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Confirmed tracks from Janet's "20 Years Old" Call On Me
With You Get It Out Me (with a Bambaataa sample) Stuck Inside The Groove Love 2 Love Daybreak Enjoy Take Care Do It To Me So Excited (the second single, apparently with a Hancock "Rockit" sample) Tracks that are not confirmed for the record yet: Clap Your Hands This Body Watch a preview of the video for Call On Me here [Edited 7/22/06 10:09am] | |
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first! omg | |
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I wonder if I can reserve my copy right now... | |
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VoicesCarry said: Get It Out Me (with a Bambaataa sample) So Excited (the second single, apparently with a Hancock "Rockit" sample) she's on some ol' Zulu Nation, Afrika Islam type shit hehe | |
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Get It Out Me?  | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Get It Out Me?
Janet says it's about releasing your inner freak. Very Velvet Rope-ish. | |
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VoicesCarry said: RipHer2Shreds said: Get It Out Me?
Janet says it's about releasing your inner freak. Very Velvet Rope-ish. | |
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mehh. Space for sale... | |
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and to make matters worse:
Asked if she used the same type of sexual material this time as on past albums, she said: "I enjoy talking about it. It shouldn't be any different from before." http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...NlYwM3NjI- its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here. Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said: and to make matters worse:
Asked if she used the same type of sexual material this time as on past albums, she said: "I enjoy talking about it. It shouldn't be any different from before." http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...NlYwM3NjI- its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here. I know I'll be buying it as soon as it hits stores, but this is disheartening. Please Janet, no more aural porn a'la "Would You Mind" or "Warmth". "Anytime, Anyplace" was all you ever needed to say on the subject. Nothing will ever top that song. Also, while we're at it, please nothing as vapid as "Island Life", nothing as cheesy as "Come On Get Up", nothing as embarassing as "Doesn't Really Matter" and nothing as tuneless as "Sexibition". The middle section of Damita Jo (All Nite through Thinkin' About My Ex) was great, please just release an 11 or 12 track album without all of the extraneous bullshit that your latest few albums have been drowning in. I'm the first mammal to wear pants. | |
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sosgemini said: and to make matters worse:
Asked if she used the same type of sexual material this time as on past albums, she said: "I enjoy talking about it. It shouldn't be any different from before." http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...NlYwM3NjI- its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here. it's not going to be like would you or anything more like anytime anyplace , and twenty four play. | |
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voices you should of posted the whole
Sweets I received a wonderful, nice official documentation of Janet's new Album "20 Years Old" from Emi/Virgin Germany yesterday. She also talks about the new songs of the Album: ----- “The idea is simple,” says Janet. “The idea is about looking forward, even as we look back.” “Twenty years ago,” Janet explains, “Control was released. That’s the moment when I made an artistic commitment to express just what I was feeling. These twenty years are the story of that artist growing up—changing, celebrating, hurting, healing, but always revealing my innermost soul. Now I’m celebrating those twenty years by pushing the envelope further. I’m moving in a new direction, a direction that embraces and builds on everything I’ve done in the past.” “I like to think that my future and my past meet in my present,” Janet adds. “They merge to make me who I am. For half of my forty years on the planet, I’ve been an independent artist. For good or bad, I’ve made my own choices. That’s a beautiful blessing. And this is a beautiful moment to consider where I’ve been, where I’m going and, most of all, where I am now.” In 1986, Janet Jackson exploded on the international pop music scene, enlisting Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis to help her gain Control. As a child and teen actress, she acted in a variety of sitcoms and TV dramas. Her dad managed her, and her first two albums, recorded in the early Eighties, reflected other people’s vision of whom she should be. In 1986, everything changed. She went to Minneapolis, co wrote with Jam and Lewis, and put her life in her songs. She emerged with an identity all her own--“Miss Jackson, if you are nasty,” a spunky funky high-spirited force of nature: a seductive singer, an innovative dancer and a knock-out entertainer. The record went through the roof. And Janet’s videos became the industry gold standard. Three years later, Rhythm Nation upped the ante. Adding to Janet’s feisty independence was something new: a fierce social conscience that addressed the issues of racism and societal