Hip-Hop

Back To Basics by Christina Aguilera Career Overview Britney Spears proved that the same goldmine that Madonna and Cyndi Lauper mined in the ’80s was again ripe for the picking, and she was immediately followed up the charts by another female teenybop sensation, Christina Aguilera. Closely aligned with Spears’ style (except that she sometimes lets [...]

Futuresex/Lovesounds by Justin Timberlake Career Overview Though he gained superstar status as a member of the definitive “boy band” N Sync, Justin Timberlake stepped out on his own with his first solo album in 2002. JUSTIFIED showed that there was more to the then-21-year-old Timberlake than teen pop, highlighting the young singer’s pronounced R&B influences [...]