Frank Micelotta Archive via Getty Images Madonna on the set of her "Ray of Light" music video. Instead, the ambient fizzes and mystical flurries on “Ray of Light” formed a cutting-edge benediction that rehabilitated Madonna’s image ― a coup few legacy acts could hope for today. William Orbit, the English producer who helped shape “Ray of Light,” has related this anecdote at least twice. New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images Madonna, Donatella Versace and Cher attend a gala tribute to Gianni Versace at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It’s as if everything Madonna had done, artistically and commercially, had been leading to “Ray of Light.” She was more conscious than ever before.

Source: Huffington Post February 22, 2018 10:47 UTC