And not in the good way, either. Perhaps Britney really does dig him and thinks he’s got something going on musically as Spears is going to rap on her next album. She’s hooked up with Destiny’s Child producer Jonathan Rotem, who says

“”Not rap rap, but talk rap. It’s definitely Britney, but the next level. With songs like Toxic she was very innovative, and we’re trying to top it. Push it to the next thing.”

OK, so “rap” as in the old ’60s meaning of the word. Pushing it to the next level. She’s gonna pull a Dylan or a Reed. Walk on the wild side, you know. The new album is supposedly going to be “edgy” too. I don’t know what that means. Maybe it’ll be like when Jewel rcorded herself reading her bad poetry and maiing a bunch of moolah. I expect you can get really edgy from a Chee-tohs diet, however.