Jermaine Dupri, while doing an interview to promote his new book, told MTV.com that Janet has recorded a duet with rock band Maroon 5 and it will appear on her new album:


Oct 12 2007 8:02 AM EDT
Janet Jackson Has Teamed With Maroon 5 But Duet With Mariah Carey Hasn't Happened Yet, Jermaine Dupri Says
'I wouldn't want to do a song with [Mariah] and Janet and it don't live up to them being as big as they are,' hitmaker says.

By Shaheem Reid, with reporting by Brennan Williams, MTV.com

NEW YORK - Jermaine Dupri just released his autobiography, "Young, Rich, and Dangerous: The Making of a Music Mogul," and his Y'All Know What This Is ... the Hits collection drops October 23, but what has his girlfriend been up to? Well, the hitmaker said fans can expect to hear new Janet Jackson material sometime next year.

"Probably in February or March or the summer," JD said. "It's 45 percent done. [Singer/songwriter] The-Dream has a song on her album, [as does] Rodney Jerkins. It's gonna be a crazy album. It's a Janet record. I'm A&R-ing, and I'm probably going to be the [executive producer]. But I'm getting records she likes [and] pulling records from other people. She has a duet with Maroon 5. Just little things."

One huge thing people have been asking Dupri about is a potential duet between Janet and Mariah Carey, especially since they are now labelmates. (JD went so far as to promise a duet featuring the divas on Janet's last album, but it never materialized.) Nelly, for one, wanted to try and pull off the collaboration on his upcoming Brass Knuckles LP, but he couldn't come up with a good enough idea for the song.

"The thing about that is, I don't force an idea," Dupri explained. "It's a great idea if you can come up with the record. It has to be something that's organic. It can't be something we force just because the voices is together. I believe the last couple of records we saw where there are two big artists that came together and collaborated, they don't live up to be the record we want them to be. I was a little disappointed with the R. Kelly and Usher record ['Same Girl']. I thought the record should have been bigger than what it was. ... I wouldn't want to do a song with [Mariah] and Janet and it don't live up to them being as big as they are. ... But [the collaboration] is gonna surface one day. Something is gonna come up, and we gonna say, 'This is it.'"

Maroon 5?? Oh please, keep that crap!

I'm not a huge Maroon 5 fan, but it's good to see Janet at least attempting to branch out from the same tired sound she's been retreading the past couple of albums. Hopefully this album will be more in line with Mary J's last album and she'll explore different sounds.

Yes! I'm all for branching out, but don't branch to Maroon 5!

I may just have to take a listen to this album when it's released

I like Maroon 5, so I'm excited

These days they're doing "Prince" better than Prince is
Just listen to that latest album

I can imagine Mariah and Janet Duet...

full of whisper and moans...

omg yay

omg i cant wait to hear this

PatrickS77 said:

Word! They suck!

InsatiableCream said:

You and me both. Two sexy mothafuckas together (Janet & Adam) on the same track.

Timmy84 said:

daPrettyman said:

Shit. I'm man enough to admit it though. Could this be the long-awaited rock track missing from "20 Y.O."?

Timmy84 said:

Let's hope so. I was really feenin' for one. I like Janet's rock-side.

daPrettyman said:

Co-sign.

See! I was trying to explain to some of you to reserve judgement! Can't wait to hear what that cut will sound like!

It's going to be pop.

i don't mind Maroon 5 as much. This is going to be interesting!

daPrettyman said:

I like of Janet's sides

Sounds like a Charmin moment waiting 2 happen.

bboy87 said:

Graycap23 said:

Good for her! Maybe this means that she will finally be coming out of her predictable R&B comfort zone.Her last album featured colllaborations with shit hoppers Khia and Nelly At least Maroon 5 is a good band.

Whooooa... you guys know marron 5 has hit songs.... when they came out.. i knew they be big.... so im excited they are working with JJ... hopefully they will be the ones composing the song....

cool pairing. Maroon5 are great. love their music. i hope they keep their own sound on the track and it's not overly produced or taken over by JD.

i am.....



















indifferent.

sosgemini said:

wait, when does the album come out anyway?

thekidsgirl said:

Both Janet and LA Reid said "at the top of the year" which could be between January, February and March.

Hopefully Mr. Reid won't sandwich the album between Madonna and Mariah's albums, both of which come out in February allegedly.

Adam Levine is hot!

gemini13 said:

uh-huh