Janet Jackson - Unbreakable - 2015

the nod to "go deep" in the title can't be unintentional, right?

i'd imagine not

yeah I bee thinking that too

ayo
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Janet-Jackson-tickets/artist/735353?c=LNSM_NewYork_JanetJackson_PruBarclays_fb_announce_071315

Ugh, "No Sleeep" didn't need J. Cole.

ayo i got tickets!!! like super nosebleeds but going w/ my favorite co-worker and it's going to be so fucking fun no matter what

Ugh, "No Sleeep" didn't need J. Cole.

― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid)

I saw J. Cole and Jeremih available in a two-for-one package at Target the other day.

no sleep is pretty insipid. the come-ons in the lyrics sound completely tired and workwoman-like. why is anyone excited about this? and i used to be a massive janet fan.

You have heard the stuff that made you a "used to be" fan right? That "No Sleeep" isn't 20 Y.O. is cause for celebration.

Also, it's chill af.

yeah the fact that it's kind of pleasant and unassuming and maybe, if we're being generous, more in line with her '90s midtempo stuff, is pretty reassuring just because she was really flailing around stylistically with those last few albums. curious to see what the rest of the record sounds like and if this is just a buzz single for something else soon to come.

I love it -- exactly what I wanted. She and Jam-Lewis are settling into the comeback instead of jumping someone else's train.

it like legitimately gets better every time i listen to it

I love that sample in the bridge.

and she says "fait accompli"!

http://share.gifyoutube.com/KzxGpb.gif

http://thehairpin.com/2015/07/janet-jacksons-laughter-ranked/

“Interlude: Hey Baby” robbed.

I hope the album drops before the tour starts.

Just The Interludes playlist courtesy of my gurl Mickey

http://open.spotify.com/user/mickeyvetter/playlist/6uqYGH1XryLxXE9PGTQwqA

okay, i am fairly certain i never listened to 2008's "Discipline" and I did not know it existed.
anyone have anything good to say about it?

"Rock With U" is stellar but it's all I know from that album

I remember liking "Feedback."

I liked "Feedback" fine.

i like a lot of songs on discipline lol

"Feedback" was pretty hot. Her best post-A4U single.

gonna disagree bc "all nite (don't stop)" and "rock with u" were singles

great songs on discipline:

rock with u
feedback
title track
curtains
luv
can't b good

The first half of Discipline has some good stuff, but the back half is kind of a chore to get through.

revisiting 20 yo for the first time in forever and i extremely rep for "daybreak"/"enjoy"

For some reason I'd remembered "All Nite" as an All For You single. Still, I think I prefer "Feedback."

essentially 20 yo gets alarmingly great when dupri recedes

if i were more drunk i'd argue that "take care" is her best ballad and then i'd yell at myself for putting anything over "come back to me"

hello, i just thought i'd post here bc i don't think i have. i love this song. it's a very happy song for me. especially because i've not been sleeping much so it feels like i have a companion in the world.

oh no wait i did post here. well. it's still fucked up.

Yeah, she was amazing tonight.

AIIIEEEE

http://pitchfork.com/news/60155-janet-jackson-details-new-album-unbreakable/

Janet Jackson has detailed Unbreakable, her first new album since 2008's Discipline. It's out October 2 via Rhythm Nation/BMG, and features the singles "No Sleeep" (feat. J. Cole) and "The Great Forever", as well as a Missy Elliott collab called "Burnitup!" That's the artwork above; scroll down for the tracklist.

According to a press release, the album's themes include "Janet’s views on where we stand today as individuals and as the inter-related elements of a planet. Some of these relate to her convictions passionately expressed in Rhythm Nation 1814, including the need to bring things out in the open and to have a dialogue. The album also will mark the first time Janet Jackson has opened up about her brother Michael and with reflections concerning her youth."

The record continues Jackson's collaboration with producer-songwriter team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Speaking about the project, the pair said:

It’s wonderful to be creating again with Janet. From songwriting, producing, arranging, singing, dancing, acting, she deftly does it all and truly personifies the word artist. Unbreakable is a gift to all of her fans who have steadfastly stood by her. It is a subject for conversation, a plea for compassion, and a call for action from someone who’s come a long way, but’s got a long way to go, and has much to say about it. In other words, if you want to know what’s on her mind you only have to listen.

Unbreakable:
01 Unbreakable
02 Burnitup! (Feat. Missy Elliott)
03 Dammn Baby
04 The Great Forever
05 Shoulda Known Better
06 After You Fall
07 Broken Hearts Heal
08 Night
09 No Sleeep (Feat. J Cole)
10 Dream Maker/ Euphoria
11 2 B Loved
12 Take Me Away
13 Promise
14 Lessons Learned
15 Black Eagle
16 Well Traveled
17 Gon B Alright

It's like she's trying to look like Chaka there with that coat and those rings.

new song is the best thing that's ever happened to me

it's tremendous - the harmonies on the chorus are just so breezy and sweet

http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/janet-jackson-unbreakable.html#

Wow great song , thanks :-)

omg there's another one?

is this whole album going to be like a 2nd coming

That's certainly how it feels to me

holy f

the one w/ missy is properly great, really surprised they managed to put out two songs from this project before this one

http://pitchfork.com/news/61358-janet-jackson-and-missy-elliott-team-for-burnitup/

this sounds like her best song in.... *looks at wikipedia* a while

New one burns it up
Can't wait for the el p
jj+jj+tl 4lyfe

RnR HoF nominated.

https://media.giphy.com/media/qRt4bcujgsj1S/giphy.gif

and likely #1 next week

I think that right up until the penultimate song this is a great album. I don't think it is as good as the run from Control through The Velvet Rope. I will be featuring it in heavy rotation for the rest of the year.

Upthread I said there's no shame at all that Janet (or anyone else) will never match Control > RN1814 > janet. > Velvet Rope

yeah that's an insane way to judge any artist including janet

"best since (but by no means as good as) the Velvet Rope" is her "best since Blood On The Tracks"

That list of Janet's laughs way upthread needs to be updated to include the one from "Broken Hearts Heal." A happier sound than any laugh since "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite."

or a George W. Bush press conference circa 2003

Poll: "heaven in the morning" vs. "coffee in the morning"

I WOKE UP IN COFFEE IN THE MORNING

haha

Fun show in Minneapolis last night. Jam & Lewis were there, and the mayor declared it Janet Jackson Day. I would've liked to hear more of the new songs, but the only real disappointment was when the pre-show DJ played (apparently by accident) a few seconds of Jazmine Sullivan's "Let it Burn," then cut it short. It might've slowed the energy a bit but I was so itching to hear it.

Bonus: Janet lip-syncing Kendrick as bits of "Poetic Justice" led into "Any Time Any Place."

Loved this show so much more than the All For You tour.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/janet-jackson-postpone-tour-surgery.html

janet c'mon

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/entertainment/janet-jackson-postpones-tour-family-planning-feat/index.html

my show went from Feb to August and now to like probably never?

No word on whether Jackson, 49, and her husband, 41-year-old Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, are looking to build their family the old-fashioned way or through other means.

what were ticket sales like i wonder?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpUWrl3-mc8

tickets are cheaper on stubhub now than they are from ticketmaster, or they were a few weeks ago

bcz none of them sold out iirc?

janet y do u braek heart