♫ Janet Jackson – Make Me
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After her performing reemergence on this year’s VMA’s, Janet Jackson has given a special gift to her fans.
Before the death of her brother, Janet announced that she was working on a new studio album, a follow-up to 2008′s Discipline. It’s been said that she is collaborating with longtime friends and collaborators, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, but this track was reportedly produced by Rodney Jerkins.
Of the new material to leak is “Make Me,” which sounds like a Jam & Lewis collaborations, especially with the live instrumentation.
You truly can’t please nobody these days. Just the other day Mutherf*ckers was singing a played out tune about how Janet needs to stop trying to keep up with the younger artists and stick to her own classic style. Now Janet done gone and created a hot song that has a “classic Janet” 80′s type feel to it and now those same fools are talking about how she needs to sit down/modernize her sound. What the hell is wrong with some of y’all?
Also to Keep_It_100 what do you mean Janet with a modern twist? Did you not listen to the Discipline album? She practically spent the entire time promoting the album calling it classic me with a modern twist. If songs like “Feedback”, “Luv” and “Rock With U” weren’t modern, then i don’t know what is.
Glad U back Janet I was proud of U last night U came out didn’t try 2 hog the spotlight just did ur thing and left….Can’t wait till ur movie and new cd come out…MISS U MUCH
Man I just heard the song and I have to say ……..I cant stop dancing in my living room! LOOOVE this song!
i love it but i hope she brings it this album.
its def a song i would bump
@J- as a matter of fact I own the CD-Discipline and a bunch of ppl critisized that CD!!.,TO ME it is a GREAT CD!!!.,.,The fact that ppl would rather see her stuck in this particular 80′s sound is what is killing me…….There are so many artist out here doing the throwback 80′s shit…..lwhy not come out more original and create a new sound for herself……..THAT IS WHAT BEING AN ICON IS ALL ABOUT!!!!
music is back
LOVE THIS!!!! Thank you Janet!!!
I really like the song, it’s refreshing nothing else like it out.
@ J I THINK JANET IS THE ONLY ARTIST THAT GETS FLACK NO MATTER WHAT SHE PUTS OUT. MARIAH CAN GO THE GHETTO ROUTE WITH DUMBASS LYRICS AND NO ONE MINDS. MADONNA TURNED INTO A 21 YEAR OLD (STILL LOOKING LIKE A GRANDMOTHER) WITH HER LAST CD AND NO ONE COMPLAINED, WHITNEY CAME OUT WITH A BLAND CD AND NO ONE COMPLAINED. PEOPLE WANT A MODERN CD BUT THEN SAY SHE IS NOT ACTING HER AGE. PEOPLE WANTED THE OLD JANET BACK AND WHEN YOU GET IT THEY STILL COMPLAIN..
I am loving this!!! Long time fan of J’s and I love her vocals, she is singing and not whispering. This is the RN and janet. Janet LOL. I agree people hold her to such high standards and unrealistic expectations it is so crazy. I love the song and look forward to cd and tour. This is the only Jackson that will bring it since we have lost THE KING!!
Supreme Janet song, I like it.. But i think this is a gift for her fans, and a track to test the waters, to see what exactly people wanna hear from here… Honestly I think we (her fans) will get a couple more “gifts”, songs with all different songs, and the one that gets the most buzz, will be the direction of her new album.. Werk Janet… Do ya thing.. But i dont want another Control, Rhytmn Nation, Janet, Velvet Rope Album, I want a Janet now album.. So I Love “Make Me” just for what it is a gift..
This is a great track!!! Have been listenin to it NON-Stop since yesterday!!! Glad to see Janet is holding up well inspite of recent events. She’s really putting her heart into her music and performances!!! GO DUNK!!!!!! (for all the idiots, that’s her family nickname)
Hot track, Janet! You killed it at the VMAs. Looking forward to a fantastic new album!
