Stripped
This is the album in which Christina Aguilera’s provocative personality rescued her from a lifetime of lukewarm Britney Spears comparisons. Whether indulging pop music’s fantasies on the Redman-featuring “Dirrty” or scorching former critics on the electric-guitar-heavy “Fighter,” *Stripped* is the sound of a woman taking control of her public image. That doesn’t mean she can’t drop her guard: inspirational ballad “Beautiful” explores the real fragility that the fierce Xtina is so keen to protect.
More specifically Christina Aguilera‘s premature mature album sounds like the hip-hop infused ‘Rainbow’ which famously bought Mariah clubland credibility at the expense of her sanity.
It’s a shame that the first single from Christina Aguilera’s Stripped is “Dirrty.”
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It seems former Mousekateer Christina Aguilera has finally popped right out of her bottle.