intolerance. Janet laid it on the line, and the response was spectacular. The album produced a slew of #1 hits. She dominated the Grammys. And her Rhythm Nation tour, the first of her career, set box office records around the world. Her superstardom was firmly established. The Nineties belonged to Janet. Her first record of the decade, Janet, widened her musical aesthetic to include the exploration of deep and lyrical sensuality. A Rolling Stone cover photograph quickly earned iconic status. With its wall-to-wall hits, Janet became the biggest record of her career. “Again,” a #1 single from the album, was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award. Later in the Nineties, the Velvet Rope became the most introspective. Another runaway smash, it was time for Janet to fearlessly take her fans behind the Velvet Rope of her private thoughts, dreams and desires. The new century produced two platinum-selling successes: All For You and Damita Jo, bold ventures into her unique style of autobiographical storytelling. Six serious suites of songs over the span of twenty years. And that’s not counting Janet’s foray into films: her appearance with Tupac Shakur in Poetic Justice (1993) and Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor 2 (1999). “I’m proud that for twenty years people have responded to my work,” Janet says reflectively. “I’m proud to have stayed in the game and survived. And I’m proud that I’ve remained true to myself. But if you go back and listen to the music, you’ll hear how that self is always changing. And now the changes are probably more profound than ever.” The biggest change is that Twenty Years Old is no longer solely a Janet/Jam-and- Lewis production. For the first time in two decades, a new producer has joined forces with the famous team. Enter Jermaine Dupri. Janet doesn’t mince words. “Jermaine is my soul mate, the love of my life and an incredibly gifted man. I’ve never felt so connected to anyone.” Like Janet, Jermaine was a child prodigy. At 14, he was already a successful performer/producer/writer. The acts he brought to prominence—Kris Kross, Da Brat, TLC, Usher, Mariah Carey, Bow Wow to name a few—have changed the course of pop music. Today he lords over Virgin’s super-successful landscape of urban music and is among the most sought-after music minds in the world. He’s considered the modern day Quincy Jones. “Jimmy, Terry and I have been an established team for twenty years,” says Janet, giving another meaning to the title of her current release. “Jermaine’s attitude was, `If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.’ He respected the magical rapport I had with Jam and Lewis. But he also felt he could add a new dimension to the dynamic. I felt that too.” What is that new dimension? “It’s something you feel rather than explain,” Janet says. “It’s an edge, an attitude, an exciting vibe that’s assertive. It’s about taking charge. It says, `Here I am. I’m coming on. Musically, I have it. You want it. And I’m giving it to you.” What Janet gives us in Twenty Years Old is the extraordinary range of her talent. As she has done for the past two decades, she not only co wrote the songs but co produced the record as well. The first single, “Call On Me,” crafted with the irrepressible Nelly, is already a smash hit. “ `Call On Me,’ ” Janet explains, “symbolizes the Twenty Years Old concept. It contains elements of the past—a Jam and Lewis melody from the old-school SOS song `Show Me’—together with Jermaine’s brilliant beats. And of course Nelly is wonderful. I also love the message: Find the right love and never let him go.” Janet views “With You” as another simultaneous look forward and back. “ `With You’ reminds me of `Let’s Wait Awhile,’ ” she says, referring to the hit from Control in which intimacy is provocatively postponed. “Now, though, the act has happened and the result is romantic confusion,” adds Janet. “Romantic confusion can be painful, but it also makes for rich musical material. Like everyone, I’ve had my share of romantic confusion. The key, though, is to turn confusion to creativity. The key is to move ahead.” Twenty Years Old moves ahead, even as it borrows from hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa in “Get It Out Me,” a song that, according to Janet, deals directly with freakery. “The freak within,” she explains, “must find a way out. The kind of music I like—the kind of music I love to make—taps into that magical motion from fear to freedom. Breaking chains. Loosening inhibitions. Melting doubts. Embracing life. “John Mayer, one of my favorite new artists, is sampled on `Stuck Inside the Groove,’ a song that still sticks with me like a mantra, a dancing meditation on sensuality.” “Although these jams feel fresh,” says Janet, ”I keep hearing echoes of my past: `Love 2 Love’ takes me back to `Velvet Rope.’ “ `Daybreak’ takes me back to `Escapade.’ It also takes me back to my teen years when I was still living at home with my parents. I’d sneak out at night to see my boyfriend and wouldn’t come back till daybreak. Those early memories still carry heat. They glow with the brightness of young life and new adventures. I still feel the fire burning. “`Enjoy’ is a song that reminds me to enjoy the moment and live in the Now. Tomorrow isn’t promised. All we have is today. Friends have called `Enjoy’ Classic Janet. They’ve said the same about `Take Care,’ a story about missing that special someone and realizing that self-pleasure can be a creative and powerful release. `Do It To Me’ is the flip side of the same coin, where pleasure is a two-way street and desire is expressed openly, with neither hesitancy nor shame.” “ ` So Excited’ is how I feel about this entire project,” Janet says in her quietly enthusiastic way. “I’m excited that Jimmy and Terry and I have worked together for so long and so well. I’m excited that Jermaine, who is my heart, has added his own genius to the mix. I’m excited to mark an anniversary of an artistic career that has been my life and my joy. And I’m excited—and so lucky—to have fans whose devotion has sustained me over two amazing decades.” Looking back, looking ahead and looking at today, how does Janet view the differences between Control and Twenty Years Old? “The one difference,” she’s quick to say, “is that now I know I am not in control. God is. When I was young and eager to grab the reins, I naively thought control could be attained through willpower. I believed we could determine our own destinies. Life has taught me otherwise. I still believe we can determine our destinies, but only through God. Only with God. It’s faith that gets us through, and faith that sustains us. These twenty years have been beautiful because my faith has grown. There have been triumphs and heartaches, victories and losses and every sort of challenge. No matter what path any of us take, there are bumps in the road—sometimes potholes, sometimes even sinkholes. But we don’t have to sink, we don’t have to fall off course if our faith is strong. It comes down this: Believe in the God of love and, no matter the circumstance, God will see you through.” “So twenty years after Control,” Janet concludes, “I’ve turned control over to the invisible source of all creation, the One whose energy is endless.” VÖ Single Janet & Nelly „Call On Me“ am 25.08.2006 VÖ Album “20 Years Old” am 22.09.2006 www.emi-promotionservices.de www.janetjackson.de ----- the article | |
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shortstuff45220 said: voices you should of posted the whole
Sweets I received a wonderful, nice official documentation of Janet's new Album "20 Years Old" from Emi/Virgin Germany yesterday. She also talks about the new songs of the Album: ----- “The idea is simple,” says Janet. “The idea is about looking forward, even as we look back.” “Twenty years ago,” Janet explains, “Control was released. That’s the moment when I made an artistic commitment to express just what I was feeling. These twenty years are the story of that artist growing up—changing, celebrating, hurting, healing, but always revealing my innermost soul. Now I’m celebrating those twenty years by pushing the envelope further. I’m moving in a new direction, a direction that embraces and builds on everything I’ve done in the past.” “I like to think that my future and my past meet in my present,” Janet adds. “They merge to make me who I am. For half of my forty years on the planet, I’ve been an independent artist. For good or bad, I’ve made my own choices. That’s a beautiful blessing. And this is a beautiful moment to consider where I’ve been, where I’m going and, most of all, where I am now.” In 1986, Janet Jackson exploded on the international pop music scene, enlisting Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis to help her gain Control. As a child and teen actress, she acted in a variety of sitcoms and TV dramas. Her dad managed her, and her first two albums, recorded in the early Eighties, reflected other people’s vision of whom she should be. In 1986, everything changed. She went to Minneapolis, co wrote with Jam and Lewis, and put her life in her songs. She emerged with an identity all her own--“Miss Jackson, if you are nasty,” a spunky funky high-spirited force of nature: a seductive singer, an innovative dancer and a knock-out entertainer. The record went through the roof. And Janet’s videos became the industry gold standard. Three years later, Rhythm Nation upped the ante. Adding to Janet’s feisty independence was something new: a fierce social conscience that addressed the issues of racism and societal intolerance. Janet laid it on the line, and the response was spectacular. The album produced a slew of #1 hits. She dominated the Grammys. And her Rhythm Nation tour, the first of her career, set box office records around the world. Her superstardom was firmly established. The Nineties belonged to Janet. Her first record of the decade, Janet, widened her musical aesthetic to include the exploration of deep and lyrical sensuality. A Rolling Stone cover photograph quickly earned iconic status. With its wall-to-wall hits, Janet became the biggest record of her career. “Again,” a #1 single from the album, was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award. Later in the Nineties, the Velvet Rope became the most introspective. Another runaway smash, it was time for Janet to fearlessly take her fans behind the Velvet Rope of her private thoughts, dreams and desires. The new century produced two platinum-selling successes: All For You and Damita Jo, bold ventures into her unique style of autobiographical storytelling. Six serious suites of songs over the span of twenty years. And that’s not counting Janet’s foray into films: her appearance with Tupac Shakur in Poetic Justice (1993) and Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor 2 (1999). “I’m proud that for twenty years people have responded to my work,” Janet says reflectively. “I’m proud to have stayed in the game and survived. And I’m proud that I’ve remained true to myself. But if you go back and listen to the music, you’ll hear how that self is always changing. And now the changes are probably more profound than ever.” The biggest change is that Twenty Years Old is no longer solely a Janet/Jam-and- Lewis production. For the first time in two decades, a new producer has joined forces with the famous team. Enter Jermaine Dupri. Janet doesn’t mince words. “Jermaine is my soul mate, the love of my life and an incredibly gifted man. I’ve never felt so connected to anyone.” Like Janet, Jermaine was a child prodigy. At 14, he was already a successful performer/producer/writer. The acts he brought to prominence—Kris Kross, Da Brat, TLC, Usher, Mariah Carey, Bow Wow to name a few—have changed the course of pop music. Today he lords over Virgin’s super-successful landscape of urban music and is among the most sought-after music minds in the world. He’s considered the modern day Quincy Jones. “Jimmy, Terry and I have been an established team for twenty years,” says Janet, giving another meaning to the title of her current release. “Jermaine’s attitude was, `If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.’ He respected the magical rapport I had with Jam and Lewis. But he also felt he could add a new dimension to the dynamic. I felt that too.” What is that new dimension? “It’s something you feel rather than explain,” Janet says. “It’s an edge, an attitude, an exciting vibe that’s assertive. It’s about taking charge. It says, `Here I am. I’m coming on. Musically, I have it. You want it. And I’m giving it to you.” What Janet gives us in Twenty Years Old is the extraordinary range of her talent. As she has done for the past two decades, she not only co wrote the songs but co produced the record as well. The first single, “Call On Me,” crafted with the irrepressible Nelly, is already a smash hit. “ `Call On Me,’ ” Janet explains, “symbolizes the Twenty Years Old concept. It contains elements of the past—a Jam and Lewis melody from the old-school SOS song `Show Me’—together with Jermaine’s brilliant beats. And of course Nelly is wonderful. I also love the message: Find the right love and never let him go.” Janet views “With You” as another simultaneous look forward and back. “ `With You’ reminds me of `Let’s Wait Awhile,’ ” she says, referring to the hit from Control in which intimacy is provocatively postponed. “Now, though, the act has happened and the result is romantic confusion,” adds Janet. “Romantic confusion can be painful, but it also makes for rich musical material. Like everyone, I’ve had my share of romantic confusion. The key, though, is to turn confusion to creativity. The key is to move ahead.” Twenty Years Old moves ahead, even as it borrows from hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa in “Get It Out Me,” a song that, according to Janet, deals directly with freakery. “The freak within,” she explains, “must find a way out. The kind of music I like—the kind of music I love to make—taps into that magical motion from fear to freedom. Breaking chains. Loosening inhibitions. Melting doubts. Embracing life. “John Mayer, one of my favorite new artists, is sampled on `Stuck Inside the Groove,’ a song that still sticks with me like a mantra, a dancing meditation on sensuality.” “Although these jams feel fresh,” says Janet, ”I keep hearing echoes of my past: `Love 2 Love’ takes me back to `Velvet Rope.’ “ `Daybreak’ takes me back to `Escapade.’ It also takes me back to my teen years when I was still living at home with my parents. I’d sneak out at night to see my boyfriend and wouldn’t come back till daybreak. Those early memories still carry heat. They glow with the brightness of young life and new adventures. I still feel the fire burning. “`Enjoy’ is a song that reminds me to enjoy the moment and live in the Now. Tomorrow isn’t promised. All we have is today. Friends have called `Enjoy’ Classic Janet. They’ve said the same about `Take Care,’ a story about missing that special someone and realizing that self-pleasure can be a creative and powerful release. `Do It To Me’ is the flip side of the same coin, where pleasure is a two-way street and desire is expressed openly, with neither hesitancy nor shame.” “ ` So Excited’ is how I feel about this entire project,” Janet says in her quietly enthusiastic way. “I’m excited that Jimmy and Terry and I have worked together for so long and so well. I’m excited that Jermaine, who is my heart, has added his own genius to the mix. I’m excited to mark an anniversary of an artistic career that has been my life and my joy. And I’m excited—and so lucky—to have fans whose devotion has sustained me over two amazing decades.” Looking back, looking ahead and looking at today, how does Janet view the differences between Control and Twenty Years Old? “The one difference,” she’s quick to say, “is that now I know I am not in control. God is. When I was young and eager to grab the reins, I naively thought control could be attained through willpower. I believed we could determine our own destinies. Life has taught me otherwise. I still believe we can determine our destinies, but only through God. Only with God. It’s faith that gets us through, and faith that sustains us. These twenty years have