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Discussion: Is Christina Aguilera ‘The Wicked Witch’ Of Pop Music?
Member Since: 5/17/2010
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Christina drifted too far from her original sound. Combine that with how she's been looking as of late and the divorce, the Super Bowl, the arrest, it's been a ****** year for her.
If she was to come back in full force with great music, the bashing would stop.
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Originally posted by Chunk
But 10 quality tracks from a total of 20 songs is better than 5 quality songs from a total of 12 songs, isn't it?
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Who are we talking about, sis? Narrow it down for me. 4 is brilliant the whole way through, and most of Britney's albums have a plethora of worthy tracks.
If were talking about Barbadian Robyn, then ... you got me there.
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Member Since: 6/25/2011
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Originally posted by Chunk
But 10 quality tracks from a total of 20 songs is better than 5 quality songs from a total of 12 songs, isn't it?
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That's like saying getting your left hand chopped is better than getting your right hand chopped off. Neither is acceptable, and both are bad albums.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by DeathRevisited
I love her music. I think she makes good albums, Bionic excluded.
Well, Stripped and Back to Basics were good albums.
She just comes across as cold, rude, and cocky.
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That could be said about a lot of pop stars too.
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Member Since: 9/26/2011
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I love Christina but like they say karma is bitch!!!!!
If you treat other people like you are the queen of music and make album 3-4 year of rest people will forget you and plus she need to grow up vocally to because you fond need to belt in all of your song in the same wAy!!!!
But I love her but I really don't see her having a major comeback( I want her but if she change her attitude).!!!!!!
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Member Since: 5/17/2010
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Her personality has nothing to do with her downfall. If that was the case, she would have never reached superstardom.
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Member Since: 4/29/2010
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
But did it make the album proper? Or was it relegated to the deluxe edition?
He's talking about the eighteen track standard edition SiXo. Don't play dumb.
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Oh well sure, let's talk about Bionic(song), Elastic Love, WooHoo or Vanity, shall we?
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by jafet
I love Christina but like they say karma is bitch!!!!!
If you treat other people like you are the queen of music and make album 3-4 year of rest people will forget you and plus she need to grow up vocally to because you fond need to belt in all of your song in the same wAy!!!!
But I love her but I really don't see her having a major comeback( I want her but if she change her attitude).!!!!!!
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jafet!!!!
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Member Since: 6/25/2008
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I really liked her till Boinic's era...Since than I kinda stepped back.
And I will not forget that dumb "Lady GaGa?Is that a man?" ****.
Dunno if it was too funny or too stupid of her.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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@Chuck #book
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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla
No, that's the opposite of the truth. She's not versatile at all, and Bionic proved that. She tried like 15 different styles throughout the album, and the only ones that really worked were the ones she had already done before.
Sure, you could argue on a basic level that Elastic Love, Birds Of Prey, etc. "worked" but they're not Christina songs. People thought M.I.A. was featured on Elastic Love. That's really all you need to know there.
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
You say versatile, I say lacking focus and direction with a huge ego that thinks people always want to hear fifteen - twenty songs on each damn album, even though half are always barely b-side quality.
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Her huge ego is the reason why she cant focus on a style for one album.Her albums are always a gumbo of many things musically or visually (who goes from Dirrty to the voice within'..?! a mess) except for Back to basics.Her ambition is bigger than her ability to sell those songs but the cause is commendable.she is a true artist,people need to give her respect damn.She does latin to electrodance music,l mean c'mon
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Member Since: 11/4/2011
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Originally posted by jafet
I love Christina but like they say karma is bitch!!!!!
If you treat other people like you are the queen of music and make album 3-4 year of rest people will forget you and plus she need to grow up vocally to because you fond need to belt in all of your song in the same wAy!!!!
But I love her but I really don't see her having a major comeback( I want her but if she change her attitude).!!!!!!
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Originally posted by SiXo
Oh well sure, let's talk about Bionic(song), Elastic Love, WooHoo or Vanity, shall we?
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Bionic is a very promising intro to the album. I always thought it was Santigold doing the pre-chorus though, so make of that what you will.
Elastic Love is wonderful, but pales in comparison to what a collaboration between someone as electronic and rhthmic based as M.I.A. could have worked out with someone with a voice as big as Christina's.
Not even gonna lie, I do ****ing love WooHoo.
Vanity is literally my least favorite song I've ever had the displeasure of hearing. I mean c'mon, Ester Dean PRODUCED it, how ghetto can you get?
But see, here's the thing. Individual tracks on a Christina album can be good, sure, but it still all completely lacks focus. Like, what the **** is going on with the interludes in Bionic? What the **** is she talking about?
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Member Since: 1/1/2011
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
Who are we talking about, sis? Narrow it down for me. 4 is brilliant the whole way through, and most of Britney's albums have a plethora of worthy tracks.
If were talking about Barbadian Robyn, then ... you got me there.
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But are they as versatile as Christina on Bionic? Can they go from an urban-electropop song like Not Myself Tonight to an sophisticated ballad like You Lost Me and transcend to an amazing indie record like Elastic Love? I don't think so.
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Member Since: 6/25/2011
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Originally posted by KingSasha
Her huge ego is the reason why she cant focus on a style for one album.Her albums are always a gumbo of many things musically or visually (who goes from Dirrty to the voice within'..?! a mess) except for Back to basics.Her ambition is bigger than her ability to sell those songs but the cause is commendable.she is a true artist,people need to give her respect damn.She does latin to electrodance music,l mean c'mon
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Collaborating with an artist and ending up with a song indistinguishable from the original artist's sound does not make you an artist, it makes you a mimic.
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Member Since: 4/29/2010
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Originally posted by NickLacheyFan
I really liked her till Boinic's era...Since than I kinda stepped back.
And I will not forget that dumb "Lady GaGa?Is that a man?" ****.
Dunno if it was too funny or too stupid of her.
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She never said it. It was posted on some dumb site that anyone could make, and it just spread. When you bring me true tea about "Lady GaGa? Is that a man?" quote we can talk about it, intill then, let's not.
Oh btw. I see you stan for Keri Hilson.
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Member Since: 4/6/2011
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I like her music but she does seem slightly snooty.
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Member Since: 12/1/2010
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Originally posted by Chunk
But are they as versatile as Christina on Bionic? Can they go from an urban-electropop song like Not Myself Tonight to an sophisticated ballad like You Lost Me and transcend to an amazing indie record like Elastic Love? I don't think so.
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Not with the DMF styled post
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Member Since: 12/27/2010
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
Her personality has nothing to do with her downfall. If that was the case she would have never reached superstardom.
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I think it does. She thought she could do whatever the **** she wanted and expected people to eat up every last ounce of it. The forced sex act, the constant over singing, etc. Her ego was her downfall.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla
Collaborating with an artist and ending up with a song indistinguishable from the original artist's sound does not make you an artist, it makes you a mimic.
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Weren't you just defending Rihanna? so this statement is irreverent.
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Member Since: 12/1/2010
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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla
Collaborating with an artist and ending up with a song indistinguishable from the original artist's sound does not make you an artist, it makes you a mimic.
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And rude. She should have performed the song in her own style or allowed MIA to have collaborated. And this is why no one uses Christina
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