@keep_it_100 She tried going with a new sound with feedback and people complained about that too. Madonna’s last cd was a throwback, the cd before that was a throw back, and no one complained. Why does Madonna get a pass and not Janet?
Maybe if you have 4 to 5 back to back great albums there’s no where else to go..
LOVE IT AND LOVE JANET!!!!!!
Thank You! My Girl is Back!
Should have stuck with Jimmy and Terry in the beginning! JD just can’t grasp what Janet is all about, she’s not that down south ghetto mess JD was trying to put on her,
this is the Janet we all know miss!
Welcome Back MS. JANET IF YOUR NASTY!
That’s we all Know and Miss! sorry! Luv you Janet!
I love it bring back some real dancing lol. To the people saying she milking off of micheal death you need to go to hell. She have her own money she pay the way for herself. Do you remember CONTROL. As far as the award she killed it i wish she dance little bit longer but it all good.
Damn this Jam makes me wanna put on a Sexy Dress and Shake my Ass!
Go head Janet do the damn thang!
WELCOME BACK JANET!!! This is the Janet I remember. Luv the track. Makes me want to dance.
Alright Terry & Jimmy, what you got?
Janet is and will always be the best. I love this song.
Damn !!!!!!!! Janet brought the HEAT with this one….. nice job JJ
May GOD bless his soul but I am so tired of Mike Jackson’s sister!!! Fade away from the music industry already!!! Jeez!!!
Another opportunist Jackson. Kudo’s to whoever did Janet’s choreography. The routine was cool, but I’m really tired of Janet lip-synching. Have you noticed she is really starting to look more and more like papa Joe in a lace-front weave. I’m glad she did a tribute but I like Latoya’s song Home tribute better. Latoya’s vocals are much better and she is the only one with any personality in the family and she was the first there at the hospital, signed the death certificate, and planned the memorial, and has since promoted Michael’s charities. Janet went right back to work on Tyler Perry’s movie and back in the studio to record yet another sex song with a dated beat just in time to make money off of her brother’s death. Sad, Sad, Sad.
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loved janet two album in the eighty
got bored with her sound my 91
still bore
@Rick i can’t even hate on you cause the day someone downs a Janet Damita Jo Jackson record in favor of a Latoya Jackson record, they just not all there or they funny as hell. I pick option #2 lol ROTFL that was funny as hell.
Nichole & Truthfully SPeaking: Really? Sit down.
Janet chose MTV to do the tribute to her brother because it is going to be the widest medium for her to be seen on. Was she supposed to do this @ the funeral? And aside from this, she was blacklisted from MTV ans WELCOMED BACK way before this, why dont you youtube 20YO, and Discipline TRL so you can see she’s been on MTV since. Also, og well if she did lip sync, she did great, and she was paying tribute to her slain brother, you might be chocked up too. SHE DID EXCELLENT. Again, sit down….and shut up.
People with common sense and good taste:
This is a great “gift to fans” or first single, whatever it is classified as. I love the light feel, and its Janet doing Janet. Good Sh$t JJ! Looking forward to what’s next.
Rick, u go ahead and sit down to…the hell? JJ was doin this ish before he died, and gotta continue on after…cant help the timing dummy. And really @ Letoya…ur a mess.
sounds like GQ’s Disco Nights was heavily sampled.
I like it tho
Thanks Janet.. now take this joint to the clubs and put out a hot video.
btw everyone Rodney Jerkins produced this track not Jam & Lewis.
To be honest…
I F-ING LOVE IT!!!
I think I want to make a few points here from the negativity crowd…I think a lot of you are fans of other female artist’s out there, and that’s cool. You like who you like. But is it just me or do I get the feeling that some of you non-janet fans are a little scared that Janet has picked up a few more thousand fans because her brother died? That means more people voting for her videos, music, watching her movies and adding a couple more platinum records to her walls…Don’t get me wrong, I am DIE hard Janet fan. There was a time when I put this woman before my own Mama…LOL…but I do believe that Janet and her new aquired fans have got some of you Bey fans sweating like turkey’s on Thanksgiving.
