JANET JACKSON’S “FEEDBACK” ADDED TO MTV
Sunday, January 13, 2008
You may remember never seeing any of Janet’s videos on MTV during the promotion of her last album, 20 Y.O., but apparently, MTV has added the video for her new single, “Feedback” to it’s video playlist.
The video for “Feedback,” premiered last week on BET’s 106 & Park and Yahoo! Music, and will debut on TRL on Monday, according to TRL’s schedule. Interestingly enough, Janet’s second single, “So Excited” was added to the list of videos for play on MTV, but only saw air time on MTV2 and MTVJams.
Back in 2004, Janet and Justin Timberlake teamed with the NFL, CBS, and MTV for the halftime performance of the Super Bowl XXXVIII. During the performance, there was a wardrobe malfunction and Janet was brutally ridiculed for the display. Coincidentally, this was just days before Janet’s lead single from 2004’s Damita Jo, “Just A Little While” was rushed and leaked. The whole thing was a big mess and from then on, Janet’s relationship with MTV has never been the same.
Hopefully, with the debut of “Feedback” on TRL and the release of the new album, Discipline, due out February 26th, Janet and MTV can rebuild their burned bridge.









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76.
Dame
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
C.L. maybe I am tripping but what happen to the other post from early this morning?
77.
Roddyrod
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Janet has a true hit on her hands! I feel sorry for the haters on here. If they have nothing better to do than to hate on others, they must live one pathetic life! Stop all the hating!
78.
VERTEX100
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
To #56,
First of all, the Feedback video is very Metaphoric. I guess people with narrow minds (like you) will never get it. Just because Janet is not naked, (in the club, surrounded by pimps, bling blingin, driving a car with rims, with men grabbing their
d–ks, saying bitch and hoe, and smoking weed,) you feel this is not a good video. LMAO
Also, people like you think because an artist is old they are “washed up”.
I find it really insulting that you would even mention madonna, when Patti, Aretha, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Toni Braxton, etc. are black women who have more talent and stage presence than madonna will ever have.
Let you tell it, once an artist is past 30, then they should retire; EDUCATION IS KNOWLEDGE, try it !!!!!
79.
Anthony
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Fuck MTV.. all of a sudden they want to jump on her swagger now.. Aint tht sum shit.. HUH.. The only reason why they adding her now cuz they see the song N video have been getting mad props as of lately, N thy kno Janet will sell alot without MTV help. So now thy want to jump on her click so it will look like thy helped promoted tha album N song thts y it’s big. MTV knows tht alot of celebrities dont need them 4 help, thy can do it all by theirself n can still sell..
80.
Martinalutherking
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Thats just goes to show that if blacks were more supportive of one another instead of being so overcritical and judgmental we could help our artist become bigger successes. Who gives a shit if her relationship w/ MTV was severed if they wanted to have beef w/ one of the biggest entertainers in the world then thats their problem. Janet should’ve been just a success by having her videos released only on BET. But no, we had to let the whole project down. This is why artist dont cater to blacks anymore and work on being more mainstream.
Additionally, I want to know how accurate this story is because Viacom owns BET and MTV so why a strain w/ one station and not the other?! Blacks dont run things at BET either!
81.
jmoore
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Janet is #1 Period!
82.
Onemil02
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Seems like I started a whole lot of Madonna talk. I am a huge Madonna fan just as Janet, but to the person saying Madonna hasn’t so called “Flopped” you are sadly mistaken. She had albums flop with MTV exposure. “American Life” was a true flop and I remember MTV did a special on her that whole day it came out. And Hung Up was the only true hit from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album. All of the true artist seem to have their slumps (madonna, Janet, and Mariah(She also had 2 flops in a row)), but they are true artist and will get back to the top. Janet is on her way back up to the top where she belongs.
83.
get_me_bodied
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
LMÅÖ@ I FÉÉL SÖRRY FÖR THÉ HÅTÉRS! THÅT WÄS 2 FUÑÑY.
