wayneashleymusic Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 In a brief look at the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, I was shocked to learn that none of Janet Jackson's works have been inducted. Each year, the Librarian of Congress and their staff select 25 recordings to be inducted based on the cultural significance and impact which the audio recording made. Interestingly enough, the list doesn't have a lot of pop music, but Michael Jackson's Thriller was inducted in 2007. Any American citizen can nominate recordings they feel are of cultural significance. So I ask... what recordings by Ms. Janet are her most impactful? Both albums or recording tracks can be considered. I plan to nominate a few, but would love to hear the forum's thoughts and justificaions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaria Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 All of the above tbh. The top two songs would be Nasty & Rhythm Nation imo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Nasty for sure. Women empowerment! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreelovesJJ Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 What do you mean by cultural significance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Rhythm Nation as an album, Control too for that matter, they both embodied a sound and direction that inspired many other acts. I think Nasty is a classic Janet track about feminist empowerment and expression 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Eagle Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Album: Control, Rhythm Nation, to a lesser extent.Song: Rhythm Nation, Nasty to a lesser extent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I submitted the RN album years ago, I did a thread on here about it. Idk how it works with submitting, or if they even got it cuz I definitely did not get a confirmation email. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Control and/or Rhythm Nation. Rhythm Nation is so iconic for it's imagery alone, that it SHOULD be inducted. The music was another story.Control is my favorite Janet album though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneashleymusic Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 I submitted the RN album years ago, I did a thread on here about it. Idk how it works with submitting, or if they even got it cuz I definitely did not get a confirmation email. Awesome!! Well maybe this year we can all submit so LOC takes notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleidoscope Eyes Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 UnSLAYable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Control and/or Rhythm Nation. Rhythm Nation is so iconic for it's imagery alone, that it SHOULD be inducted. The music was another story.Control is my favorite Janet album though.Control is one of the most influential albums of its time easily, I can't believe Prince threw a copy of it out of his car onto Jimmy's mama house, so petty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Control is one of the most influential albums of its time easily, I can't believe Prince threw a copy of it out of his car onto Jimmy's mama house, so petty Janet had EVERYONE shook once Control dropped. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Awesome!! Well maybe this year we can all submit so LOC takes notice. Just search thru my threads and you'll find it. Let me know what you wanna do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJATL Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Rhythm Nation album and song. That's all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibeology Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Rhythm Nation album and song. That's all. I was gonna post the same... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJATL Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Control was quite a breakthrough into the music industry and was Janet's personal announcement to the pop world that she had arrived. But Rhythm Nation, the album and the song, transcended just being great pop / R&B / dance music, and went to another level of "cultural significance" because of the message, the hard-hitting production and the ground-breaking choreography, which still exists today on a plane all its own. No other dance artist since has attempted to touch it. MTV had the RN "mini-movie" on repeat for what seemed like 2 or 3 years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeper Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Album: Control Song: Rhythm Nation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueDreams Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Album: RN1814Song: The Knowledge (it went beyond just music to anything you dream, you can make happen. Even Mariah was singing about making it happen around the same time I think too.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneashleymusic Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 Album: RN1814Song: The Knowledge (it went beyond just music to anything you dream, you can make happen. Even Mariah was singing about making it happen around the same time I think too.)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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kishi Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Album: Rhythm Nation (Control is 2nd)Song: Rhythm Nation (Nasty is 2nd) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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