Cinnie said:

I'm pretty sure it will, Cinnie.

I'm still feeling it, I'm proud of her for bringing it back!!!

Oh yeah, she's back - this is the song that will get her airplay on top 40 radio.

alphastreet said:

TELL EM' ALPHA!

Does anybody start rapping the lyrics to Busta Rhyme's "Dangerous" after the 'period' breakdown? Is it just me?

DawnD said:

the period line made me go WTF, she's soooo crazy, that's why I love her, and I love this beat and the craziness and hype of this song. It's definitely energetic and will get people dancing in the clubs.

Break it up, give it to me c'mon
Break it up, give it to me c'mon

=

Gotta ghost, gotta break in the walls
Gotta ghoul, gotta break in the walls

DarlingDiana said:

It's Crank it up

VoicesCarry said:

Still sounds like a bunch of ghosts sould be dancing to it trying to scare a town mayor out of their mansion.
[Edited 12/12/07 22:18pm]

DarlingDiana said:

Uh huh. Well I hope Michael can bring out some new music, too!

VoicesCarry said:

If it's anything like "Feedback" then maybe he sould just keep it to himself.

DarlingDiana said:

I know, people might actually like it, it might be a hit and we can't have that.

omg it does sound like ghosts!!!! It sounded vaguely familiar, but I thought it was probably something from the 80's hahah

VoicesCarry said:

I love it when you get bitchy.

VoicesCarry said:

Could you imagine if Michael made this? People would bash it more than they bashed Invincible.

DarlingDiana said:

No, I couldn't imagine Michael making this. Actually, I couldn't imagine Michael making any music whatsoever. It's been AGES. I need to call girlfriend up and tell him remixes don't count.

DarlingDiana said:

Dude, it's different standards. I can't imagine Janet singing "Stranger In Moscow" or "They Don't Care About Us" just like I can't imagine MJ singing "Feedback" or "So Excited."

Rodya24 said:

I agree.

VoicesCarry said:

The song fits Janet. I think it will do well on Top 40 radio. We only need a hot music video from her.

The song fits Janet and that's why I love it. If Michael recorded this, I'd slap him in the back of his head and be like "get the fuck out of here with that shit!"

Timmy84 said:

OMG! It would be fucking hilarious to hear him sing about "periods" and "girls hatin'"!

Rodya24 said:

Wait, I want to hear Michael cover this now.

And I want to hear LaToya's cover of Stranger in Moscow.

Just for the record, VoicesCarry is sexy.

This says it all so well.

From Idolator.com:

So Janet Jackson's new single "Feedback" debuted on the radio today, and given that I spent a good chunk of last night listening to the excellent--and chock-full-of-Janet--Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis four-disc box set, I was pretty psyched to hear it. But alas, this Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins maybe Darkchild, maybe Danjahandz-produced track is four minutes of robo-"sexiness" that once again muffles Janet's voice until she sounds just like any other processed ab-showing diva out there; it sounds like it was left off of Blackout, then subsequently rejected by Cassie. And perhaps with good reason, as any pretense of eroticism was bled dry by a lyric at the very end of the song's breakdown:

"My swagger's serious / I'm heavy like a first-day period."

No, really. I rewound the song three times to make sure. I mean... I don't know about you, female readers, but "heavy like a first-day period" doesn't really scream "sexy" to me. Or anything related to "swaggering," for God's sake. To me it means "hiding out while wearing sweatpants with lots of TiVoed Law & Order at the ready." Or "do I really have to get out of bed for the sole purpose of sitting in front of my computer for ten hours?" Or "pass the Advil." Or "please don't touch me because I might burst into tears at any moment." Although... you know, given the rough couple of years that she's had--the Super Bowl, the Dupri-ing, and the stinkeriffic 20 Y.O.--that last scenario may be the case. This song may be a cry for help!

Anyway, to help remind Janet that she has the potential to be awesome, and that she can be sexy without saying the word "sexy" 200 times in the space of four minutes, I present the below video. Also, Jimmy and Terry, if you are reading this, can't you help out your former protege in her time of need? She's obviously in a very bad way. Perhaps you can even get her together with Mya, and the two of them can pow-wow over unfortunate lady-related lyrical metaphors.

video = love will never do without you

badujunkie said:

Janet Jackson Is Back With "Feedback"... And It's HOT!!!

Things were a bit rugged for Janet Jackson with the release of her last album 20 Y.O. back in the fall of 2006. The album's sales were the weakest since her 1984 pre-Control album Dream Street. However, a first listen to Janet's new single "Feedback" and all of that seems swept away. Jackson and her romantic partner/producer Jermaine Dupri have claimed they were looking to record club-oriented music for her upcoming album due in February or March 2008. The album is being recorded without Janet's long-term collaborators/producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. If "Feedback" is any indication, she may have hit a musical home run.

"Feedback" began leaking on the Internet today...and now it has shown up in an exclusive preview on New York's premier pop radio station Z100. Click on the link below to listen to "Feedback" and let us know what you think.

http://top40.about.com/b/...ts-hot.htm

Most reviews are positive, most people seem to like it

Where is the melody?

Granted, the spoken/sung verses are catchy as hell.
But where is her VOICE?! I don't love "Call on Me," but man it is her voice I love most. I know I know, haters will say what they will, but her recorded voice on a song with a great melody whether it's "When I Think of You" or "All for You" or "If" or "With U"...i just don't hear Janet on this. I don't hear the attitude. It's bland.

badujunkie said:

The good thing is that you can buy Erykah on the 26th.

Every popular entertainer has his or her critical peak. Janet's passed a long time ago. That's alright since all of her contemporaries are past it as well.

I think what is important now is to have commercial success if only for one last time. I mean, even if it's just to hold a middle finger to all those people who wrote her off (including me) after the Superbowl.

Rodya24 said:

And much more importantly, so I can finally see Janet on tour!

VoicesCarry said:

You never have?