Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Billboard: New Janet album scheduled for 2008

A new album by Janet is scheduled to be released sometime in 2008, according to the latest issue of Billboard magazine.

The July 14 issue of the magazine contains a listing of all album releases currently scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2007, and it also lists Janet among the artists who have albums scheduled to come out sometime next year.

The magazine does not give any other details, such as which record label the album will be released by.

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Ne-Yo again confirms that he is writing songs for Janet

Ne-Yo has again confirmed in a new interview with MTV.com that he has written lyrics for Janet.

The R&B singer-songwriter had also told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last month that he was scheduled to work with her sometime this year.

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Monday, July 09, 2007

Producer Syience working on Janet's new album

Up-and-coming producer Syience is working on tracks for Janet's new album, he told SOHH.com in an exclusive interview.

The Flint, Michigan producer is best known for working on tracks for Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Ne-Yo, who had also been previously reported to have been working on a new project with Janet.

Aside from Janet, Syience is also currently working on new projects with Alicia Keys, Cee-Lo Green, Lupe Fiasco, and Amy Winehouse, among others.

The current list of producers whose names have been mentioned in conjunction with Janet's new album include LA Reid, Ne-Yo, Jazze Pha, Pharrell Williams, and Syience. Each of the producers are best known for their work in R&B and hip-hop music.

if jam and lewis arent part of this album then i ain't buying it cause her non-jam and lewis tracks universally SUCK!.

What the fuck is she thinking?! She should know that if Jam and Lewis ain't gonna be on the album, it's gonna suck. Look at Damita Jo and 20 Y.O.!

Funny thing, I wouldn't be suprised if Jam and Lewis find their way on her brother's album(first single should be out in a couple of months )

Either way, I hope she doesn't go the "other" direction and have Jermaine produce the album.

sosgemini said:

That's not true but it's not as if they need Janet to showcase their talent. In fact, it might be best if they produced an entire CD, for a lesser known artist...or someone in the place that Janet was, when they made her career.

can't wait to hear
what they are cooking up
for Ms. Yvette Marie Stevens

DirtyChris said:

Really? If so, I'm very curious.
BTW, had to Google "Yvette". I didn't know that.

anon said:

which songs not produced by them do you consider descent?

sosgemini said:

I don't know most of that other stuff.
O.K. you might have a point.

sosgemini said:

Seriously, I have quite a few random tracks of hers that I like. None as much as the J&L tracks, though.

sosgemini said:

Got Til It's Gone--wasn't that technically produced by J Dilla? I thought I've heard that somewhere. Come back Cinister Cee!!!

I Want You--Great Song

Sexhibition

Pleasure Principle (I think?)

***waits for VC to come in here and update with the final facts
[Edited 7/10/07 21:49pm]

anon said:

rumor has it

due in SEPTEMBER I believe

All Nite is my favorite track off the last two albums and i don't believe it had J&L.

it's time for her move on.

divorcing Jam & Lewis? .. not good Janet.. not good

Janet, do a damn rock album already! at this point, what have you got to lose?

CHIC0 said:

If she really wants to make people forget about Nipplegate,she would flip the script and do something totally different and bizarre.Forget Jam and Lewis,forget Jermaine Dupri,forget Ne-Yo,forget R&B music,period!

SoulAlive said:

Just For A Little While is the most interesting thing she's done this decade.

Raze said:

I agree.

Flowerz said:

why does everyone think that Janet should stick with Jam and Lewis? These days,their sound is stale and uninspired.In the 80s,they were amazing but nowadays,their music is as bland as everything else on the radio right now.

Janet should call up the Gorillaz' producer (Dangermouse of Gnarls Barkley) and then call up Robin Thicke for a few really good ballads.Do a few edgy dance tracks with a European producer.For once,she would make an interesting,edgy album that will take her in new directions.There really is nowhere else that Jam and Lewis could take her,musically.

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[Edited 7/11/07 6:36am]

Jam & Lewis are finished. I'd rather they not participate. The Avila Brothers, their proteges, sounded more like Jam & Lewis on Enjoy than anything Janet has done with Jam & Lewis this decade.
[Edited 7/11/07 5:16am]

I don't necessarily think she should stick with Jam & Lewis but I definitely lost a few notches of interest at "Ne-Yo again confirms that he is writing songs for Janet".

JackieBlue said:

Ne-Yo is such a prick...watch him go the press,bragging about the fact that he is writing for Janet too

JackieBlue said:

Let's just call it a day and say she's finished. How can anyone win with contemporary R&B producers, anyway? Her only chance is to make a pop album and try and win back the global market, and since she's clearly not prepared to do that, she's done.
[Edited 7/11/07 5:27am]

Maybe the rumors were true, Rene Elizonda was the brain child of Janet's best work "1814, janet, The Velvet Rope" he was the creative director of these projects, visually, musically, her style and probaly the depth of these projects.. then he was gone, and it started with "All 4u" (and she's basically made same record over again ever since) ,

VoicesCarry said:

Yep I hope she scraps the tracks shes done with the RnB producers
and I hope they never surface.(unlikely)
She should craete a full force of dance\pop producers and create
something amazing, exprimental and upbeat.

My dream 10
Jimmy & Terry
Dallas Austin
Cathy Dennis
Trevor Horn
Danger Mouse
Daft Punk
Scott Storch (i know his a hip hop producer yet he can create pop)
Moby
Nile Rodgers
Nellee Hooper

Whats yours
[Edited 7/11/07 6:38am]

twink69 said:

My friends and I use to joke about that but we believe it more and more.

Some say well where is Rene now? but just because he hasn’t gone on to work with other people or make a name for himself doesn’t mean he wasn’t or isn’t a creative individual who worked very well with her.

here's the type of album she should make:


***6 uptempo tracks produced by Dangermouse (Gorillaz producer)---these songs are in the vein of "Feels Good Inc",arguably the best single of 2005.The songs are rock/pop/dance,very dark with interesing lyrics that are deeper than the the usual sex stuff that Janet has been doing for two long now.Remember the Gorillaz' single "Dare"? Imagine Janet working a hot groove like that.

***4 slow jams produced by Robin Thicke

***3 songs with a European dance music producer---forget the boring midtempo R&B crap...Janet's longtime fans want to DANCE! How about 3 fast,relentless dance tunes that kick ass?

Yes I really like the refrence to Dare that would work for her i like it

paper said:

"Dare" is a jam!! a cool,80s-styled dance track.This is exactly the type of jam that Janet needs,but she won't get it from the lame American R&B producers that she keeps working with.

http://uk.youtube.com/wat...Cy928QJCDE