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@got2bjosh

Жыл бұрын

Give It 2 Me : Gwen Stefani's Yummy Spanish Lesson : Usher's Twisted Devil Wouldn't Recognize You : JT's Cry Me a River The orchestral version of Voices is everything. Strings take center stage along with her ominous and poetic lyrics to heighten the song's cinematic drama.

"Pharrell, you don't have to be on every song you produce!" My feelings exactly, haha!

Madonna put the bar so high that Hard candy which is not really a bad album is considered as a bad album in her discography.

@andremarcs6924

Жыл бұрын

But she set another standard with this album IMO - she took that sound, made it her own and did a better job than others.

@rvegas81

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I think he’s around my age. That’s always been tough thing about her and Michael.

@jeffkoons001

Жыл бұрын

@@andremarcs6924 Disagree. I don't think she made it her own. And her vocals on this album feel weirdly dispassionate and indifferent. Give it 2 me should be a ferocious anthem, and it sounds like she's checking off a grocery list.

@leandroferraz3776

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffkoons001 agreed! This album doesn't sound Madonna.

@andremarcs6924

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffkoons001 I disagree. I really enjoy her vocals the more I listen to this album. She sounds serious and like she had something to say regarding her marriage to Guy & turning 50

2:56 Candy Shop 6:47 4 Minutes 11:26 Give It 2 Me 14:28 Heartbeat 17:54 Miles Away 21:26 She’s Not Me 25:57 Incredible 29:40 Beat Goes On 32:40 Dance 2Night 36:31 Spanish Lesson 41:09 Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You 45:08 Voices And this was the reaction of Hard Candy🍬🍭 an album by Madonna 💃🏻🕺🏻

Give It 2 Me was such a huge hit here in The Netherlands staying on top of the charts for 6 weeks!

@rafaelfranca8482

Ай бұрын

Horrible song

Devil wouldn't recognize you is a masterpiece

Voices is an underrated masterpiece. I love it

Kanye and Madonna agreed that he would be lead producer of one of her later albums. He then… disappeared with no word and she carried on without him, assuming it wasn’t happening. He returned months later and worked on a few tracks.

@CHSMorrisseau

Жыл бұрын

Guess that's why he produced some tracks on Rebel Heart.

Kanye produces several tracks on Madonna's "Rebel Heart" album from 2015.

@simonc4510

Жыл бұрын

Was literally just about to type this…..lol It’s already happened 😂😂😂

@jbashful

Жыл бұрын

Was looking for this! I knew somebody had said it!

I always think of hard candy as a break up album disguised as a disco album disguised as a hip hop/pop album ..the sticky and sweet tour was sooo good!

@joshuaortiz4886

8 ай бұрын

facts

Give it 2 me is my favorite song on that album.

The journey us Madonna fans have to go through emotionally everytime lol

@Marc-zi5cq

Жыл бұрын

hahaha Rebel Heart was great though

@skirmantasmikuckis6923

Жыл бұрын

cannot wait to feel embarrassed about the MDNA...

@Bensalt432

Жыл бұрын

@@skirmantasmikuckis6923 not embarrassed 😭😂 MDNA has its songs

@Gustyrd1

Жыл бұрын

@@skirmantasmikuckis6923 madame x was a disaster too. At least MDNA had some fun songs there. But MX... my god.

Yes! Hard candy was the album I got into the world of Madonna

Dance 2night: the best track on the album

@guel5062

Жыл бұрын

Its really a beautiful song. I love voices too, very reflexive.

@quanashiab.9620

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 💯

Confessions & Hard Candy was MY time, y'all!

@thatONElatinoContent

Жыл бұрын

samesies

@lesleyesau

2 ай бұрын

Same here, she was absolutely stunning during those 2 era's!🌹♥️

Can’t wait for MDNA and Rebel Heart! Both of which can be enjoyed with a cocktail 👀🍹✨

@alissonljr

Жыл бұрын

please don't ask for it! He didn't get into the hype of HC, MDNA and RB. It will be disappointing. He may stop here on his journey through Madonna's discography

@jonathanguzman6398

Жыл бұрын

@@alissonljr not sure about Rebel Heart, Rebel Heart is my fav album and im not a big fan of Hard Candy or MDNA

@alissonljr

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanguzman6398 I also love Rebel Heart as I love MDNA, however just as these albums are greatly underrated by the fans themselves it will also be underrated in the reactions of these albums by this KZreadr as he did with Hard Candy.

