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  1. Man I would love to see #Night cross that 1 million threshold soon.
  2. Just bought my ticket for opening night in Lafayette!!!! I hope hope HOPE Janet does the meet n greet that night!!
  3. Agree with all of this, and here's some more reasoning/ points... I personally would rank the albums like this.. 1. RN 2. Control Tier One albums-- clarity of message and theme innovative sound and colors 3. TVR 4. Janet 5. Unbreakable Tier Two-- great songs and unique themes and characteristics. Stellar albums but not quite Tier One. 6. All For You Tier Tow and a Half 7. Damita Jo 8. Discipline 9. 20YO Tier Three-- Even with some stellar "go-to" tracks, but thematically they are re-hash of territory already explored in previous albums.
  4. Wow thanks for sharing!! One thing's for sure if Janet (and her cut is sufficiently long enough), that hair will be WET and IN HER FACE!! Get into it Ms. Jackson!!!
  5. WOW Jimmy was not lying when he said that Flyte Tyme West had a humongous open space. No wonder it's such an easy setup for Janet and the dancers. Per his first interview with Kelly Alexander, there's a high probability that they are not only rehearsing the dance steps, but also recording new music (if it's not already been done)...
  6. must be nice. I had to work and save some extra money for these concerts and sprung for the floor seat in my home town. But I got a "cheap seat" in New Orleans and still had a great time, so I'm not ashamed of that.
  7. Just have to finalize for my work schedule, but so far the only ticket I've been able to swing is Houston. But my plan is to get over to Lafayette for the opening show, and I may even try to go for Austin the next night, and Little Rock. But I had to lock down Houston as it's where I live AND on a Saturday. I have a floor seat in Houston, and also about to spring for hospitality upgrade. Then buy cheaper seats everywhere else. I really hope she does the meet/greet photos again, b/c I missed that in New Orleans!!
  8. I loved her make up and hair on the Unbreakable Tour. the bright color made her stand out on stage (especially with her and all the dancers wearing black). Wondering if she'll stay with it for SOTW or change it up.
  9. So tough to quantify there, b/c as bodies of work, Control and Janet. had such different goals. Control is basically a shocker... I mean club banger after club banger each in a row. It's about the sound, and the lyrics, with everything to the hilt and it's not until the last couple of tracks that Janet even cracks the armor. The goals for Janet. are almost the opposite perspective. Even the banger tracks are couched with playful, coquettish interludes. The way a song like Any Time Any Place just slow jams with barely a wisp of the vocals. And of course those classic atmospheric sounds. Just... different. Control is more cohesive b/c they don't really stray from the the formula too much. It works, it establishes the identity Janet needed at the time. Janet. is piece designed to stretch the full range of emotion. Among the two I prefer Control, but ATAP is one of my favorite songs... EVER.
  10. I love the pic Missy shared of Janet, Katy Perry, Gil and others. So glad they all had fun and got to celebrate Missy's triumphant return to the stage. So many QUEENS!!!
  11. It would've been, but that also wouldn't be Janet. Of all the Jacksons, she's always been the one to live her life in the open and not try to shroud herself in secrecy, even if she also has been intensely private. But Janet has said in several interviews that she views celebrity very differently from her brother Michael. I remember some interview from the 90s where she wouldn't speak for her brother about his skin changes, but she did say "I wish Michael would be more open about it." With regards to her baby son, I think Janet is keenly aware that cameras and photos will happen sometimes. Of course the other side to that... it's exactly how she grew up as well.
  12. Well it seems to be a rather substantive event, and only certain artists have been brave enough to tackle social issues in their music. To use Madge's music would've seemed... what is the word?? "REDUCTIVE"
  13. There's no "likely" about it. 5 seconds of that Vocal tells you that this had to be from the Discipline era. Jimmy and Terry would've produced NONE of that. Such a thin, wispy, flat-line sound... they've never done that to Janet, which in my opinion is a very good thing. Don't me wrong, I like some songs on Discipline, but not the way They treated Janet's vocals for most of it (Feedback, Can't B Good being thankful exceptions). Even during Unbreakable's most transparent vocal moments (singing the line 'a baby girl without a home' in Shoulda Known Better, ex.) Jimmy, Terry and Janet bring so much more contrast to her vocals than anything she did in the late aughts. To quote Aretha Franklin, AIN'T NO WAY that's the new song if she's recording it with Jimmy and Terry.
