Ellie said:

i thought control was a pretty defining moment in the history of janet jackson.

What, cos she hooked up with 2 producers?

I wish she'd stop ignoring her first two records and perform a cuple of the Dream Street tracks on a tour

Ellie said:

that would kind of cool actually and it would definitly bring something differnt to the tours.

PrettyMan72 said:

That's what Whitney was supposed to call her new album...had it come out last year and Whitney laid off the pipe for 2 seconds....BTW, this is really nothing new and thankfully it's only "tentively" titled "20 Years Old". I mean, we know, we know...."Control" was your breakthrough. I don't understand revisiting the past in this way. See Barbra's "Guilty Pleasures", a title which probably didn't help it sell. Originally I think it was supposed to be called "Letting Go".

paisleypark4 said:

"Young Again" would be a much better title...But Janet's never been that mature (except for on "The Velvet Rope" and to a slighter extent "janet." and "RMN1814").

PrettyMan72 said:

Not only would it not be as "what the fuck-ish" but, it sounds a lot cooler and more easy to remember.

Also the marketing people could go batty and release it on the 20th of whatever month and have the promotional banners say

JANET - 2O - 5/20/06

Maybe the 3121 marketing has gone to my head

no no..it should be called Out of Control...

JasonStar said:

I wonder who else did that? I think this is something Usher actually pioneered! 8701 was released August 7, 2001!

I don't think the title is not that big of a deal honesty,she knows that just about everybody knows that she's not twenty and like I said earlier I think she defefinitly going to explain the cocept and it could be worse. like I am twenty years old" now that would be desperate. and I don't find nothing wrong with revisting the control era and I don't think this Cd is going to be a control pt two like som people are saying, I think it's just going to be good old fashion dance type of music like control.

sallysassalot said:

She should call it, "Plastic melts on a hot Summer day".

CinisterCee said:

Isn't it scary and shocking at the same time Cee to put "Usher" and "Pioneered" in the same sentence? Usher "has got it bad" for Michael Jackson's stage shows. (Pun INTENDED.)
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Graycap23 said:

"Or fat talentless trollop has been tries again!"

I think the album title will just remind people that she's (or is gonna be) 40 years old.

dreamfactory313 said:

me too. i'd say that's cool if that's what she wanted but we know it's not.

I hope "20 Years Old" means its going to be all retro 1986 sounding.

Janet's a visionary. Who else would be bold enough to name a disc after her target demographic?

SquirrelMeat said:

ThreadBare said:

I think that's what she's going for.

SquirrelMeat said:

ThreadBare said:

Not true... if so, the title surely would be "20 year old closet homosexuals"?


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Because she, like so many other R&B acts that have crossed over, probably doesn't feel like she actually "arrived" until she had a pop audience. Songs like "Say You Do", "Young Love", and "Don't Stand Another Chance" were well known by the R&B crowd but I guess they don't count.

The damn thing should be called "24".

vainandy said:

Fox might not like that title.

Ellie said:

Yes. Without those two, Janet would be hanging out with Rebbie now. 'Control' was definitely the defining moment in her career.

you know, the weight jokes are so unneccesary. janet's size has nothing to do with her music, how its produced or marketed, or anything else. the album title is stupid. how does that have anything to do with janet's size or weight?

and i know some of y'all can only talk right now 'cuz your hidden behind a computer screen. check the mirror and then check yourself.

It does if she's planning another "Would You Mind" segment for the next tour.

MartyMcFly said:

this is the worst thread EVER.

ThreadBare said:

why are you people just assuming things? we haven't heard nothing from the album or anything just the title . and if if is marketed towards younger people is because their the ones that support a lot of music look at Mariah and how she martked Emancipation of Mimi" So I don't know why people just want to criticzie Janet.
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badujunkie said:

it's a bit of a nightmare

I hope her new cd is going to be good. She hasn't been so "wow" these past years.