@DÅME, ÑØ U ÑÖT TRIPPIÑ BÅBY, CL DID THÅT W/TWISTÅ’S ÑÉW VIDÉO 2 B/C I CÖMMÉÑTÉD OÑ IT & THÉÑ IT JUST VÅÑISHÉD & I WÄS LIKÉ WTF? LOL….ÅÑYWÄY, I ÅM GLÅD MTV RÉALIZÉD WHÅT BUTTHOLÉS THÉY ÅRÉ. GÖ JÅÑÉT!
84.
8baller
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
I agree #82. Every great artist goes through a slump.
I think Mariah had one flop though…thats “Charmbracelet”. I dont really count “Glitter” cause it was a soundtrack not a studio album.
85.
sean2006
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
MAN FUCK THESE HATERS THIS TIME AROUND JANET IS BACK DEAL WITH IT. JANET NEVER SAID SHE WAS DA BEST SINGER HELL SHE DOESNT FEEL SHES THE BEST DANCER. SHE DOESNT EVEN RELIZED HOW DAMN GREAT SHE IS. SHE IS THAT HUMBLE. EVERYBODY KNOWS JANET CAN SING SHE ONLY PUT OUT SONGS LIKE CALL ON ME N SO EXCITED AND NOW EVERYBODY WANNA DOWN PLAY HER. SHE WAS NEVER A PATTIE,WHITNEY,MARIAH, OR BEYONCE IN SINGING. BUT SHE ALWAYS HELD HER OWN.
MOST OF THESE CHICKS AINT EVEN COPYING WHITNEY,MARIAH, PATTIE. N A LIL IS COPYN BEYONCE. BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS JANET IS MOMMA TO THE YOUNGINS. AND JANET IS ONLY 41 AND DOES LOOK YOUNGER THAN HER AGE CUZ THE BILLBOARD PIC IS NOT THAT HEAVY PHOTO CHOPPED. SHE LOOKS HOW SHE DID BACK IN 1997-1999 DURING VELVET ROPE.,
AND JANET IS DEF THE FIRST MTV ICON SHE HAD THE FIRST SHOW SHE WAS THEIR FIRST NOT MJ N NOT MADONNA. LOOK UP UR FACTS. JANET DOESNT HAVE TO PROVE A DAMN THING. CUZ SHE IS A LEGEND N A ICON. ALOTTA DA FEMALES N EVEN MALES YALL LOVIN RIGHT NOW IS JUST FOR THE MOMENT MARK MY WORDS THEY BE HERE FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS AT BEST.
JANET NEVER LEFT. JANET IS RUNNING SHIT DEAL WITH IT. MOST PEOPLE IS FEELINGS HER STYLE,SONG,VIDEOS, THIS TIME AROUND. HONESTLY THE BEST BADDEST BITCH AFTER JANET IS BEYONCE IN TERMS OF (DOMINATING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY)
86.
Stanet
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
I like the billboard magazine pic! MTV is kina shitty for trying to bandwagon now. Although Viacom owns all three major music stations MTV gets the biggest chunk of 12-17 year old viewers. It’s all good though J is gonna do her thing this year and dance all the way to the bank. lol I cannot wait for the tour because if anyone can put on a show it is her. Why is Madonna even being talked about? Does CL ever post anything about her? Cosigning with #80 black people don’t always support their talent no matter what that’s why entertainers that aren’t a part of the “white mainstream” audience are still doing it. Case in point look at Cher, hasn’t she been on a worldwide farewell tour for the last 10 years? lol SUPPORT YOUR ROOTS WHEN THEY DO IT RIGHT!!
87.
Onemil02
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
@84
Yeah Charmbraclet and Glitter were back to back flops. Yes Glitter was a soundtrack but it was also her album cause it was all Mariah. The sad part was the album was good in my view, just that the movie was so bad people never gave the album a chance, but charmbracelet was not good at all, but I loved Glitter. Just the same with Damita Jo, I don’t care what anyone says that was a good album, but again with all the superbowl crap, it wasn’t giving a chance.
88.
blaquejoey
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Okay…. to ALL the haters who left a negative comment about my ICON Janet…….
