So word on the street is that Madonna's "hip-hop" album, Hard Candy is gonna drop at the end of April. I'm a big Madonna fan, ever since I was a kid (my aunt took me to see "Who's That Girl" twice) and it kinda irks me when people talk about Madonna's new album venturing into a new territory, hip-hop. With collaborations with Timbaland, Pharrell and Justin Timberlake, everyone's pegging this as her "hip-hop" album.
Who said any of those people are hip-hop anyway? Who is the hip-hop authority? I mean yes, they have urban influences obviously, but I fail to see those guys as hip-hop, and that is definitely not a diss, I love to shake it to Timbaland & Co.
But it's easy to forget, in the days of the Timberlakes and Timbalands, that on her first tour, in the year 1985, Madonna took the Beastie Boys on the road with her, who are universally accepted part of the hip-hop pioneers. One of my first memories of Madonna was her "Borderline" video, which included two elements of hip-hop, breaking and graffiti. And the album "Bedtime Stories," 'nuff said.
This is not a new venture for Madonna.
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