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I love the 2 vids Kylie released so far. I wish Janet would release a limited release unplugged/accoustic/classical album of hits right before her next album with songs like IGL, Runaway, TA, PP.

I think they changed the rules the next year because of the current accessibility of digital downloads now to get albums and singles and how much Michael's old catalog was selling after his death. His passing was actually what made Billboard review their rules on old releases recharting.

Good music is good music. The general public under 21 may not know the name "Paul McCartney," but they know who the Beatles are and enjoy their music. I, at age 30, do not by ANY means consider myself a fan of McCartney or the Beatles, but I can name their music and respect them for the good music they made and their accomplishments. The kids may not have been checking for what Whitney and Michael were doing next, but they can name at least 5 songs and know they were the hawt, great ones at some point. It really has more to do with exposure. My parents never force fed Patti, Dionne, Aretha, the Temptations, Otis Redding, etc to me, but they played it in the car. The watched concerts on tv. My sister and mom saw Chaka Khan together with their sorority. It's more about exposing the next gen to the music you grew up on while checking on what's going on now. It wouldn't hurt for a mom to play "Love Child" for her daughter and go look Janet must've liked this. She used the beat for "YWT." There's a reason why so many white kids don't know not to be calling people "nigga." Nobody trying to educate, just bitch.

I had a guy I was talking to ask me about this (I'm black; he was white). He said he had an ex that kept asking him to call him n!gger while they were going at it. I was like We live in gawd d@mn SC of all places and there are black bois asking white bois to call them that while they're beating it up? Do you not love yourself?!?!?! I don't get it, personally. Maybe some lighter stuff is okay (no matter same or different race) like "chocolate dick" "caramel cake" "vanilla popsickle" or something but..

This is so very sad. Working in a pharmacy and frequenting the club scene, I'm still shocked how readily available xanax is. Both xanax and klonopin and valium and similiar benzos are ridiculously addictive and very strong. As far as legal use, the biggest problem is they are being prescribed for major depression and manic depression disorders instead of real anti-depressants like paxil, prozac, and effexor that build in your system. Xanax should be taken AS NEEDED for major panic attacks and the like or MAYBE for people who have attacks before flights. But people also use them to come down from drug highs like meth, etc when the want to sleep or mix with alcohol or viagra for sex highs. Doctors really need to monitor use and refills better, even with people who need it.

I luv Madonna (only less than Janet) and I like that she's something straight up pop instead of dance like most people, but.... I keep wanting to sing "Lil Mama and Avril Lavigne! The Remix! Lil Mama and Avril Lavigne!"

I agree about "In the Zone." It's my favorite Brit album, but I loooooaaaaatthhhe "Brave New Girl." I don't think "Blackout" (my 2nd fave) has the high points "In the Zone" (which also has her most writing credits) has, but it's a consistently above average pop/dance album.

She did. #1, Britney turned 30 this year, and like it or not.... even though she and Beyonce are young, they aren't music industry pop artist young like Rihanna and Katy Perry are. Though "Femme Fatale" is a waaaaaay better album than "Circus" as a whole, Britney had that comeback kid heat going on with "Circus." She was coherent and performing again after a stumbling through a messy era made messier by it being during her arguably best album ("Blackout"). She needed to give her fans and the haters more than she did this era as far as performing. Her promotional performances leading up to the album were sad and depressing. I saw the "Femme Fatale" tour live and LUVED it, but watching it at home, I saw why people were cracking on her. She hit all her moves but looked as dead as a drag queen who knows their words but doesnt feel the song. I couldn't even fight when my roomie cracked, "I thought everything looks better in HD..." Even she wants to become a generic dance artist, that's fine; I and some loyal fans will probably still buy. But if she wants to still tour and keep her legacy as a pop force, she has to do better. If it is her knee from her accident during "In the Zone"/ "Outrageous" era, she needs to let people know so they can feel sorry but still try to step it up from what she has been doing. If she's just not feeling it, leave it alone, guuurl. Learn to sing your whole concert live and reintroduce yourself as a cher....

Drawing the line