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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great new Madonna single, ace remixes on here too!, 21 April 2008
Barcode: 0093624986829
Wow! What a tune 4 Minutes is. The prospect of Madonna working with Justin and Timbaland intruiged me from the moment i heard about it but i never expected the end result to be as slick, modern and cool as 4 Minutes is. It's everything we know and love about Madonna but mixed in with something new - as always she's re-invented herself again and come back with a new album ' Hard Candy', 4 Minutes serving as brilliant taster for it.
4 Minutes is based around an insanely catchy synth-brass hook pumped over Timbaland's usual thumping, almost tribal beats. Madonna and Justin's voices go really well together - two pop icons working together to deliver a true winner of a track. It's got an urban edge to it that if anything hints back to her early 90s work on Erotica and Bedtime Stories. with elements of Hip-Hop and R&B showing just how versatile Madonna is.
Rarely one to disapoint with remixes, Madonna also treats us to the awesome Bob Sinclar mix on this CD which packs a fierce bassline and some nice little funk stylings.
The Junkie XL mix if anything is even better, kicking off with an equally funky intro before going into a dreamy guitar and synth combo as the vocals start. It's relentless and just made for the dancefloor and proves Madonna hasn't lost any of the flair she showed off on Confessions. Masterful reworking of an already fantastic song.
(This is CD 2 of a 2 CD set - same covers but CD 2 has a white spine and CD 1 has a black spine)
Track Listing:
1. 4 Minutes (Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
2. 4 Minutes (Bob Sinclar Space Funk Remix)
3. 4 Minutes (Junkie XL Remix)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic return to form, 19 April 2008
The opening track and glimpse into yet another re-invention by the queen of pop, sheer brilliance. Credit must also go to JT and Timbaland but you can bet your bottom dollar that Madonna was at the helm. The track juts along like a juggernaught on a mission, grinding beats, lots of sweat and trumpeting horns mark a new sound for the queen of pop. Gone is the high camp gloss of Hung Up and in comes sexy dark beats courtesy of the latest R&B sounds and it works, wonderfully well in fact! This single desrves to be number one and hopefuly her UK fans will send her flying toward her 13th UK chart topper, great stuff from the Queen of pop!
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6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sign Of The Times, 10 May 2008
It really is a tragedy when something this absurd becomes a big hit. I'd heard so much about this song, so I dialled in on iTunes and offered my pence up for it. My God it's worse than that Leona song!
Timbaland's producing, so of course it sounds the same as everything else he's had his fingers in, plus the requisite designated minute of irrelevant groanings and moanings before, during and after the track. (Why does he do that? Just because he produced something he has to take half the song for himself?)
Justin Timberlake and Madonna are worse though. They never actually hit a note, and they barely sing (well Justin has one repeated line) It's just a power-group name-drop. Madonna and Justin with Timbaland - sounds lethal on paper, but in fact it's 4 minutes of incohesive phrases being thrown about by two people who should know better and a third who needs to be shown the door. The tune is actually untraceable, I can't actually find something like a song here, and it's certainly not from lack of listening. There is zero talent required - if two no marks did this, they'd be chewed up and spat out. But of course this is Madonna the "Queen of Pop" That title seems to mean a haggard old witch who is a complete lap dog and willingly trades in any morals, legs akimbo, to get a hit. If that mantel meant anything it would have long ago been handed to someone far more deserving and TALENTED (anyone remember Kirsty MacColl? That woman who could write, perform, sing and produce her own songs? And not once did she spread her legs in a bid for popularity.) While we're on the subject when oh when will Madonna put her pants back on? She needs to take a hint from Siouxsie Sioux as far as ageing gracefully's concerned. I've never seen something so desperate in my life. Madonna's downfall started a long time ago and it's been years since she last did anything originsl. Not the self-reinventing leader, the sell out hack who responds to the beck and call of the latest trend (need I remind you of the soy latte rap?) Unless you call thrutching about in a flesh coloured leotard going "tick-tock-tick-tock" talent?
Of course with the three names here, it'll be around for a ridiculous amount of time, along with that repulsive thing that I take to be Madonna's latest album. It's just a shame this is actually considered intelligent and innovative.
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