The Official Janet Jackson Thread
 

Yes, from the highly-dysfunctional and well-known, controversial Jackson family comes oversexed little sister Janet. Known for her steamy (downright smutty) lyrics, smooth, sexy dance moves - and, oh, not to mention her overexposure in 2004 - she once was an R&B/pop icon dabbling in energized dance music, highly sexualized ballads, and social commentary (Rhythm Nation, anyone?) up the wazoo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_jackson

Having just turned 40 this year, and having released her latest album, 20 Y.O. - a reference to the 20th anniversary of her breakthrough album Control AND to how old she feels - her star has dimmed quite a bit, but she's still there, having fun and making music we can enjoy or make fun of.

Any fans among us? Any non-fans with something to say about her anyway? All opinions are welcome.

Discussion... go.

Hmm, you interest me, you always make threads about singers I like.

I can't believe the crap songs she chose to release first from 40 yo, if she released something like "Get it out me first" I bet the album would have greater success. I hate "Call on me" and and "So excited"

My fav album is "All for you" it just makes me giddy. I love it so much, especially the title track.

I only like Together Again and Just A Little While...

Her abs scare me.

i like janet jackson. her music is very emotional.

the velvet rope album is so deep, dark and emotional. it is her best album, definitely!

'doesnt really matter' has a beautifully layered chorus. i love it as well!

I like Janet's 'All for You' & 'Design of a Decade' albums. the latter has all her best songs from her earlier albums , I especially like 'love will never do (withouth you)' :)

I like Janets upbeat songs , I hate her sexualized ballads. they don't sound sexy or anything , just gross :rolleyes

'20 YO' sucks bad , I only like 'Call on You' & 'With U'. I'm a big fan of JD's productions , but Janet just hasn't got the voice to pull of the type of songs JD produces so the end result is 20YO sucks.

Janet's comeback single "Feedback" is amazing, I have alot of confidence for her new album!

Yeah it is so hot.
My new favourite song for now.

her new album is scheduled for a release in late february 2008.

I think "Feedback" is ok, there's one little lyric there that really grosses me out. the part that starts "I'm heavy like a ....." , the finish to that sentence is just a bit TMI :dead2

I like my songs withouth mentions of bodily functions :rolleyes

I can't wait for her new album. According to the press release issued by Def Jam the album is called [Discipline] and as usual will be released in Japan first (Feb. 20) & then America (Feb. 25).

I'm kind of getting into her now. My parents bought Rhythm Nation for some reason (just weird because the rest of their collection is def. not R&B..) and I like it. I might try and find a copy of the velvet rope now.

I think the Super Bowl thing just shows how nudity-phobic the US is...OMG a boob. Whatever.

I think people outside of America were more shocked at the American peoples reaction to her "Wardrobe malfunction" than the actual malfunction itself... I remember when it was on the news here, everyone was just like WTF is the big deal and then jokes were made about prudish Americans etc etc....

anyway, soon as I saw this pic I decided i'm going to buy her new album... I don't care at all what the rest of the songs are like... She deserves my 20 bucks for such a damn stunning/hot/amazing/fierce pic.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7...tpicoptld1.jpg

holy mother of freaking gucci... that's some breath-taking cover ... haven't heard any clips yet cause I don't wanna spoil the surpirse ...

OMG it's like she's an African-American robot from Björk's All Is Full of Love video! :O :O :O

Some people proved that cover's fake, it's a pity though.

I don't really like the new song that much but I've been listening to a lot of her older songs via youtube and last.fm.

I have all of Janet's albums (even the remix ones) but ive slowly fallen out of love with her!!!

But im sure ill be buying the new album :D

judging by this snippet... The Feedback video is gonna be amazing!



JANET JACKSON IS BACK!

I wonder if MTV will play that new video. There's a rumor that they blacklisted janet because of the superbowl incident, they had to pay huge fines for it.

The full version is out... ahhh it's stunning

Whoah....I am so loving Janet's new style! Cannot wait for this new album!

I don't like Janet Jackson. I don't think she's pretty. The only songs I liked from her was the one where was running across the rooftops of buildings and It Doesn't Really Matter to some extent.