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Janet: des rumeurs de préparation d'un nouvel album ...

* please go back to POP music *

Sur certains forums de Janet, on murmure que Janet aurait annulé sa tournée non pas pour faire un film (chose qu'apparemment elle fait) mais surtout parce qu'elle va sortir un nouvel album, probablement un best of avec 2 ou 3 nouvelles chansons histoire de revenir au top des et oublier les flops de "damita jo" et "20 yo". Espérons que Jermaine Dupri n'aura aucune implication dans ce projet s'il a lieu...

Voici ce que dit Fox News à propos de Janet afin qu'elle revienne au top des charts (en gros ça dit: "elle doit revenir à ses racines qui sont la bonne pop pure et pas essayer de devenir une star du r&b ce qu'elle n'a jamais vraiment été [..] elle doit retrouver de nouveaux compositeurs plus modernes que Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis [...] et cesser de jouer avec son image sexy")

Jackson's last two albums, Damita Jo (Virgin) and 20 Y.O. (Virgin) didn't flop soley to bad publicity: they flopped because they were boring. Jackson's been harping about how sexy and alluring she is for the past decade, and the schtick is getting stale.
-Janet Jackson has worked almost exclusively with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for over 20 years. The trio has create some of the most intriguing dance music ever. Unfortunately, their collaboration has shown its age lately. Jam and Lewis are still very talented individuals, though aside from Jackson, their work hasn't been all that heralded and they haven't been able to produce the same magic and chemistry with other artists that they've managed with Jackson. She also should look to someone else to revitalize her sound. There was a moment of brilliance with Damita Jo with a pair of tracks created by Kanye West.
Finally, the main thing Jackson should remember is that her strength lies in good pop music; so it's disheartening to hear her sing over canned, stale crunk beats. She should go back to her roots (as she claimed she has in the prehype for her last album) to dance-pop. As mentioned she should look to new producers, but should find some sympathetic pop maestros, instead of trying to fashion herself as an R&B singer, which she never really was.
A good suggestion would be to hook up with former Madonna-producer, William Orbit (I can imagine the results would be magical). She should also find the Pet Shop Boys' number
With American Life, detractors joyfully called Madonna's career over; others did the same with Mariah Carey after Glitter. Both singers have since returned to record sales comparable to their salad days; Jackson can still recover from the missteps, if she just takes care to overhaul her image and her sound. She should ditch the oversexed horny-babe look, because she shouldn't try so hard to compete with women who half her age (or even half her career's age). Ciara and Rhianna wouldn't exist without Jackson, and instead of trying to match them with carnality, she should instead trump them with class and intelligence.