That's the thing I never understood with P!nk, she may not have liked the general direction but it's not like she was being forced to make Atomic Kitten-esque watered-down rubbish. Christina and co. would've killed to have been taken as seriously as P!nk was during their early reign, their credibility came later. P!nk's music and overall imagery during the CTMH era, as evidenced above, was pretty authentic and generally considered cool at that time. Add to it that she could sing and dance, had ballsy lyrics and was also white without apology and you had a genuinely original package. The other thing I found interesting was that her vocal style was clearly influenced by 90's R&B so her complete rejection of all things Urban, from the black love interests to the street dance choreography after this album is all the more puzzling.