5 Reasons Lemonade Is the Best Beyoncé Album to Date

Every single component of Lemonade weaves together into a staggering masterpiece. The grieving process — which Beyoncé altered to fit her situation — threads through the songs, the narrative, the film. Each cinematic sequence stands out as a beautiful, impactful vignette in its own right, but they still collectively stitch together as isolated parts of the same universe. They make sense. One portion of the story leads to the next leads to the next. Multiple viewings lead to an awareness of even smaller details. The poetry is like a jolt, striking in between the songs, intermixing with the song verses that drop like rain. It's a perfect storm.