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Printableernestsewell said: daPrettyman said: Better than DJ? What songs do you think are standouts on 20YO vs. DJ? I think 20YO is her worst project. Only because it was inconsistent and it didn't showcase Janet's persona well. I liked some of the songs on there (especially "Enjoy"), but a lot of the songs seemed so juvenile to me compared to Damita Jo. I will be the first to admit that I didn't like Damita Jo at first, but over the years, I kept going back to that project. As I listen to it, it was really before it's time. If Damita Jo came out in 06 or 09, she would have had a bigger hit than she did originally. I could definitely hear songs like "My Baby" and "Island Life" getting airplay today compared to when it first came out. I have to agree with the 20YO surmising. It goes in sections actually. The first 5 songs, up to the first segue is VERY R&B and urban, painfully so to some point. The second set is slower/happy songs, and the last set is just throw away stuff. VERY inconsistent. It's not exactly a concept album that can get away with that sort of segmentation. I'm not a huge fan of D.J., but I like it way more than 20YO. I can listen to 20YO all the way through without skipping a track, while with DJ, I only play the singles. Don't get me wrong, DJ is a great album, but it's a little too slow for me. | |
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ViintageJunkiie said: ernestsewell said: I have to agree with the 20YO surmising. It goes in sections actually. The first 5 songs, up to the first segue is VERY R&B and urban, painfully so to some point. The second set is slower/happy songs, and the last set is just throw away stuff. VERY inconsistent. It's not exactly a concept album that can get away with that sort of segmentation. I'm not a huge fan of D.J., but I like it way more than 20YO. I can listen to 20YO all the way through without skipping a track, while with DJ, I only play the singles. Don't get me wrong, DJ is a great album, but it's a little too slow for me.  | |
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midiscover said: ViintageJunkiie said: I can listen to 20YO all the way through without skipping a track, while with DJ, I only play the singles. Don't get me wrong, DJ is a great album, but it's a little too slow for me. DJ is an album I have to play at night with a glass of hennessy or something. It puts me in one of those "moods" while 20YO starts off HYPE, then brings the mood down a notch, then finishes off smooth with some nice laid back tracks | |
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ViintageJunkiie said: midiscover said: DJ is an album I have to play at night with a glass of hennessy or something. It puts me in one of those "moods" while 20YO starts off HYPE, then brings the mood down a notch, then finishes off smooth with some nice laid back tracks You mean red wine  I adore that album!
20 YO is  but it has good moments. In general, It's a good workout album. | |
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midiscover said: ViintageJunkiie said: DJ is an album I have to play at night with a glass of hennessy or something. It puts me in one of those "moods" while 20YO starts off HYPE, then brings the mood down a notch, then finishes off smooth with some nice laid back tracks You mean red wine I adore that album!
20 YO is but it has good moments. In general, It's a good workout album.Uh uh, no red wine .. BROWN LIQUOR! | |
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ViintageJunkiie said: midiscover said: You mean red wine I adore that album!
20 YO is but it has good moments. In general, It's a good workout album.Uh uh, no red wine .. BROWN LIQUOR! U've been listening 2 Steve Harvey's "Brown Liquor" songs too much. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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badujunkie said: ...and back to the subject...PLENTY of big acts have toured and still do tour off their FIRST hit album. plus, she had two other records to draw highlights from. I think a Janet ticket would have been a pretty hot commodity in about 1987. i see no reason why she didn't tour except that recurring theme that comes up in her career - mismanagement.
They didn't do that in the 80's. Someone with one hit album was usually an opening act.People didn't start headlining with one album until the late 90's Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. | |
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LiquidGold said: badujunkie said: ...and back to the subject...PLENTY of big acts have toured and still do tour off their FIRST hit album. plus, she had two other records to draw highlights from. I think a Janet ticket would have been a pretty hot commodity in about 1987. i see no reason why she didn't tour except that recurring theme that comes up in her career - mismanagement.
They didn't do that in the 80's. Someone with one hit album was usually an opening act.People didn't start headlining with one album until the late 90's I think its amazing that she was a headliner in her first tour. Plus sold out every date she played. It was a good decision to wait to her second album Rhythm Nation1814 to tour. No one wanted to her material from the first two hardly ever heard albums except her diehard fans. So they had the right material to tour with.  will ALWAYS think of  like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. |
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