been beautiful because my faith has grown. There have been triumphs and heartaches, victories and losses and every sort of challenge. No matter what path any of us take, there are bumps in the road—sometimes potholes, sometimes even sinkholes. But we don’t have to sink, we don’t have to fall off course if our faith is strong. It comes down this: Believe in the God of love and, no matter the circumstance, God will see you through.” “So twenty years after Control,” Janet concludes, “I’ve turned control over to the invisible source of all creation, the One whose energy is endless.” VÖ Single Janet & Nelly „Call On Me“ am 25.08.2006 VÖ Album “20 Years Old” am 22.09.2006 www.emi-promotionservices.de www.janetjackson.de ----- the article Thanks for posting! Someone sent me a condensed list - didn't realize there was an entire press release. | |
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VoicesCarry said: shortstuff45220 said: voices you should of posted the whole
Sweets I received a wonderful, nice official documentation of Janet's new Album "20 Years Old" from Emi/Virgin Germany yesterday. She also talks about the new songs of the Album: ----- “The idea is simple,” says Janet. “The idea is about looking forward, even as we look back.” “Twenty years ago,” Janet explains, “Control was released. That’s the moment when I made an artistic commitment to express just what I was feeling. These twenty years are the story of that artist growing up—changing, celebrating, hurting, healing, but always revealing my innermost soul. Now I’m celebrating those twenty years by pushing the envelope further. I’m moving in a new direction, a direction that embraces and builds on everything I’ve done in the past.” “I like to think that my future and my past meet in my present,” Janet adds. “They merge to make me who I am. For half of my forty years on the planet, I’ve been an independent artist. For good or bad, I’ve made my own choices. That’s a beautiful blessing. And this is a beautiful moment to consider where I’ve been, where I’m going and, most of all, where I am now.” In 1986, Janet Jackson exploded on the international pop music scene, enlisting Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis to help her gain Control. As a child and teen actress, she acted in a variety of sitcoms and TV dramas. Her dad managed her, and her first two albums, recorded in the early Eighties, reflected other people’s vision of whom she should be. In 1986, everything changed. She went to Minneapolis, co wrote with Jam and Lewis, and put her life in her songs. She emerged with an identity all her own--“Miss Jackson, if you are nasty,” a spunky funky high-spirited force of nature: a seductive singer, an innovative dancer and a knock-out entertainer. The record went through the roof. And Janet’s videos became the industry gold standard. Three years later, Rhythm Nation upped the ante. Adding to Janet’s feisty independence was something new: a fierce social conscience that addressed the issues of racism and societal intolerance. Janet laid it on the line, and the response was spectacular. The album produced a slew of #1 hits. She dominated the Grammys. And her Rhythm Nation tour, the first of her career, set box office records around the world. Her superstardom was firmly established. The Nineties belonged to Janet. Her first record of the decade, Janet, widened her musical aesthetic to include the exploration of deep and lyrical sensuality. A Rolling Stone cover photograph quickly earned iconic status. With its wall-to-wall hits, Janet became the biggest record of her career. “Again,” a #1 single from the album, was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award. Later in the Nineties, the Velvet Rope became the most introspective. Another runaway smash, it was time for Janet to fearlessly take her fans behind the Velvet Rope of her private thoughts, dreams and desires. The new century produced two platinum-selling successes: All For You and Damita Jo, bold ventures into her unique style of autobiographical storytelling. Six serious suites of songs over the span of twenty years. And that’s not counting Janet’s foray into films: her appearance with Tupac Shakur in Poetic Justice (1993) and Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor 2 (1999). “I’m proud that for twenty years people have responded to my work,” Janet says reflectively. “I’m proud to have stayed in the game and survived. And I’m proud that I’ve remained true to myself. But if you go back and listen to the music, you’ll hear how that self is always changing. And now the changes are probably more profound than ever.” The biggest change is that Twenty Years Old is no longer solely a Janet/Jam-and- Lewis production. For the first time in two decades, a new producer has joined forces with the famous team. Enter Jermaine Dupri. Janet doesn’t mince words. “Jermaine is my soul mate, the love of my life and an incredibly gifted man. I’ve never felt so connected to anyone.” Like Janet, Jermaine was a child prodigy. At 14, he was already a successful performer/producer/writer. The acts he brought to prominence—Kris Kross, Da Brat, TLC, Usher, Mariah Carey, Bow Wow to name a few—have changed the course of pop music. Today he lords over Virgin’s super-successful landscape of urban music and is among the most sought-after music minds in the world. He’s considered the modern day Quincy Jones. “Jimmy, Terry and I have been an established team for twenty years,” says Janet, giving another meaning to the title of her current release. “Jermaine’s attitude was, `If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.’ He respected the magical rapport I had with Jam and Lewis. But he also felt he could add a new dimension to the dynamic. I felt that too.” What is that new dimension? “It’s something you feel rather than explain,” Janet says. “It’s an edge, an attitude, an exciting vibe that’s assertive. It’s about taking charge. It says, `Here I am. I’m coming on. Musically, I have it. You want it. And I’m giving it to you.” What Janet gives us in Twenty Years Old is the extraordinary range of her talent. As she has done for the past two decades, she not only co wrote the songs but co produced the record as well. The first single, “Call On Me,” crafted with the irrepressible Nelly, is already a smash hit. “ `Call On Me,’ ” Janet explains, “symbolizes the Twenty Years Old concept. It contains elements of the past—a Jam and Lewis melody from the old-school SOS song `Show Me’—together with Jermaine’s brilliant beats. And of course Nelly is wonderful. I also love the message: Find the right love and never let him go.” Janet views “With You” as another simultaneous look forward and back. “ `With You’ reminds me of `Let’s Wait Awhile,’ ” she says, referring to the hit from Control in which intimacy is provocatively postponed. “Now, though, the act has happened and the result is romantic confusion,” adds Janet. “Romantic confusion can be painful, but it also makes for rich musical material. Like everyone, I’ve had my share of romantic confusion. The key, though, is to turn confusion to creativity. The key is to move ahead.” Twenty Years Old moves ahead, even as it borrows from hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa in “Get It Out Me,” a song that, according to Janet, deals directly with freakery. “The freak within,” she explains, “must find a way out. The kind of music I like—the kind of music I love to make—taps into that magical motion from fear to freedom. Breaking chains. Loosening inhibitions. Melting doubts. Embracing life. “John Mayer, one of my favorite new artists, is sampled on `Stuck Inside the Groove,’ a song that still sticks with me like a mantra, a dancing meditation on sensuality.” “Although these jams feel fresh,” says Janet, ”I keep hearing echoes of my past: `Love 2 Love’ takes me back to `Velvet Rope.’ “ `Daybreak’ takes me back to `Escapade.’ It also takes me back to my teen years when I was still living at home with my parents. I’d sneak out at night to see my boyfriend and wouldn’t come back till daybreak. Those early memories still carry heat. They glow with the brightness of young life and new adventures. I still feel the fire burning. “`Enjoy’ is a song that reminds me to enjoy the moment and live in the Now. Tomorrow isn’t promised. All we have is today. Friends have called `Enjoy’ Classic Janet. They’ve said the same about `Take Care,’ a story about missing that special someone and realizing that self-pleasure can be a creative and powerful release. `Do It To Me’ is the flip side of the same coin, where pleasure is a two-way street and desire is expressed openly, with neither hesitancy nor shame.” “ ` So Excited’ is how I feel about this entire project,” Janet says in her quietly enthusiastic way. “I’m excited that Jimmy and Terry and I have worked together for so long and so well. I’m excited that Jermaine, who is my heart, has added his own genius to the mix. I’m excited to mark an anniversary of an artistic career that has been my life and my joy. And I’m excited—and so lucky—to have fans whose devotion has sustained me over two amazing decades.” Looking back, looking ahead and looking at today, how does Janet view the differences between Control and Twenty Years Old? “The one difference,” she’s quick to say, “is that now I know I am not in control. God is. When I was young and eager to grab the reins, I naively thought control could be attained through willpower. I believed we could determine our own destinies. Life has taught me otherwise. I still believe we can determine our destinies, but only through God. Only with God. It’s faith that gets us through, and faith that sustains us. These twenty years have been beautiful because my faith has grown. There have been triumphs and heartaches, victories and losses and every sort of challenge. No matter what path any of us take, there are bumps in the road—sometimes potholes, sometimes even sinkholes. But we don’t have to sink, we don’t have to fall off course if our faith is strong. It comes down this: Believe in the God of love and, no matter the circumstance, God will see you through.” “So twenty years after Control,” Janet concludes, “I’ve turned control over to the invisible source of all creation, the One whose energy is endless.” VÖ Single Janet & Nelly „Call On Me“ am 25.08.2006 VÖ Album “20 Years Old” am 22.09.2006 www.emi-promotionservices.de www.janetjackson.de ----- the article Thanks for posting! Someone sent me a condensed list - didn't realize there was an entire press release. no problem I think the article is good an explains the songs a little more, | |
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This sounds promising. When's it out again? | |
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GangstaFam said: This sounds promising. When's it out again?
