If Stripped was Aguilera's way of telling the world she has sex, Back to Basics proves she has soul, and lots of it. She announces on "Intro (Back to Basics)" that her goal is to honor "the soul singers, the blues figures, the jazz makers." On "Back in the Day," she names Aretha Franklin, Etta James and Marvin Gaye. Aguilera has left a string of tantalizing clues that she's much more talented than a typical teen-pop singer: She sounded like a young Chaka Khan on "Underappreciated" (from Stripped), killed on her verse of the LaBelle classic "Lady Marmalade" (from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack) and turned the National Anthem into a fiery stream of vocal acrobatics at the 2004 NBA All-Star Game.A fearless live performer, she's been known to utter a smug "hah" during a song's intro, as if to say, "Watch me mash this thing."
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