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Janet Jackson - "20 Y.O."

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20 Y.O. ​

Aqui estan otros excelentes review que reflejan muy bien lo que es el disco y confirman que es un GRAN disco.:cool:

JANET JACKSON
“20 Years Old”
(Virgin)​

Janet Jackson starts her new album, “20 Years Old,” with a spoken reminder that over the last 20 years she has done songs about “racism, spousal abuse, empowering women.” Of course none of those topics are what made her a star: sex. Janet (as she now bills herself) has happily devoted most of her career to teasing, pleasing and heavy breathing, and she’s not stopping on “20 Years Old.”​

For the first half of the album she challenges men to prove their prowess; then she snuggles up to one man. She’s never as explicit as the female rappers who arrived after her — like Khia, who joins her on “So Excited” — but she’s not shy either. In “So Excited” Janet vows, “If you like it then I’ll do it/I’ll go head to toe.”​

Janet and her production and songwriting partners for two decades, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, have long since perfected keyboard-centered grooves and plush but weightless ballad arrangements that let her creamy little coo of a voice whisper right up close.​

She has extra collaborators now, including her boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri, the hitmaking producer who’s now president of Virgin Records Urban Music. Perhaps he honed tracks like “Get It Out Me,” a brilliant, pointillistic mixture of 1980’s electro, Indian tabla drumming and vocals arriving from all directions. “This Body,” with lyrics that make the singer a pinup come to life — not far-fetched, since the 40-year-old Janet flaunts her curves on more than one glossy magazine cover this month — is nearly as snappy, pumping along on a ticking beat, a digitized hard-rock riff, a few electric-guitar sounds and countless fleeting synthesizer hooks.​

But Janet’s music has settled into a handful of approaches. Along with the dance beats, there are lushly harmonized ballads like “With You” and “Enjoy.” There are tinkly-twinkly tunes like “Call on Me” (with Nelly’s singsong guest rap) and “Daybreak.” And there are slow, breathy seductions like “Love 2 Love” and “Take Care,” where the lyric sheet says, “I need my sweetie pie,” but Janet clearly sings, “I need my sweaty pie.”​

On “20 Years Old,” Janet is as crafty and poised as ever. Her flirtations are still a pleasure, but an overly familiar one. She’s done these same slinky moves too often to surprise listeners now.​

JON PARELES/NY Times
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How Janet got her groove back
Glenn Gamboa
DROPS​

September 26, 2006​

Janet Jackson opens her new "20 Y.O." (Virgin) album with a declaration of sorts, saying: "I want to keep it light. I don't want to be serious. I want to have fun."​

But her real message is unspoken and carried through the album: "I'm still here. I win."​

The ridiculous firestorm surrounding the accidental baring of her breast during a Super Bowl halftime number with Justin Timberlake in 2004 would have creatively paralyzed a lesser artist. For months, she was metaphorically stoned in pop culture's public square, not because it was deserved, but because it was convenient - an easy way to distract the country from the stumbling war in Iraq. (Isn't it odd that it took only weeks to hold congressional hearings on Nipplegate, but years to hold hearings on the lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?)​

Of course, all of that, as Jackson says a lot these days, is "the past." Her present is a happy one, judging from the sweetness and light that fill "20 Y.O.," a title that refers to the 20th anniversary of Jackson's first rebirth, when she released her breakthrough album "Control" (A&M).​

On "20 Y.O." she skips all that drama of breaking free and asserting herself. She also keeps most of the tie-me-up, tie-me-down sexual raunch of her recent albums in the closet. This album is all about dancing and returning to her R&B roots. No envelope-pushing, no genre-busting. Just irresistible grooves, catchy hooks and lots of Janet.​

The current single, "So Excited," is a good indicator of what to expect from the current incarnation of Jackson. It's streetwise, lighthearted and easily digestible, though her longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, as well as boyfriend-producer Jermaine Dupri, keep the beats (in this case, using the catchiest part of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit") interesting, a mix of electro-funk and Dirty South bounce.​

Songs such as "Get It Out Me" and the sun-kissed feel of "Enjoy" let Jackson give her breathy-voiced followers like Ciara and Rihanna something to work on for their new albums. The best of the midtempo bunch is "Daybreak," which welds the harmonic playfulness from her "Escapade" days with the hand-clapping simplicity of one of those snap-music groups like Cherish.​

Jackson throws in some nice quiet-storm ballads as well, including the lilting "With U" and "Take Care," which both well suit her cooing vocals.​

Unlike "Damita Jo" and "All For You" (both Virgin), "20 Y.O." doesn't have any filler. In fact, it comes closer to the every-song-could-be-a-single vibe than Beyoncé's "B'Day" (Sony Urban) or Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds" (Jive), even if it doesn't have the one massive breakout hit that each of those albums has.​

Even though "20 Y.O." doesn't sound like the days of "Control," it has the same powerful feel of having six singles come from that album or a record-setting seven Top5 singles from "Rhythm Nation: 1814." There are snippets of Jackson's hits sprinkled throughout the album, though none of them last very long.​

Jackson may not want to dwell in that past, either. After all, "20 Y.O." shows that her future could be even better.
("20 Y.O.," in stores today; grade: A-)
WWW.NEWSDAY.COM​

Exclusive Review: L.T. Dinwiddie breaks down Janet Jackson's New Album

W.B. - Worth Buying
B.L.-Bootleg It-$5.00
D.L.-Own it on the Low
NXT-Next Album Please (Whack!)​