As far as the song goes, I think it’s hott and I can’t wait to hear more. Janet “retire”? Only after she’s dead. Ya’ll hater’s ain’t gonna get rid of her like that. Lip singing on the MJ tribute? I’m sorry, but I’ve been to ALL of Janet’s concerts and at all of them I sat in the first 3 rows and I have to say that I have NEVER heard janet sing that damn hard in my life! If you remember, she made a song called” What about” and that song was sung hard, but this thing she did at the VMA’s…whew! Truthfullyspeaking #32, I think you need to change your name AND get your tivo fixed. Were you even WATCHING the VMA’s? Maybe you thought you were watching what everyone else was watching but mistaked it for some other awards show with devil worshipping Beyonce in it.
Said what I said because I felt like it. If you don’t like it guess what?
(I think you can finish the answer for yourselves)
I agree with post #61 – total classic 80s and I LOVE IT. This was something fun for Janet to do and it fits her voice perfectly. Such a nice break from all that other new, ear wasting bullshit that out there right now. Thanks Janet for taking it back to day one!
I just find it highly laughable how people are saying Janet needs to call it quits or that her career is over, etc etc. First of all who the hell are you to tell someone they should stop doing what they love. Stevie Wonder doesn’t sell as many records as he used to, nobody is saying his career is over, when Diana Ross released an album it didn’t fly off the shelves, nobody said she should give it a rest. So how about ya’ll just shut the fuck up. In addition to that Damita Jo was a platinum selling album, last time I check selling 1 million copies was a success. Sure it might not have been “Janet Jackson,” numbers but as far as I’m concerned platinum is platinum. “Call on Me” from 20 Y.O was #1 on the R&B Charts and #1 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales, “So Excited” became her 17 #1 dance hit, and also with Discipline debuting at #1 that tied Janet with Mariah for the most #1 albums by a female artist, behind Madonna who has 7 and Streisand who has 8.
Finally in this day and age let’s not get it twisted that album sales equal a good quality album or artist, can we say Souljah Boy Tell Em’. Also Jill Scott doesn’t sell tons of records but her music has more quality than most. India Arie doesn’t sell tons of records but her music has more quality than most. Sure Janet may never sell 10 million records per album anymore but that does not mean her career is over. If that was the case people wouldn’t still be buzzing about her so damn much.
I LOVE IT!!! I swear, some of you on here are NEVER satisfied!!! The song is HOT! Plan and simple. If I read one more reply like, “She should do this” or “She should do that” I’m gonna SCREAM!! If you don’t like it, don’t reply!!!! Janet do you boo!!!
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This is the best I’ve heard from her since her Janet album. I think she should hook up with Akon and Red.
JANET’S BACK! I agree with a lot of the statements on here in regards to people stating that Janet should retire or sit down. Some of you hadn’t experienced what it feels like to do something you love to do. It takes so much love for an artist to share the best of themselves with the world in hopes that in return the world will love them back. For an artist their work is the greatest gift that can come from them …given to them by God. We all are gifted with some sort of talent whether is cooking, writing, speaking, building or whatever it may be. When someone accepts their gifts and use them to bring joy and love to others God is going to bless them.
Janet is a truly blessed woman, but at at the same time she is human. God will take us through hell just to get us into heaven. Who knows that the superbowl incident may have been a test for Janet and now with the loss of her brother an end to a 7 year relationship she is being tested even more. But just as it seems that you are on your last breath God comes through…when trials are tough you are on the midst of a true blessing. Janet is a strong being, I am proud to whitness Janet’s strength as she holds true to the lyrics she sings in her albums.
Let’s do everyone a favor and understand our true passions… our talents in life and use them to spread goodness and love to one another. We have enough negativity against us in this world.
LOVE IT! YAY, she’s BACK TO JANET. This song reminds me a lot of a song Michael would do. I know she misses him dearly.