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The truth is 'Warrior' flopped and most Animals are pressed about it (myself included) because for the most part we consider it a fairly good and solid album unworthy of flopping, so we look for someone or something to blame, and a lot of people have decided that Dr. Luke is the best person to put all of the blame on.
However, this is stupid. Dr. Luke cannot be the reason why 'Warrior' flopped. While it's easy to say "Dr. Luke doesn't let Ke$ha have any creative freedom," take another look at Warrior's tracklisting and production credits. Who produced "Thinking Of You", "Dirty Love", "Wonderland", "Last Goodbye" and "Gold Trans Am", some of Ke$ha's favourite tracks from Warrior (as confirmed in her documentary, 'Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life')?
If anything, Ke$ha's the one to blame for Warrior's underperformance. Ke$ha wanted to show a rockier side on Warrior, and regardless of how much she wanted to show and how much she ended up showing, she still did just that. Warrior was a departure from the Animal and Cannibal sound, due to Ke$ha's request, and ultimately she paid the price. Dr. Luke tried to pick the most Animal-like tracks from Warrior (in the forms of Die Young, C'mon and Crazy Kids) but that didn't work either.
Animals are quick to say "But Machine Gun Love was rejected because of Dr. Luke!" and act like Warrior is full of Die Young's because of Dr. Luke, but they forget to mention the "Dirty Love" and "Wonderland" type tracks of the record. Animals need to stop giving the good sis Dr. Luke such a hard time just because they can't come to terms with the fact that it was actually mainly Ke$ha's fault that 'Warrior' flopped. She wrote the songs that made the album, therefore she has to wear the blame.
Don't get me wrong, I love love love 'Warrior' as a whole and Ke$ha is still my #1, but facts are facts and I'm not just going to sit here blindly and blame Dr. Luke for everything. From the general public's perspective, I can understand why 'Warrior' wasn't as appealing as to a fan's perspective.
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