Mya mixes R&Band porn

I'm sure that I have healthy sexual attitudes, but Mya's album managed to make me blush even when I was by myself. Of course, this is the standard coming out party for our nation's overprotected young divas. On her third album, Mya intermittently explains that she really is not that innocent and describes (in great detail) how and with whom she's having sex. Supposedly, this is female empowerment, but what is it when a woman sings, "feels soft, wet and creamy / tastes sweeter than honey … let's make a child" over slow, wooden beats while posing in her underwear and next to a stripper pole in the liner notes? \nMya possesses a totally unremarkable voice that exerts itself in breathy whirls of melismas and careful pronunciations. And Moodring is a pathetic album from the start of its lead track and single "My Love is Like … Wo" to the last note of "Free Fallin'" (yes, a cover of the Tom Petty song). \nMya wrote the lyrics on Moodring, following in the tradition of a few pop marionettes that come to mind who mostly, curiously enough, have been serendipitously exposed for the idiots we all expected them to be. My favorite profundity -- "You complete me / like air and water I need thee / and when I'm in your arms I \nfeel free." \nSeriously though, pop stars need to learn that they sink or swim on the strength of their singles and not their artistry. Mya is no mountebank, her charisma is non-existent and though her ass may be like wo, I still find it hard to respect myself after this experience.