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Originally posted by FreeXone
Janet could of easily had done it with the Janet. Album. Coming off the MASSIVE upon MASSIVE Control and Rhythm Nation eras can you imagine the hype of her dropping that album out of the blue than slaying with That's The Way Love Goes. Give me a break.
Like I saw someone say in this thread.
"Beyonce is the symbol of OUR generation." But the fact that Janet is being compared to her, shows Janet's relevance, shows Janet's presence, and shows why Janet is a legend. Girls are trying to come for her throne, not the other way around.
Now goodnight with all the nonsense girls and close this thread. Janet, was a HUGE force to be reckoned with. She went against Powerhouses like Whitney, Madonna, Mariah, Michael Jackson, Prince and still slayed!!! Still got record breaking success, that still has not been met. Still sold out stadiums and arenas, and became the highest paid recording artist of all time with her 80 million dollar contract. (With inflation, no telling how much that is worth today.)
Who is Beyonce going against? Rihanna? Shakira? LMAO!! Give me a break.
As a said, Beyonce is a VERY good student, and compared to all the other girls is the most well rounded in her talents and is one of the most hard working, so for that she deserved all the praise.
But she has written no books. She just followed suit very well.
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K, I am one of the first to admit that Janet's music is more influential, but this lie right here needs to stop.
Bey is probably one of the only one of her generation to introduce something truly new with her rhythmic approach to vocals. Nobody was delivering mid and uptempos in that manner. Janet was absolutely a trailblazer in introducing new sounds, merging genres and choreo, but Bey's area of innovation was/is in her vocals -- her deliveries and arrangements. No, Bey didn't reinvent the wheel with visuals and image changes, but that's never been her area of concentration, anyhow.
And from a music/sound standpoint, the reason Bey was so successful was because she went completely left of radio and moved away from the radio status quo at the time when she released Crazy in Love and then with subsequent albums doing things singers just didn't do like using percussion only hip hop beats with no chords -- way outside of the comfort zone of virtually any singer. Just "following suit" couldn't be any further from the reality of what she was doing at that time.
For a fan base like Janet's that I KNOW understands how annoying it is to go back and forth with people determined to either play or just remain ignorant and overlook major accomplishments and contributions of your fave, a good number of y'all love to do the same with Bey.