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The hot-and-bothered bombshell follows up her jaw-dropping smooch with Madonna at MTV's Video Music Awards with the pulsating club-thumper "Me Against the Music," a duet with the Material Mom. The rest of the disc follows suit, as Spears moans and purrs through racy dance tracks such as the R. Kelly–produced "Outrageous," which pokes fun at Brit's paparazzi-documented lifestyle prior to her short-lived marriage, and the come-hither "Showdown." On the latter track, the southern belle coos, "I'll let you touch me if you want / I see your body rise, rise." Well, guess she's really not that innocent. Things get even more explicit on "Touch of My Hand," where Brit sings about the joys of self-love. Oops, she did it again! Although her thin, nasal vocals have never been her most valuable asset, on In the Zone Spears' delivery has noticeably matured, especially on the whispery, Kylie Minogue–reminiscent "Breathe on Me" and the ambient, Moby-produced "Early Mornin'," on which a raspy-voiced Spears sings and raps about her naughty late-night escapades ("Passed out on the couch and yawning / Just walked in and it's early mornin'). Even "Everytime," the requisite power ballad and alleged ode to her lost love Justin, sounds inspired.
CONDITION: NEW! DRILLED CASE!
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Me Against the Music
2 (I Got That) Boom Boom
3 Showdown
4 Breathe on Me
5 Early Mornin'
6 Toxic
7 Outrageous
8 Touch of My Hand
9 The Hook Up
10 Shadow
11 Brave New Girl
12 Everytime
13 Me Against the Music Bonus Track / Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix
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