Bangerz

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Finally, with album number four, fans could see the real Miley Cyru. The former Disney star said so herself, disowning her previous work and declaring 2013’s <i>Bangerz</i> her first official album. Gone are the days of Hannah Montana and “Party In the U.S.A.” Her 2010 LP, <i>Can’t Be Tamed</i>, hinted that she “can get a bit crazy,” a quality the closet provocateur fully realizes with this release. As wild as Cyrus portrays herself, though, her transformation was strategic, down to the twerking on live television and the swinging nude on a wrecking ball. She may have courted the controversy, but she also had the pop prowess and the pipes to deliver some of the decade’s most memorable hit. The album’s “We Can’t Stop”—a woozy glimpse into the singer’s partying lifestyle—reached No. 2 on the chart, and “Wrecking Ball” became her first No. 1 single. No longer bound to the Disney-owned Hollywood Record, Cyrus felt free to chase after her wildest whim, which included bringing in an impressive list of collaborators to join in the revelry. Britney Spears shows up on the brassy dance-floor rouser “SMS (Bangerz),” which samples Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It” and has the two pop firebrands swapping cheeky rap, with Miley slipping in her best mic drop yet: “Why I need his millis when I got Billy on the speed dial?” She also embraces her country roots on the irresistible stomper “4X4,” featuring a cool and collected verse by Nelly, before jumping back into the hot, sweaty club with Big Sean on the wobbly “Love Money Party.” .

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