Change is good and Janet is an icon that will continue to have much success wherever she goes. I can not wait to her in concert this weekend!!!

Janet can do no wrong in my eyes! Love her!

JANET is the type of artist that doesn’t need a record deal.
She can tour and tour and sell out stadiums cause she is JANET!
NO LABEL NEEDED!

I don’t why legendary artist keep signing to Def Jam. They Have no Money!!! She’s right they did not push her. She need to go the Prince route and bring out HER own music w/o a major label. She can afford it

GOOD MOVE JANET!!!

AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED JANET CAN GO HER WHOLE LIFE WITHOUT MAKING ANOTHER ALBUM. SHE’S GOT NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE. I SAY SHE DOES MORE ACTING, OR TAKE HER MUSIC ACT TO THE STAGE FOR A MORE PERMANENT GIG. THIS TOUR IS SUPPOSED TO BE REAL GOOD, RIGHT NOW!!! SHE SHOULD GET A REGULAR SPOT IN VEGAS IMO! SHE WAS MADE FOR THE STAGE.

AMERIKKKA TRIED TO RUIN HER CAREER, YET LET MADONNA AND BRITNEY GET AWAY WITH PERFORMING A LESBIAN KISS ON STAGE???

i GUESS MARIAH’S NEXT CAUSE HER ALBUM FLOPPED TO………FROM 5 MILLION SOLD TO BARELY PLATINUM…….MARIAH AND JANET…GO INDEPENDENT….YALL ALREADY PAID UNLIKE A LOT OF NEWBIES WHO WILL NEVER MAKE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAVE MADE

*****************Janet is going to move to a big deal watch maybe Live Nation she will
*************** be fine. I do think her time is long gone tho

Janet does need to do something like Vegas or LiveNation, and as much as I love Mimi she needs to do the samething.

For artists who have already left their mark, there is no point trying to compete with todays cookie cutter, shallow music industry. The industry now caters primarily to young children/teens who don’t care about older artists.

Personally if I were a singer I would love to do vegas, I dont get why legends/icons don’t jump at the chance.

Also Janet’s recent music has been worse than mediocre! She was at her best when she worked with Jimmy jam and Terry, she needs to go back to them if she intends on making a substantial comeback.

This is a step in the RIGHT direction… IDJ was a terrible choice from the jump… I’m sure sh’e gonna sign a 360 deal with Live-Nation!!!

Good for Janet!!! CUZ IDJ sucks. Can’t wait for her next move. The Jackson, Jam, Lewis and Jerkins combo sounds like a hot idea. Anyway, check out this unofficial remix of Rock With U feat. Plies: http://www.zshare.net/audio/1923822461f74fd6/

JANET REALLY NEEDS TO LEAVE THE LABEL SITUATION ALONE!!! JUST TOUR, MAKE MOVIES, AND IF SHE WANTS TO COME OUT WITH NEW MATERIAL…START YOUR OWN LABEL AND PUT IT OUT YOURSELF!!!

WITH ALL THE ONLINE MUSIC STORES…PUT OUT YOUR OWN MUSIC AND STOP WITH THE MUSIC LABELS!!!

JANET DOES NOT NEED DEF JAM. SHE IS AN ICON, SHE MADE IT BEFORE
THEM AND SHE WILL MAKE IT AFTER,. WHACK MESS. I AM GOING TO
THE CONCERT IN DC. OHHHH I CANNOT WAIT (SINGING “PLEASURE
PRINCIPLE” AS I TYPE). FALL BACK JANET HATERS!!!

AND SHE NEEDS TO STOP LETTING HER MAN JD GET INVOLVED WITH THE CREATIVE PROCESS!!! IT JUST DOESN’T WORK WITH HIM.

LMAO @ #13. I feel you. I’m going to Philly on Friday and Jersey on the 17th! Holla!

I agree w/ whoever said Janet needs to start her own label. Eff this money hungry music industry. She and JD should start their own shit and put new TRUE talent on. They both know music. IDJ is wack as hell anyway.

Wendy Williams said 2-3 years ago that Janet should be doing a live show in Vegas like Celine and Toni (and now Mariah). She is so behind the ball!

Janet need to do remix of all her song….She doesn’t have the spark anymore.

Pleasure prinicpal should be done again with Cira .