Like many of you when I heard Janet Jackson was making another album I thought myself "why bother"? After the infamous nipple gate incident, that has gotten her blacklisted from MTV, I didn't see a point. But more importantly I didn't think she could do it. Her last album "Damita Jo" was lack luster to say the least and bombed on Billboard, so I cast Janet on that island of has been's and looked on to the next artist to rightfully take her place. (Beyonce maybe)​

But I have to admit she put her foot in this new album "Twenty Years Old". This new CD is marking Janet's twenty year career span in the business. The album is definitely retrospective with a modern hip hop enthused twist that is sure to surprise everyone who listens to it. Obviously music has changed a lot since Janet was on top of her game, and with Twenty Years Old, she didn't miss a beat. She busts open the gate on her new album with her current single "So Excited" feat. Khia. Listen I know her first single "Call on Me" was just OK, hell lets call it what it was it was whack, but when I tell you this new album is going blow you away is an understatement.​

The minute you hear this CD your going to be surprised that the youngest Jackson, who is still older compared to all the other artists in the current music scene is still here and can still give these chicks a run for their money. Though her brother is certifiably over, Janet still has some bump in her bounce. And might I add what a freak she seems to be with three sexually laced songs "Do It to Me", "This Body" and "Take Care". I am "So Excited", no pun intended, to see her on tour. It seems Janet is giving all of us who doubted her the middle finger as she is sure to have yet another number one album up under her belt.​


If you don't get this album then you're probably just a hater .​

Rating: W.B.+​


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20 Y.O
YA EN TIENDAS ​
 
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Ya consegui el disco!!! Ayer sólo lo encontre en la FNAC y los estaban colocando aún. Me compre la Edicion Especial y el slidepack de Design of a Decade. Es un fastidio que no venga libreto en este formato, pero weno, que se le va a hacer.


Me habia estado reservando oir el disco hasta que lo tuviera en mis manos y no quise bajarmelo. Y, la verdad, para mi supera al DJ y al AFY. Yo creo quye es un album muy competente, y, aunque no llegue a cotas como el TVR o Janet. pues es un album que esta muy bien. Ya no hay tanto sexo como en los dos anteriores, se deja de tantos susurros.... a mí me ha convencido.


Eso si, el DVD y pensaba que iba a traer videos musicales pero nada de eso:novale:
 
La verdad es q la actuacion de so escited esta muy muy bien, la coreografia esta muy currada, es la q mas me gusta desde doesn't really matter...mucho mejor q las de las canciones del Damita Jo.

El disco lo voy oyendo casi todos los dias, las q mas me gustan son With U y Daybreak...No lo pienso comprar, no es lo q esperaba, las criticas hacia el disco son bastante buenas...ya veremos como le va en las listas de ventas.
 
En el Myspace oficial de Janet ya han puesto el segundo episodio de su video Journal :p .



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Fotos de Janet del dia de hoy en el programa de 106 & Park en NY .

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Y otra portada màs para Bounce .

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Ya tengo la edicion especial del disco.. ¿Alguien la ha comprado en el corte ingles? Lo digo porque al Fnac vale 29'95 y a los otros sitios unos 35 €.
En el Fnac SOLO habia la edicion de Luxe, no se porque, supongo que es debido a que es el primer dia ya que ayer era fiesta en toda Barcelona.
Me gusta cada vez más el disco ehh, en serio, de momento, mil veces mas que el Damita Jo.
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Anteoria daki unas horas estará firmando discos en la Virgin, no?
Joer que envidia :(
 
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A mi tambien me gusta mucho este nuevo disco. Ya he dicho: mucho mejor que el Damita Jo y mucho mejor que el ALL FOR YOU (para mi, el peor disco de Janet hasta la fecha)

Sólo 3 canciones no me hacen mucha gracia:

- Take Care
- Love 2 love you
- This Body (aunque tampoco me parece tan horrible como la habiais pintado)
 
Conis, justo iwal que yo, a mi las unicas que no me dicen nada son..
- Take Care
- Love 2 love you
Y la de This Body a mi desde el principio que me ha gustado, (me fliparia la instrumental) y obviamente no me dejare influenciar por nadie, si a mi me gusta, ya me vale xD
Estas dos que no me gustan mucho, seguro que en la cama me encantarian :rolleyes:
Por cierto Show me, no me gustaba y ahora me gusta bastante.
 
Esas no estan en la edicion deluxe...

A mi tambien me encantarian esas en la cama, ol nait :p :p :p


Thsi Body me gusta el ritmillo que tiene de fondo... y la actuacion de SO EXCITED en Oprah lo flipas!!

Por cierto, ol nait, pon tu critica cancion a cancion, me interesa bastante porque estoy de acuerdo contigo en muchas cosas.


PD: y aver si te conectas al msn de vez en cuando
 
Finalmente, ¿están regalando algo con la compra del nuevo CD de Janet? Lo que se comentó de un posible llaverito en El Corte Inglés, ¿es cierto?
 
En Mèxico aùn no se que vayan a regalar,supongo que nada :sacabo: .



Free Goodies With Purchase of 20 Y.O.

Several retail outlets in the United States will be giving away various free items with the purchase of the "20 Y.O." album, which hits stores this coming Tuesday. The stores and items are listed below and come with both the regular version and the deluxe version.

Target: Purchase of album comes with code to get early access to buy up to four concert tickets for Janet's upcoming tour. Limited number of tickets and venues available for early purchase.

Best Buy: Purchase of album comes with code to download four exclusive tracks, which are all believed to be remixes of "Call On Me," however that has not been confirmed.

Wal-mart: Purchase of album comes with code to download one exclusive track. What the track is has not been announced yet .

Circuit City: Purchase of album comes with code to download the Full Phat Mix of "Call On Me."

FYE: Purchase of album comes with a free lithograph of the album cover photo. Limited quantities available.
 
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