” Y’all must have drank a gallon of ‘can’t take’….. cause now all of you are gagging”…. JANET IS COMING!!!!! STRONG AND HARD…..
GET OVER IT! HEAL! IT’S HER SHOW NOW!!!!! LOL….
FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK- OH!
P.S. @ 8BALL- This is the first time Janet has ever digitally inhanced her vocals…… Janet can sing and does not have to depend soley on her dancing….. also- BIG LEG BEYONCE’ LIP SINGS PRERECORDED TRACKS…. DO THE KNOWLEDGE…… SWEETY….
89.
Uh Huh
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
This interview is good!! I’m glad she’s talking about the album and what was going on over at Virgin. I still believe that Janet knew she wasn’t going to renew her contract and that after Damita Jo was handled badly she thought to herself let me keep my best shit, end the contract, find a new home, and give my fans what they want. She’s a business woman, she made her first million at like 7 years old, glad she stays away from all the endorsement deals, I feel it cheapens your brand if you do too much even though the money is good. Movies are a way better endorsement deal for her because she gives a solid performance maybe not oscar worthy but your not thinking why her lol. Big ups Janet and Concreteloop love all the positive media!!
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tia
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
first of all #69 this is not a beyonce post so dont even go there,second of all beyonce said herself that she did that performance for janet because she was not invited so yeah back to the subject at hand……
91.
Delwin
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Thats whats up!
92.
Dame
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
@Get Me Bodied thank you I glad I am not tripping lol. I know it was like 2 a.m. when those post where up.
93.
GEM
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
#90
The same Beyonce who, after the Super Bowl incident, canned a duet she’d done with Janet, only to phone her later and ask to sample the track on the final Destiny’s Child album. Is it? Is it the same Beyonce? I don’t think so because she was on the other end of the call when Janet HUNG UP IN HER FACE so I’m sure she knows Janet’s not that into her.
The truth is…if she sampled the routine she did so because she wanted to use it, she thought it would look hot in her show…
And, I’m going to hate myself for butting in…I just know it. As for Janet’s song, it’s not that good, really…and the video isn’t either…so it doesn’t matter where they play it or when or to what degree…it won’t be a monster hit.
94.
Classy
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Ok, I love Janet to pieces and think she is one of the most inspirational female artists to ever live BUT there’s no need to undermine the success of every other female artist just to build her up. Madonna is a phenomenal performer, songwriter and businesswoman. That is why she is so revered and celebrated-not because she slept with certain people. If it was that easy, Paris Hilton’s shelf would be stacked wit Grammys!
I am happy MTV is going to show Janet’s video, because it so creative and hot. I agree they should have never given her so much flack for that Superbowl incident. However, I do have to defend them on the “Britney” tip. The superbowl halftime show was produced by MTV, so Janet’s booby debacle made them look bad. Britney’s cooch-flashing had nothing to do with MTV. Besides she was not on live TV, she was just getting out of a car. That’s MTV’s reasoning behind disowning Janet, while still allowing Brit to perform. And Brit did earn them a 23 percent hike in ratings, so their line of logic proved itself in dividends. Now, i do think Janet’s incident was accidental and Britney’s was alot more careless, but that facts have to be recognized.
Until they die, Madonna and Janet are both the Queens of Pop. Only true pioneers can claim such a title. I have to say I am really surprised at some of the disrepectful comments about J on here. I thought everybody loved her. Obviously she still got it because people are downright threatened by her return!
95.
NuAgenda77
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Yay for Janet!
96.
KB
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
8baller
I agree 100%
97.
VirgoDoll
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
This comment is for Kyandi #2, Janet could buy your fugly ass, you must be a fat chick to be hating on Janet’s body. Don’t hate because J takes care of her body and all you do is walk from the fridge to the couch. GET A LIFE BEOTCH!!! Janet will be just fine…hell she has millions of dollars, even if she never sings another tune she will still be set for life. To hell with all the haters
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emma v;s great-granddaughter
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
MTV has fallen over the years but it would be nice to see her video on the network. We all know that Janet can’t song but she can dance her ass off. Oh well lets see how this goes if doesn’t then oh well, just like some of the commentors said I miss the old Janet when she was singing not that whispering shit she does now. But her new feedback is starting grow on me and I like it. Maybe her brother Micheal can do the same thing too.
