Battle Of The Era... LOOKING 4 MYSELF vs BELIEVE

by **biscuits** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:13 pm

Both great eras (which I unfortunately didn't fully experience at the time).

Dangerous
- good singles (some great, some not as great)
- good videos (particularly In The Closet, Remember The Time, Give In To Me)
- very good sales, but slightly underwhelming (particularly in the US)
- scandal because of the child molestation accusations - the era is almost overshadowed by this

janet.
- great singles, including some of her best
- good videos & choreography
- sexy new image
- cool world tour
- great sales (and it sold more than 'Dangerous' in the US)
- commercial peak

I'll have to go with janet. here.

by **Noahh** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:46 pm

Dangerous

by **CrazyCrazy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:47 pm

Biscuits.

Dangerous. :wink:

by **Timmy94** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:49 pm

Noahh wrote:Dangerous

by **GUS** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:49 pm

Oh my...

These 2 albums defined my teen years... it's so hard!! I've been listening "Dangerous" a lot lately so I vote for Michael this time... but Janet, I love Janet!!!

by **Merci** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:51 pm

Janitor

by **Play** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:58 pm

The Dangerous choreography >>>>>>> Janet.

by **biscuits** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:04 pm

crazycrazy wrote:Biscuits.

Dangerous.

Everything I said was true.

The 'janet.' era was Janet's commercial peak, whereas 'Dangerous' is seen as the beginning of Michael's downfall.

by **stevyy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:36 pm

dangerous because it features some of my alltime faves and even though michael did go thru hell with the molestation accusations, he was still everywhere and the beginning of the era was still outstanding. he was still the one and true sole king of music.

by **NothingFails** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:10 am

As an ERA, I'd give janet. the edge for one reason, Dangerous' era was forever tarnished by the BS that went down near the end of it.

by **Titan3510** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:57 am

I have to go with the .janet era...

The Dangerous era was cut short. And he suffered commercially for all of the crap he went through...

Dangerous is easily the better album though.

by **Ruthymon** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:24 am

"Dangerous" is the ultimate reason the genre, New Jack Swing, was created.

by **RichyRich** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:25 am

I love Dangerous but the "If" choreography > Dangerous era

The Janet. Era was just so iconic.

by **RichyRich** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:28 am

Ruthymon wrote:"Dangerous" is the ultimate reason the genre, New Jack Swing, was created.

Janet was doing New Jack Swing during Control & Rhythm Nation 1814.

by **Ruthymon** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:38 am

RichyRich wrote:
Ruthymon wrote:"Dangerous" is the ultimate reason the genre, New Jack Swing, was created.
Janet was doing New Jack Swing during Control & Rhythm Nation 1814.

True, but it was fluffy. Michael took it to another level.

by **Andreita2994** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:56 am

dangerous
-superbowl <----one of the most iconic superbowl performance
-my fav vids (black or white, in the closet) and fav choreography (remember the time) by mj
-his dangeorus tour ,although he didn't sing all his songs live ,it is one of my fav mj tours ...i just love his jam performance,will you be there, black or white.

and dangerous is my fav album,well for right now...it always changes between HIStory

Website · by **LonelyDreamer** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:59 am

Dangerous.

by **NothingFails** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:00 am

Ruthymon wrote:
RichyRich wrote:
Ruthymon wrote:"Dangerous" is the ultimate reason the genre, New Jack Swing, was created.
Janet was doing New Jack Swing during Control & Rhythm Nation 1814.
True, but it was fluffy. Michael took it to another level.

IMO Dangerous was more or less New Jack's last stand instead of the album that made it huge. That genre really peaked in popularity IMO around 1989-1990 with Bobby Brown, Bell Biv Devoe, Guy and others... after Dangerous, most male r&b went more smooth and ballady.

by **ThaInfo1** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:17 am

Era? I'd give it to Janet. She was just unstoppable then. That's The Way Love Goes still sh*ts.

I haven't listened to the Dangerous album but Janet. isn't my favorite from Janet.

by **Luminator** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:21 am

Easily Dangerous

It's kinda pathetic to call Dangerous's sales "underwhelming" and Janet.'s "great". Dangerous sold more than 2 times as much as Janet..

by **Titan3510** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:26 am

NothingFails wrote:
Ruthymon wrote:
RichyRich wrote:
Ruthymon wrote:"Dangerous" is the ultimate reason the genre, New Jack Swing, was created.
Janet was doing New Jack Swing during Control & Rhythm Nation 1814.
True, but it was fluffy. Michael took it to another level.
IMO Dangerous was more or less New Jack's last stand instead of the album that made it huge. That genre really peaked in popularity IMO around 1989-1990 with Bobby Brown, Bell Biv Devoe, Guy and others... after Dangerous, most male r&b went more smooth and ballady.

I agree with both Ruthymon and NothingFails.

For lack of a better word, Janet's new jack swing in the '80s was fluffy for the most part. It didn't start getting legit until 1993...when it pretty much was over.

But I agree: Dangerous was both the encore and the magnum opus of new jack swing music...

Last FM · by **arab** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:36 am

Noahh wrote:Dangerous

Right! Nothing to add :wink:

by **danbarj** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:21 pm

Janet.
x1000000000

by **Wayne** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:25 pm

Dangerous, easily.

by **Chun** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:27 pm

Janet