@Marc-zi5cq

Жыл бұрын

Rebel Heart is great. MDNA not so much

@Marc-zi5cq

Жыл бұрын

@@alissonljr Many reactors love Rebel Heart though. It was Ajays favorite Madonna album along with Ray Of Light, i think

Ahh yes, April 2008. Mariah's E=MC2 was released on the 15th and hit #1 (along with the lead single, Touch My Body) and sold 2.5M copies. Madonna's Hard Candy was released on the 19th and also hit #1 selling 4M copies (the massive tour helped drive sales). Neither album was as inspired or revelatory as their respective hit comeback albums from 2005 (TEOM & Confessions) which both sold 10M+ copies, but a hit is a hit.

@FindingMadonna

Жыл бұрын

The tour was massively successful but it didn't have much impact on album sales. 50% of HC's overall sales came from the first week but there was no ticket bundling. 90% of the sales came before the tour even started and by that point the album had fallen out of the Top 100 and never went back up.

@JoeTheLion1

Жыл бұрын

@German Morawski it was poorly promoted, the opposite of Confessions which was expertly promoted worldwide starting with Madonna with her arm in a sling in a telephone booth and performing promo songs around the world....the french tv show Star Academy performance of Get Together wearing that silver dress was fanatic! . And, the HD album cover didnt help.

@got2bjosh

Жыл бұрын

@@FindingMadonna Since Madonna pissed off Clear Channel during American Life, she has been semi blacklisted from radio. Her US album sales and radio promo never truly recovered and she hasn't had a #1 hit in US since Music which was pre blacklist. Like Confessions, Hard Candy made most of its sales globally. The world tour helps to boost sales even without bundling.

@EAB82

Жыл бұрын

@German Morawski Give It 2 Me was one of her best singles of the 2000s. The video wasnt a blockbuster and she didn't promote it beyond the promo tour

@Marc-zi5cq

Жыл бұрын

Madonna didnt do any tv performances or awards shows for this album did she? She released it and went straight on the super successful world tour. Almost felt like she just did it so she could tour again haha

CANNOT WAIT to hear what you have to say about Madame X

That Portuguese will come in handy when you get to Madame X album

The beat on this album is sick 🔥 also the tour was phenomenal with great remixes and energy

Best song from this era is Across The Sky and it’s not even on the album

@garycambridge5513

Жыл бұрын

I also liked Latte too but hated animal and ring my bell 🤢

@Marc-zi5cq

Жыл бұрын

I so agree. The best song of the era was not included.

@matiasdv8848

Жыл бұрын

@@garycambridge5513 animal was so good!! Same with broken!!

@i.c.s.8531

Жыл бұрын

You need to check out the remix by Dubtronic...it's so fucking good

@michaelmcdonald2326

Жыл бұрын

@@i.c.s.8531 all their remixes are good

This is a great album! I like it. Not madonna best compared to her discography but definitely an enjoyable album

Since you like Madonna, seriously think you should look at Kyle Minogue and her videography/discography. Her career started nearly at the same time as Madonna's & and many times over the years, Madonna has expressed adoration for Kylie. Minogue originally started out acting and still does, including starring with Jean Claude Van Damme & Raul Julia, as Cammy in "Street Fighter", and portraying The Green Fairy, in "Moulin Rouge". She's put out plenty of great music, but for a video, begin with "Spinning Around" and explore from there.

@quanashiab.9620

Жыл бұрын

Her 1994 album is a masterpiece, favorite is Dangerous Game

@lexmole

Жыл бұрын

@@quanashiab.9620 Impossible Princess was amazing as well (and imo hugely underrated) ...

@quanashiab.9620

Жыл бұрын

@@lexmole Even Body Language

The Sticky & Sweet tour was insane. Brings me to tears watching it!!