September 26th. | |
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Looking back, looking ahead and looking at today, how does Janet view the differences between Control and Twenty Years Old?
“The one difference,” she’s quick to say, “is that now I know I am not in control. God is. When I was young and eager to grab the reins, I naively thought control could be attained through willpower. I believed we could determine our own destinies. Life has taught me otherwise. I still believe we can determine our destinies, but only through God. Only with God. It’s faith that gets us through, and faith that sustains us. These twenty years have been beautiful because my faith has grown. There have been triumphs and heartaches, victories and losses and every sort of challenge. No matter what path any of us take, there are bumps in the road—sometimes potholes, sometimes even sinkholes. But we don’t have to sink, we don’t have to fall off course if our faith is strong. It comes down this: Believe in the God of love and, no matter the circumstance, God will see you through.” Whoa whoa whoa where'd this come from | |
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VoicesCarry said: Call On Me
With You Get It Out Me (with a Bambaataa sample) Stuck Inside The Groove Love 2 Love Daybreak Enjoy Take Care Do It To Me So Excited (the second single, apparently with a Hancock "Rockit" sample) Tracks that are not confirmed for the record yet: Clap Your Hands This Body Watch a preview of the video for Call On Me here [Edited 7/22/06 10:09am] Damn....Guess getting laid, having fun and shaking it are still on the agenda and anything truly personal or political is off the table yet again....That's what made "TVR", "janet" and "RMN" special, but whatever.... | |
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sosgemini said: and to make matters worse:
Asked if she used the same type of sexual material this time as on past albums, she said: "I enjoy talking about it. It shouldn't be any different from before." http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...NlYwM3NjI- its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here. A little depth never hurt anybody, though....That's why despite some very oddball moves in the past few....hell, ten or so years, Madonna fans still love her and her albums. Janet's fans are getting weary and when I first heard "new album" and "JD" in the same breath, I got worried. I'll probably buy it but I'm sure I won't like it. God damn, lady! I have an idea that she hasn't given a fuck about making music since "The Velvet Rope"....and sometimes I think she never really did! | |
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Axchi696 said: sosgemini said: and to make matters worse:
Asked if she used the same type of sexual material this time as on past albums, she said: "I enjoy talking about it. It shouldn't be any different from before." http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...NlYwM3NjI- its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here. I know I'll be buying it as soon as it hits stores, but this is disheartening. Please Janet, no more aural porn a'la "Would You Mind" or "Warmth". "Anytime, Anyplace" was all you ever needed to say on the subject. Nothing will ever top that song. Also, while we're at it, please nothing as vapid as "Island Life", nothing as cheesy as "Come On Get Up", nothing as embarassing as "Doesn't Really Matter" and nothing as tuneless as "Sexibition". The middle section of Damita Jo (All Nite through Thinkin' About My Ex) was great, please just release an 11 or 12 track album without all of the extraneous bullshit that your latest few albums have been drowning in. I don't mind the sex songs but look at something like....and I'm sorry to keep bringing her up,,,,but "Erotica". It's so well balanced and the sex songs are kind of dangerous (as they used to be on TVR) or seducative (as they were on "janet"). Plus, it wasn't just sex...."In This Life", "Words", "Bad Girl". I know a Madonna Janet comparison doesn't seem fair but consider this....right before Madonna turned forty, her new album..."Ray Of Light". | |
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Stuck Inside The Groove
Kylie influence?  | |
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VinnyM27 said: Damn....Guess getting laid, having fun and shaking it are still on the agenda and anything truly personal or political is off the table yet again....That's what made "TVR", "janet" and "RMN" special, but whatever....  | |
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I got to examine this article...
