who are still congregating among the people.”

Beyoncé posted news of the brand new music to Instagram and Twitter. As the show at London Stadium came to an end Saturday night, “ALBUM OUT NOW,” is what read on a large sign.

Ever since Beyoncé’s 8 Grammy Nominated Album, Lemonade, we have been wondering about the couple's status. With Beyoncé and Jay-Z going on this world tour together and with the release of this joint album, hopefully the Carter’s are here to stay because I need it, you need it, and quiet frankly, the world needs it!

Why Stream It: Everything Is Love is the sister album of Lemonade. Becky with the good hair has turned into Becky with the good hair with the trap bars and a deeper voice. It is mostly with Beyonce and Jay giving appreciation for each other and sticking by one another. Beyoncé does the moving and shaking and proves that when she chooses to rap, she can go hard just as well as the big dogs and how to ride a beat. She does Migos a hell of a lot better than Migos on “Apeshit,” doesn’t need to but does recruit Quavo for some choice ad-libs, and features Jay-Z, which is boastful almost cocky in the way only a Jay verse can be. Pharrell chimes in while assisting in “Nice,” Beyonce slides into her verse so effortlessly you may need to run it back a few times. When she goes the full trap stunting route, she’s very much convincing; after “If I gave two f**ks about streaming numbers, woulda put Lemonade up on Spotify,” she adds “F*** you” to her haters. Everything Is Love is just so easily an album that you can tell they just wanted to release this for fun as almost a couple project.