Artist: Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Video: “Upgrade U”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina and Beyonce
“Upgrade U” is the fourth single and music video (following “Deja Vu”, “Ring the Alarm”, and “Irreplaceable”) from Beyonce’s second album titled “B-Day”. Was this music video directed by Hype Williams? Oh wait, no, it was
actually co-directed by Beyonce, Hype had no involvement whatsoever. I guess Beyonce is trying to become the female version of Puff Daddy by over-saturating the market by turning every darn song on her albums into music videos and throwing in as much glitz and glamour she can get her hands on.
“Upgrade U” is basically about the overblown material garbage which Beyonce can ‘upgrade’ her man with. The music video for “Upgrade U” begins with Beyonce having early flashes of “If I Were A Boy” (this is probably where she got the idea from in the first place) by pretending to ...