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Celeb News: 'MDNA' reviews
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Sahn is on fire.Loves it. 
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And you knows this before you've heard the album? |
- She released Hard Candy.
- She works with producers like David Guetta and Martin Solveig
- She collaborated with Timbaland, Lil Wayne and Nicky Minaj
- She released two mediocre singles for her last greatest Hits
- She released two mediocre singles for her new album.
She's one of my fave but she used to be one of the best.
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Anyway, Sahn, wonderful idea for the thread title. 
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Originally posted by FreeBitch
- She released Hard Candy.
- She works with producers like David Guetta and Martin Solveig
- She collaborated with Timbaland, Lil Wayne and Nicky Minaj
- She released two mediocre singles for her last greatest Hits
- She released two mediocre singles for her new album.
She's one of my fave but she used to be one of the best.
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- There are many good tracks on "Hard Candy". Not even a biased opinion here.
- She didn't work with David Guetta - he made a remix for one song. And anyway ,does that really say much about the music itself?
- Björk also collaborated with Timbaland. Seriously, you get too carried away by the people with whom she collaborated.
- The other might be terrible, but "Celebration" is pretty good imo.
- Sad but true.
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I just pre-orded my third copy on iTunes!
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People act like the Neptunes and Timbaland are terrible producers... they were actually some of the most innovative Hip-Hop producers of the 2000-2009 decade.... Madonna just used them a bit too "late" for some people, even though HC is more distinctive than most of their stuff around that time.
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You must be swell to hang out with  . At least wait until the album drops. |
- Gaga is like a chromosome in my music bibliotheque.
- When i said she used to be one of the best it wasnt a comment on the album reviews since i havent listen to it yet but on the music choice she has made since... 2008.
- I'm not trolling. It's just one opinion in a ocean of comments. If you dont agree i'm fine with it.
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So many Trolls in this Thread
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Originally posted by madonnas
People act like the Neptunes and Timbaland are terrible producers... they were actually some of the most innovative Hip-Hop producers of the 2000-2009 decade.... Madonna just used them a bit too "late" for some people, even though HC is more distinctive than most of their stuff around that time.
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That sound peaked in 2007, tbh. Madonna should set trends, not be late to them. 
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That sound peaked in 2007, tbh. Madonna should set trends, not be late to them. |
Yeah, I get that, and somewhat agree.
It's not as "generic" as everyone says though.
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Yeah, I get that, and somewhat agree.
It's not as "generic" as everyone says though.
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It was definitely more mature than most of the work those producers did. People just expect game changers, so she's held up to this impossibly high standard that causes people to drag her when every album isn't Ray of Light or Confessions.
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That attitude magazine review 
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a wallop enough of an album to put her back up there, at checkmate against Lady Gaga, who, despite her brilliance, doesn’t quite give you songs that are as easy to disco dance to as some of these are
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[Note to Monsters: Lady Gaga is frikkin’ amazing, too. Don¹t kill us.]
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The UK playback of MDNA for critics, commentators (and a fan!) took place in two sessions at Abbey Road Studios today. Mobile phones were sealed away, wristbands were given out and we were led to Studio Two for the listening party.
The studio featured a huge MDNA album cover on canvas on the wall, white upholstered chairs and placed on each chair was an MDNA notebook, pencil and an MDNA card giving details about the album tracks and producers.
We were served MDNA mocktails (rather nice!), wine and water. Some tasty food was sampled – Thai crab salad, lemon chicken with roast potatoes and anchovy butter, and paneer dumplings with corriander rice.
As for the album, the trouble is madonnalicious forgets to be a journalist for the day and becomes a fan. We cannot write long wordy pieces like other reviewers, we can only give you our essence of the album, our feelings.
On just one listen, fear not, there is hope! For a long-time Madonna fan the William Orbit tracks are the standout ones – or maybe more ‘traditional Madonna’. It seems as if the album is almost in two parts – Before WO and After WO – maybe if the sequencing was different it might not have seemed so obvious.
The Orbit tracks are the more introspective melodic ones, the Martin Solveig and ‘Benny’ Benassi tracks are the ones you could dance to in a club, but not maybe choose to just listen to at home.
This seems definitely to be the ‘divorce’ album, there is a lot of looking back at failed relationships and even admitting that she ‘f*cked up’.
Our favourite tracks and ones we cannot wait to listen to again are (not including GMAYL and Masterpiece which we have heard lots of times):
Girl Gone Wild - just keeps growing on us, wanted to get up and dance to it right there! A good opener to the album with the spoken intro.
Superstar - ooh-la-la you’re my superstar, light pop-song. New era Vogue-rap name-checking Bruce Lee, John Travolta and James Dean.
I Don’t Give A - although quite hard to hear the lyrics clearly, we loved the whole song – and the Nicki Minaj rap which claims ‘there is only queen and thats Madonna…bitch’ – it is almost like a grown-up version of a playground rhyme.
I’m A Sinner - or Beautiful Stranger part II – which isn’t a bad thing! Could have been on Ray of Light. Classic Madonna and William Orbit.
Love Spent - we are sure we heard some of the Hung Up/Gimme Gimme Gimme tune mixed in very quietly – need to hear it again.
Falling Free - with an almost Evita-like voice, very stripped down with piano and strings ‘We’re both free, free to go’ Is this the divorce song?
Best Friend - quite a good ending to the (deluxe) album as the final line is ‘Its so sad that it has to end’ SILENCE…
I’m Addicted, Turn Up The Radio, Some Girls, Beautiful Killer, B-Day Song weren’t stand-out tracks for us, but they were not bad either. Maybe on additional listens they will grow on us. And don’t forget our opinion is always subject to change!
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It was definitely more mature than most of the work those producers did. People just expect game changers, so she's held up to this impossibly high standard that causes people to drag her when every album isn't Ray of Light or Confessions.
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Yeah, it's a blessing and a curse. It's really nice that my fave is so respected that everyone expects so much from her.... but when she does anything remotely non-perfect everyone blasts her for it. 
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Originally posted by madonnalicious
I’m Addicted, Turn Up The Radio, Some Girls, Beautiful Killer, B-Day Song weren’t stand-out tracks for us, but they were not bad either. Maybe on additional listens they will grow on us. And don’t forget our opinion is always subject to change!
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 @ the professional reviews being more positive than the fansites.
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@ the professional reviews being more positive than the fansites. |
Your signature 
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....cant wait for the album of the decade !!!! 
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