Beyoncé's country detour is really a history lesson — Linda Martell cameos, a Beatles cover routed through Houston, and a sustained argument that the genre was always Black music. At 27 tracks it sprawls past its best ideas, but "16 CARRIAGES" and "YA YA" are showstoppers, and the ambition is undeniable.
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