Thank God, Xtina!!

Stripped is, without a doubt, one of the greatest albums of all time for me. Everything about the record is the epitome of musical greatness; it's deep, relatable, thought-provoking, emotional (uncomfortably so, at times - "I'm OK"), but there's also a lot of cool, upbeat tracks on there like Dirrty, Can't Hold Us Down and Get Mine, Get Yours. It showcased Christina doing what she does best and really proved why she is leagues ahead of just about every single one of her contemporories, certainly vocally and also in terms of raw, musical talent.

Don't get me wrong, I liked Back To Basics (Bionic was a bit shit, however) but she really found her niche with Stripped; and if her comments are anything to go by, I think she realizes this. She needs to go back to that soulful R&B/Hip-Hop sound (Bionic proved she should stick to the more soulful, more urban genres) and bring back the big Diva-vocals. She held back WAY too much on Bionic and an Xtina album is not an Xtina album unless she's screaming, belting and throwing whistle-notes and crazy-ass adlibs and vocal runs around the place. Most importantly though, she has to recapture the maturity and relatability that her last album was almost completly devoided of; Stripped was deep, it had a message. Bionic did not.

Anywho, if she managed to get Linda Perry, DJ Premier and Scott Storch (Ha!) all back on board as her producers for this album, that would also be incredible.