I love when they call out “Wendy” from Prince & the Revolution on “She’s Not Me” who is on guitar.

Beat goes on ❤

She was free from Guy Ritchie & delivered a fun, high energy album! *Hard Candy* got me to dive into her discography 💿🔥🍭

@got2bjosh

Жыл бұрын

Miles Away is arguably the divorce song. The album was released in April 2008, they separated in the fall, and the divorce was finalized in December of that same year.

@myfriendisaac

Жыл бұрын

@@got2bjosh Lyrically, the album details their marital breakdown (Miles Away & DWRY especially). At the Nov 24th concert, she mentioned to the audience that she was single again 😂🔥 Her energy was electric that night!!!

@user-mz2ne4yh2t

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Guy Ritchie divorce until MDNA??

@got2bjosh

Жыл бұрын

@@myfriendisaac Yes, she filed in October of 2008 and it was finalized by December.

@JoeTheLion1

Жыл бұрын

@@myfriendisaac DWRY was written by Madonna years before the album

This album is one of those hidden gems

Rebel Heart was essentially mastered/produced by Kanye West when she was almost finished. You'll see in a few albums time. Hard Candy is a great album though it was only dragged because she used "it" producers of the time. However, if any other pop girl released this album it would've been lauded and celebrated 100%. 💯I really admire how her production team (including herself) didnt distort her vocals and how they kind of brought her sound back to the 80s with a late 2000s twist. Oh P.S- Give it 2 Me is an anthemic bop that rivals Hung Up

@CHSMorrisseau

Жыл бұрын

I don't know if it's just me, but Voices sounds just a little distorted and wrecks the experience for me.

@EAB82

Жыл бұрын

@@CHSMorrisseau I love Voices but I know many who don't. It reminds me of something that could've been inspired by Erotica or BS

@grabaripl

Жыл бұрын

Kanye was supposed to do that but ended up re-producing only few tracks like Inside Out, SEX, Wash All Over Me and Illuminati.

Miles Away is my favorite track off this album

Nice reaction video as usual! Overall, it's might be her one album where the producer's heavy handedness took over and she was almost guest vocalist. During an interview around that time she said while working with Pharrell he made her cry. Madonna seems to be one of the few that likes Candy Shop because since then it's been included in all her concerts, with the exception of Madame X. The Devil... is a song she wrote years earlier. Kanye producing Madonna - its coming up. Incredible - some like it but Spanish Lessons was universally panned and considered the worst on the album. Miles Away - about Guy Richie and a sign where that marriage was headed. Personal favs - Dance Tonight and Give It To Me - a total dance club banger with the lyric this at pure Madonna - when light go done and there's no one left, I can go on and on and on. Although a #1 album with a meg hit single, a record breaking tour earning her the #1 female concert tour (and still reigns with that honor) and follow up to her mega-hit Confessions album, its kind of surprising it didn't sell better than it did - maybe it was the horrible album cover. You might want to check out her Rock'n Roll inductee speech from the same era and presented to her by Justin.

Your new haircut looks good on you! 😍 Nice reaction btw

11:58 took me tf out 😭 You imitating JTs vocals made me feel some type of way 🥵

Give it to me is iconic ❤

Rebel heart please! So many gems on that album. Way underappreciated unfortunately. Devil pray, Ghosttown, Inside out, Wash all over me, Iconic, Joan of Arc.... SO good ❤️

I love this album!

Heartbeat is my personal favorite track here. I wish it was a single. Dance 2night is another underrated gem. Beat Goes On was a huge radio hit in my country. I even thought it was the 4th single. Spanish Lesson, Incredible and She's Not Me are my least favorite songs here

@quanashiab.9620

Жыл бұрын

My least is the same thing

@barssaglam4892

Жыл бұрын

Totally agreed

I wish you reacted to Across the sky as well that unfortunately did not make it to the final cut

@radosawrusnak7700

Жыл бұрын

@German Morawski absolutely

Hard candy era is so iconic

You just reacted to one of my favorite Madonna albums on this amazing deep dive

You should definitely do Björk’s discography once you’ve finished Madonna!

