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and her underwear. The track
pumping hip-hop
shadow."
beat.
most sexually-explicit tracks on the album is called Touch Of My Hand. Spears sings about
Spears premiered the other soft
Everytime,
ballad,
on
remix of the
final track is a
a Rishi Richs
first single,
Kulcha Me Against The Music remix. The remix transforms the song into a hyper dance tempo and shows less of a tribal beat.
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has Spears singing about her sex
SPOKE, November
Spears
Saturday
took
adventurous
an
stance on her fourth album. She
Night Live.
media
that she either
want-
the taboo subject of masturbation
told the
in a softer tone, similar to that of
ed listeners to really like the album
There's a middle eastern under-
tone
music, on which Spears "Another day without a
in the
sings,
most sexually-explicit tracks on the album is called Touch Of
“One
Janet Jackson.
lover/The more
I
stand the touch of
come
my
of the
My
to under-
hand"
or
My Hand
She dabbles
Hand.”
but
one of the most adult-themed songs on the album that is sure to not only raise some eyebrows, but spark some
Although Spears denied writing any tracks in regards to her personal love life, the track sounds like a
con-
Although Spears has shed most of the bubblegum pop style she she her career with, started indulges in some light bubbly fun on the near-rap track. Brave New
song Cry Me A River where Timberlake casted a Spears look-alike in his video. The song shows a subtle parallel to Timberlake's song where Spears sings about a former lover moving on, and her asking for forgiveness: "I may have made it rain/Please forgive me/My weakness caused you pain/And this
Girl.
song's
serious controversy over
its
tent.
Spears worked with RedZone on the
song The Hook-up, which has a
reggae rhythm.
The song
tells
sheltered girl
the tale about a
coming out
to
the
world and meeting a rugged man. As well as all the upbeat and seductive songs, Spears does
make
some slow songs, with two ballads. The first is a sadden-
room
for
MM
nobody
with
in
in
a wide range of
manages
still
to link the
album
together.
in the
is
it,
genres to cater to different tastes,
Taking a year off since her Dream A Dream tour that promot-
highly sexual song's chorus.
Touch Of
dislike
between.
retaliation
my
to
Justin
Within
ed
Timberlake's
al
bet for
listeners
who have been
waiting for Spears to finally off
some strong vocals
career.
show
in
her
album,
many
person-
struggles in her life that had kept
Like any smart celebrity
the
in
managed
to
turn the spotlight to her advantage.
She
is
expected to reach No.
the Billboard charts for her
album, with several
artists
the premiere of their that
week
tition,
in
1
on
new
delaying
new albums
order to avoid compe-
such as Alicia Keys.
Overall.
probably the best
third
limelight, Spears has
sorry."
is
self-titled
her in the spotlight.
Spears'
new album
is
with rhythms and beats that are geared for the club scene. She explores a deeper sense
atmospheric
The song melody was well-written to the accompanying piano and harp. This track
her
Spears went through
(Internet photo)
Spears’ fourth album features a wide variety of genres ranging from traditional pop, near-rap, techno, hip-hop, and reggae. She tackles several genres to cater to different tastes. tures 13 tracks and she co-wrote eight
of
The album
fea-
them.
of sexuality and makes some edgy revelations on the album. In
The Zone,
on Nov.
18.
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