99.
Whateva
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
I don’t like the song or the video. She may not be hoochified in the video…..thank goodness, but I still think it’s blah!!
100.
Jennifer
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
Bump Janet, ERYKAH BADU has my money on Feb. 26, 2008!!!!!
101.
Yes!
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
To be honest, everyone should just appreciate that the Black community has a pop icon that has still maintained to be around for 20+ years. I think that this issue has something to do with determining who sets the norm. In America, White culture sets the norm for everything. If Britney Spears or Madonna flashed the world with their breasts, then no one says anything. Regardless if Janet’s incident was intentional or not, she appears to be sluttish or nasty because she stepped out of the conventional roles for a Black woman (being second-tier, that is).
No one had a problem with Janet before the superbowl, and now it seems like her music is so different eventhough she has sounded the same for YEARS!!! I think that the the Black audience needs to stop being so judgemental of music and just learn to let go and have fun. Music is sooooooooooo political in the Black community. If you listen to pop, you’re gay, or if you listen to rap, you’re uneducated. People should learn to be themselves and appreciate music for music’s sake–entertainment!
102.
sean2006
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
fuck da rest of da bitches JANET IS MINES ON FEB 26TH
103.
NetworKing
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
lol at 100, and 93, Beyonce has not done a duet w/ Janet!?!?!?
104.
Uh Huh
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
cosigning 101 and at GEM has that story ever been verified? Where is the hardcore proof, can I see some phone records? LOL The ring the alarm performance isn’t all that great the breakdown where she used Janet’s routine was lackluster at best. That doesn’t go to show that Bey did it because she thought it was hot, it just goes to show that her and her creative director aren’t that creative. Even if people (you) don’t think it’s a nice track so what the billboard charts and mediabase as well as itunes seem to be proving you wrong. The general public is into it and at the end of the day that’s what matters. None of our comments are going to prove that everyone else’s logic, or lack thereof, is wrong. Why can’t we just enjoy an artist that moves forward while keeping true to themselves? It’s because those of us who don’t appreciate that can’t do it themselves, move forward that is. It’s all about progression.
105.
That_Girl
Sunday, January 13, 2008 /
KB
The point is that both Justin and Janet did it, but only Janet was punished!! People were not trying to sue Justin…but they were of Janet!!! In the word of THE WIRE “The game is rigged!”
106.
kyandi
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
JANET JACKSON
107.
samplethis
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
Oh well she could use the exposure to move more copies, it certainly can’t hurt. I am def buying the cd and my itunes copy when it comes out. But MTV is def goin to help boost her up to that other meat you feel me?!
108.
Shawn
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
8baller
BEYONCE SAID SHE WAS INSPIRED BY JANET GROWING UP..
ALL OF DC SAID THE SAME THING.. I’M NOT TO SURE ABOUT RIHANNA.
109.
Gem
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
#105
Janet was “punished” because she DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT HIT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, so her stunt seemed even MORE desperate. Justin, on the other hand, came off as someone who made a HORRIBLE choice. Sure, they did the SAME THING but Janet is more culpable because as I said, it was a desperate act by someone who may have had more reason to be desperate at the time AND her age…man…she was old enough to know better.
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Nefertari
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
@109 GEM,
I am going to respectfully disagree with you here. Janet was “punished” because America and its legacy of slavery cannot deal with the idea of a black woman’s sexuality in any way other than “hooker/Jezebel” . It is a very old story that goes back as far as slavery. For America, a black woman’s sexuality has to be either 1. owned and controlled by the ‘master’” or 2. suppressed as something dirty.