I really do think Mariah needs to goahead and leave Def Jam also because her E=MC album should have done well like her Emancipation album but Def Jam is onlt worried about promoting half-singing stars like Rhianna and Neyo to the fullest. When they should be promoting the true icons.

I hope Beyonce is taking notes.

Janet is DONE! Nobody cares anymore. She did all of this before most of us were even born. Janet’s fake baby voice, the sexual “rediscovery” stuff, the 80’s style dancing productions, nobody cares anymore.

Even her boyfriend could not save her downward spiraling career. It’s time for her to stop with the stupid costumes and just have kids or something. Mariah is still around because she at least can sing. I won’t talk about what she sings about because I’m not a fan but she does have a voice. Ashanti is experiencing the same thing now.
People like Beyonce and others will soon come to the same place .

Get a real act and stop with the candy cotton pop. Nobody will be singing get me bodied in a year from now trust me.

Janet is a legend. Personally I felt that they did push her album she was on all the tv and radio shows. But if you album is not that good no matter if they promote it or not nobody will buy it. That album was not that great.

Im very proud of Janet and her decision and i agree… they didnt push her album nor any of her singles and Discipline was a great album. Janet is a Music Legend before her.. there were no female pop stars in her vein… it amazes me to see and hear people say things like Janet needs to “Let it go” or “Give it up”… ARE YOU KIDDING!!!! Do you realize without Janet there would have been No Aaliyah, No Ciara.. hell NO BRITNEY for that matter!!!!!!!!! If Cher, Tina Turner and Madonna Can Tour and still put out records … so can Janet.. She deserves the same respect and honor as they do.. Madonna is still dropping albums that are hits and she’s 50!!!!!!!!! Janet Paved they way and opened many doors by doing what (at that time), hadn’t been done by a female artist…. Period… let alone a black one.

Janet is an ICON and deserves to be treated like so..

I hope for her continued success

Janet is a good performer, but I agree with #7-her time is done.

WHY DOESN’T SHE JUST GO TO LIVE NATION LIKE JAY-Z? THAT’S THE LABEL FOR WELL-ESTABLISHED ARTIST WHO NO LONGER NEED ANY BACK-UP HELP WITH THEIR CAREERS. I THINK MJB IS GOING OVER THERE TOO. JANET IS BEYOND A SUPERSTAR SO WHY DOES SHE REALLY NEED A LABEL TO KEEP HER STATUS ANYWAY?

LOL at them saying the album wasn’t pushed by the record company! No matter how much they pushed, I wouldn’t buy it! You can’t sing Janet! That’s why your album didn’t sell. Stop blaming others. You’re a dancer and performer, nobody can deny you that. But you’re not a singer. Give it up.

#19……….YOU’re SOOOOOO ON POINT!

SHE NEEDS TO SIT DOWN NOW HER TIME HAS COME AND GONE. SHE HAS GOOD MUSIC MOST OF WHICH I CAN SAY I HAVE PURCHASED. HER BF (JERMAINE) FUCKED HER UP WHEN HE TRIED TO COMPARE HER TO SOMEONE 20 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HER WHO HAD BEEN IN THE MUSIC BUSNESS 1/4TH OF THE TIME SHE HAD (BEYONCE). IT MADE NO SENSE AND IT RUINED HER.

janet hasnt done anything for her fans in years, for years she took advantage of them, ppl waiting at doors to meet her, waiting on line and she acted like a super diva, karma is a bia, she got what she deserved, plus she is just lazy and not as creative as she used to be!

oh yeah I forgot to add she is VERY fake and all of her friends have screwed her over and her choreographer/best friend GIL is a meathead who continues to feed janets head with WACKNESS!!!

So they can promote rihanna n not janet jackson?

Why is it when artist album dont sell shit!….they blame the record company….L.L, NELLY, ASHANTI, CHRISTINA MILLIAN, JANET, ETC….

No people didnt buy yall shit…simple as that….

OH and dont blame the industry being down either…becuase NEYO, LIL WAYNE, BEYONCE, RIHANNA, JUSTIN has no problem selling records…..

Isnt this why Janet left Virgin…..CLUE!

Janet will be fine….she’s already PAID…A LEGEND…and hell she selling out arenas as we speak. So who cares! She probably did what was best for her. DUHHHHHHHHH

Y’all smoking pure crack rocks if you think Janet is done. Music these days sucks anyway, everybody is jacking what somebody else did in some way shape or form and not leaving a single original mark on the game.

