This is the moment for all 'Britney' stans here: MTV examines the album and finally gives the praise it always deserved

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BRITNEY OFFERED POP SUPERSTARDOM — BUT IT ALSO SENT A MESSAGE WE IGNORED

TWENTY YEARS LATER, BRITNEY SPEARS'S SELF-TITLED 2001 ALBUM REMAINS A PLEA FOR AUTONOMY AND RESPECT

An eponymous album marks a major moment in an artist's career. For women, owning one's work, body, and artistry can be especially powerful, even political. Throughout Women's History Month, MTV News is highlighting some of these iconic statements from some of the biggest artists on the globe. This is Self-Titled.

Several images have defined Britney Spears throughout her career: debuting distressed in a (then) controversial, edgy Catholic school-girl outfit about how her loneliness is killing her; steamy in white, kissing Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards; distraught and battling her mental health and tabloid culture as she beat a paparazzo’s car with an umbrella a few years later.

But one particular scene stands out as a cultural reset for the star: when Spears performed her raunchy hit “I’m a Slave 4 U” at the 2001 VMAs with an albino Burmese python named Banana draped around her neck. It could’ve been just another awards show performance, but it became pop-music history. The set was striking — a jungle of Spears’s own making — featuring the singer and her washboard abs scantily clad in a green chiffon scarf-bra and gem-encrusted boy shorts that eventually helped fund the Halloween costume industry.

As the lead single of her self-titled album Britney, “I’m a Slave 4 U” was a hypnotic, hip-hop-infused anthem that touted a more mature sound than listeners had heard before. But it wasn’t just a single: It symbolized a new era. Her VMAs rendition further solidified it. The performance, like the song, had power. Gone were the pink-ribbon pigtails and cardigans: Spears was embracing her raw ***uality and also making a declarative response to the criticism she received for being too risqué. Whether the public liked it or not, the pop icon was growing up, and her liberated sound and provocative performances were now going to match.

 

 

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[Oprah Winfrey.]

I thought this would be about glory...

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1 minute ago, Britman512 said:

I thought this would be about glory...

team con and rca will re-re-re-re-release the album again this year for its 5 years anniversary, they will continue to milk and remind everyone about it, so I think we are all good with it

[Goten21]

GOOD. It's what Cinderella, Overprotected and Lonely deserve

[Goten21]

3 hours ago, Bundy said:

team con and rca will re-re-re-re-release the album again this year for its 5 years anniversary, they will continue to milk and remind everyone about it, so I think we are all good with it

Glory Remaster, Glory re-release the remix, Glory gay pride edition, Glory c-zant remix, Glory Deluxe extended mix (2021 edition) 

All coming to you soon on vinyl at your local urban outfitters

[Frankie8]

I think the problem with critics then was that they dismissed it as a pop record they felt had no depth. That it was just a Britney Spears record that is also cross promoting her upcoming movie. This article here actually gives time to talk about the themes Britney talked about, but not fully appreciated by critics.

[Goten21]

2 minutes ago, Frankie8 said:

I think the problem with critics then was that they dismissed it as a pop record they felt had no depth. That it was just a Britney Spears record that is also cross promoting her upcoming movie. This article here actually gives time to talk about the themes Britney talked about, but not fully appreciated by critics.

It's what they did to all of her albums. It's literally old men being ***ist and ageist towards a young woman. Fkn disgusting

 

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[DignifiedLove]

20 minutes ago, Britman512 said:

I thought this would be about glory...

Sweetie no one cares about glorip except her lgbtq stans 

[Frankie8]

1 minute ago, Goten21 said:

It's what they did to all of her albums. It's literally old men being ***ist and ageist towards a young woman. Fkn disgusting

 

Edit: s3xist

Yea I think it is what critics do when reviewing pop records. If she were a boy releasing a coming of age rock album or some other non-pop album, critics would see it in a different light.

[Goten21]

4 minutes ago, Frankie8 said:

Yea I think it is what critics do when reviewing pop records. If she were a boy releasing a coming of age rock album or some other non-pop album, critics would see it in a different light.

