I don't think she was ever risky.. maybe in terms of her image but certainly not in the music department considering her team of writers and producers.

In the Zone?

I've seen your type of rebuttal before. It's a classic case of having no formal response to what can't be argued.

Britney didn't have creative control over her first two albums. She didn't start writing until her third. You cite these "iconographic" examples but can you give me any examples of its long standing impact within the last couple of years? She wasn't innovative or risky, she's generally a calculated, manufactured act. Taking a risk musically deals with being unconventional, which Britney never was.

Yes yes yes

Britney DID take the bigger risks etc and it never came across fake

Baby one my time to im a slave!

One thing i adore about britney shes never come across *****ish the Im a slave VMA was extremely sexual but in a tame way and she looked amazing!

sis,, come one.. there was a transition.. so don't start... in opps she sexualized her image a bit preparing it for slave tbh... the vmas 2000 definitely was a transition from baby to slave.

besides britney had always the girl next door look with blonde hair for the most part of her peak, because the only time she dyed her her wasn-t capture in a single or a video, just her itz concert and that doesnt even counts.

we all know her label always wanted her to keep the same formula that she found success

No, the least innovative.

I don't know why everyone is saying she was "risky" for her transition from Baby One More Time to I'm a Slave. ****ting it up as you become older is rite of female passage. That's not in the least bit innovative. Every single female artist goes through this stage practically. Most girls will go through this phase. She was already ****ting it up in BOMT as a little Lolita, moaning about "I'm not that innocent" on Oops... her panting in songs and dancing with a thong over her pants wasn't a stretch. Like no one expected this girl to become more respectable, put more clothes on and stick to ballads. Not even she would say that she wanted to reinvent herself for the sake of artistry, she did it because she wanted to be more adult. It`s growth, not innovation. It`s not having to lie about being a virgin because her main audience is still under 18 and under intense scrutiny by their parents whereas she is an adult & wants to drink and **** without scrutiny. It`s her record label letting her go in that direction because it would be the most authentic path to take (like subsequently taking advantage of her breakdown with Blackout because... they're not stupid).

Let`s see if her attempt at "artsy fartsy" is finally something risky. Although even then we'll never know if she actually came up with the concept or if she just told some people to brainstorm "artsy fartsy" concepts and then let her pick one lol.

Why are you all so obsessed with her being risky? She doesn't have to be risky. She has to make you buy her music, that's it. Let's not even pretend her main audience appreciates truly unique, different music. Innovation and risk would do her a disservice.