Y'all better praise Britney her hip hop soul

• Britney was signed to Boyz II Men's Stonecreek label before it folded. While there she worked on songs with Vivian Green
• The first song Britney recorded was a cover of an unreleased Toni Braxton song
• Britney's often mentioned Otis Redding, Janet Jackson, Prince and Whitney Houston as her main influences
• Britney sang Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" and two other Whitney songs when she auditioned for Jive Records. She was signed on the spot based on her voice alone
• Early non-biased reviews of Britney's debut album said her natural voice she used in her early career "sounds so soulful and Whitney-assured it's downright scary"
• When "Baby One More Time" was first released it received airplay on a lot of urban stations. It was also reported many listeners couldn't tell she was white based on the delivery of her voice on the song, and on some of the other tracks on her debut album

• Britney's been name dropped in over 150 hip-hop songs
• "Slave 4 U" and "Boys (Remix)" both charted on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts. "(I Got That) Boom Boom", "Outrageous", "Gimme More" and "Scream and Shout" also received crossover airplay on urban stations
• Britney's shared the stage with Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Nicki Minaj, Nelly, Missy Elliott, Kiley Dean, Ying Yang Twins and Sabi
• Britney's covered songs by The Jets, Bobby Brown and J'Son and has performed live covers of Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson
• Britney said she was inspired by Jay-Z for her third album "Britney". She's also frequently mentioned him as an influence in interviews
• Britney's mentioned some of her favorite albums being by Jay-Z, Outkast, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Missy Elliott, Brandy, Janet Jackson, Robin Thicke, Otis Redding and Usher
• Britney has performed multiple times on Motown Live

• Miguel and Taio Cruz both covered "Hold it Against Me"
• Snoop Dogg appeared in the video for the R. Kelly-produced "Outrageous". The video was never finished but part of it was released
• Britney asked Outkast to remix "Me Against the Music", although the remix is unreleasd
• Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, LL Cool J and many others have spoken about wanting to work with her

• Janet Jackson also recorded "Boys" under the title "Boyz" for her "All for You" album but her version is unreleased.
• Nelly asked Britney to collaborate for a track on his "Sweat/Suit" LP
• Britney dated Columbus Short, a hip-hop dancer who choreographed the performances for "(I Got That) Boom Boom"
• Britney performed the Ying Yang Twins collaboration "(I Got That) Boom Boom" on MTV and on her televised "In the Zone" special
• Has toured with Kelis, Ciara, Diddy, Mr. Cheeks, Jada Pinkett Smith and Nicki Minaj
• Britney Spears and her manager, along with LL Cool J, Erick Sermon, Redman and Mary J. Blige rallied against the imprisonment of Keith Murray and attended a press conference to demand a new trial

• Britney's often been the first major artist to work with many hip-hop and R&B producers before they made it big, including The Neptunes in 2001, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream in 2003, Danja, Sean Garrett, The Clutch & Keri Hilson in 2006 and K. Briscoe, The Outsyders, Stacy Barthe and Claude Kelly in 2008
• "Toxic" was covered by Mark Ronson featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard
• Britney's songs have been sampled by many artists including Childish Gambino, Iggy Azalea, Charles Hamilton, Tony Yayo, Example and Asher Roth, among others
  
• Britney was the first pop artist to ever have part of their songs chopped and screwed (the end of "Get Back")
• Often samples hip-hop songs with hers during performances, ex. Busta Rhymes' "Light Your Ass on Fire" with "Slave 4 U"

• 50 Cent said Britney inspired his "Before I Self Destruct" LP
• Britney wanted to record Ester Dean and Chris Brown's "Drop it Low"
• Rihanna's "Umbrella", and many other Rihanna tracks were intended for Britney's "Blackout" LP, as well as songs by Beyonce ("Flaws and All") and Amerie
• Kelis' "Milkshake" was also intended for Britney
• Britney wanted to go against her label with her "Circus" LP and use tracks she recorded with Sean Garrett, The Underdogs, Akon and Lil Jon
• Was part of the charity single "What's Going On", a Marvin Gaye cover
• Britney personally asked Joe Thomas to sing "I Wanna Know" to her on a televised special
• Was a huge fan of TLC and Boyz II Men and they were the first concerts she went to. She's also attended shows by Jay-Z, Toni Braxton, Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys
• Britney recorded an unreleased duet with Dionne Warwick. She also recorded a tribute to Otis Redding for her "Blackout" LP that's also unreleased
• Britney and Usher were discussing a collaboration in 2011
• Britney's worked with many hip-hop and R&B artists including Fabolous, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Rihanna, AC, Full Force, Bahamadia, Ying Yang Twins, Pharrell, R. Kelly, Lil Jon, and the list goes on...
• Britney even does a Soul Clap at the end of the smooth R&B jam "Sippin' On".

Why is Britney never recognized for this?

Britney doing Drop It Low

Kanye West also said that Toxic is the best pop song of the last decade.

I mean, everyone should know by now that her roots were in R&B but this OP was lovely. two thumbs up.

**** Yeezy and Britney for not working together yet. It like really hurts my soul.

She worked with Vivian Green?

Right? Milkshake would've been FIRE

and it will probably never happen. I BLAME YOU ADAM FOR TAKING YE'S TWEET SERIOUSLY.

Britney on Drop It Low would be sick

I knew britney sang that toni braxton song and praised numerous black artists. That's why I don't see her as a culture vulture or cultural appropriator like some say

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It was clearly a joke and Ye was just ****ing around like he always does. Ugh, all the missed opportunities.

Queen of Hip Hop tbh, Miley needs some tips.

I'm In It production on a Britney song would be or even New Slaves!

Like I started thinking about it in my head and it literally would've slayed but it's kinda Kelis' golden opus when it comes to certain people so I'm glad she kept it.

The production on the entire MBDTF bar a few songs would've been perfect for Britney. The Queen knows how to ride a beat better than most of the girls in the industry with or without studio magic.

Queen

Girl bye!

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Shut up. You will accept my love for Kanye.