MADONNA feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND-4 minutes
After the huge disappointment that was her much advertised going back to disco roots in “Confessions on the dancefloor” and some terrible moments that arrived afterwards, like the ballad she penned specially for the Live Earth fiasco –acoustic pollution reached new heights thanks to it-, everybody thought Madonna’s career was starting its natural decline. But in another display of heavy weaponry, at 50, she’s back with a new album, her last ever for Warner after a lucrative tour/merchandising/record deal with concert promoter Live nation, anticipated by the rather good duet with Justin Timberlake “4 minutes”. And, luckily enough, it is an excellent one.
“Hard candy” is neither innovative, nor new path-breaking. Madonna has kept it safe by calling the producers behind most of Today’s successful pop acts: Danja (responsible for the latest Britney Spears update); The Neptunes (Gwen Stefani) and the almighty Timbaland, on the verger of wearing his trickery catalogue off for continuous use. In this lays the only flaw of the record, as it sounds like any other pop female singer that has topped the charts during the last few years (from the already mentioned, to Nelly Furtado). But it is, however a strong collection, full of potential singles, including vocal collaboration by Kanye West among the outstanding tracks.
A leak of seven songs was made available online yesterday (mostly the ones in witch the diva from Michigan teamed up with Timbaland). Take your own conclusions by listening to them here:
Snippets of all tracks can be heard in an continuous mix here.
The devastating marketing campaign to promote its release next week has just began. From intimate shows at the 3000 capacity Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan on April 30th, a show that will be broadcasted later on msn; to the headline of BBC’s Radio One’s Big Weekend free festival on Saturday the 10th (register for free tickets here), next to a mix of commercial horrors (Scouting for Girls, The Hoosiers, The Feeling)and nu sensations (Robyn; Ting Tings; Futureheads; Foals; Vampire Weekend). With surely more activities TBA shortly.
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