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The Official Janet Jackson thread; New album "Unbreakable"
Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 07:05 PM (17,382 Views)
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Haha, VEGAN? That's quite a jump, she wasn't a vegetarian before was she? Everybody's vegan these days! Two of my friends and my guy and now Janet, WHAAT
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In Janet's eyes being 'Vegan' is just code for 'Desperate Last Minute Liposuction'

She goes 'Vegan' 2 weeks before the release of each album
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:grin: Clever girl!

I hope she uses the toothpaste trick as well
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What's the 'toothpaste' trick?

Is that used in conjunction with the 'coffee' trick?
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You'd love that wouldn't you

No it's bringing toothpaste to parties where there's food, so instead of eating the food, you eat a bit of toothpaste and that makes you not want to eat any of the food. Pretty damn clever. But sick too.
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Why is this fan going on about wigs? :confused:
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All she needs is a Top 3 debut/peak for her to have 10 consecutive Top 10 albums (including DOAD of course)
How does this make sense???
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Janet Jackson
Number Ones
(Universal, 2009)

4.5 Stars

That the songs on Janet Jackson's first-ever comprehensive hits collection, Number Ones, have been sequenced in chronological order only magnifies the impact she had on late-'80s and early-'90s pop, when she helped define the sound of Top 40 radio along with the likes of Madonna, Prince, and her brother Michael. By way of former Time musicians Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet's breakthrough album, Control, gave Prince's Minneapolis sound a distinctly feminine—and, with songs like "What Have You Done for Me Lately?," "Nasty," "Control," and "Let's Wait Awhile," a distinctly feminist—spin. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 was an even bigger tour de force: The album spawned a record-breaking seven Top 5 singles and found Janet eclipsing her big brother for the first time—as she would continue to do for more than a decade.

If that album reflected the zeitgeist of guilt-driven social consciousness in the '80s, janet. and especially The Velvet Rope, arguably Janet's richest work to date, tapped into the teeming sexual repression leftover from that decade. Jam and Lewis's signature clattering percussion and synths softened as Janet's abs hardened and Babyface's brand of lush R&B took over pop airwaves in the early part of the decade. The treacly "Again" and Rhythm Nation's hair-metal "Black Cat" are the only songs here that haven't aged well (hell, they were both terminally cheesy at their time of release), but the album's first 30 tracks make a convincing case for Janet as one of the most consistent pop artists of the last 25 years.

But just as Number Ones's sequencing highlights Janet's impressive early years, it also underscores her startlingly abrupt decline. Except for maybe R.E.M., no other former superstar act has been as prolific with such diminishing commercial and creative returns. Not including her two pre-Control releases, Janet has released more albums this decade than during any other, but only one (the mediocre All for You) could be considered a success, and the "hits" from her last three albums are a mere footnote here.

Janet's previous compilation, Design of a Decade, wisely opted for the single mix of "Alright" but eschewed Shep Pettibone's remix of "The Pleasure Principle"; here, we get a similar version of "Alright" (though I could have done without Heavy D's rap, which sullies an otherwise perfect early-'90s house relic), but Pettibone's superior take on "Pleasure" remains relegated to old 7" singles and imports. Meanwhile, "I Get Lonely" appears in its original incarnation rather than the popular BLACKstreet version that's listed in the album's press release, while the sex-drenched "Any Time, Any Place" is the shortened, more pedestrian mix courtesy of R. Kelly, who manages to make the song less sexy.

Still, these are minor quibbles for a package that gets almost everything else right. "You Want This," the final single from janet., is the sole Top 10 not represented, but that's due to the liberal but dubious criteria defined by the album's title, and it's more than made up for with the inclusion of the largely forgotten R&B chart-toppers "Diamonds" (with Herb Albert) and "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (with Luther Vandross), as well as the more notable "Scream" (with Michael) and "What's It Gonna Be?!" (with Busta Rhymes). The sole new offering is "Make Me," a throbbing disco number produced by Rodney Jerkins that pays homage to "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" ("Don't stop till you get it up," Janet coos in typical horned-up fashion) but which is unlikely to return the singer to pop radio.

Following his stellar work on "Feedback," Jerkins has proven himself to be the best of the new collaborators Janet has tried on throughout the past decade, but one can't help but wonder if she can ever score another hit without her longtime partners in crime. It can't be a coincidence that the last time she cracked the Top 10 (eight years ago) was also the last time Jam and Lewis were steering the ship (while they received a credit on 20 Y.O.'s "Call on Me," the blame for that misguided trifle falls squarely on Jermaine Dupri's stout shoulders). If Number Ones does nothing else, it's a convincing document of Jam and Lewis's enduring work with Janet, that they are to her what Moroder and Bellotte were to Donna Summer. Now if only they'd dust off their old '80s synths and get back to work.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1921
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That review can be summed up thusly: "She used to be really good, but has been shit-beyond-belief for years".
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Great review.
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Behind The Scenes for Michael and Janet Jackson's Scream and Janet's Got Till It's Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MohGcg91mj4
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ABC Gets BIG Ratings For Janet Jackson Interview

We're sure everyone was curious about what she had to say about Michael!

Janet Jackson's interview for In The Spotlight with Robin Roberts on ABC Wednesdaynight had the second highest ratings in the 10 p.m. time slot, falling just behind CSI: New York.

Over 6.7 million homes tuned in to the interview!

We think Janet came off very sweet and sincere.

Did U watch last night?

Thoughts???


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwQyUTkGOew
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It's very Scream. The dancing is good and she looks fantastic. Job well done.
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Pretty good video, but the song remains one of the worst singles she has ever released.
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I like it, it's pretty classic Janet. The beat is great and the harmonies are there as well. It definitely got stuck in my head but I don't know if it's anywhere near good enough for a major comeback.
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It is absolutely *not* classic Janet. Classis Janet always had a great melody. This is piss poor. B-side stuff.
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It's the blueprint for a classic Janet song but of course it's not as good at what she did back in the day.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhngWPYz-o0&feature=player_embedded
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same old tired dance moves + lip synching = boring performance

she looked good though. but artists who don't sing live and can't compensate it with *amazing* dancing skills can fuck right off as far as im concerned.



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