@axelmelcher6875

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@aynosekeponer

Жыл бұрын

yes!!! was thinking on Volta watching this reaction

@JP_Champs

Жыл бұрын

YESSS

You betta be ready for the Sticky & Sweet Tour, THE HIGHEST GROSSING FEMALE TOUR OF ALL TIME, and also the highest grossing tour EVER made by a solo artist!

The bonus track "Ring My Bell" from the Japanese release should have replace Spanish Lesson, and is an excellent song.

The issue I have with this album is the fact that Madonna is such an innovative artist and for this album she wasn't the innovator. So many other people had worked with Timbaland and Pharrel up to this point in time that their feel wasn't unique when Madonna found them. They really just cut and pasted their thing across then added Madonna. It wasn't as personalised as I might have other wise hoped. The songs had Madonna sound like a follower instead. Hard Candy is also the first album since Like A Virgin where Madonna isn't credited as a producer alongside her collaborators. Instead she is listed as a co-producer after the fact. Madonna is credited as the executive producer though showing she was helming the project. However I feel like Justin Timberake or Pharrel to take over lead vocals and release these tracks themselves without Madonna and no one would know the difference and it just isn't right. Madonna has been front and centre on her material and she was over taken here. People could put a face to the names of Madonna's collaborators which wasn't always doable before now. So much of what has been said during this video I can't help but agree with. As much as I enjoy this album I too can't help but feel let down by it. I believe if you aren't a fan of Pharrel, of Timbaland, of Justin Timberlake then you wouldn't be a fan of this album. Simple.

@andremarcs6924

Жыл бұрын

She’s still a co producer on every track on HC which means she had creative input regarding the production.

Loving the vids! Can’t wait to see your review on her Rebel Heart album- that one’s got so much going on.

i think i am the only madonna fan who likes incredible.. like it is one of my favs from hard candy😭

Love your haircut and your facial expressions while listening 👂 to Madonna. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

Dance Tonight’s chorus is a dead ringer for her self titled debut sound.

Oh I love that your doing these

When you guessed Spanish Lesson before listening to it, and you described Pharell’s spanish guitar i was dying of laughter 😂

P.S. I really enjoy your Madonna deep-dive! Kind regards, Sybren

I really love that album.. great songs!!! The Sticky and Sweet tour is Just amazing... Dancefull

the live performance is SO MUCH BETTER than the album. watch the stick and sweet tour.

Nice hair cut dude! I love this album and I love the concert. 😊

Underrated album

always a fresh & honest perspective, appreciate ya. i love hard candy... to me it's almost like a bedtime stories part 2 & i just dig the M+R&B vibe. oh yeah, wanted to say (in reference to your curiosity of a kanye produced M project) & don't wanna spoil, buuuuut on MDNA: a glimpse into a kanye+madonna album = "illuminati", cowritten & produced by ye... looking forward to your spin on that record.

I love this record I can’t speak for others but definitely for me when I go to the gym that really makes feel motivated !! 💪💪💪💪💪💪

This album is solid! If she left in - animal - across the sky - latte And cut - Spanish lesson - incredible It Would’ve been even more solid!

@carlosabrigojr3482

Жыл бұрын

That might happen. I know her knew deal with her record company is re-releasing all of her albums and sound like she's adding her throwaway songs from each Era of her albums to them. Fingers crossed!!

@AlexeBriand2002

Жыл бұрын

you mean Lela Pala Tute?

@quanashiab.9620

Жыл бұрын

And Ring My Bell

@Dr_Madonna

Жыл бұрын

@@quanashiab.9620 imo if it had different music production .. maybe . .. the abrupt / aggressive sound on the track doesn’t quite hit the mark for me. Great lyrics though.

@quanashiab.9620

Жыл бұрын

@@Dr_Madonna Eh

it's poetic that her last album here with warners has much in common sonically as her first album with Warners. I love hard candy...its not in my top 5 M albums but it's strong, fun in the most part and largely cohesive...I always love hearing her experiment with R&B/hip hop and the shiny exterior of the songs actually hide some pretty personal interior. Btw the kanye tracks are coming soon on the flawed but still pretty amazing Rebel heart. Great reaction 🙌

@isletheologian

4 ай бұрын

I actually believe that there is no such thing as a bad Madonna album, even the mess of MDNA and Al are listenable

See the Stiky and Sweet Tour all this songs in live. Espectacular!!

