SONGS YOU DIDNT KNOW I WROTE: “WOOHOO” - Christina Aguilera (@TheRealXtina)
I wrote this lil cheeky tune with the incredible Ester Dean, and Christina, of course.
Polow da Don produced it.
It's kind of funny, this song is still the **** to me. The backlash on Xtina was so massive at the time that i dont think it got the love it deserved.
It featured Nicki Minaj who was just bubbling at the time. I would be willing to bet that if it had been Nicki’s song featuring Xtina it would’ve gotten the attention it deserved.
It's a perverted lil' song that's right in line with what’s being said on radio from everyone else right now. I guess thats what happens when you put me, Ester, and Christina in a room. A lot of dirty jokes, laughing, and big singing.
I dont give a **** what the critics say, IMHO there were some gems on her Bionic album, and this was one of em.
With Christina Aguilera‘s latest single ‘Love Your Body‘ expected to make its debut any time soon, the buzz surrounding the project and its supporting album have undeniably reached fever pitch within the last week.
Set to hit stores in coming months, the yet to be named album will arrive two years after the release of ’Bionic‘, the entertainer’s fifth and most heavily debated LP to date.
So in celebration of the release, which many would agree came to an untimely ‘death’ after struggling to live up to the commercial success of its predecessors, That Grape Juice dedicates this very special edition of ‘Best You Never Heard‘ to Bionic, naming four of our favorite but oft overlooked cuts from the LP.
Get into it below…
‘Woohoo (Ft Nicki Minaj)’
From its stuttering beat to its ‘tongue in cheek’ lyrics, Woohoo is in many ways the older and perhaps more uninhibited sister of 2002′s ‘Dirrty‘.
Fun, sexy and enjoyably filthy, the jam’s unashamed approach to what some might label a ‘taboo topic’ served to cement Christina’s status as one of Pop’s braver entities, heated up even further with a predictably scorching verse from foul mouthed Pop Princess Nicki Minaj.
‘Vanity’
‘I’m not cocky…’
Keeping in theme with the album’s loud, fierce and abrasive theme, Vanity makes for the ultimate party anthem. Armed with finger snapping verses and an annoyingly infectious hook, this shamelessly narcissistic club classic serves just as much heat today as it did when it first fell in our laps over a year ago.
‘Stronger Than Ever’
A feature on the LP’s deluxe edition, many could be forgiven for not knowing that such a song even exists.
Indeed, despite standing side by side with ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Voice Within’ as being one of Christina’s more heart felt ballads, ‘Stronger’ felt the full wrath of the media’s blacklisting of Bionic and thus found itself fading into obscurity once the project’s plug was finally pulled.
Showcasing the vocal restraint many accuse of the performer of not using enough of, the number’s slow but powerfully sincere start makes Aguilera’s trademark belting style toward the end of the cut all the more enjoyable.
Here’s to hoping album #6 delivers more of the same.
‘Glam’
Undoubtedly the closest thing this generation has to Madonna‘s ‘Vogue‘, Glam- in our opinion- could have easily restored interest in ‘Bionic’ had it been the given the single treatment and a supporting video equally as innovative as the track itself.
Almost as though she found a way to channel a Neon stained Tokyo night and compress it into a 3 minute long song, Glam‘s dreamlike backing track and couture-centric theme makes it Christina’s strongest dance effort, far superior- dare we say- to the well produced but poorly received ‘Not Myself Tonight‘.
Saw this yesterday and decided to post it since news is slow. Insert eye roll here at "Best You Never Heard." Bionic was the second highest most downloaded album of 2010 and don't you forget it.
Nobody can sing like Christina Aguilera. That's obvious. But you know what else? Nobody can look like they're singing like Christina Aguilera, either.
Just today, the platinum blond bombshell performed live on the Today show to promote the release of her upcoming album, Bionic. And in looking at the snaps from her performance, I was struck by just how much of a pro she has become at looking like she's singing really well. I mean, she sings really well! But part of that is that she really looks like she's singing well.
For instance, the above is clearly Christina trilling away at some point in a song, showing off her scale-climbing ability.
Below, we see her obviously singing the word, "yeaheahaha," with all her might:
And it's not just the really acrobatic singing! Here's the singing face Christina makes when she is singing provocative lyrics about her "Woohoo" or something...
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