HELLO HATERS: While y’all are on the sideline hating she’s selling out arenas!

She can easily do like Prince and leave labels alone altogether and make music on her own. Let’s see where Rihanna is in 20 years. Dumbass, disrespectful, unappreciative, fickle ass people. Probably just mad cuz you can’t afford a ticket to her show!!

I love Janet and have been a fan since I was…..LOL! But anyway she is a l Legend and has nothing left to prove. I hate when people say oh she s needs to GIVE IT UP. Why should she, she is clearly doing this for the
fans and not the money. Oh well I will continue to support and I am glad
she is killing them on the tour. I will be there October 17th in New Jersey!!

P.S. Concrete loop fix this cut off ish!! LOL! This is really annoying!

JjJanet is NOT HOT anymore. However, she will always be Icon. Janet can not blame the Def Jam for album not selling. No one is buying CD’s much these days and her fan base is not that strong. I hope her tour is SUCCESSFUL.

First L.L.said that Def Jam(jay-z) was not pushing his last album, he came out with another one, it tanked as well. Now we have Janet same situaion different record labels and albums tanked, watch the pattern, people aren’t buying your music! This is one of the main reasons I am glad Jay is not there, I was wondering whom would get the blame for artists not selling!

and LMAO at the fact that my comment is being monitored… I guess were not allowed to speak negatively about legends on CL

Janet will bounce back hey is a millionaire from her smarts and talents this is an obstacle i am certain she will overcome and return even better.

*************Nicole you post is sooooo true why is the record label when we the public
***********buys the records. i think artist don’t realize when they aren’t popular
**********anymore.

Janet looks HAMTASTIC. She really needs to reinvent herself. Stop trying to be a pop tart even though you are a pioneer of pop tarts. If she keeps pulling her hair back so tight she won’t have any left to wear those atrocious weaves/pony tails.

———Rodney said:
———-”Janet felt like it wasn’t pushed. I felt like it wasn’t pushed correctly. She just
———-didn’t get her just due as an artist of that magnitude.”

———-An artist of that magnitude shouldn’t need to be pushed and given just
———-due. If the joint is hot…it will push itself like “Never Could Have Made It” by
———-Marvin Sapp. Stop passing the blame Janet, like you did with “Nipplegate”.
———-She tried to blame Justin and drag him down the beaten path with her.
———-That was her old boobie exposed on Superbowl Sunday…not Justin’s!

———-Passing the buck is so MC Hammerish! Be like Natalie Cole and call it
———-what it is! When Natalie got sick, she admitted that her Hepatitis could be
———-traced back to her drug abuse days…unlike Hammer, who blamed his failure
———-on his oversized crew rather than admitting it was the daily drug habits that
———-drained his coffers.

———-After the tour, Janet and JD should settle down, get married and have some
———-children. Move on JJ! You and Whitney had your day! Go do “crewships”
———-or join Paula on the judges panel!

———-And, wearing funny looking outfits and dancing for 2 hours don’t mean she
———-got the magic.

Hanet is the sh*t. Can’t wait to see her in the ATL on October 5th!!!

I have notice a large amount of hate always being hurled towards Janet. What has she done to deserve such attacks? Just wondering. I know success breeds haters.

Brian you are exactly right, her tour is getting rave reviews and selling out at that. This could launch her career in a more positive direction, this is a very smart decision.

*******Janet will be alright and besides she can still go on tour.

When will you all realize that Janet Jackson is the Principle of this shit. LMAO @ these silly comments from “Hot of the moment” Rihanna and “Want to be Iconic” Beyonce fans. Yes her last three albums sold a combine 5-6 million albums together, but who can still sell out arenas, Janet Jackson can. I just don’t understand it. You kids crack me up seriously. “Hatred will get you no where DREAMING BIG will”

JANET CAN SIT DOWN!! HER PRIME WAS YEARS AND YEARS AGO EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR TIME AND HERS IS DONE! SHE ALWAYS MAKING EXCUSES PUTTING STUFF ON THE RECORD COMPANIES,ITS NOT THEM ITS YOU.

Tell “PENNY” to go back to the Projects her time is DONE!

LOL

Janet and so many others (Mariah, Whitney, etc.) already have a fan base + enough hits to hit the road and just live off royalities. I agree with everyone that says Janet has made her mark and is an ICON. She has nothing to prove at this point!!

