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The Official Janet Jackson thread; New album "Unbreakable"
Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 07:05 PM (17,427 Views)
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FuckBuddy
Feb 17 2008, 11:55 PM
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Feb 17 2008, 11:44 PM
When you're being outsold by Kylie, you know your career's really going down the shitter.

Poor Janice.

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in all fairness, i cannot think of a female artist with a record contract that is actually selling less than janice in the uk these days, and that includes poor mutya who's just been dropped even though her sales in the past year surpass those of vomita's last two efforts combined by a long shot.

Wow.. That was quick
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I'm not surprised by Mutyas drop, her album was a boring pile of crap.
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goldtooth
Feb 18 2008, 05:50 AM
I know we always have the whole US vs UK arguement in terms of quality but the fact that none of the Rhythm Nation singles made the top 10 in the UK says just as much as Flo Rida hitting #1 in the US for 8 weeks does.

I agree. There are some amazing singles off that album, surprising that while Janet's had her share of UK top 10 hits, none of them were during that 89-90 period, when she was releasing her best streak of singles IMO
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Feb 18 2008, 06:13 AM
I'm not surprised by Mutyas drop, her album was a boring pile of crap.

true...but her first 2 singles were really good and had relatively some success...
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poor janet.

did she already start working on her next album?

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I'm still loving the leaked tracks!!! :dance:

Go Damita Ho :wub:
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So am i................they're still kinda missing something, but i can't seem to turn them off.
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I think they're a LOT of fun. I actually think they have something over stuff that was on 20 YO for example. They sound more fresh and sexy. I love Rollecoaster, 2Nite and So Much Better.
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Ok I am so ready for this record to leak. Wasn't it supposed to be on some official leak site today?
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God, I hope so! :D
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Feb 19 2008, 12:24 PM
Ok I am so ready for this record to leak. Wasn't it supposed to be on some official leak site today?

Oh really?? No sign of it thus far! :(
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Poor album review from Entertainment Weekly:

Two years ago, we hoped that Janet Jackson's producer/boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri, would help her pull off the post-Nipplegate comeback she desperately needed with the release of her ninth CD, 20 Y.O. After all, Dupri not only produced three of the biggest hits on 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi — the miracle that resuscitated Mariah Carey's all-but-dead career — he was also an executive at Jackson's then label, Virgin. But lukewarm reviews greeted 20 Y.O., and sales quickly petered out.

In search of a fresh start, Jackson and Dupri relocated to Island Records last year and began work on her new CD, Discipline. If you thought the 41-year-old Jackson, not unlike Madonna and Prince, would drop the nympho shtick and embrace more age-appropriate songwriting and production instead of competing with the Beyoncés and Rihannas of today...you'd be wrong. Fans rejected the childish, soft-core dirty talk of 20 Y.O., but rather than see that as a signal to grow up, Jackson scuttles the maturing process and regresses even further to the creepy, X-rated lyrics that weighed down 2004's Damita Jo. ''I misbehaved/And my punishment should fit my crime/Tie me to something/Take off all my clothes/Daddy, I want u to take ur time,'' she coos on the title track, an S&M fantasy that borders on a repressed incest memory, set to an R&B slow jam co-written and produced by Ne-Yo.

When she's not feeling randy, she's hopelessly trying to prove she's still hip, dropping juvenile come-ons in songs like ''What's Ur Name'': ''What's ur name, babe?/Put it right in my Sidekick/And I'll hit u back/Soon as I get home/I'll put you in my favorites.'' A poet she is not. And her boy-crazy lyrics — which often sound like the cheesy text messages of a lovesick adolescent — certainly lack the flavor needed to put this once-celebrated pop star back on top of critics' lists.

Despite a couple of promising tracks — ''Can't B Good'' is a tender throwback to brother Michael's ''Human Nature,'' and the summery ''Rollercoaster'' is buttressed by a catchy pop hook — the music generally befits the absurd lyrics. Longtime producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are notably absent, making way for Dupri, Ne-Yo, Rodney Jerkins, The-Dream, and StarGate. They often drown out Jackson's breathy vocals with soulless beats. Only a few midtempo grooves (''Curtains'') and schmaltzy ballads (''Never Letchu Go'') are thrown into the mix, leaving Discipline heavy on forced, forgettable dance cuts (like ''The 1,'' featuring Missy Elliott). Indeed, though Jackson boasts in ''Feedback'' that her swagger is ''heavy like a first day period,'' it's more like a bloody mess. C-
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oh dear.
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Well deserved. :queenbitch:
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Well it's the only negative one so far.
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GimmeSomeRiver
Feb 19 2008, 12:36 PM
Well it's the only negative one so far.

Sure is :dance:
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GimmeSomeRiver
Feb 19 2008, 12:36 PM
Well it's the only negative one so far.

And the only accurate one.

Seriously, nobody who loves good pop music could love this album. Take your Janice blinkers off for a second and see it for what it is...dross.
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Feb 19 2008, 12:37 PM
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Feb 19 2008, 12:36 PM
Well it's the only negative one so far.

Sure is :dance:

I *really* don't think it's the only negative review so far. Anyway, the album hasn't been released yet anywhere in the world. The negative reviews will come *flooding* in soon enough.
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River I wanted to ask. Since records get released so early in Ireland, will you be buying Discipline on Friday and putting it up on our special place *cough*
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If it hasn't leaked by then, of course I shall.
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