Janet Jackson - Discipline
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Free Music Review: Janet remains strong, listeners need the discipline.
Hit: 5 Stars
Janet returns with her new album, with yet another modern feel blended with her past unique style. One thing some previous individuals reviewing this album lack is an understanding of Janet, her style and heavy influence on the music industry through the decade. Perhaps they have not followed her from the start like some of us that are her age have.
This album features more of her own style, not the style of others. Others have attempted to copy Janet over the years, rather then attempting their own style. So yes this album may seem different yet like many other artists, however remember Janet influenced those artists for more then 10 years, from the get go.
Janet has forever left her mark in the music industry, and no matter what she does now, she remains one of histories best artists. This album has energy, and teh track "Feedback" shows that. I enjoy the rolling bass effect in the track, which is club ready.
Other tracks are sensual like some of her previous albums, but not as sultry as before, makign the album more for everyone. This is a FUN CD, and the more you here ti the more you love it. It is clear by soem reviews, they don't even listen to the lyrics and how the music matches it so well. That is a common probem with fast reviews with no music background. The lack of Discipline is clear in those individuals.
Janet has done better work in the past. Work others tried to copy but never have been able to cath the feel. Janet is not jsut a singer but a dancer and the best female performer on stage who only has been matched by Madonna in the past. Artists today do not have her flair, even when they attempt it. Britney Spears was a clear failure in that department with very weak dance abilites (as a professional Dancer I see it clearly).
This CD is worth getting and fans will enjoy it. Until her next CD. One thing is clear. Janet's music lives forever and her older songs continue to be highly requested and loved, and are truely timeless.
Free Music Review: Much Better
Hit: 5 Stars
A few lines from a couple songs and some suggestive presentation guarantees that a significant amount of the reaction to Discipline, Janet's tenth studio album, will feast upon the singer's lack of judiciousness when it comes to expressing her sexuality. Leave the teasing and explicitness to the teens and younger twenty-somethings -- not the grown women -- right? Janet should get back to making sunny, uncomplicated songs like "Escapade" and pretend that the occasional-to-frequent salaciousness extending back to Control never existed. She should do that and, while she is at it, act her age. (When the three years younger R. Kelly releases his next album, no protests of a similar nature will be heard; ditto whenever the Rolling Stones perform "Brown Sugar.")
While Discipline is dressed up like a racy affair with track-to-track titillation, it has only a couple moments where Janet takes the S&M imagery further, and more deeply personal, than she did on The Velvet Rope; the majority of its subject matter relates to the more common elements of relationships. The likes of "Never Letchu Go" (a sweet, glistening ballad), "Luv" (carrying a brisk, feel-good clap-and-bounce), "Rollercoaster" (suitably jittery and giddy), and "Can't B Good" (practically a descendent of her brother Michael's "Can't Help It," with that gentle and affecting self-examination that only a Jackson can do so well) are as innocent, universal, and inviting as anything else in Janet's past.
There are two irresistible, grade-A dancefloor tracks as well: the swift, swooning "Rock with U" (that is the correct title) and the more aggressive (as in "let's throw down") "2Nite." The absence of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis is not felt, not with Ne-Yo, the-Dream, Tricky Stewart, and Stargate stepping up to contribute with established Janet collaborators Johnta Austin, Rodney Jerkins, and of course Jermaine Dupri (who brought Janet with him to Island from Virgin). Janet probably won't hit that late-'80s peak again, but that is no excuse to write her off.
Free Music Review: GREAT 5 Stars
As a hardcore Janet fan it was hard for me to understand what anybody's problem was with her last 2 albums without being biased. My unbiased opinion now is that whatever was wrong has been corrected with this new Discipline album.Discipline gives you that Janet flava without that "same old" feel & vibe, which may be in part due to the fact that her staple producers (Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)are noticeably absent........this album is very much in the NOW if not of the Future.
It is not an overtly sexual album, although it does have 2 sex songs on it which might I add are tastefully done. "Discipline" and "Curtains" are very grown &sexy and help enhance this already GREAT album, of course that's given that you don't mind these kinds of songs.
