27monster27 8,348 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 20 years ago on March 24th Madonna released the lead single from her ninth studio album American Life. The title track is an experimental pop record with dance elements and perhaps most notably a section featuring Madonna rapping. The song tells the story of Madonna's changing perspective on the music industry as she became a more mature person, something the album would further go into depth about. The timing of the album's writing with the 9/11 attacks and the 2003 Iraq War caused Madonna to include imagery of war in the songs promotion. This was included in a pulled original cut of the video. Clear Channel's (now iHeartMedia) right leaning political values caused them to blacklist all songs perceived as anti-war and anti-American during 9/11 and the Iraq War. As a result, this song (and album) would put Madonna under a blacklist in the US that she would never fully recover from. This is similar to Janet Jackson and Britney Spears blacklists (though Britney would recover from hers). The song received mixed reviews, with many particularly taking into question the rap. Retrospectively however, most have begun to appreciate the songs campiness and experimental nature. The song to this day still generates debate and controversy. ---- Thoughts on this song? he/him/his 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Sexxx 5,318 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Iconic song, amazing bridge. So underrated 1 Link to post Share on other sites
shelby loved 336 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Seriously the best of all time right here. Nothing will ever compare đ Link to post Share on other sites
RudraCNG 12,698 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Thank you for posting the uncensored video. One of her best videos. Link to post Share on other sites
RAMROD 87,013 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Drinking soy latte, and never feel satisfied  to celebrate (ďžâăŽâ)ďžâ§*:ď˝Ľďž ĺŞĺ ćŞćĽ, A BEAUTIFUL STđ¤ĐŻ (*´č¸ď˝*) âĄâĄâĄ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sillynate 5,794 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Such a great song with so many layers both sonically and lyrically. My absolute favorite is how she says âAmerican Lie I live the American dreamâ recently Iâve been getting into her many, many remixes and the Felix Da Housecat remix of AL absolutely slaps 1 Link to post Share on other sites
27monster27 8,348 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 2 hours ago, sillynate said: Such a great song with so many layers both sonically and lyrically. My absolute favorite is how she says âAmerican Lie I live the American dreamâ recently Iâve been getting into her many, many remixes and the Felix Da Housecat remix of AL absolutely slaps I actually recently learned about that lyrics and that made me love the song even more. Also I agree that that remix is great too. he/him/his 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sillynate 5,794 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 2 hours ago, 27monster27 said: I actually recently learned about that lyrics and that made me love the song even more. Also I agree that that remix is great too. Also canât forget the Missy Elliot remix! Itâs much more in line with the original track but has a feature! I love Madonnaâs rare features  although lately thereâs been more than, say, 20+ years ago 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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