Thus every mainstream “white” movie can show the majority of corner-hookers as black women, but the same white media will demonize the very idea of a black woman being in charge of her own sexuality. So if you are not willing to be their “nappy-headed ho” then you are only permitted to be mammy (ummm.check The View and every other white movie/show) or Sapphire (sassy, flippant mouthed black woman who constantly berates black men). In the stereotype ridden mind of white America, there is no room for a black woman who is all-woman, who has full ownership of her sexuality, and makes her own decisions about what to do with that sexuality. We are expected to either be “a Ho” or a mammy with no sexuality at all. (I’m not even going to list the black female celebrities who fall into these categories.
The message that everyone missed is that one black nipple shut down all of America…that’s powerful but for all the wrong reasons. Brittany and Madonna can tongue-kiss on national TV and its just fine.
Whether or not any of us agree on whether it was an accidental “wardrobe malfunction”, we should all be offended at the double standard. It reeks of a legacy of ownership or black woman bodies. Those days should be long gone.
Nef
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Gem
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
There was nothing meaningful in Janet’s revealing her nipple…it was basely sexual…a Budweiser or GoDaddy commercial… It was tasteless and grasping and if any wavering pop star had done the same thing, she would have been just as scrutinized. Janet deserved what she got.
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SweetThang729
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
I guess my strike against MTV can offically end now!!!
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KB
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
Gem
I AGREE, SHE WAS DESPERATE, JUST HOWEVER HAD TWO HIT RECORDS AT THE TIME!!! LOL!
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comm
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
She is a hottie. Just saw her profile on millionaire dating site called W e a l t h yR o m a n c e . c o m last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.
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kcool
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
Janet back….so get ready…….http://www.blackplanet.com/kcool
116.
J
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
Damn people on Concrete loop love to type wrong information
#119- Janet didn’t have a hit at the time of the superbowl because she didn’t have an album out! And if she was so Desperate why the hell would MTV have asked Janet to headline the Superbowl in ‘04 when her last album was released in 01′? Why because the Bitch is bad! So bad that she performed a 15 year = and 3 year old song and still had the crowd going wild! Stop hating.
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J
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
And if y’all honestly think that Janet exposed herself on purpose y’all are tripping. Her last 3 albums before the Superbowl all went triple platinum. There was a nice buzz created by those who had heard some tracks off the new album.
When you add up all the data and The history of Janet’s career and her actions before 2004 it just doesn’t add up, that ’s how i know that the reveal went wrong.
118.
Luckett
Monday, January 14, 2008 /
No..Gem just hates Janet because she is back to remind Beyonce what it is like to be an ICON.
I think they all know what time it is. Afraid to admit that this will be Janet’s year. LOL!
The haters are using every little immaturish tactics to undermine Janet Jackson as a person. But yet not realizing making Janet Jackson look like the most envious of all LEGENDS imitated time and time again after Michael. That is kind of sexy to have haters waste time on you.
119.
stanet
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 /
Really a wavering popstar? Are you serious All For You was the album she dropped before the bowl and it sold what around 7 million albums. I didn’t know 7 million was wavering of any sorts. 116 is right she performed a song from the 80’s and one from 2001 and the crowd was wild. She didn’t premiere any new shit from Damita Jo at the bowl, that just goes to show your a bad mu#$%& when people are wanting you to headline an event without any new material. An even that probably a billion people saw. And the boob flsh is so quick unless you had tivo you didn’t realize what happened until it broke on the news. Also she did apologize publicly on television there was a broadcast released a few hours after to all major stations. Just because she didn’t apologize again to appease some fools at the Grammy’s they ban her from that year’s festivities, how wack. On top of that the grammys are run by artists and record execs, they get to vote. Either way my girl giggles all the way to the bank with everything she does why the haters sit here and pick apart every detail
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RD
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 /
I saw “So Excited” on MTV–I don’t think a lot of people got up and saw the video when it aired in the morning and most people weren’t interested in the video to put it on TRL. To say that MTV didn’t air the video is flat-out wrong in my opinion.
121.
algie
Saturday, January 19, 2008 /
janet is a legend so with or without mtv that title can’t be taken from her and like someone said before mtv doesn’t even really play videos anymore
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