There's something inherently funny about Esther yammering in Sanskrit to a 90s electro-beat beating out almost the entirety of her 80s albums and peaking inside the Top 100.
Host commentary - The opening verses are almost cringeworthy and the chorus isn’t great, but then that bridge comes in and turns everything around (kinda). That bridge is flawless and Nicki’s verse pretty much upstages Madonna completely while still paying a nice amount of homage to her to make up for that. And by the time that amazing outro hits, you’re convinced you listened to an amazing song. You didn’t, but it does have more good moments than bad. Like a lot of MDNA, if some of the pieces were refined a bit more I think it would be a true gem.
Guest commentary Vilppu - The outro of I Don't Give A is honestly one of the most interesting and surprising moments on MDNA. Too bad the rest - the terrible verses, the annoying chorus, the completely unnecessary Nicki's rap - is basically unlistenable.
Pandora - I feel like this song is a definitive highlight from her 10s discography. Fun beat, good vibes + amusing lyrics make I Don’t Give A the perfectly flawless, fiery, gay anthem it is. Pity we never got a video for it, cos that’d surely be FIRE.
eli’s_rhythm - lol the most underrated song on the album besides GMAYL
Subomie - Nicki's verse is fire, the ending chanting and the bridge are all great. The rest kind of limps along, but points for baby Jesus on the stairs.
Shanti is another treasure hidden in Madonna's discography . The powerful beat and her vocals give me goosebumps to this day, whenever I get to listen to it !
A masterpiece