With a hot-pink crew cut and her place as the lone white girl on urban label LaFace, Philly native Pink stood out on arrival. But there was little about the mostly slick, by-the-numbers R&B of her debut, Can't Take Me Home, that suggested the singer, then just out of her teens, would war... 

 Not so with Pink's surprising follow-up, Missundaztood. Forsaking the faceless R&B of her debut, she enlisted the help of both TLC producer Dallas Austin, whose R&B embraces mainstream pop, and former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman Linda Perry, whose rock leans toward funky. The collaborat... 

 Try This takes Pink's new direction even further. While Linda Perry reappears to cowrite songs including the Heart-like "Waiting For Love," Pink's main collaborator is Rancid's Tim Armstrong, who lends a full-on rock approach to tracks like "Trouble" and "Humble Neighborhoods." Wit... 

 Just three years later, Pink was fully ready to embrace her inner badass–and she's never looked back. "I don't give a damn, I don't play your rules, I make my own," she sings on " 'Cuz I Can," a somewhat sarcastic rebel anthem that mixes electro punch with angsty guts. Pink ... 

 Funhouse opens with a sneer and ends with tears. Fresh off a breakup with her husband, motocross racer Carey Hart (the couple later reconciled), Pink is in conflict, both ready to brawl and confess her worst traits ("So What" and "Please Don't Leave Me"). Atmospheric synths pepper Funhouse, ... 

 On her circus-themed Funhouse tour, she explores her outer strength, too, performing the track blindfolded and upside down on a trapeze.