"It's a milestone year for us and for the collaboration," Jam tells Billboard.com. "It'll be 20 years since the release of 'Control,' so there's definitely a little bit of a nod to that on the new album."

"He Still Doesn't Know That I'm Alive"

Songwriting team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are finishing up production on Janet Jackson's eight studio album. Without revealing too much, Jimmy Jam promises that the as-yet-untitled Virgin set will boast a small tribute to Jackson's 1986 effort, "Control" (A&M).

"It's a milestone year for us and for the collaboration," Jam tells Billboard.com. "It'll be 20 years since the release of 'Control,' so there's definitely a little bit of a nod to that on the new album."

As previously reported, some of the album was recorded at Jackson boyfriend Jermaine Dupri's studio. Dupri, who is president of Virgin Urban, is also executive producer of the album.

"Hopefully in January we'll be done with her project," says Jam. "We're trying to have a single around February and the album around April or May. It's up to the record company, but we'll definitely have it done by then. We're real close."

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damita jo was just good enough to make me still a fan. but the only song i LOVED on it was a b side. (Put Your Hands On)

i hope it is part control, part velvet rope, part something new.

and i hope she tours and takes out the whimsical medley and the striptease and bringing the guy onstage and the encore with blue jeans.

I want her to sample ALL of Evelyn Champagne King's songs.


(Really liked "R&B Junkie")

CinisterCee said:

what song does R&B junkie sample?

damita jo was just good enough to make me still a fan. but the only song i LOVED on it was a b side. (Put Your Hands On)

i hope it is part control, part velvet rope, part something new.

and i hope she tours and takes out the whimsical medley and the striptease and bringing the guy onstage and the encore with blue jeans.

no more interludes!!!

no more interludes!!!

sosgemini said:

Well "Control" was the last Janet disc not to have interludes....

"i hate myself but i realize im special" ballads

VinnyM27 said:

Control's just wasn't tracked....

Intro: Story About Control
Interlude: Gimme A Beat
Interlude skit: Do You Really Like Him That Much

etc

CinisterCee said:

thats three..and does "give me a beat" really count?

sosgemini said:

I think it would on a new Janet CD.

Janet experts, have Jimmy and Terry produced every album since Control?, or just some tracks on some albums?

my pic:

"mmmm, my coochie smells like starbucks!!"

CinisterCee said:

thats three..and does "give me a beat" really count?

now each album has about fourty tracks...32 of them tagged as intro, prelude, pre-note, interlude, interlude 2, seque, storm extralude, moan prelude, moan epiloge, conclusion, revisit, hidden track prelude, skip, skip, skip, skip, closing moans w/ storm exit.

"It's a milestone year for us and for the collaboration," Jam tells Billboard.com. "It'll be 20 years since the release of 'Control,' so there's definitely a little bit of a nod to that on the new album."

This is a REAL make-it or break-it album for me. All For You disappointed me and Damita Jo outright annoyed me. If this album doesn't do something to rock my world, my days of being a Jante fan will be over.

CinisterCee said:

thats three..and does "give me a beat" really count?

now each album has about fourty tracks...32 of them tagged as intro, prelude, pre-note, interlude, interlude 2, seque, storm extralude, moan prelude, moan epiloge, conclusion, revisit, hidden track prelude, skip, skip, skip, skip, closing moans w/ storm exit.