And she is whipping @$$ on tour at 42 y.o. giving the 20 y.o. a run for their money……not saying no names *side eye*

I always have and always will love Janet to pieces. She is no doubt an icon in the music business and Def Jam really did her dirrrrty. Too bad the Superbowl thing really effed up her career. Discipline really had some hits on it. I wanna see the tour

Def Jam is a sinking ship….

Ahh nice move Janet. Keep on selling out arenas and doing you.

JANET LEFT VIRGIN CUZ HER CONTRACT WAS UP DUMB ASS.

IDJ HONESTLY DID NOT PROMOTE THE ALBUM ONLY FOR ONE WEEK. N THAT WAS IT. AND RIHANNA DONT SELL SHIT IT TOOK HER A FULL YEAR TO GO PLATIUM. MARIAH TANKED ASWELL. THEY FUCKED JANET OVER ON PURPOSE ITS LIKE THEY PLANNED IT. IF U DIDNT FOLLOW JANETS DISCIPLINE ERA THAN U SHOULDNT EVEN SPEAK. AND DISCIPLINE WAS A NICE POP YET RNB ALBUM WITH A FUTURISTIC SOUND.

HER TOUR IS GETTIN GREAT GREAT REVIEWS AND THE SHOW IS 2HRS N 20 MINS. U SAW WHAT RONDEY SAID THESE NEWBIES HAS ALOT OF WORK TO DO. ALL OF WHAT JANET DID INCLUDING OTHER LEGENDS THESE NEWBIES IS NOT WORKIN AS HARD AS THEM. BEYONCE IS THE ONLY ONE WIT ENOUGH POWER.

**********”Not as creative as she used to be” The young artists today are they
********** creative? Tell me when’s the last time anybody seen anything innovative,
********** creative and original from a female artist since Janet? The videos today are
********** garbage compared to what the copy cats try to imitate. Britney more than
********** anybody is a straight knock-off of Janet Jackson. She just got video of the
********** year for video that was pure bullsh!t. Tell me what was so creative and
********** original about that? Rhianna straight jacking Michael Jackson video. Ciara
********** although I do like her but sometimes comes off dressing like Janet.
********** Beyonce attempting to dance but don’t come out gracefully as Janet with
********** the lacefront swinging action going on. Please… Janet is pure
********** entertainment at it best. Def Jam drop the ball.

cosign #32, I love how people compare this woman to the music with the dime a dozen records people put out today. Janet messed up when she start working with the producers she has, Darkchild included. She needs producers that are exclusive to her and get her.

I guess yall must be to young to remember when Janet was the end all be all! She is still the only artist to have 7 top ten singles (not even Beyonce could pull that off when she tried to do that with her last album, and she is the closest copy to Janet today, in terms of being an entertainer, not a vocalist.)

llet’s be real. That album was not up to much at all. Janet you need to be real and stop blaming the label and look at the root of the problem. Feedback sounded like a lite version of a filler track from one of her albums back in the day. Why do artists always blame the label when its the music that is the problem. Maybe janet could pull that if she was a new artist, but everybody and their momma knew when her album came out. She is a big enough artist to comand that, but the people knew it wwas out but just didn’t want to cop it. quit whining and make betters songs, or get out the business. It ’s like Usher blaming Benny Medina for his album flop. That album was one of the most hyped albums of the year, but it didn’t deliver, plain and simple. we are in a recession, ain’t no one gonna spend money on a weak product, especially if they can download it for free. Real talk.

Janet, stop blaming the record company! I love you, but you haven’t put out anything good since “The Velvet Rope.” Also get away from Jermaine Dupr, he has been the head of the urban divisions at the last two labels you have gone to, so if anyone botched your promotion it was him! Let me guess, he’s gonna leave Def Jam now because he didn’t promote your album well enough? L.A. took that album everywhere with him pupming you and Mariah, “Discipline” just wasn’t that great!

