Punk legend Henry Rollins revealed in an interview that Britney Spears isn’t the only one singing on those repetitive video game soundtracks she’s been releasing lately. Rollins says that it’s an “older R&B woman” mixed in with Britney’s voice because Britney “just has no feel.”

“They have the black chick come in and sing, and Britney sings over it, and they mix them together,” said Rollins, who has his own talk show on IFC. (Britney) gets her phrasing basically from this older R&B woman. I found that out talking to an engineer. Britney apparently isn’t actually the worst singer, she just has no feel. So they bring in this older black woman who sings the song, then Britney sings to it, and they kind of make a mix of the two voices, and that’s what you hear on the records.”

[Interview with Sun Media from jam.canoe.ca via D-Listed]

Maybe I’m naive but I thought they had enough sound wizardry to make anyone sound good without having to blend their voice into another singer’s. Britney is no Christina Aguilera, it’s really the stage shows and her brand that made her famous. Now that she’s looking more like a mom she’s really struggled with her identity along with her sanity and doesn’t seem to know who she is if she’s not grinding on stage in a half top.

Britney gradually seems to be coming to terms with everything, but it explains a lot if that’s not even all her own voice on her crappy records. She must feel like a fraud, but maybe she’s been pushed every which way her entire career and she just thinks that’s part of the bargain.

A lawyer working on Britney’s behalf has been shut down in his second attempt to challenge her father’s conservatorship. There was some confusion over whether Britney actually hired the guy, and Britney did speak with the attorney when her father first took over. OK! Magazine reports that she told him she wanted her “life back.” She was put in touch with the lawyer by a photographer. OK! has this transcript of the phone call she made to the lawyer, and say she spoke in her English accent:

“Basically I want my life back. I want to drive my car. I want to live in my house alone. I want to pick my own security, see who I want to see and make it happen.”

not suprised

source: celeb*tchy.com