Christina Aguilera Candyman Video

I`ve had a love/hate relationship with Christina Aguilera ever since she came on the scene. I have always put her in the same category as Mariah Carey: a manufactured pop star (sometimes pretending to be r&b by hiring a slew of rappers) with a set of vocal pipes, but absolutely nothing else to offer. That changed a little bit with "Beautiful," one of the best songs this decade. Still, Christina continued to over sing the most simple songs and actually ruined most of them.

2006`s Back to Basics earned Christina a lot of credibility, both from me and other critics. Her attempt at recreating the early sounds of the 20th Century, while also sounding completely fresh, was a major success. The album`s first single, "Ain`t No Other Man," rushed into the top 10 and stayed there for weeks. The follow-up single, "Hurt," was a hit as well. Just recently, Christina Aguilera has released one of the best, most addicting singles ever to hit the planet, "Candyman."

This song, inspired by The Andrew Sisters` "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," screams "play me" to even the most formulatic radio stations. She sings: "There's nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm/ He's a one stop shop, makes the panties drop/ He's a sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man/A sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man." The lyrics are cheesy and simple, but that`s the whole point to the song! It`s one of those brainless songs that you can`t get out of your head no matter what. It will even appear in your dreams if you try to forget about it.

Unlike other pop/r&b female starlets, Christina Aguilera doesn`t need to disguise her lack of musical talent anymore by calling Rent-a-Rapper, wearing skimpy outfits that don`t fit her body, hiring internet gossip/entertainment columnists to hype her music, and deep discounting her singles to 1/5th the price of others just so they can chart. She`s a true musical talent who appears to be moving in the right direction.

Watch Christina Aguilera - Candyman video and tell us what you think.

--Daryl D