The tour for that album is her most energetic!!! Sticky and sweet tour ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Adrienne0317

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@sito7186

Жыл бұрын

Have you watched the Girlie Show?

Loving all your Madonna reactions. You are very handsome too (I had to say it 🤣) Keep up the good work 👍🏻

I Really LOVE the album so far!!!!! 👍😄👊🔥💙🌺🌷💐💐🌸

I love this album ❤️

OMG i think You're gonna hate it si much hahahahaha I'm nervous. Same With MDNA

@MyGAGL

Жыл бұрын

I mean…he didn’t like ROF, so….

@sluggopixie

Жыл бұрын

He's gonna hate MDNA

@radosawrusnak7700

Жыл бұрын

@@sluggopixie fairly enough :)

@got2bjosh

Жыл бұрын

@@MyGAGL Not sure what ROF is, but I think you mean ROL as in Ray of Light. Still her magnum opus.

hello friend super reaction... you look super good with your haircut

That haircut OMG!!!😋 LOL Greetings from CR.🇨🇷

Always loved this album.

Ha ha the add libs to Dance 2night killed me 😆 🤣 😂

Miles Away is by far my favorite song from this album

"The Beat Goes On" should have been a single! My 2nd favorite song on the album (after "4 Minutes"). Kanye West was also songwriter on a couple of songs on "Rebel Heart" album but I don't think he co-produce them. I'm sure Madonna and Kanye already worked on some songs but for some reason they were never released with his production. I would much probably also loved to listen to a few Kanye produced Madonna songs.

I love the songs on this album live more then recorded

Muchas de las canciones del hard candy son fascinantes. Así que manita pa arriba.

It’s funny you said the thing about M and Kanye… let’s just say look forward to 2015 ;)

Seeing this album performed live on the Sticky & Sweet Tour skyrockets these songs to the upper echelon of pop music. I bet you would enjoy Give It 2 Me more - the performance is INSANE - and I'm sure you'd like Beat Goes On even more!

@jonathanguzman6398

Жыл бұрын

the overlayed beat which sounded more bouncy and less flat than the studio version gave both songs such a funky vibe, give it 2 me for me is her best closing number along hung up

It’s interesting as I liked Hard Candy when it came out. But I think over time the production may not have held up to being a classic in the way Madonna’s albums before this one have become. It’s not a bad album, but if one were listing Madonna’s greatest albums, then it would most likely not rank up there. I always saw the Hard Candy album as being the transition where Madonna went from being an iconic trendsetter that dominated the music business to being an artist that was suddenly chasing the trends. She also started to work with way too many producers in her albums from this point forward. Don’t misunderstand me as this still a good album, but I wouldn’t put it in her top ten best albums. The tour to back this album was massive and phenomenal. She was able to elevate this material into something incredible. But Madonna has always excelled on the stage. She is a performer and one of the greatest stage entertainers in music history. As he said if he had to give it a rating, I chimed in, “I’d give it a 6.” Then he said 6 as well.

love it

🤍💙❤ Hard Candy📀. All of it. From A to Z.

Can´t wait to see what is gonna happen in the MDNA era... 👀👀

Madonna was really insecure while making this album. When Madonna is confident she goes for more underground producers, this was all name-brand forced creativity. Actually this record is excellent to work out to because you are guaranteed to be half listening and more paying attention to form.

I love Hard Candy ... Voices is my faves

Nice reaction. Like your new look, you now look much younger.