Knowing that most people's tastes vary when it comes to the styles of music that Janet has offered over the years (even amongst fans) makes it hard to properly critique Discipline:
If R&B is more your style the standout tracks on Discipline are; Never Letchu Go, Greatest X, What's UR Name,Discipline, and Curtains.
If you just love to dance the cuts to keep you movin are; Feedback,Luv,Rollercoaster,Rock With U,2Nite,The 1 & So Much Betta(this song will require extra use of the repeat button because it's so short...but well worth it).
For those dance tracks it needs to be broken down 4 u a little. If "Pop"/house dance music is more you're style "Rock With U" & "2Nite" are more your speed. "Rollercoaster" and "So Much Betta" can easily fit into that pop dance category but they do have an "Urban/R&B" feel to them as well.
Pro's; The vocals are sharp and clear (for the most part), the lyrics are innocent mostly, the digitized voice and "computer" feel is very cool.
Cons; Some of the songs are too short, in 1 or 2 spots the beats overpower Janet's soft,sweet vocals.
Free Music Review: BEST JANET SINCE THE VELVET ROPE!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is such a great album. I am so pleased with it. I have been a Janet fan since the Control days, and I have enjoyed her music and videos. Janet has always put a lot of effort into her work, and it really shows on this ablum. Although many younger listeners may know more about Janet from the Superbowl, you must put your biases aside. Damita Jo was actually a great album, and 20yo had some good songs, although it is not one of my favorite Janet albums (probably my least favorite). Discipline ranks among her best works. Although she is clearly trying to reach a younger audience, there is something for everyone. She has more adult electronic songs and some club bangers. While she focuses on sensuality, she also talks about romance as well. The older crowd needs to relax and have some fun and stop whining about and comparing Janet with her past. Just Enjoy. That is what this album is all about.
Standout tunes:
2nite! This song is absolutely amazing. It is classic, dancing, sassy Janet. It cannot be stopped!
The 1 -- Missy and Janet are awesome together on this song. JJ has a lot of edge, and Missy is clearly having fun. It is an excellent collaboration. Club banger.
What's Ur Name -- This is an excellent cut. Excellent. Excellent. Unrequited attraction. Slow song.
Luv -- Another excellent cut. Midtempo. About being hopelessly in love -- and now regretting it.
Curtains: Beautiful ballad. Janet's vocals are superb.
Never Letchu Go -- another ballad. Great vocals. Tear-jerker!!!
Cant B Good -- tender. Awesome vocals.
Rock With You -- great for the mature crowd. Electronic and funky!
Songs that will have to grow on me: Rollercoaster, So Much Better and Feedback.
Overall: A
Free Music Review: Fits the "20 Years Old" concept better than '20 Y.O.'
Hit: 5 Stars
I have always been a big Janet fan, but one thing that always irks me is that Janet's genre of music changes so drastically with each album, and yet each time she insists that this is the "real her". While I enjoyed 'Damita Jo' and '20 Y.O.', it is obvious that not everyone shared my tastes. Janet's obsession with sexual tracks and spoken interludes has indeed been annyoing, and she has still hasn't taken the hint. However, 'Discipline' takes Janet back to her roots as a phenomenal R&B-pop artist and focuses more on having fun than trying to make Janet look like a sex goddess. Nearly every era of Janet's discography is represented here; "Rollercoaster"'s 80's sound would have faired excellently on 'Control' or 'Rhythm Nation 1814', whereas "What's Ur Name?" could easily fit on 'Damita Jo', and "Never Letchu Go" sounds like it's from the 'janet.' album. Janet covers all different types of music on this album, and it was a great decision on Jermaine Dupri's part. While '20 Y.O.' had more of a dark hip-hop/R&B sound that maintained on nearly every track, 'Discipline' lets genres such as disco, dance, and pop shine through. While the sex theme is not absent from 'Discipline', the hints are more subtle than those in her highly explicit tracks, such as "Moist", which is nearly pornographic. All in all, the tracks on 'Discipline' better represent Janet's 21-year music career than those on '20 Y.O.', which all sounded pretty much the same. The spoken interludes are still annoying, but obviously, Janet likes them, because she wants to give the illusion of a "concept album", although her albums rarely fit the "concept" she's trying to get across. 'Discipline' features some truly amazing tracks by some top producers. I am confident that this album will help to put Janet back on top.