mariahfan150 wrote:
carlos b fly wrote:
allthewayray wrote:
Gospelartist03 wrote:
Oh and not to mention her little venture into Spanish music and Christmas album before doing a sophomore album was a huge mistake and loss of momentum
while britney and others were raking in with albums and tours.
I think Xtina is so much smarter than Britney. I like both, but Xtina made sure to show everybody she can take her carreer in any direction,
while Britney only took it to one level. That's fine with me, but I admire Xtina more.
Also, I don't think someone has to stick to one style for years. Xtina (and Madonna) are true to theirselves. If I look at my cd's there are
soooo many different kinds of music I like: gospel, country, retro, soul, r 'n' b, pop, etc. If I were a singer I would follow my heart and make
different kinds of music. Lots of singers stick to one thing because they are succesful with it, not because they don't like other styles...
I love it when a singer shows his/her creative site and does what he/she loves to do at that moment in time. Making music with lots of stars is more
about "what is a hit, what sells, what does the public want to hear" than "this is what I love right now".
I'd classify Christina as 'smart' only if you consider her last two albums selling very little at all as something of intellectual merit. In
that case, she's a bonafide genuis.The far less intelligent Britney is still managing consistent album sales and single hits, not to mention packing
out venues worldwide with her current tour. Britney may be slightly mental but at least she dosent try and make herself something she isnt.
Christina's new personalities/genre's have done nothing but divide her fanbase with such erratic styles.
Exactly. Madonna is smart/business savvy. Christina is not. I disagree about Madonna claiming her change of music 'the real her' every
time.
With 'Bedtime Stories', Madonna said, "I wanted a lot more of a R&B feel to this record. "The idea going in was to juxtapose my singing
style with a hardcore hip-hop sensibility and have the finished product still sound like a Madonna record. I began the process by meeting with the hip-hop
producers whose work I most admired. It was important, if I were to use a variety of collaborators, that the end product sound cohesive and thematically
whole. I wasn't interested in the variety pack approach." According to Danja, Madonna wanted 'Hard Candy' to still be dance/pop, but with
some R&B influences.
I do enjoy that Madonna doesn't try to spew the "this is who I really am" bullsh!t that Christina does every album. She more or less admits
it's just an image change, rather than start up with the whole "Oh, well, when I was a kid this was the music I really liked" or whatever the
excuse is. She also generally doesn't try to make the music what it isn't (i.e. when Christina tried to pass off 'Back to Basics' as legit
30's jazz).