Review is generous but also on point. Hard Candy is the beginning of Madonna's decline, creatively speaking. It's the first album she made that felt like it wasn't hers -- that she was being "produced" and chasing trends, trying to sound like Justin T as opposed to branching out into her own weirdness. ROL, MUSIC and AL were all super-produced, but all felt like HERS, her vision, and it was personal and you felt it (maybe slightly less with American Life) -- but literally anyone could have made HARD CANDY. It is nondescript, and interchangeable with other artists' albums. It's also the beginning of people chanting "Madonna" on her album, and hyping her like guest artists do on hip-hop albums. With Madonna tho it feels dumb, and in my opinion, beneath her .But this is the period where Madonna starts to lose confidence in herself. She gets major plastic surgery. She wants to be "young". She wants to be in with the cool kids -- which she's recognizing isn't really her anymore. It was a little bit of a gut punch to those of us who loved her for being an iconoclast, and bold, and fearless. I sort of wish a couple of songs from this album (Miles Away, specifically) and a couple from MDNA (Love Spent, specifically) could have been collapsed into a different--better--version of Rebel Heart, and we could have skipped over the other eras altogether.

This album is honestly more Pharrell than Timbaland.

Before its release, this album was being hyped up amongst the Timbaland and Neptunes forums as “Justified Part 2” given the reuniting of Neptunes / Timbo / Timberlake for an entire album, and there’s definitely some musical callbacks to Justified and even Futuresex Lovesounds sprinkled throughout. Great insights in this reaction! New subscriber.

Give it to me, just an OK song? 😂 wait to see the live performance!

Me gustó más el álbum después de ver el tour Sticky and Sweet

I’ve never pay attention to Dance 2night before 😯 now i’m just liked

@ASCENSIONZONE

7 ай бұрын

M2 omg

“4 minutes” “Dance 2night” “Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You” are my favorite tracks in this album 💿♥️ In my opinion, this album is sweet because of the collaboration with JT 🤫

Hey Taylor, I'm a Madonna fan since 1994, and I'm from brazil, so I became her fan at 7, at that transition between the end of 'Erotica" era to "Bedtime Stories". And really, I think "Hard Candy" is not a bad album, only "Incredible" is the song that I really don't enjoy that much. And I'm enjoying since last year your deep dive through Madonna discgraphy. And at the next video it would be nice if you listen the "Celebration (Deluxe Edition)", it would be very interesting if you show us your first impressions on a Madonna greatest hits compilation (this was the 3rd one which follows up, 34 greatest songs plus 2 new singles, the title track "Celebration" & "Revolver" feat. Lil' Wayne), but it was the final releasing of the paternship between Madonna & Warner Bros. at time in 2009. As you know she's got back at WB last year... releasing "Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones" this year, a remix compilation of her 50's 1# at Billboard Club Play Charts on remixed form of the songs (the radio edits of remixes of her past singles)

100% with you

Great tour… sticky & sweet

As a Madonna fan I feel like by the time she jumped on the Timbaland/Pharrell production bandwagon it felt like it was the beginning of her following the trends instead of her usually setting them. There are some good songs on the record, but I feel like Nelly Furtado’s Loose album feels more like a Madonna record than Hard Candy

@Thekrisavalon

Жыл бұрын

I should add that she sold the songs on this album better during the Sticky & Sweet tour

@JK001POPS

Жыл бұрын

Nelly Furtado, Fergie, Gwen Stefani and Rihanna were the top 1… I miss them so much, their music is still blowing my speakers… Today music is so forgettable and nothing memorable. Even if I find a good song I don’t care for the videos or at least learning the lyrics!!!

"devil wouldn't recognize you" was written by madonna & joe henry in 2004 for a musical she was developing called "hello suckers!" the musical never materialized, so the track was reworked by timberland, timberlake, & danja for hard candy in 2008

@slystone4892

4 ай бұрын

Didn’t know that

Actually Madonna's Rebel heart album was produced by Avicii and Kanye West and Mike Dean Kanye's producer

Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You, Heartbeat, She’s Not Me, Beat Goes On and Spanish Lesson are masterpieces. This album is so underrated

The Tour of this era is very amazing!!!

I love hard candy

This is the fresh urban hipho🍭 C🌐nfessi🍬ns on a Dancefloor of Madomna. Lyrics, melodies, instrumentals... everything is good.🔊🎼🎶🎵 I don t understand why so many people can't like Hard Candy. Candy Shop abd Give It To Me is simple but is pure feminism. Devil Wouldnt ... is pure poetic. Is my third favorite album.

This will always be my fav Madonna album the production is too nostalgic for me