Feb 19, 2010


Jermaine Dupri recently told MTV News he had produced a new Janet Jackson song for the upcoming Tyler Perry film in which the singer also stars, "Why Did I Get Married Too?"

According to the So So Def boss, the track is slated to be the first single from the movie's soundtrack — the film is scheduled to arrive in theaters April 2.


"I watched the movie with [Jackson and Perry] and it's incredible," Dupri said. "I'm not married but married people go through what I seen in this movie. I think Tyler hit it on the head again. But the song is perfect for the movie and it's a good record."

The producer was tight-lipped about the track, only revealing that the title was "Nothing." He promised, however, that the song will showcase a Jackson that fans haven't seen in a while.

"I can say this — y'all haven't heard her sound like this in a long time," he teased.

Jackson is currently working on her next album, one that Rodney Jerkins told MTV News would be more emotional that her past efforts.

"You gotta understand, she lost her brother," Jerkins said. "She was in a relationship for seven years [with Jermaine Dupri] that's over now. There's things that she told me that I didn't even realize. You know, certain [things] like self-esteem that I didn't even realize that she dealt with for years that, you know. ... She's working on her book and she'll deal with that in her book, but also in songs, certain songs we're dealing with that head on. And sometimes it can be a touchy subject for us to even go into, and I kinda had to persuade her, 'Let's just go, let's talk about that.' And she's been doing it, and she's a pro about it."

http://www.mtv.com/news/a...aine.jhtml

People are saying this is the song -

trueiopian said:

Cross your fingers but it might be because i saw this Brandon Hines guy demoing something else for someone and it turned out to be the official song for them. Hopefully the production will not ruin the songs tone, keep it simple, screw all that slick sounding rb stuff

trueiopian said:

that is a nice tune

lastdecember said:

I hope this is the song. It has a nice R&B 90's feel to it.

This is really nice.

Good song, Don't whisper Janet , Just sing .....This is really a good song, I hope she covers it perfectly.

trueiopian said:

That is a nice song he has a lot of potential. Hope it is the song Janet will be singing. Love that picture of her to.

trueiopian said:

I like some of Brandon's songs. This could be a good direction for Janet to go in.....but since Rodney's part of it, I'm not sure. he didn't ruin "Don't Walk Away" so he may do some good

I wanna hear Brandon's solo version too

Thanks for bumping, bboy!

We should be expecting this in a few days. Can't wait!

Isn't this JD produced?

midiscover said:

Am I gonna have to rebuke AGAIN?!

bboy87 said:

Not going to watch the youtube , I'll wait. Hopefully it's better than that pitbull shit.

trueiopian said:

i agree with both of you.

Identity said:

really? i didn't know they were together THAT long. interesting.
funny. how. time. flies. when. you're....

babybugz said:

I'm surprised how fast I got over that track

midiscover said:

You stay sayin' shit that disturbs my spirit!

midiscover said:

It's trash don't be surprised lol

midiscover said:

really?



REALLY?

bboy87 said:

midiscover said:

You too!?

trueiopian said:

I see you did too since you're excited for a JD produced track

midiscover said:

that's because it was garbage

and I know garbage.....I own "Planet Earth"

midiscover said:

Oh you don't say.

Jill Scott sings backing vocals on "Nothing".

trueiopian said:

OH FUCK NO!!! HELL NO!! I don't want to hear her try to battle sing with Janet!

trueiopian said:

Word? Where did you read that from? I wonder if that song Jill did last night on the NAACP Image Awards is from WDIGMT?

midiscover said:

No.

I'm more excited to hear Janet actually sing instead of hearing her vocals being drowned out by his production and others. Understand that Janet had no intentions whatsoever to work with JD - ever. "Nothing" was rushed and it was Tyler's idea to have Janet do the theme so they both approached JD about it and of course he agreed to do it. Janet and Tyler were in Atlanta for the screening and so was JD. It makes sense that Janet chose JD since they both are still good friends and he is a well known producer in Atlanta. I have a good feeling about this song especially after discussing with others that have heard it already. Jill sings back vocals and she doesn't belt or over sing her. Instead they both complement each others vocals. Plus Janet is going to perform "Nothing" Live on Oprah.


[Edited 2/27/10 12:00pm]