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Behind the scenes, however, is Britney??s struggle to retain her immense popularity. Her latest album, the enigmatically titled Britney, has already sold four million copies, but this number pales significantly in comparison to her sophomore effort, Oops! I Did It Again. Potential reasons for the drop in sales include her earlier audience of 11-year-old girls developing brains, or perhaps that Harvard first-year males can download the “I’m a Slave 4U” video for free from Kazaa. Britney herself is considering taking a break from her musical career...
Regardless, the young Britney will attempt to slow her inevitable commercial erosion with Crossroads. But Britney??s Madonna and ’NSYNC-singing, dancing, mother reuniting performance is unlikely to make a huge box office dent. However, even the comparatively unpopular Mandy Moore found a certain amount of success with the syrupy minister’s-daughter movie A Walk to Remember. In the end, though, it all comes down to Britney??s daring decision to attempt acting, and her poise as a representative of the New Millennium woman and as a role model...
...Britney??s strongest case for success would be as a pure dance album. In hiring the who’s who list in R&B dance music producers, she should at least expect to be given beats worthy of club play. Unfortunately, she explores few interesting rhythms. There is no truly captivating “Get Ur Freak On” here, but a sequence of abrupt beats that can shift suddenly and inexplicably multiple times in one song. Seekers of innovative dance music would best stick with far more effective recent material by Daft Punk or Sarina...