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January 11, 2008 Janet Jackson Covers New Issue of Billboard Magazine!
Okay… so I love this new picture of Janet Jackson on the cover of Billboard magazine (on newsstands now) but is it me or does this picture look like it was taken about 10-15 years ago? Anyway, here’s some of the highlights from the article.
Janet on Discipline not being a “comeback” album: “I think a comeback is when you leave and then you … come back,” she tells Billboard with a laugh. “People are always quick to use that word ‘comeback,’ but I never went anywhere, really.”
Janet on the new album: “heavier on dance tracks than seductive jams” and describes the album’s title track as “one of her typical frisky bedroom cuts, featuring lyrics like, ‘I need some discipline tonight/I’ve been very bad’ and ‘Daddy, make me cry.’”
Janet on how Virgin Records handled her last two albums: “Not to badmouth Virgin, ’cause it was my family for a very long time, but they kind of just lost touch. To only have support of the urban development and for [those two albums] to sell what they did, there’s a lot to say for that. [At Island] they all come together, and one department knows what the other department is doing. You need to really move forward. It’s teamwork, and that’s what Virgin lost.”
Note: JJ also tells Billboard that she hopes to tour in support of her soon to be released Discipline album in mid- to late summer.
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Muah Gorgeous
January 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm
she looks incredible!
PJW
January 11, 2008 at 12:22 pm
She looks hot. Love that photo.
I think it’s s’posed to look like something from 20 years ago, to revoke memories of that Janet and make us think that she’s back to that image/sound etc. L.A Reid likes to do that..
The Come Back Girl
January 11, 2008 at 12:44 pm
What the hell is wrong with the word comeback. From a literal perspective yes Janet-you never left the entertainment business. But HELLO all the world loves reinvention and do-0vers.
On a more contemplative note.
Figuratively no one is really who they were 10 years ago (or at least shouldn’t be.)
isaam
January 11, 2008 at 1:13 pm
yesssssss! janet looks great, i like the fact that she is giving us images of her lookin hott and clothed….i know the last projected hyped her weight lost, so we saw alot of half naked pics, but this fashionable forward janet is just what the public needs………this is a comeback in the sense that the public has officially moved on (THANK GOD)..from the superbowl, because lord knows she gave me All nite (dont stop) and so excited, to feel it and sell it in the clubs…..so yes loved muffins nad other baked goods….JANET IS BACK!!!!!
KR
January 11, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Jumpin up and down in excitement. I can’t wait for the new album. I am hyped about it. Another album to buy and put on my Zune with my other Janet albums.
Deuce
January 11, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I thinks she looks amazing, and I’m feeling the new single “Feedback ” and the new video…
Janet is on “fire” Go In!
thejuanstar
January 11, 2008 at 2:05 pm
That is an amazing image, one of the best from her in recent years. Is it me or we seeing a return of “dark” Janet from the Velvet Rope period but with a dance twist?
Cody
January 11, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Why does Janet always wear baggy ass pants? Her style is tired. If anyone else did that they would be talked about. I heard she has a complex about her legs. Funny because she doesn’t have a problem showing her titts. Cleave is always out.
Cody
January 11, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Well not always out, but she has shown it a lot.
ART
January 11, 2008 at 2:57 pm
YES! Janet is looking so GOOD! My personal opinion, I think the general public was ready for Janet for 20 YO. I know many of my friends who were Janet haters were really excited about CALL ON ME, but were then later disappointed when they actually heard it and saw the video (which I think was WAY more lackluster than FEEDBACK). They were expected the dance song of THE CENTURY, so many people shut her out then. AND, Virgin could never really get it together and she was only supported in the Urban sectors. BUT, I guess it’s done and over with now, so there’s no need to keep pushing it ;d. I’m soooo happy for her and can’t WAIT to hear the TRACK! AND, if she does actually tour, that would be CRAZY, cuz it’s been a MINUTE since we saw her live!!!!
tee
January 11, 2008 at 3:18 pm
That cover is awesome!!! I got to get this issue!!!
mike
January 11, 2008 at 3:35 pm
B your right about that picture.but you know what no one cant put shit past us aries folk.that picture is photoshoped at its best…no you know what it looks like…janet could not make it to the photoshoot so they take this bighead of her from some other picture and put it on that small body of hers.but if you look at the picture a little longer it looks like the head is too far out.LOL bad photoshoping
sorrytodissappointyou
January 11, 2008 at 4:04 pm
daddy make me cry? that’s perverted!
jason
January 11, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Mike, learn to write a complete sentence before you try and dog someone out. IGNUT!
Covergirl
January 11, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Janet looks Great!
shay2shaymd
January 11, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Janet looks HOT!!!!
CrazyAzzLarry
January 11, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Go head Janet!!! Ya’ll Know I’ma get my girl’s new CD. I already got the day off from work so I can go the store early that morning to get it!!!!
Asha
January 11, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Janet looks great !
mike
January 11, 2008 at 7:30 pm
jason.. lil boy.. please keep your mouth shut k……..it is a complete sentance go sit somewhere in a corner.i was talking to b.scott.not jason who?
mike
January 11, 2008 at 7:35 pm
And i was not dogging janet out i love her and own all of her CDs.i was just talking about that bad picture of her so try not to fight with me cause i have 20/20 vision and can see a very bad photoshoped picture.
mike
January 11, 2008 at 7:37 pm
typeo SENTENCE mybad!!!!!!
r.lo
January 11, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Great picture. She looks great!
Love the video, love the song. The video is different but great to watch. People are ready to dog it, but lets be serious. She put something out there that is above the rest and proves why we all have missed her much. Don’t over analyze, don’t get dissappointed because you had your own vision of the video…just enjoy it. Janet is giving us a reason to listen to radio again and to challenge others to make a video that is outside the box….
Twanthen
January 11, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Its called re-touching if they can make Tina Knowles look 20 in those Dereon ads they can do anything.
csweets
January 12, 2008 at 4:37 am
I like the picture but if you look at it more it does look like it was photoshopped. Probably because of the shadows around the neck but either way I love Janet!!!
thejuanstar
January 12, 2008 at 10:12 am
You better believe that picture was enhanced in Photoshop. But you best believe that the majority of images you see in the media is as well. From magazine covers, paparazzi shots, to even news photos, Photoshop is used to alter or enhance things as simple as lighting, exposure, and levels to name a few.
This cover is pretty amazing and utilizes some fantastic use of photographic AND digital tools.
Phillip
January 12, 2008 at 10:38 am
Janet looks so fly…
Tonya
January 12, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Janet looks beautiful can’t wait for the CD and the tour.
fatblkboy
January 12, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Photoshopped or not – she looks good! I can’t wait for this album *crosses fingers that it’s better than 20 Y.O. because I bought three copies and I’m still mad* and tour. WE NEED A HOT TOUR JANET! I haven’t been to halfway decent concert since “All For You”. Well, Madonna has come twice since then but sold out both times before I could get tickets.
carrie
January 12, 2008 at 7:24 pm
JANET, you go girl. There will always be haters. NO matter what you do B****** will have something to say. The opinions these losers have means NADA. You can buy and sell their asses. OOPS, they are not worth S**t…….