no, if anything it was kind of basic

Nope.

For example?

It just wasn't very good.

I mean, it had its highlights, like the singles, some album tracks were just the pits.

I would say that most of the album's marketing was risky (the hype, the cover, the Judas video, the tour), the album was a mix of dance pop songs with some experimental ones.

yes. sex sells, sexuality doesn't.

I thought it was a great pop dance album, but not entirely experimental. It certainly had that unconventional quality about it that separated her from her contemporaries, though.

In the context of pop music yea, it was kinda risky and experimental.

In the context of the entire Electronic genre? no.

I can't at some people still trying to say Born This Way the song is risky. It would've been more risky to NOT release that song as the lead single, since it'd be like she was going back on her word about what the album was like and who it was for. Like she thought that fighting for gay rights should be on a hidden away album track. For a woman who has built her career on fighting for gay rights, saying gay in a song is not at all risky.

Now, if a Country or Rap artist, whose main target market is Conservatives and/or straight men released Born This Way, then we could talk about it being risky, but for Pop Girls who mainly target music at gays and girls it's about as risky as releasing a generic dance track, especially for (one of) the biggest musicians on the planet.

I wouldn't call it experimental either. She evolved from her debut sound rather than going in a completely new and unheard of direction.