OMG... don't tell me... have you never listened to the hidden track?! Keep listening to "Special." Something good comes up after about 30 sec of silence.

Anyway I think she only says "work... in progress" in the song because during the VR era she referred to herself as a 31-year-old work in progress.

I fell in love with Sweet Dreams from .janet.

Isn't it a cute song?

It's really called "Whoops Now" and AFAIK she has performed it only once.



Believe it or not I think she's singing live here.

Actually sounds more All For You to me....which is great!

Oh My God!

"whoops now sorry I cant go"

I just cant...

The memories are killing me!

Yeah
What genre is janet. exactly?

Well, let's rattle them off shall we?

-Pop (Again, Because of Love, Where Are You Now, Whoops Now)
-New Jack Swing (You Want This)
-R&B (That's the Way Love Goes, Any Time Any Place, The Body That Loves You)
-Jazz (Funky Big Band, Throb)
-Funk (Funky Big Band)
-Dance (Throb, This Time)
-Hip-hop (New Agenda)
-Opera (This Time)
-Rock (If, This Time, What'll I Do)

Any more? She is a genre-bending singer.

Also I consider the interludes to be mostly jazz/R&B influenced.

This quote makes me think the new album is going to get raunchy. I hope it’s not though.

I really like that song although it sounds a little unfinished to me. The only song I really don't care for is "Special." The whole album clicks along in a really sultry manner and then it kills the mood at the end with its corny after-school-special vibe.

That looks like Nick Jonas.

Se has had NO trouble writing about that in the past so what makes you think he has to convince her now?
Special is an acquired taste... I don't really love it either but I just usually stop the album at "I Get Lonely" or "Anything" anyway. I don't really dislike "Anything," it just sounds like a B-side to me.

Am I the only one who doesn't have The Velvet Rope? I don't know if I should get it...was kinda disappointed with janet. cos there were just so many songs. I don't know...

The Velvet Rope ***** on Janet. It's her deepest, most emotional, most consistent work.

Get it now.

Really? I'm going to buy it tomorrow. :/

Good. Tell me what you think.

You will love it.

NEW NEWS


source : http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur56981.cfm



“There is a certain groove, there is a certain melodic-ness to Janet and you have to be able to capture that. Also, Janet writes. A lot of the hits that happened in the past, Janet was heavily involved in the writing process. And if you look on her last three records, she didn’t write at all. So that’s the first thing I did with her. I gave her a pen and a pad and said, ‘We’re going back to the roots. I want you involved; I want to see how you feel.”

Jerkins commented that while Jackson had a great chemistry with producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, new music from the pop star will more than likely not be Jam & Lewis dominated.

“They were taking her in a different direction, but it wasn’t iconic,” Jerkins said of the famous duo. “There is a certain groove, there is a certain melodic-ness to Janet and you have to be able to capture that. Also, Janet writes. A lot of the hits that happened in the past, Janet was heavily involved in the writing process. And if you look on her last three records, she didn’t write at all. So that’s the first thing I did with her. I gave her a pen and a pad and said, ‘We’re going back to the roots. I want you involved; I want to see how you feel.”



ERRRR okay but "make me" hardly competes with JJ & TL's production : NASTY, WHAT HAVE U DONE , etc...

i hope it's not a mistake Janet ain't working with JJ & TL cuz those guyz KNOW BEST !

Make Me was most likely a scrap from something previous or a scrap from this upcoming record.

Finally, she's abandoning those 2 resident producers. She needs to work on an edgier and fresher approach. It have been proven not once but three times how people are not so receiving with her last 3 previous releases. I recommend, maybe David Guetta? I know he's too commercial but damn, admit it, the guy knows how to tickle the masses musical interest and its a plus factor in EU too.

David Guetta can be a big help for Janet in most European countries, however, David will only alienate her urban fanbase.
Although, I think its a must for her to enter "super mainstream" pop realm again if she wants to be THAT star again. I agree on the latter recommendations on the first ones... Feedback sounds like a tossed track from 20 YO and LUV is not very appealing too. Rodney Jerkins did great on Cheryl Cole's album though so I dont really know if his urban beats attached to Janet by default or by Janet's preference but all I know is that she needs to swerve fro her typical kind of music.