Janet Jackson (Miss Jackson if ya nasty)

Discipline (Def Jam Records)
Released February 26th, 2008
Billboard Album Debut #1 181,000 Copies Sold
Billboard Peak Hot 100 Single “Feedback” #19

Oh Janet, where oh where do we start? Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an icon. This woman has been a trailblazer in music since “Control” busted her out of Michael’s shadow. Every album after that was fire. Whether it was the political and social issues she addressed on “Rhythm Nation 1814,” the sexy but classy “Janet” or a combination of the two on “The Velvet Rope” each Janet album has always been distinct while still being able to convey who Janet was as an artist. Where did she go wrong? While “All For You” was still considered a commercial success that really is where she began to lose me. Sure we can blame it on the Superbowl fiasco, but truth be told “Damita Jo” was not a solid album. I don’t even want to go into the pain that was “20 Y.O” (I bought the deluxe edition even though I hated “Damita Jo”, and “20 Y.O.” now rests as a coaster on my coffee table). I was ready to love “Discipline.” She changed labels, was mixing it up with some new producers and “Feedback” was a pretty decent song. Then I listened to it, and again I was let down. That was strike 3 for Janet in my book. I listened to it about 6 times, and could still not get into it. The only song I could remember was “Luv” in addition to “Feedback.” Oh Janet.. I love you and will continue to support you, but “Discipline” just wasn’t the album to bring me back into the fold.

Outlook- Not very promising for this album. While Janet is touring to promote it, label support has pretty much come to a halt for the project. It likely won’t reach platinum status. Janet has also expressed her unhappiness with Def Jam (which she recently exited). It’s not all about commercial success, but everyone needs to get paid. On that note “Discipline” really isn’t an artistic breakthrough either. Some say she needs to go back to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Others say she should stay away from Jermaine Dupri.

She can blame it on the record label because it’s the record label that puts up the money to push the projects. Janet is the type of artist that needs strong label backing to push forward, meaning video budgets and promo, touring etc. Def Jam has used to new artists who are not really going to question their business moves because they are so happy to be signed in the first place. It’s not everyday an artist asks to be released from their contract. Def Jam would rather put funding behind Rhianna and Mariah, and that’s fine because Janet realizes their is another way to peddle her music without the help of a record label. The same thing Prince realized some years ago, and he still continues to tour and make new music. The music industry is constantly changing and soon record labels will have no power, people are downloading and bootlegging at alarming rates. Other outlets are available nowadays for any artist to make their music heard and be successful and I beleive Janet realizes that. Come on it’s Janet…October 5, 2008-PHILIPS ARENA CAN”T WAIT!!!!

Everyone’s talking about Beyonce breath being bad , what’s up with that , is it really that bad ? I am here laughing at my desk, I work at a call center of 300 ppl and everyone’s talking about it on email , we all read concreteloop , and love the chat’s, while waiting for our shift ,,, too hurry up and end ,someone sent a EMAIL BLAST TO EVERYONE about it . this is so funny :0

YES Beyonce Breath is bad and we will mail her fan club a few mint’s ……

——– Guy’s Janet , and all the new young pop star’s will all continue to work on —————finding new way’s too get ARE attention , to me Janet is a strong person —————- and a determined person, and i admire that , as for her talent NO , as for her ———– CREATIVITY , AND FASHION SENSES NEVER , the popstar of the past—————- that had talant too me was Micheal Jackson ,Tina Turna ,Whitney .H ————— —- Aretha , and James Brown , and more , But Not JANET , what Janet has—————is a last NAME , and determinaion,without that LAST name she is nothing but————-a DETERMINE person ,and a little confused person .I hope that she will ———————continue her ,Love for ONSTAGE LIGHT’S AND ,,, proforming ….SHE has ————-no SIZZLE . She’s a shell to me , Just like Mariah, and JLO

Wow, you people really don’t realize that Janet Jackson is a LEGEND. she set the path for Rihanna, Beyonce, Britney, may, etc…

Janet Jackson is the Most innovative Female (black) Entertainer in History, she is the Black Madonna. If you dont’ belive that watch the fierce dancing in Pleasure Principal, or the hollywood big budget and dancing in ALRIGHT, watch the sexiness of That’s the Way love goes, or the innocence of Let’s Wait Away.

Janet deserves Respect, she is a Legend.

I agree with all the other posts. If the labels don’t support her and appreciate her worth (like the job market today) then to HELL WIT EM! Go Janet! Do ya thang girl!
YOU ARE A LEGEND!

NOW SHOW KELLY AND MICHELLE HOW TO DO IT!!!!

God shes ugly

@ BOOURSASLUT

LAME.

SHE NEEDS JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS. Stick w/ what you know. No more JD . If she uses someone new let it be Timbaland. She is a dance diva that works for her formula. Janet you are an ICON a living legend none of these newbies can ever take that away. Doing you thing till you cant do it no more.