With her second release, 2010’s “Born This Way,” Gaga — devoid of the humor that made her so refreshing, that rare *famous person in on the joke — began sounding as self-serious and delusional as Kanye West. “This album is the greatest of my career,” she said, calling herself the “voice of our generation” and predicting that “in 20 years, [this record] will be seen as my iconic moment.”
Instead, “Born This Way” was roundly criticized for blatantly ripping off *Madonna’s “Express Yourself” on the title track, and for songs that were “thin” (Boston Globe), “boring” (Washington Post) and more concerned with “trite sloganeering” (Village Voice) than the witty *lyricism she displayed on “The Fame.”
Britney was a crappy "artist" so it's fitting that she ends with a crappy album. Good riddance.
Britney Jean continues the roll she's been on in recent years – her 2007 glitch-disco manifesto, Blackout, is one of the most influential albums in modern pop, and 2008's Circus and 2011's Femme Fatale are in the same league. In fact, you can split Britney's career into pre-Blackout and post-Blackout halves, and you've got two of the all-time great pop careers.
