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I’m surprised the Grammys said something considered they didn’t give the album its just due when it was time. 

This is still my favorite album of all time. 

It is is kind of crazy to think she made such an iconic and legendary album at an incredibly young age. 

^^^You love me anyway lol. 

This thread is solely about celebrating the birth of one of the most iconic albums of all time. 

Post articles, pictures, thoughts, and memories to help commemorate the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking album. 

10 hours ago, FreelovesJJ said:

You’re missing the point. Made for Now dropped over a year ago & when it did she had already recorded enough to give you new material. It’s not about telling a local paper...she doesn’t want you to anticipate anything because she’s not dropping. 

For years fans have created their own hope that she’s going to deliver the music and visuals and products they desire...but when she tells you she’s not, she usually means it lol. 

I mean... she’s being honest and folks are trying to read wayyy too much into it. I think if she was working on releasing she would’ve just said it. She’s a music artist. It wouldn’t have been earth shattering. Some of us sound like Rihanna fans right now. 

So basically all this speculation was over a song?

I’m just letting Janet do her lol

Alcohol

It’ll probably take the same amount of time it took for Ruff to be heard. 

She outpaced quite a few heavy hitters. The interest is still there for her which is great. 

I didn’t watch it but I heard Missy only got seven minutes?

6 hours ago, JDJJ said:

Hey hey!!! I’m Toni- had a login and cAnt remember it for nothing!!! But yeah if you know me on FB it’s Toni Shana or on IG I’m shanasoflyy or my salon name (if you know it) or twitta tinkdoeshairrr... I’m a frequent traveler and can say I’m a celebrity stylist now lol. I’m Midwest born.. and raised. If you’ve seen me- it’s in the front row.. or on video form

Welcome!

Cute video. I just don’t like any of her songs. 

I’m kind of interested in the SF show though. 

37 minutes ago, vibeology said:

Anymore tours after this batch should be focused outside of the US...you bitches been spoilt

If she does, I will go lol. 

When I was in line for the meet and greet I did end up meeting a couple of fans from Europe: one was from London who saw two shows and the other didn’t specify but lived in Germany. I give y’all credit for the dedication. 

16 minutes ago, MorganR said:

 

I love this!!!!

1 hour ago, Amy said:

GO!!!

I’m still recovering from Vegas lol

I’m trying to talk myself out of going. This is literally my favorite album of all time and I’m looking at those Hawaii dates lol

I’m cracking up at my own expectations for this takeover lol. I don’t know what I was expecting but they managed to not meet it lol

Clubs were never my thing. I would go once in awhile, but I could always take it or leave it. I preferred lounges, a speakeasy, concerts, or festivals. 

I do think in the age of people more openly proclaiming their social anxiety, awkwardness, and with the advent of social media, I’m not surprised to see a decline. 

3 hours ago, jinthahouse said:

My apologies is this edit understandable yall

I’ve been to both. I think her choreography was great both times. There was a certain fierceness in her during SOTW where I felt like she was channeling her anger from her marriage into her performance. 

There’s a different sense of “I’m here” in her residency. 

I will say that I’ve probably sat in similar positions both times (center stage, fifth and fourth rows) and I can’t take my eyes of her when she performs. She’s mesmerizing. The difference to me is the higher production value in her residency compared to SOTW. 

And I think the choreography was equal. For instance I definitely LOVED her choreography for IGL during her residency. I also preferred the choreography for TTWLG at SOTW compared to her residency. Either way, Janet did that shit. 

59 minutes ago, kidfresh832 said:

Whew just finished Handmaids tale.  The last episode was pretty good.  But, they literally cannot have more than 1 more season.  To go any longer they have to dramatically broaden the scope of the show.  Invasion of Gilead by the rest of the world or something.  Its the only way they can possibly scrape more than 1 more season without being redundant.

 

The acting is great, the direction, cinematography etc.  But they are pushing it with straining believability with lucky escapes and huge coincidences for storytelling.

 

I'm ready for Mindhunter season 2 and Elite Season 2

I agree with you wholeheartedly on the Handmaid’s Tale. This season dragged until the last few episodes and unless they start closing up storylines they will have nowhere else to go. I think one more season is it as it’s starting to feel redundant. 

On 8/16/2019 at 12:49 AM, JoeJoe said:

 My boss and I were talking about this earlier. He won't even watch the show cause of her face lol. He whispered to me and said "If she was the last woman on Earth he wouldn't even use her to reproduce".  He said whenever his wife watches he leaves the room

And every episode of Season 3 pretty much ends in a closeup of her damn face. They have to get more creative or they will lose the audience. 

It it sounds like I need to check out Queen of the South. 

17 minutes ago, JoeJoe said:

why does she annoy you? lol

Because she’s sooooooooooooo impulsive. So many people have died/gotten in trouble because of her inability to think things through. I also don’t want them to do anymore close ups of her face. I can’t take it anymore lol. But it’s a great show lmao

1 hour ago, JoeJoe said:

I gotta catch up on Handmaid's season 3 but that's it. I love it

 

It’s a great show even though the main character works my nerves.  I’m about three episodes behind. 

10 hours ago, Lutfa said:

I'm glad the admin did the right thing. Game had been banned from every other damn forum ages back for destroying any proper conversation and bashing differing opinions, resulting in a bullying and hate. This forum is nowhere near as bad as some others, especially the one Janet's team lurks. I've left all forums but this. It was enough for me to be called an idiot and straight up bashed for making a petition to reissue Janet's albums on vinyl, which was long overdue. 99% of the feedback I received was negative and I got ridiculed. Now those same people are ordering every single reissued album and spending their money on something I started. I didn't have Jimmy, Cinq nor anyone else behind me for that matter. Quite the opposite. Jimmy never gave a damn about reissuing anything, his email reply made that much clear when I asked him to share my petition. Now he is retweeting every single positive article on how well the reissues have done in the UK. Like whatever.

How did I make it happen? I knew who to direct my petition towards. Not Janet's team, especially not Jimmy and Def not Gil. Knowing Gil, he would've probably bashed the fuck outta me for even trying. I directed it at UMG that owns the rights to her music and who've done her best of releases so far. I knew they'd see an opportunity to cash in, so I went for it. A few blogs and papers mentioned the petition and here we are. I'll never get cred for making it happen, and I'm fine with that. In fact I can't even afford buying one of the vinyls myself. But it did happen and knowing that is enough for me. She made headlines by charting in the UK again due to reissues, and all the hate and "she would never do that/there is no market" bullshit has been proven invalid.

People like Game are toxic to this community. But sadly, her own team is a part of this kind of elitism and supports it. After Made for Now, some PR people of Janet's team contacted selected fans to hear their feedback on what they'd like to see Janet release and do. Selected group of fans. When I found out, I created a thread asking everyone's opinions and mentioned they actually don't even want to hear from all of us, just a few elite fans. That's insane and incredibly disrespectful. And YEAH I will get down voted for speaking the truth, as always. But it's still the truth. 

Sometimes you’re ahead of your time. I and a few other Janet fans wrote the blacklisting petition back in 2006 (!) about her blackballed by the industry. I decided at 19/20 that I would be okay with putting my name down as the author. I got a lot of support (over 1k signatures which was a lot at the time), some small outlets reporting it, and a ton of hate mail of people not believing that Janet was being blackballed. It took over a decade for her to be vindicated and the fans that wrote it were never acknowledged by her team nor the media. And you know what? I’d do it all over again.