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Most of the Jackson siblings did themselves a huge disservice releasing solo albums in the same year Thanks to @LittleBLUECorvette for pointing this out.
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Their mother stated in her autobiography that she thought public would grow tired of them due to overkill on the market. I think a few of the siblings career would have been more successful had they not released an album the same time as the *big two* | |
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Didn't hurt the fabs in 1970
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Damn! It really did. I had forgot that Jermaine, Rebbie, and Latoya released albums in 1986. Janet really showed out that year and in 1989. Marlon knew damn well he shouldn't have released anything the same years as Mike. Lol! He was asking for it. The thing is tho. Michael and Janet never released albums in the same year. Did those two get together and decide this or was it just a coincidence? BlackCat1985 | |
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JANET JACKSON was released two months before THRILLER in 1982 "Get up off that grey line" | |
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SEANMAN said:
JANET JACKSON was released two months before THRILLER in 1982 At that time Janet was so low on the Jackson totem pole that she wasn't even invited to sing on We Are The Worls but the other Jackson ladies were. also Jermaine released let me tickle your fancy in 82. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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They were on such dirrent levels that it didn't matter. They were NOT competeing with each other musically. At least not in my book. FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent. | |
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"Someone" was just out on his own. His little sister was ok back then. The rest were just "someones" backing singers or just mediocre solo acts. Though i'll admit i do like some of Jermaine's stuff, The rest of the Jacksons only really clicked with me as a group. | |
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LaToya Jackson did a disservice to herself by releasing albums,period she really should have went to college and became a lawyer or something. | |
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'Night Time Lover' was ok, except it seemed a bit weird and incesty singing it with Michael though. [Edited 10/6/14 20:09pm] | |
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In my opinion, it helped some of them. [Edited 10/7/14 9:30am] | |
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Kind of crucially, you have to lift your heels to pull off the moonwalk. If you're in high heels already it doesn't go so well. It's still way better than Rihanna's moonwalk fail from a few years back though! | |
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I think the Jackson siblings (except for Janet) did a huge disservice by not having enough of THIS: | |
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1972 Got To Be There Lookin Through The Windows Jermaine Ben 1973 Skywriter Music & Me Come Into My Life Jackie Jackson Get It Together 1980 Let's Get Serious La Toya Jackson Triumph Jermaine 1981 My Special Love I Like Your Style Jacksons Live 1982 Let Me Tickle Your Fancy Janet Jackson Thriller Between 1969 and 1989, 1983 is the only year a Jackson didn't release any album though singles from Thriller and Let Me Tickle Your Fancy were on the charts. Marlon and Jermaine put out entirely produced albums by Syreeta and Betty Wright. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Don't forget, they were all signed to major label deals, headed by huge corporations and bean counters. I'm sure they wanted a return on their investments and these "people" were just products to sell and make money, based on the success of one family member. So there was a lot of that going on behind the scenes as well as the family members wanting to be successful and recognized in their own right. I'm sure a lot of carrots were dangled in from of them to make a record, just because the last name was Jackson. IMO | |
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i dont think it really made a difference. Michael was just the man back then. But Jermaine Ive always felt was the most all around musically gifted. | |
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how was this a disservice
I didn't hear this back in 1989.........lolllll | |
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I never understood why LaToya was picked to play the object of Michael's eye in the SAY SAY SAY video. That is REALLY incesty. I just found out that Janet and LaToya did backing vocals on ENJOY YOURSELF too. That is cool.
[Edited 10/7/14 13:52pm] "Get up off that grey line" | |
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Should I be embarrassed that prior to opening this thread, I had no idea there was a Jackson sibling named Rebbie?
I don't know why people think they did themselves a disservice though. Artists were expected to be prolific in those days. Is the idea that, if you got rid of those albums by LaToya then Jermaine's album would have sold more?
I tend to think artists should put an album out when they have about 45 minutes worth of new material ready to go. | |
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It's amusing how often La Toya appeared in MJ-related projects in some kind of 'love interest' role... from The Jacksons' variety show and Night Time Lover to backing vocals on P.Y.T. as one of the 'pretty young things' and the Say Say Say and TWYMMF videos. Even the scream on Heartbreak Hotel, lol.
I don't think the others releasing albums the same year as Michael/Janet made a big difference really. They just weren't marketable to pop audiences to the level that the 'big two' were. So many of the lesser-known brothers releasing solo albums in '89, the same year as 2300 JS, might have made a bigger difference.
As for La Toya, I thought her first few albums were solid... not spectacular, but solid. I haven't listened to much of her later stuff. [Edited 10/7/14 14:11pm] | |
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I guess you don't know about Joh'Vonnie either. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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"Get up off that grey line" | |
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having the lastname jackson was not this huge advantage people like to make it out to be. the only thing it did was open the door for some of them,it didnt help them sustain careers. if mj's name couldnt help his siblings (including janet) sell records during the height of thriller-mania then nothing could. once janet became successful her and mike never released albums the same year, they really didnt care about the others records. is it just me or do it seem like latoya put out more solo albums than all of them? | |
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Being a Jackson definitely gave La Toya a great contacts list for her first album, what with Michael, Janet, Patrice Rushen, Stevie and Ray Parker Jr all appearing on it. Someone of her modest talent couldn't have hoped for guest stars of that calibre otherwise. | |
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lowkey said: having the lastname jackson was not this huge advantage people like to make it out to be. the only thing it did was open the door for some of them,it didnt help them sustain careers. if mj's name couldnt help his siblings (including janet) sell records during the height of thriller-mania then nothing could. once janet became successful her and mike never released albums the same year, they really didnt care about the others records. is it just me or do it seem like latoya put out more solo albums than all of them? Lol! I just noticed that too. Latoya should have went a different route. Watching her old videos I can't believe record labels paid money to put them out. BlackCat1985 | |
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co-sign and that last comment made me laugh | |
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Cinny said:
co-sign and that last comment made me laugh Off the top Jermaine has 13 Janet has 11 Mike has 10 La Toya has at least 7 Rebbie has 4 Jackie has 2 Marlon and Randy have 1 each Jackson Five have 11 Jacksons have 7 PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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He has 14 now since he released that jazz standards album in 2013 You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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That was her only good song and we all know the reason why it was so good: Michael wrote,produced and sang on it | |
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janet has 10 studio albums, did mike have 4 solo studio albums before off the wall, i thought he only had 2 | |
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