  14. Janet Damita Jo Benjamin Button Jackson. MS. Jackson, if ya N-A-S-T-Y!!!! Watch her end up on Gil's Insta just to put us in hives!!
  15. I was wondering why Gil was still in the states. Always assumed he would head over to London. I hear new music around the bend!!
  16. Because there's a high probability that this is what Muva would do. Rule #1-- respect other females of color, b/c there's enough other people in the media trying to tear them down.
  17. I'll bring the comments, and may even copy and paste them to this blog... Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson are two females of color that ruled music for a long span of time. And that's really the absolute end of the comparison. Personally, I've always been more "into" Janet's work over Mariah's, but to hate on her like this is just really unfair. That's energy that would be better served telling people getting more people WOKE on Janet's accomplishments. At the end of the day, Mariah Carey made some incredible records during the absolute peak of her instrument. In my opinion, she made very smart decisions at the peak of her career to record and continue to rack up a TON of hits and sales, rather than launch extravagant tours around the planet. When she toured in the 90s, it was very limited. As a result, she kept demand for her work high. But the downside to all of those incredible recordings made at the peak of her voice is that audience can't expect her to sing at 47 the way she did at 27. It's just not going to happen with her rep. At the end of the day, artists do what they can do, when they can do it, and once done and recorded that work lasts forever. Jimmy Jam has said that there 2 types superstar singers: those which aspire to sing like (or live vicariously through their incredible voice) and those with which we sing along. Janet's always been pretty firmly in the latter, and that is much to her credit in the ability to write songs with such wide appeal. But amazingly enough, Janet, Jimmy and Terry not only made a ton of songs with timeless melody and lyric, but they also happened to make songs that are mostly easier on the vocal range. A quick example is Nasty... recorded when Ms. Jackson was just 19 years old. To evoke the appropriate attitude, the song is WAY DOWN at the bottom of Janet's range at the time (F3 to A4 for those of us music people). But 30 years later, Nasty stays firmly in her range because that's where her voice has matured. From hearing THE Empress in New Orleans, she literally sounds better singing this song than she did on the original record. The same can be said for Come Back To Me, If, TTWLG, WHYDFML, Together Again... like 90 percent of her songs, really. Whether they knew it or not at the time, what they did was absolute genius from a longevity perspective. Of course another BIG reason that Janet's rep is more easily singable is because it's designed for dance... a lot of shorter, rhythmic notes in range where you can move and sing simultaneously. She's never gonna do a lot of stuff that doesn't involve her dancers (power ballad, etc.). So for all these reasons and more, Janet's rep just has more staying power than Mariah's. But that wouldn't stop me from going to a Mariah show, because I'm glad to go, listen, and sing along in those sections that may no longer be able to carry.
  18. I'm seeing the resemblance pretty strong, save for the skin color....
  19. I'm just glad Eissa inherited mama's nose and ears.
  20. Totally agree that The Knowledge was significant. Many of her fans during the RN era quoted that song as having changed their lives. But the only reason I would put Rhythm Nation (song) above The Knowledge is because it wasn't a single. Rhythm Nation video is a part of world iconography.
  21. On Billboard's latest ChartBeat podcast, Gary Trust states that Janet Jackson is counted with 27 Top 10 hits. It's safe to assume that @Impactnet. is correct that Diamonds is not counted as it pre-dates both the SoundScan era and (one assumes) when Billboard began to recognize features. They never manage to disappoint with the shade, saying that Janet's time hitting the top of the charts is over, and that she could never reach 30 Top 10 hits. Starts around 9 minutes. It sure would be amazing if Ms. Jackson, Jimmy and Terry could prove them wrong. Discussion starts around the 7 minute mark... http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/podcasts/7849370/chart-beat-podcast-after-rihanna-wholl-be-next-with-30-top-10-hot
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