Janet Jackson
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I love that this absolute doomsday scenario happened and it never occurred to anyone that the easy way out might be to release the album she recorded and planned a tour for.
The Jacksons have a history of thinking that contracts are birthday party invitations that they can just turn down on the day if they are not feeling it ddd
Honestly if someone buys her catalogue they can’t do a worse job than she currently is doing at curating a digital legacy.
Not when her gay ex husband is in court for looting Michael’s house and trying to sell the stolen goods for a quick buck ddd
The Jacksons have a history of thinking that contracts are birthday party invitations that they can just turn down on the day if they are not feeling it ddd
Honestly if someone buys her catalogue they can’t do a worse job than she currently is doing at curating a digital legacy.
Not when her gay ex husband is in court for looting Michael’s house and trying to sell the stolen goods for a quick buck ddd
I admit that Love Will Never Do didn't grab me when I got RN1814 (a schoolmate basically gave me it cause he didn't want it, I think his brothers bullied him dd) around Escapade's release. Maybe because it was the last track of the vinyl side and those always played iffy at my player (see also Rhythm Of Love and Enjoy Yourself). So when it was announced as the last single I was like 'HER?' but then I saw the video and the rebrand and it all made sense.
Yep. And criminally done wrong in the UK too.
omg! Not Jefree! La Toya has no luck with men. Nor releasing albums...
La Toya married him?
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Mr.Arroz
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One of her absolute best. We all know this would have a 10-week Number One if Nipplegate hadn't happened.
The video is sublime, Francis Lawrence did the thing. The didgetic sound within is so good, when they do the handclap just before the second chorus I get chills.
The whole Rhythm Nation singles run is just truly sublime.
She would’ve definitely been more celebrated and publicly honored.
Probably not. We would have had the longer usual gaps in between. After the Super Bowl they rushed back to the studio twice and released 2 albums 2 years apart, something she wasn’t known for doing. Things definitely slowed down in the 2010s but the Super Bowl was long behind her. She chose to take a break, although perhaps there was a greater lack of demand due up the Super Bowl. We’ll never know for certain. The 2000s were a mess for her. Janet has a history of making bad business decisions. Maybe she clung onto Jermaine Dupri because of the Super Bowl fallout. Maybe not. She did do what she has a history doing though - mixing business with pleasure. Jermaine Dupri started taking over everything. The same thing happened with Rene and now she’s got Randy. In my opinion, Damita Jo wasn’t a strong album. It wasn’t going to do well regardless of the Super Bowl. The first single was a poor choice. The entire thing felt uninspired.
Hard disagree on Damita Jo. We can debate the quality of the album as a whole but the singles run was bulletproof. Just a Little While is a slice of pop perfection, All Nite is a seductive banger of a dance song and nabbing K*nye for one of his first pop productions was a coup. It would easily be as big as All for You if the Superbowl hadn't happened.
As for what happened next, who knows. We got two subpar efforts back to back and then Janet got caught in a no mans land with her legacy and celebrity status severely diminished due to the blacklist, very little fresh material and a lot ofbudget intimate tours (and cancellations) that banked on nostalgia. I wish it didn't have to be this way.
As for what happened next, who knows. We got two subpar efforts back to back and then Janet got caught in a no mans land with her legacy and celebrity status severely diminished due to the blacklist, very little fresh material and a lot of
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I remember being underwhelmed by Damita Jo outside of the singles back in the day but it's grown on me like crazy in the years since - I say it all the time but Island Life alone is phenomenal. I do think All Nite should've been the lead over Just A Little While, though.
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These and the title track, Escapade, Black Cat, Alright, The Knowledge, State Of The World all being on the same album - she was unreal for that.
RainOnFire
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I always imagined her Hot 100 stats would've mirrored Madonna had the Super Bowl not happened (who knows if 20 Y.O. and Discipline would've existed/materialized the way they did, but for the sake of my theory, let's say they did).
The first album they released in the 2000s gave them their last #1, Music and All For You, as well as an additional Top 5 with Don't Tell Me at #4 and Someone To Call My Lover at #3 (and coincidentally, both follow-ups peaked outside the Top 20, What It Feels Like For A Girl at #23 and Son Of A Gun at #28).
Madonna would end up having 4 more Top 10s with Die Another Day, Hung Up, 4 Minutes, and Give Me All Your Luvin'. So I always thought Janet could've had that with Just A Little While, All Nite, Call On Me, and Feedback, maybe even one more with I Want You. Which would put her Top 10 total at 31 or 32 (still short of Madonna's 38, but she would've surpassed her brother's 30).
I know it's lame to wish she had more Top 10s because the general public barely remember the 27 Top 10s she did end up getting, but it makes me so sad (as does everything related to her career now) that it didn't happen.
The first album they released in the 2000s gave them their last #1, Music and All For You, as well as an additional Top 5 with Don't Tell Me at #4 and Someone To Call My Lover at #3 (and coincidentally, both follow-ups peaked outside the Top 20, What It Feels Like For A Girl at #23 and Son Of A Gun at #28).
Madonna would end up having 4 more Top 10s with Die Another Day, Hung Up, 4 Minutes, and Give Me All Your Luvin'. So I always thought Janet could've had that with Just A Little While, All Nite, Call On Me, and Feedback, maybe even one more with I Want You. Which would put her Top 10 total at 31 or 32 (still short of Madonna's 38, but she would've surpassed her brother's 30).
I know it's lame to wish she had more Top 10s because the general public barely remember the 27 Top 10s she did end up getting, but it makes me so sad (as does everything related to her career now) that it didn't happen.
It still sucks the whole way the Superbowl incident effectively wrote of the rest of her singles being hits.