PopNStuff Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Beautiful Garbage said: What a bop this is, isn't it girlies? I remember this + Blessed being my favorites on the debut. I've also been listening to Mi Reflejo lately and the production and songs are just top tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Oz Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power love Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Beautiful Garbage said: What a bop this is, isn't it girlies? It’s giving lead single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theweekend Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 5 hours ago, PopNStuff said: I remember this + Blessed being my favorites on the debut. I've also been listening to Mi Reflejo lately and the production and songs are just top tier. mi reflejo STOMPS completely on her debut. her crystal clear vocals there are heavenly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Teller Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 6 hours ago, Lil' Oz said: thoughts? Not a single one of those songs will end up on the final album, in 2025. This is giving warm-up sessions Legend needs to focus. Her last good body of work was Bionic and that was half my lifetime ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 No way she actually started working. You can bet there will be a random magazine interview about motherhood and yoga this time next year and she will say something like "I'm really excited to dive back into my creative side" or smth like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtripped Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 8 hours ago, Lil' Oz said: thoughts? Well, Aguilera production is top notch, hope this is true. A lot of twitter accounts are predicting new music by june-ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicgenie Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I think there's a new Adams Family movie coming out this year. So we'll get a new Halloween song at least lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essential Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Truth Teller said: Not a single one of those songs will end up on the final album, in 2025. This is giving warm-up sessions Legend needs to focus. Her last good body of work was Bionic and that was half my lifetime ago Now, you are NAWT gonna do Miss Twice & Co. like this. Especially when the bar is L*tus. Although her most surprising output from the 10's to me will continue to be Shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReH2o Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 mmm A new hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtina23 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 OMG, I hope she tours soon again. Remember that canceled tour with Sam Smith? I wonder how that would have gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Teller Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Essential said: Now, you are NAWT gonna do Miss Twice & Co. like this. Especially when the bar is L*tus. Although her most surprising output from the 10's to me will continue to be Shotgun. The TASTE One of her best songs ever Liberation had some amazing songs, Twice being one of them, but it was not a body of work. It was an assortment of songs she recorded over the course of 3 years without a true unifying sound, theme or purpose. It was a step in the right direction but it's not up there with Stripped, B2B and Bionic. And most of it is forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beautiful Garbage Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 8 hours ago, Truth Teller said: Her last good body of work was Bionic and that was half my lifetime ago The audacity to call Liberation a bad album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beautiful Garbage Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 15 hours ago, PopNStuff said: I remember this + Blessed being my favorites on the debut. I've also been listening to Mi Reflejo lately and the production and songs are just top tier. Interestingly enough, I never cared about Blessed. Now if we were talking Somebody's Somebody or Obvious, UGH. I feel like they're often never really appreciated by the fighters as they should be. Obvious features her best vocals in the album alongside I Turn to You, imo. 9 hours ago, Power love said: It’s giving lead single This coulda been her fourth #1 at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beautiful Garbage Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 2 hours ago, ReH2o said: mmm A new hope Do they mean the physical release of AGUILERA? Because I don't think she's dropping new music this year tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power love Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 2 hours ago, ReH2o said: mmm A new hope I highly doubt it’s the English album. It’s probably for the Aguilera Deluxe that should have came out last year. I don’t understand why everything is delayed with her brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Teller Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Beautiful Garbage said: The audacity to call Liberation a bad album. It's not bad, it's just lowkey not an album. The fanbase would appreciate it much less if it had followed up an actually good body of work as opposed to Cactus and a 6-year silence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Teller Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Btw her debut is a better album than Liberation, highkey Its album tracks are all great, unlike other albums of its time that were 3 big singles and then fillers. Blessed, So Emotional, Love For All Seasons, WYPYHOM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death & Decay Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Blessed was the b-side song for the GIAB single. It’s what made me a fan. I will forever love that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanye West Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 51 minutes ago, Truth Teller said: It's not bad, it's just lowkey not an album. The fanbase would appreciate it much less if it had followed up an actually good body of work as opposed to Cactus and a 6-year silence Liberation is atrocious. I said it and you can say it. It's the most generic and dull album in her entire career. Lotus isn't good but at least it had a little personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanye West Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 17 hours ago, Lil' Oz said: thoughts? This is the worst news. I don't understand why she keeps working with these producers who are clearly giving her bottom of the barrel scraps while her best collaborators; DJ Premier, Linda Perry, Sia, etc are ignored. Telepathy with Nile Rodgers is her best output since Bionic but her album output following Bionic has just been dollar store remakes of Stripped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beautiful Garbage Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Truth Teller said: It's not bad, it's just lowkey not an album. The fanbase would appreciate it much less if it had followed up an actually good body of work as opposed to Cactus and a 6-year silence Well I'd place Liberation in my trinity of Xtina's albums tbh. I actually am of the opinion that some of those tracks would've been far better (commercially) received had they been released by another artist. I love love love Like I Do, Twice and Sick of Sittin' to this present day. Now I need an album following the sound she made with Telepathy. Or something more urban meets pop/rock like the version of Can't Hold Us Down she's been playing since the Xperience/X Tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beautiful Garbage Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Kanye West said: It's the most generic Liberation is far from being generic especially if paired up with Lotus or even Bionic. If anything Liberation is her most urban album to date and she also flirted with reggae for the first time in Right Moves and soulful rock a la Janis Joplin in Sick of Sittin'. The only odd one in there would be Masochist which for all I care it sounds like a Lotus leftover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Oz Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Liberation has some great moments. However, as @Truth Teller has said it lacks a theme/cohesion. Yes, it is an upgrade from Lotus, but that's not hard to accomplish. It just feels very bland compared to her previous albums (sans Lotus). I honestly wish she had never released that "album" (Lotus I mean). For her next album I want something like B2B/Burlesque. It should be retro meets modern sound, because that seems to what the GP wants from her, judging from the streaming stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Oz Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Btw, we also need a real tour. I want stage production, a fresh set list, new vocal arrangements (stop the ad libs, sis, just sing the freaking song), costume changes instead of these half-assed festival shows. I also think her touring stats have improved greatly from her Liberation Tour days, so she probably could tour arenas. Let's hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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