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    Britney Blackout’s Negativity in Album

    “Britney Blackout’s Negativity in album”
    By Pedro Quintana

    Britney is back with her anticipated album of the year “Blackout,” is a sure Knockout. The release of “Blackout,” Britney’s first studio album in four years, is set to release on October 30. It could draw the focus away from the singer’s personal life and back to her music.
    It’s a good time for her to come out with this and say look I am an artist on some level and I’m not just a walking train wreck. A press release from Jive Records reveals the inspiration behind the album’s title as, blocking out negativity and embracing life fully.
    “I got my eye on you,” she coos on one of the album’s best tracks, “Radar,” a sexy techno groove that you can’t help but bounce to a feeling that permeates all of “Blackout’s” tracks.
    You won’t find any saccharine ballads or fluffy pop on this disc it’s all about generating heat on the dance floor (and if Spears has shown us anything in the last year, it’s that she knows how to party).
    It’s not all about grinding to the music, though. On rock-tinged “Piece of Me,” produced by Bloodshy & Avant, she defiantly address her critics: “I’m Mrs. Bad Media Karma, another day another drama … I’m Mrs. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, I’m Mrs. ‘Oh My God That Britney’s Shameless.'” And on the slow-burn, Neptunes-produced “Why Should I Be Sad,” the album’s last track, she cops to heartbreak but refuses to let it get her down, a rare vulnerable moment.
    Britney show us that she still has those number one hits. The fans, who already made Britney’s first single, “Gimme More,” a giant digital download, are expected to support the album in a big way during its first week. Geoff Mayfield, director of charts at Billboard, believes “Blackout” could return the pop star to the top of the charts with sales up to 300,000.
    The first song from “Blackout” is merely a taste of what you can expect from Britney. “The panting first single, was just a tease, because there are better – if not exactly bolder – tracks, like ‘Toy Soldier,’ with its fun simulated snare drums, and the cool, T-Pain-assisted ‘Hot as Ice’
    This album is blazing hot and people need to check it out. Britney shows all the media that she is still the artist that made number one records. She is the pop princess that her fans falled in love with. Listening to “Blackout” is not only an energetic release, it’s also a relief: No, Spears hasn’t completely lost it, and yes, her career has a flicker of fire left actually much, much more. But with all the damage the media has done to Spears and continues to do to her public image.
    With all the negativity they have brought to her, and the lies that they spread. She is sure proving them wrong that she can comeback and knockout the negativity.

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