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well, u r entitled to YOUR opinion. In MY opinion, Hard Candy has some really great tunes like 4 Minutes, Give It 2 Me, Heartbeat, Miles Away, She's Not Me, Beat Goes On, Devil or Voices. But i guess it's hard to live up to the expectations of some nostalgic fans... Sue me.

I know it is impossibile, but Interscope should release an EP with all his remixes of the Rebel Heart tracks. In many cases these demos are better than the finished versions. It would save his legacy forever in his work with Madonna.

Madonna’s ‘Hard Candy’ Turns 10: A Look Back at Madge’s Midlife Meditation By MICHELE YEO. 19 Apr 2018 9:00 AM http://etcanada.com/photos/318737/madonnas-hard-candy-turns-10-a-look-back-at-madges-midlife-meditation/ Hard Candy, Madonna’s 11th studio album and her final under her longtime contract with Warner Brothers, celebrates its 10th anniversary April 19. The record marks her first collaboration with several superstar producers and preceded a major change in the pop star’s personal life. To commemorate the milestone, here’s a look back at the album Rolling Stone called her “midlife meditation.” https://goo.gl/images/GQvEo6 This Wasn't The Original Album Cover 'Hard Candy' was Madonna's first album since 2005's massively successful 'Confessions on a Dance Floor'. The album cover features the pop star in front of a peppermint swirl, clad in a championship belt ready to fight, playing off the dichotomy of being both sweet and strong. The cover was a collaboration with photographer (and frequent collaborator) Steven Klein but it wasn't the first choice. Madonna told Rolling Stone in 2009, "I did a photoshoot with Steven Klein for my last album cover, and I painted my face black, except for red lips and white eyes. It was a play on words. Have you ever heard of the Black Madonna? It has layers of meaning and for a minute, I thought it would be a fun title for my record. Then I thought, 'Twenty-five per cent of the world might get this, probably less, it's not worth it.' It happens all the time, because my references are usually off the Richter scale." Madonna credits longtime manager Guy Oseary with talking her out of the original album cover and honestly, good call, Guy. Madonna At A Milestone Just as Madonna's pivotal album 'Ray of Light' was released the same year as she turned 40, 'Hard Candy' was released four months before Madge marked another major milestone -- turning 50 -- which means, as hard as it is to believe, Her Madgesty turns 60 this year.

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Shocked and saddened by this. Im thankful his versions of songs on Rebel Heart leaked because they were fire.

Madonna's 'American Life': Revisiting the Divisive Album 15 Years Later 4/21/2018 by Chuck Arnold https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8359092/madonna-american-life-revisit

I hope whoever has the blackface pictures deletes them from existence ASAP. What a mess. That being said, I love HC. It's weird because it sounded dated in 2008 but it sounds brilliant now lmao.

The Supporting Tour Smashed Records To support 'Hard Candy' Madonna set out on the 'Sticky and Sweet' concert tour in August of 2008. It would become not only her most successful tour, but the most successful concert tour ever by a solo artist, pulling in more than $400 million during its 80-plus stops around the globe. The tour broke Madonna's own record set previously by her 'Confessions' tour. Bruce Springsteen later broke Madge's record with his 'Wrecking Ball' and 'High Hopes' tours only to have Madonna snatch the title back with her 'Rebel Heart' tour in 2015/2016. It Inspired A Fitness Club Franchise Among many things, something Madonna is famous for is her rock hard physique and tireless dedication to working on her fitness. So it made sense when, in 2010, Madonna and manager Guy Oseary opened the first of what would be several Hard Candy fitness club in Mexico City. Since then the clubs have popped up in places like Russia, Australia, Germany, Italy, and, for a brief time, Canada. The Toronto location opened to much fanfare in 2014 only to be shuttered two years later and reopened under a different name and with no association to Madonna.

