Can I just say how much I love the self-referencing in RH?

[thatLHC 151]

So with RH its clearly that M finds it fun to rip off her own work, the Vogue sample in HW, the hits' name drops in Veni Vidi Vici.But yet the most unexpected moments when I first listened to them were the nods to Justify My Love in Best Night ("waiting"..."needing" lines in the bridge) and the very faint "quicker than a ray of light" adlib as she raps "I saw a ray of light" at the end of the 2nd verse of VVV.Cant stop raping the replay button with this album argh!

[Dazedmadonna 18,083]

Preach!

[Frank 43,495]

Same here. A masterpiece for me. Her best in 10 years.

[unapologeticheart 872]

The only I don't like is the Vogue sample in HW. random imo.

But I like how in many songs she looks back on her career, and not only in the lyrics; some of the music looks like a win to her old stuff, like the  part when Nas raps in VVV, doesn't it remind you of Holiday's intro?

[mr00mister 901]

but she started referencing herself already on the MDNA album (remember the spoken parts on "Some Girls"?... I think it's like a sign or a way of saying 'I am the biggest pop icon. a part of history, a work of art. once you get to be a pop icon like me, just then you'll be able to do this'.

[SimonVenekeo 1,894]

More self referencing than the M DNA in MDNA. But MDNA was kinda more subtle.

[luckystar 728]

I love it, but mentioning her previous works and reminding us how she is still relevant or the queen ("and there's only one queen...") could become annoying and monotone in her lyrics.

 

I don't need more songs like "other girls aren't like me" or "nobody can't stop me."

[Yung Rapunxel 2,186]

Very tacky, I prefer the Vogue sample on Holy Water

[Yung Rapunxel 2,186]

Very tacky, I prefer the Vogue sample on Holy Water

[madgefan 10,202]

but she started referencing herself already on the MDNA album (remember the spoken parts on "Some Girls"?... I think it's like a sign or a way of saying 'I am the biggest pop icon. a part of history, a work of art. once you get to be a pop icon like me, just then you'll be able to do this'.

 

Madonna started to run out of ideas back in the Confessions days. How High with the nods to songs like I Deserve It and Nobody's Perfect and Push with nods to Borderline. Same happened in Hard Candy during Heartbeat. There was even a nod to Back in Business in MDNA! Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's wrong or lame because she had already done something similar during the 80's with the you've got to! sentence in several of her songs and don't forget Deeper and Deeper with the Vogue line. Now it seems more obvious though.

[Halex 1,614]

I was re-watching that 1994 New Music interview earlier today, and she mentioned "taking the road less travelled by". 

[madgefan 10,202]

Maybe it's some sort of English idiom or phrase? I remember reading somewhere that she kept a notebook full of thoughts and pieces of texts collected throughout the years, so maybe she just had a look at it

[thatLHC 151]

Well speaking of recycling her own ideas, of course theres also the Miles Away "sampling" in Broken too. That's one of the rare moments sth she does makes me cringe lol

[SimonVenekeo 1,894]

Well speaking of recycling her own ideas, of course theres also the Miles Away "sampling" in Broken too. That's one of the rare moments sth she does makes me cringe lol

Madonna and her fuzzy dreams.

[SimonVenekeo 1,894]

Very tacky, I prefer the Vogue sample on Holy Water

I actually really don't like that she did. Holy Water is a good song but it's not going to stand the test of time in her discography. Now that she's used one of the biggest songs in pop culture and taken it down to this level, it just seems so wrong. The song, video and tour performances have kk been memorable but now it's that song where Madonna says 'bitch get off my pole'.

[thatLHC 151]

The fact that the sample wasnt re-recorded makes it look like it was Kanye's idea and M simply phoned in her approval.

[luckystar 728]

Even the music in Best Night reminds a little bit of sound of Vogue.

[Breathless 5,286]

I think it's great, love the Vogue sample plus all the other self references - it's fun

[Fighter 28,874]

Madonna started to run out of ideas back in the Confessions days. How High with the nods to songs like I Deserve It and Nobody's Perfect and Push with nods to Borderline. Same happened in Hard Candy during Heartbeat. There was even a nod to Back in Business in MDNA! Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's wrong or lame because she had already done something similar during the 80's with the you've got to! sentence in several of her songs and don't forget Deeper and Deeper with the Vogue line. Now it seems more obvious though.

[madgefan 10,202]

what?

[Breathless 5,286]

I'm a bit confused too loool