Yup. She didn't get the credit she deserved at the time for being the only successful pop artist at that point to transition from teen pop to adult pop, successfully. She embraced her femininity. 

That being said, maybe the critics didn't fully grasp it, but it inspired an entire generation. It's why Britney is still so big today.

 

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And it's also why Britney is a gay icon. It's because she embraced her s3xuality. I felt like I had to mention this real quick because I sometimes see people get confused over this.

Like Lady Gaga said, Britney taught us how to be fearless

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On 3/5/2021 at 2:55 AM, Frankie8 said:

Yea I think it is what critics do when reviewing pop records. If she were a boy releasing a coming of age rock album or some other non-pop album, critics would see it in a different light.

I think they had more problems with Britney's albums than any other major female popstar tbh. It's like they wouldn't open their minds to at least try to like or be fair about her work, no matter what she did. 

Just see how blackout just started to be recognized by critics years after its release when they couldn't deny anymore its impact on the pop world. 

The Grammys also are another example bc no matter if Britney was doing Everytime, Gimme More or HIAM, they paid her dust every single ******* time. ITZ got 1 nom, Blackout and FF got none. It didn't change anything if her albums were a success, if she tried to compose, if she did different vocals or if she challenged herself, they didn't give her any awards or didn't even nominate her. 

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28 minutes ago, Goten21 said:

Glory Remaster, Glory re-release the remix, Glory gay pride edition, Glory c-zant remix, Glory extended mix

All coming to you soon on vinyl at your local urban outfitters

Make them stop

[Midnight]

about time 

[britney_rocks]

Don’t come kissing Britney’s *** now MTV. She gave you iconic performances, and you guys didn’t give her a moon man until 10 years later into her career. 

[KatieKat]

1 hour ago, Frankie8 said:

I think the problem with critics then was that they dismissed it as a pop record they felt had no depth. That it was just a Britney Spears record that is also cross promoting her upcoming movie. This article here actually gives time to talk about the themes Britney talked about, but not fully appreciated by critics.

Exactly! It was written to appeal to teens or young women in their early 20s ... so obviously critics concluded it must have no real artistic value. 

But whatever. Britney is a Queen. She doesn’t need their approval - not then and not now. 

 

[PokemonSpears]

2 hours ago, Britman512 said:

I thought this would be about Britney Jean...

 

[PokemonSpears]

1 hour ago, Goten21 said:

It's what they did to all of her albums. It's literally old men being ***ist and ageist towards a young woman. Fkn disgusting

 

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not only that, but I've always thought there's a bit of implicit ***ism in the narrative of "rock > pop" with rock symbolizing masculinity, aggressiveness, strength, power and the latter representing femininity, weakness, softness, thus being inherently worse than anything else.

Pop is always deemed as plastic, prefabricated, simple, lacking of talent and complexity, but if that was the case, anyone would be releasing smash hits, but that wasn't the case. How many Britney lookalikes were there? How many artists tried to mimic that formula of Max Martin + Britney and failed?

I've always thought that desire of Britney to move away from Max for ITZ, that craving for "more urban" stuff was in part for that general public's perception of pop being lame. Yes, she needed to evolve, and tbh, everything that she does is magical, but the thing is there was nothing wrong with her doing pop in the first place, especially when it's done as good as what Britney did.

[Blackout2006]

It really was such an iconic era in pop music history that definedT a generation  so happy it is getting the recognition it deserves  her 2nd greatest era

[DignifiedLove]

17 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

It really was such an iconic era in pop music history that definedT a generation  so happy it is getting the recognition it deserves  her 2nd greatest era

Your best post and spilling the tea as per usual

We stan you, Blackout2006 we stan you

[Blackout2006]

12 minutes ago, SUCCESSICA IS A QUEEN said:

Your best post and spilling the tea as per usual

We stan you, Blackout2006 we stan you

Periodt. Issa moment in pop culture