Hip-O Records
2006
Genie Magic
About This Album
While the target audience for Bratz albums would likely buy them regardless of whether or not they were actually any good, they are surprisingly well-crafted pieces of pop. Bratz: Rock Angelz was inspired by the rock-laced sounds of Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, and Hilary Duff, and had state-of-the-art pop songwriters and producers behind it. Its follow-up, Genie Magic, concentrates on the smooth, sultry sounds of urban and dance-inspired teen pop. As the title suggests, Genie Magic borrows some of the Middle Eastern flourishes trendy in teen pop since the hits of living Bratz dolls like Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" and Britney Spears' "Toxic." "Never Gonna Give Up" boasts a bustling, exotic rhythm, flutes, and a bass-heavy breakdown, while "The Way We Shine"'s zippy synth strings recall "Toxic"'s irresistible hook. Once again, nameless vocalists lend their pipes to the Bratz' hyper-real CGI images -- which, come to think of it, isn't all that different than, say, the Pussycat Dolls' approach to pop songcraft and presentation (Genie Magic's opening track "Me and My Girls" sounds like the Pussycat Dolls on a particularly girl-positive day).
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