![]() It was very important that I was grounded in who I was and represent the many people who grew up in a Spanish-speaking household but then for whatever reason - divorce, parents moving away, et cetera - you kind of lose it. ![]() I’ve talked about how my last name was something that was kind of pushed for me to change to something ‘easier’ to pronounce. “I had explored doing my Latin record and am very proud of my Latin Grammy. I wrote it to embody how I was feeling and wanted to have those little rock influencers, even though it was ultimately a pop record.” It makes you paranoid and second-guess people. It was definitely stemming from a few things that had happened to me, like getting burned early on and having to learn the hard way you can’t fully trust people. I just wanted to have those guitar riffs in there and everything to illustrate the hardness and thick skin, even though it sucks to look back at things that pain you and people that have wronged you. ![]() “Scott Storch did that particular record. I thought I was literally going to marry him. “ So happy that Dave Navarro wanted to be part of it because when I was a teenager I had all the Red Hot Chili Peppers stuff up and was Dave Navarro-obsessed. I just wanted to live my life and not conform.” “It made me sad how conservative and judgmental a lot of people were, and I was never coming on the scene to impose anything upon anyone. “Once it was released to the public, I started understanding ‘Oh wow, people have real issues with this,” she recalls of early reaction to her new, provocative image for the song “Dirrty.” The lyrics focus on personal empowerment and knowing your worth, concepts a young Aguilera was beginning to really grasp for the first time in her life. The album is a soulful mix of hip-hop, hard rock, neo-soul, and, of course, pure pop. To make it, Aguilera found challenging, welcoming creative partnership in the likes of Linda Perry, Scott Storch, Glen Ballard, Alicia Keys, Redman, Lil’ Kim and more. “It was a lot to experience young and I wanted to put all that to paper and make a solid, heartfelt album.” She famously dealt with comments from the likes of Fred Durst and Eminem around this time. “I started writing scattered lyrics after the whirlwind of the first record and having a lot of males say opinions about me and rumors,” she recalls.
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