The thing with PSB (and I do love them) is that they are past making music for "charts". They are at a point in their career where they can record the music they like, they know their fanbase and the sound they like. Same as Kylie, she knows her audience so for lack of better words she plays it safe. With the exemption of Golden, which didn't have the same response from her previous albums, so she went back to the danceflooor. Now with Madonna- and I am sure this probably has been discussed to death- but it's my personal opinion, Hard Candy is when we started seeing the decline. Sure Timbaland & Pharell are great producers, but she was a day late and dollar short on that trend. That sound worked for the likes of Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake but it didn't translate well on a Madonna record, and frankly Timbaland has not really updated his sound for many years. Not to say that there weren't great songs on it, but coming from previous albums from Erotica-Confessions working with producers that weren't mainstream and brought them in the pop genre that was always a breakthrough for her. Hard Candy is when she stopped leading and chasing the "what's hot now" trend. MDNA was all over the place, and Rebel Heart was a lot of Madonna with shitload of drama and producers. AGAIN we got some great songs out of them....BUT I feel like she always shines more when the album is cohesive, with limited producers, and better writers. Madame X personally is not my cup of tea, but I can appreciate the art and concept of it. It felt more like a personal side project she wanted to make... but again for the 4rd album in a row, there's many MANY features from other artists. Madonna never had an issue carrying and album by herself. I feel like there's so many producers out there waiting to be discovered (and she's good at that) that I hope she comes back to what she does best. Lead.
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The thing with PSB (and I do love them) is that they are past making music for "charts". They are at a point in their career where they can record the music they like, they know their fanbase and the sound they like. Same as Kylie, she knows her audience so for lack of better words she plays it safe. With the exemption of Golden, which didn't have the same response from her previous albums, so she went back to the danceflooor. Now with Madonna- and I am sure this probably has been discussed to death- but it's my personal opinion, Hard Candy is when we started seeing the decline. Sure Timbaland & Pharell are great producers, but she was a day late and dollar short on that trend. That sound worked for the likes of Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake but it didn't translate well on a Madonna record, and frankly Timbaland has not really updated his sound for many years. Not to say that there weren't great songs on it, but coming from previous albums from Erotica-Confessions working with producers that weren't mainstream and brought them in the pop genre that was always a breakthrough for her. Hard Candy is when she stopped leading and chasing the "what's hot now" trend. MDNA was all over the place, and Rebel Heart was a lot of Madonna with shitload of drama and producers. AGAIN we got some great songs out of them....BUT I feel like she always shines more when the album is cohesive, with limited producers, and better writers. Madame X personally is not my cup of tea, but I can appreciate the art and concept of it. It felt more like a personal side project she wanted to make... but again for the 4rd album in a row, there's many MANY features from other artists. Madonna never had an issue carrying and album by herself. I feel like there's so many producers out there waiting to be discovered (and she's good at that) that I hope she comes back to what she does best. Lead.