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Discussion: Is Britney Spears risky?
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Originally posted by swissman
I agree. She has always been ahead, not behind. But that is having the foresight enough to know what is hot and what will be hot for the next couple years. Being ahead of the curve doesn't mean you're taking a risk. It actually kind of means you're playing it safe if you're making music that you think will be popular. And the reason I say that is because it's Britney Spears. Her label most definitely has a team devoted to analyzing trends and finding out which genres will be most profitable.
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ITZ was completely different of it's time and it'd still be different even if it was released today. And she was the executive producer for both ITZ and Blackout, so she had control with everything. I don't think her label had anything to do with it.
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
I honestly won't even answer to those posts calling Toxic risky. A risk is releasing an album like Back To Basics. Maybe the GP wouldn't have been here for it, that's a risk. Toxic was a 100% guaranteed hit and her label knew it.
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Exactly. A risk means that there's a good chance most people won't like it, based on what they're currently liking. Urban may have been popular when Toxic was released, but it's not as if pure-pop songs were surefire flops.
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I think the problem with this topic is that anything Britney does will be a hit, so it can't be risky if it's gonna be a hit
no matter what. But she is always ahead of the game, revolutionizing trends and sub-genres. [/thread]
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
Yes, The 8 songs on The Re-Up alone are more risky than Britney's whole discography. Denying it would be delusional. Britney never took risks, she stayed making radio-friendly Pop songs throughout her whole career.
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Seba shut up.
The Re Up is by-the-books hip hop - there is nothing risky on the Re Up. The Re Up is less risky than Pink Friday Roman Reloaded. It is literally Nicki crawling back to urban for her life AFTER taking a risk. So bye.
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
Well if that's the case, ITZ and Blackout are still considered to be risky. And also, if you put it that way, then no pop artist is risky except for Madonna, Michael and somewhat Britney.
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ITZ isn't that risky to be because it was obvious when it was released that urban pop songs were doing well. And Blackout was mostly produced by Danja aka Timbaland's sidekick and in 2007 that is not a risk.
But I agree, there are not many risky pop artists.
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There was nothing risky about toxic.  risky would have been her trying to do an r&b song. Anyway toxic was an amazing piece of pop music and anyone that heard it for the first time knew it would be a hit. I knew it was going to be a smash and I knew it was going to win a grammy!
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Originally posted by BSNMology
Seba shut up.
The Re Up is by-the-books hip hop - there is nothing risky on the Re Up. The Re Up is less risky than Pink Friday Roman Reloaded. It is literally Nicki crawling back to urban for her life AFTER taking a risk. So bye. |
Is it true that you're Kingsley?
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People dismissing In The Zone as not being risky??
Get a grip
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Originally posted by swissman
ITZ isn't that risky to be because it was obvious when it was released that urban pop songs were doing well. And Blackout was mostly produced by Danja aka Timbaland's sidekick and in 2007 that is not a risk.
But I agree, there are not many risky pop artists.
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With songs like Breathe on Me, Touch of My Hand, Early Mornin', Brave New Girl, etc , ITZ was and still is very risky. Especially for an artist like Britney Spears.
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Originally posted by nezLaos
There was nothing risky about toxic. risky would have been her trying to do an r&b song. Anyway toxic was an amazing piece of pop music and anyone that heard it for the first time knew it would be a hit. I knew it was going to be a smash and I knew it was going to win a grammy! |
Had anyone else released Toxic in 2003, flop.
Britney has done R&B songs, though. You seem confused.
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
I honestly won't even answer to those posts calling Toxic risky. A risk is releasing an album like Back To Basics. Maybe the GP wouldn't have been here for it, that's a risk. Toxic was a 100% guaranteed hit and her label knew it.
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Her label didn't even want to release Toxic. They wanted Boom Boom and Outrageous to fit in with the urban domination of the time. Britney fought for not only Toxic, but Everytime, and THEN they went with Outrageous, but she ****ed up her knee on the video set and so it remains irrelevant.
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Originally posted by BSNMology
Seba shut up.
The Re Up is by-the-books hip hop - there is nothing risky on the Re Up. The Re Up is less risky than Pink Friday Roman Reloaded. It is literally Nicki crawling back to urban for her life AFTER taking a risk. So bye. |
No, it's not. Up In Flames, Hell Yeah and Freedom are leaning towards Alternative Hip-Hop and The Boys to Electronic Rap. PF:RR and TRU were both risky in their own ways. As a Nicki stan you should know this. But this is completely off-topic.
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
No, it's not. Up In Flames, Hell Yeah and Freedom leaning towards Alternative Hip-Hop and The Boys to Electronic Rap. PF:RR and TRU were both risky in their own ways. As a Nicki stan you should know this. But this is completely off-topic.
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No it's the fact that nothing Nicki has ever done is considered as risky at all.
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This thread. 
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Originally posted by BSNMology
Seba shut up.
The Re Up is by-the-books hip hop - there is nothing risky on the Re Up. The Re Up is less risky than Pink Friday Roman Reloaded. It is literally Nicki crawling back to urban for her life AFTER taking a risk. So bye. |
dd I love you.
JAIL her.
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Originally posted by BSNMology
Her label didn't even want to release Toxic. They wanted Boom Boom and Outrageous to fit in with the urban domination of the time. Britney fought for not only Toxic, but Everytime, and THEN they went with Outrageous, but she ****ed up her knee on the video set and so it remains irrelevant. |
On top of that, they were going to release Breathe On Me as the 5th single which would be such a big risk.
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Britney could have lost her core fan base with ITZ. She completely destroyed her innocent and cutesy image with ITZ. Britney was obviously the beginning of shedding her old image, but ITZ completed the transformation.
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
I honestly won't even answer to those posts calling Toxic risky. A risk is releasing an album like Back To Basics. Maybe the GP wouldn't have been here for it, that's a risk. Toxic was a 100% guaranteed hit and her label knew it.
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They didn't want to release it as a single tho. Britney did, and look how that turned out.
Only the Trendsetting Queen. 
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Originally posted by Summer
Britney could have lost her core fan base with ITZ. She completely destroyed her innocent and cutesy image with ITZ. Britney was obviously the beginning of shedding her old image, but ITZ completed the transformation.
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And she did lose a core of her fan base with ITZ, but she gained an older audience which she was gearing towards.
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Originally posted by collin
Had anyone else released Toxic in 2003, flop.
Britney has done R&B songs, though. You seem confused.
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Oh I see now. You're trolling.  please point me to these "r&b" songs.  I'm done. Thanks for the kiis though. If you're going to start making up lies, we can't have a serious discussion. 
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Originally posted by Josh
No it's the fact that nothing Nicki has ever done is considered as risky at all.
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You stan for Britney, your opinion is invalid.
Anyways, it's funny how people call Toxic risky for not being Urban Pop which was a trend, yet ITZ apparantly also is risky for being Urban Pop. What kind of paradox?
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