Pharrell Made Her Cry Another American super producer with whom Madonna collabed on "Hard Candy" is Pharrell Williams who also appears on the track, 'Give It 2 Me.' While the song is one of the standouts on the album but it didn't come without blood, sweat, and literal tears. Madonna says the Neptunes member reduced her to tears during one of their sessions recalling, "Pharrell made me cry," adding, "You know when you get angry with someone and you're spitting snot. I was in a sensitive mood in the studio and I didn't understand the rhythm he wanted me to sing in, and he was giving me a hard time. I was taken back by how he was talking to me." Pharrell later admitted to the row, saying, “We went upstairs and had our little battle. It was cool and we hugged it out.” The two quickly put their differences behind them and focused on making music together. He even joined her on a few stops on her Sticky and Sweet tour supporting the album so no hard (candy) feelings. Material Girl Meets The Louis Vuitton Don 'Hard Candy' marked Madonna's first collaborations with a number of superstars, including Kanye West, who appeared on the track, "Beat Goes On". Apparently the two titans got on well as she later enlisted Yeezy as a producer on her 2015 album, "Rebel Heart." In addition a massive list of hits, Kanye and Madonna also share, how do we put this diplomatically.... healthy egos, but sounds like the duo worked well together with Her Madgesty later boldly declaring "Kanye is the new Madonna. Kanye is the black Madonna." Watch the throne, indeed.

Teaming Up With Timberland Madonna collaborated heavily with British producer Stuart Price on her previous effort, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' but when it came to finding producers for 'Hard Candy' Madonna looked to her home and native land, teaming up with Timberland on five tracks. She Got JT To Drop Trou One of Madonna's Timberland-produced tracks was the dance floor-thumping '4 Minutes,' her duet with frequent Timberland collaborator, Justin Timberlake, who also co-produced 'Hard Candy." And when the pop powerhouses were in studio together the material girl convinced the former Mickey Mouse Club member to drop his pants. As JT recalled during his 2008 speech inducting Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he showed up to studio one day feeling under the weather and Madonna offered him a B-12 shot - but not in his arm. "She looks at me with that face," he recalled, "and she says to me, 'drop 'em' I don't know what you say to that so I immediately dropped my pants."

Madonna Still On Top Much ink and cyber space have been devoted to debating the relevancy of Madonna and in 2008, with the pop star approaching her 50th birthday, her relevancy and place in the ever-changing pop culture landscape was up for debate once again. But, as she's known to do, Madonna proved her critics wrong with "Hard Candy" debuting at number one on the Billboard album charts not only in the United States and Canada but in 20 other countries as well. The Album Was Released Just Months Before Her Marriage Fell Apart Six months after 'Hard Candy' dropped, Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced they were ending their almost-eight-year marriage. Speculation swirled about the reasons behind the split, but it seems distance doesn't always make the heart grow fonder according to to the "Hard Candy" track, 'Miles Away' which features lyrics like, "you always have the biggest heart when we're six thousand miles apart" and "uncomfortable silence can be so loud. Those three words are never enough when it's long distance love."

ive been listening to his songs since ive heard... he had such a great unique flavor that came so effortless.. its a pity his music with M never got to shine like it deserved.

Wow, and so young...what a shock. His Demos for Rebel Heart were awesome, so much talent. RIP

There were actually many really good remixes for that album - last great "remix era" when it comes to Madonna albums in my opinion.

There is a pre-AL and a post-AL attitude in her way of making music videos... It's a shame that the original has never been officially released, not even later, in Celebration for instance. It's one of her best ever.

@rlittler81here it is

Love this topic! I was obsessed with this tour back then!She used the long pants in Puerto Rico for the last time, next show in Buenos Aires she used super tight velvet hot pants, it looked like they cut the long ones, she wore the same ones in Brazil, started using the sequened ones in Australia.South America went nuts over her, in Brazil she played a couple of shows to more than 100,000 people!Two fans managed to take the stage, one got to her, almost killed her, never seen that happen at any other Madonna concert, she must've been terrifiedhttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_tDQlNDm4http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UwH1sUGMF4ELike someone said, she started the tour wearing sunglasses in Justify My Love, later ditched them for an eye patch wich looked so much cooler!In the beginning of the tour she wore a really small white tanktop in Everybody, she began using sports shirts i believe in Philadelphia, wore a big mexican hat in Mexico, and by the time she reached Argentina&Brazil she wore the national soccer shirts, just like she did in Aistralia.For Japan she switched it to a very tight top with short sleeves, and she changed her hair, all up, like an updated look of some of her looks from 86-87!

Swedish DJ Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, died at age 28 on Friday, April 20, his publicist confirmed. "It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii," his publicist Diana Baron said in a statement. "He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given." This is horrible. I loved his work with M for RH.