base talk Of Britney's prime which is her quintessential era?

[Josh]

...Baby One More Time era

 

Oops!...I Did It Again era

 

Britney era

 

In the Zone era

Edited September 5 by Josh

[shyboi]

Where's Glory? 

[geddymonster]

Oops! was when she was at the height of her powers, but Britney is probably the most quintessential in that it blended her early bubblegum pop sound with the more mature sound that defined her latter career. I also think the sexier imagery she debuted during Britney is now what most people associate with her, rather than the teenybopper style from her first two eras.

[Gorjesspazze9]

It's Britney. Her breaking her Teen pop aura, but still being a girl/Not yet a Woman 

when people think of 2000's Britney it's those visuals of I'm a slave for You, and her face Card during that Era 

[Josh]

6 minutes ago, geddymonster said:

Oops! was when she was at the height of her powers, but Britney is probably the most quintessential in that it blended her early bubblegum pop sound with the more mature sound that defined her latter career. I also think the sexier imagery she debuted during Britney is now what most people associate with her, rather than the teenybopper style from her first two eras.

Do you think Jive made the correct decision at keeping her bubblegum pop sound to not alienate her established fan base where as she wanted it to be more mature with songs like Before the Goodbye, I Run Away etc.

[rebeltwat]

1 hour ago, geddymonster said:

Oops! was when she was at the height of her powers, but Britney is probably the most quintessential in that it blended her early bubblegum pop sound with the more mature sound that defined her latter career. I also think the sexier imagery she debuted during Britney is now what most people associate with her, rather than the teenybopper style from her first two eras.

there you have it folks

[JustHoran]

Britney

[geddymonster]

56 minutes ago, Josh said:

Do you think Jive made the correct decision at keeping her bubblegum pop sound to not alienate her established fan base where as she wanted it to be more mature with songs like Before the Goodbye, I Run Away etc.

I think the original plan was to have Britney's third studio album (Shock Your Mind) with the more mature songs and a Crossroads soundtrack with the more teen pop leaning songs ("I'm Not a Girl," "Cinderella," etc.). Ultimately, though, Jive thought the two albums would cannibalize each other on the charts, so they combined them into one album (Britney). It's hard to say if they were right. I think Britney was a big enough star at the time to support two albums at the same time, and it would have been great to hear a third studio album that was 100% her vision, but I can see why Jive thought it was better to have everything in one package and cross-promote.

[Solar]

Oops!

[ChooseyLover]

This thread was already made and ATRL chose In the Zone but I believe there's not a single argument to sustain that. Fight me.

 

Yes, it has her most loved song by the GP (Toxic) but the era was very overshadowed by her personal life and Justin's break-up, Me Against the Music underperformed considering it was supposed to be a big deal, she injured her knee really bad and lost the great level of capabilities she had as a performer till then and her tour was cancelled. She was trying a very urban heavy sound that she never picked up again (not so quintessential) and even though songs like Everytime or Toxic are very loved most of the tracks are really underrated. Her sound in songs like Showdown, Early Mornin', Breathe on Me or Touch of My Hand doesn't define her even if we wish it did.

 

When people wine about missing Britney they visualize Britney '01. The happy, giggly, and on top of her game physically and mentally Brit. The iconic imagery, the iconic dance moves... It's a shame the album is far from her most listened on Spotify but that doesn't take away from the fact it's the moment she mastered her craft. Overprotected, Lonely, Slave alone are what earned her the pop royalty status sounding like a direct musical relative to Janet and Michael.

[Gladiator]

Although my favorite album of hers and what I consider to be her quintessential album is In The Zone, when I think of Britney in her prime, I think of performances during the Britney era of Boys, Overprotected, I'm a Slave 4 You... I see that version of her in my head.

 

 

Edited September 5 by Gladiator

[XDNA]

Oops! Era was when she felt the biggest and most popular.

[DonnaSpring]

In the Zone - When I think of Quintessential Britney I think of this 

 

 

Edited September 5 by DonnaSpring

[WEEKND]

First two albums have hits buth are both plagued by horrible silly songs 

 

Britney IMO is a bit better but again the album itself leaves much to be desired 

 

In The Zone is the one to beat to this day. 

[Migs]

I would say it's a tie between Britney and In The Zone. During the Britney era, she gave us so many iconic moments (Slave at the VMA's, Overprotected Darkchild Remix video, DWAD tour) and then came In The Zone, her best album imo. She was the sexiest she had ever been and gave some of her best performances. She was on fire and she had passion for what she was doing (although her biography says otherwise). I miss Britney, the performer. There was nobody quite like her and I don't think there'll ever be.  

[Axolotl]

I love In The Zone but OIDIA era was peak celebrity Britney. This solely based on the era itself, and not their respective albums exclusively

Edited September 5 by Axolotl

[Shimenawa]

In The Zone cuz it's better music

[TipToe]

Oops! was when she was in the top of the world and had her most iconic moments so that

[Pepo]

Britney.

 

I'd argue that ITZ and Blackout are Britney's quintessential projects when it comes to her artistic side, but self-tilted is where she shined at her prime.