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We’ve been neglectful with the iconic and incredible Janet Jackson. Literally, hordes of news about Ms. Jackson has hit the net and we did not post anything. So without further ado, Janet Jackson:
Greatest Hits Album
Janet Jackson is releasing another greatest hits album entitled Number Ones on November 17, 2009. The collection will span hits from her past and present and will be a great pick-up for any casual fan or stan.
She recorded a new song for the hits’ collection entitled “Make Me.” The song premiered back in September the day after the MTV VMA‘s. The video for the uptempo gritty electro-rectro track has been shot by Robert Hales and should premiere very soon.
Janet Jackson – Make Me (CDQ)
Studio Album
Janet Jackson is back in the studio recording her 11th studio which may end up being her Emancipation of Mimi. Producer Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins spoke about the album on a few occasions:
“It’s funny, ’cause when we just started the project, she was like, ‘I wanna do 10 dance records, all up-tempo to dance. Let’s just go dance’. The sound is inspired by worldwide influences, from African rhythms to Brazilian and Latin music, and RJ said we can expect features on this album like a Pitbull track that was recorded last week. But she hits me today and she says we need to do some mid-tempos as well. And I’m glad for that because there’s a time when you listen to a record that you wanna mellow out and she always gives us those great smoothed-out mellow records. So now that she’s in that zone, it’s like ‘Yes!’ ’cause we can focus on that. But I’m still gonna keep the beats hard underneath ’cause she’s still a dancer at heart.”
“We’re really playing around and trying to really target her fans. You know old school Janet is what we as fans knew her as, so we’re really trying to target that sound. While still trying to mix it in with something new; be able to touch it to different world types of sound like: Brazilian music, Latin music, you know just different sounds from around the world; there’s one that’s African inspired. Just real high energy for Janet, some soul…it’s a real tight project.”
Discipline is not considered one of Janet’s best but heck we still give that record spins. With the FUNK of “So Much Betta” and the sway of “Rollercoaster” how could you not like that album. Plus the album imagery was hot; all that sleek black. We’re looking forward to this album.
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