Tag / 2000s pop

by Lexine

Back To Basics – The 20th Anniversary

 

Happy 20th anniversary to my favorite album of 2006! Like she did with Stripped, Xtina served you everything in B2B: jazz, soul, rap beats, pop, kitsch, ballads, and vocals vocals vocals, all spread out on two discs. And her Baby Jane era was A TIME. I was also fortunate to attend her Back To Basics tour when she came to Oakland in 2007. (That show would be the first of four Xtina shows I’d attend over the years.)

My favorite non-single song from the album. Xtina’s vocals + lyrics honoring musical legends + beats by DJ Premier = 🔥🔥🔥

Hope she does something special to honor this milestone anniversary.

by Lexine

A Christina Summer

Christina Aguilera on Rolling Stone magazine, Double Issue, July 2000

This cover is oh-so 2000. The first Best New Artist Grammy winner of the new millennium on the cover, wearing low-rise bottoms and a playful smile with a CD player in tow, and headlines on Napster (IYKYK) and Slipknot. And if you’re wondering, yes, a Boy Scout can be gay. 

Seeing that Christina has been reviving her Genie In A Bottle days lately, from bringing back her wardrobe from that era to revamping her debut album on its 25th anniversary last year, I wonder if she’ll do something for the 25th anniversary of her first Rolling Stone cover this month.

Also, I want her shirt! 

by Lexine

Now Playing (11.12.22)

Music to rouse the rebel girl in you! Courtesy of two of my music idols, Peaches (who celebrated her birthday yesterday, and whom I’ve had the pleasure of seeing perform live–twice), and Kathleen Hanna (of Bikini Kill, who celebrates her birthday today!). LOVE them both.