The new century produced two platinum-selling successes: All For You and Damita Jo, bold ventures into her unique style of autobiographical storytelling. Are you...high? Those songs could have been about any horny....20 year old (although there is some decent writing on AFY when she disceets the relationship between her and Rene). I think that's a pretty good way of saying they were fluff and sold OK...unless the writer truly belives that. Enter Jermaine Dupri. Janet doesn’t mince words. “Jermaine is my soul mate, the love of my life and an incredibly gifted man. I’ve never felt so connected to anyone.” Oh, he's just going to be the executive producer...don't worry. How many times I have heard that on this board! Like Janet, Jermaine was a child prodigy. At 14, he was already a successful performer/producer/writer. The acts he brought to prominence—Kris Kross, Da Brat, TLC, Usher, Mariah Carey, Bow Wow to name a few—have changed the course of pop music. Today he lords over Virgin’s super-successful landscape of urban music and is among the most sought-after music minds in the world. He’s considered the modern day Quincy Jones. Modern day Quincy Jones? I guess Quincy Jones burnt out after a good deacade, too, then, huh? “Jimmy, Terry and I have been an established team for twenty years,” says Janet, giving another meaning to the title of her current release. “Jermaine’s attitude was, `If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.’ He respected the magical rapport I had with Jam and Lewis. But he also felt he could add a new dimension to the dynamic. I felt that too.” [/b] I don't like this new dimension...a new dimension of radio safe medocrity that that the DJ album attempted but didn't quite get! The first single, “Call On Me,” crafted with the irrepressible Nelly, is already a smash hit. By what standard? Even boring ass radio won't touch it because they are still freaked out about SuperBoob. Enough of this.... I just want to say that after reading the article, I think a fitting title for the album should be "20 Years of Samples"! Sample John Mayer...I guess her sampling abilties know no bounds. Something tells me the samples will not be subtle and used well like they used to be either but will be overwhelming like they were on the last two albums. | |
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Axchi696 said:[quote] sosgemini said: and to make matters worse:
Asked if she used the same type of sexual material this time as on past albums, she said: "I enjoy talking about it. It shouldn't be any different from before." http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...NlYwM3NjI- its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here. I know I'll be buying it as soon as it hits stores, but this is disheartening. Please Janet, no more aural porn a'la "Would You Mind" or "Warmth". "Anytime, Anyplace" was all you ever needed to say on the subject. Nothing will ever top that song. quote] i agree... also... janet is being stubborn.... she needs to stop talking so much about sex... if thats all she can talk about then something's wrong cause she is 40 years old and theres more to life than that... and that is the least important thing in the world |
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 And age-wise shes at her sexual peak too.
 Mayer sampleBeen gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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sosgemini said: its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here.
same here. love is a fate resigned memories mar my mind love it is a fate resigned Over futile odds and laughed at by the Gods and now the final frame Love is a losing game |
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VinnyM27 said: By what standard? Even boring ass radio won't touch it because they are still freaked out about SuperBoob. Enough of this....
The song has more impressions than Christina Aguilera's new track. It also has twice as many impressions as Just A Little While had at its peak. I am not worried about her ability to get radio play. | |
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I heard it on the radio today without trying.  | |
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TotalAlisa said:[quote] Axchi696 said: sosgemini said: and to make matters worse:
Asked if she used the same type of sexual material this time as on past albums, she said: "I enjoy talking about it. It shouldn't be any different from before." http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...NlYwM3NjI- its official...this is the first janet album i have no interest in buying...lets hope she changes my mind soon here. I know I'll be buying it as soon as it hits stores, but this is disheartening. Please Janet, no more aural porn a'la "Would You Mind" or "Warmth". "Anytime, Anyplace" was all you ever needed to say on the subject. Nothing will ever top that song. quote] i agree... also... janet is being stubborn.... she needs to stop talking so much about sex... if thats all she can talk about then something's wrong cause she is 40 years old and theres more to life than that... and that is the least important thing in the world It's not that she needs to stop talking about sex but when the albums just have more and more sex songs and less and less of an identity...."All For You" felt like a breakup album, even with the chunk of sort of useless (but OK) sex songs thrown in,,,,what the fuck was DJ about? Nothing! | |
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