Janet Jackson - Damita Jo

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  • User1
    Roadie
    • 27 Jun 2002
    • 981

    #41
    Really like!!

    - Damita Jo - wish it was a little longer, only 2mins45 secs

    - All Nite (Don't Stop) - by far my fave on the album. Really reminds me of Black Eyed Peas 'Hey Mama' but millions of times better!!!!!!!!! Think it's just the clapping bit init actually.

    and - R&B Junkie - sooooo 80's!!!!

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    • User1
      Roadie
      • 27 Jun 2002
      • 981

      #42
      and am really feelin 'SloLove' - so poppy!!!

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      • BronxBadBoi
        Superstar
        • 07 Oct 2002
        • 5159

        #43
        This album is good. I am surprised because I'm not a Janet fan. R&B junkie, I want you, Damita Jo etc. She has so many great songs. I don't understand how Love me for a little is a single.
        Favorite new shows this fall season '06

        1. Heroes
        2. Ugly Betty
        3. Six Degrees

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        • Molokat
          Roadie
          • 27 Aug 2003
          • 512

          #44
          A few people thought Janet lost her soul on the last album. She's an artist and has many sides. She's back to kick some ass

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          • HonanBeetch
            Personal Assistant
            • 04 Mar 2004
            • 1392

            #45
            Originally posted by Molokat
            A few people thought Janet lost her soul on the last album. She's an artist and has many sides. She's back to kick some ass
            That's what's cool about Janet Jackson: no matter how much people say she's weak and her career's going down, they forget the fact that she's survived with grace by showing that her longevity has provided such an amazing mark within the pop and R&B/hip-hop communities. She can stay as long as she wants because her new album seems to prove itself as being her most soulful yet. The groves a lot deeper and more funky, yet a lot slower and more relaxed than her past albums. "All For You" seemed like a mixed bag of being overtly glossy and pop with some R&B, and "The Velvet Rope" seemed too erotic for some critics (but it was still an interesting bag of tricks as well). "Damita Jo" sets itself from the other two albums because it takes the soul from those albums and has concentrated them to an album of tracks of love that are equally sensual and soulful. "Just A Little While" is probably the poppiest I've heard Janet in a while, but ironically, it contrasts the almost neo-soul underlying sound of the album.

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            • User1
              Roadie
              • 27 Jun 2002
              • 981

              #46
              the more and more i listen to this, the more faves i'm finding am now loving 'could this be love'.

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              • HonanBeetch
                Personal Assistant
                • 04 Mar 2004
                • 1392

                #47
                "As far as this cd is concerned, Janet Jackson's sin was not in exposing her breast during the Super Bowl. After all, the lady just wanted to show off a new piece of jewelry. The sin was in stripping down without titillating anyone. Overnight, she destroyed the highly sexualized persona she'd been cultivating for the last ten years and undermined Damita Jo, which is all about her sexuality -- from the cover (which features her topless and airbrushed) to songs such as the orgasmic 'Moist.' Sample lyric: 'Boy, you're about to make the rain come down.'
                Then there's 'Warmth,' which makes R. Kelly sound subtle. The audio equivalent of a Penthouse 'Forum' letter, 'Warmth' leaves nothing to the imagination. It begins with Jackson's 'hands wrapped around, stroking' to a porno bass thump. 'I feel you get erect,' she sings, before cooing, 'There's no place warmer than my mouth.' And, finally, after nearly four minutes, she demands, 'Now it's my turn.'

                Like the Super Bowl stunt, Damita Jo (titled after Jackson's middle name) smacks of trying too hard. It wants to be all things to all pop fans: There's some following in Beyonce's footsteps, a little Jay-Z piggybacking, whiffs of classic Eighties Janet, teeny-bopper pop, a Nelly impression, old-school funk, push-button rock & roll, even a little country & western. And the spoken-word interludes -- a staple of most of her albums -- in which she talks intimately to the listener, as if answering interview questions, are just plain weird.

                'When you look at me, do you want me just for what you see?' Jackson asks breathily in one such interlude. 'Do you think I'm that person that you watch on TV?/There's another side that I don't hide, but may never show.'

                While wags may quip, 'The left breast,' the truth is that Jackson is just trying to humanize herself, as she did so well on her breakthrough 1986 album, Control. But here she succeeds only in sounding even more out of touch, exposing her so-called real self -- her Damita Jo side -- by talking about how she used to enjoy listening to music while doing her homework and likes to read a good book on the beach. Who cares? This is the twenty-first century, and celebrity gossip and diet plans are now hard news: If you're going to talk to us intimately on your CD, at least tell us about your divorce, your workout tips and what you were thinking on Super Bowl Sunday.

                Instead, Damita Joe alternates between Jackson trying to play fantasy object and Everygirl, neither of which she really seems to be. Further evidence of the personality crisis comes from the production, which mixes the loyal architects of her sound -- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis -- with the producer of the moment, Kanye West. The net result is that Jackson just sounds self-conscious.

                Jackson has had eighteen years of monster hits, so it's hard to fault her instincts. Even her last lackluster CD, 2001's All for You, sold better in its first week than her best albums have. But the tough-talking teenager of Control, the high-minded soldier of Rhythm Nation and even the comeback queen of The Velvet Rope are all gone now. If reduced to a quarter of its size (it's twenty-two tracks long), Damita Jo could be a great CD. The candy-coated, Jay-Z-sampling 'Strawberry Bounce' is undeniable; on 'I Want You,' with help from West, she evokes the Motown dreams her siblings lived; and 'Thinkin' Bout My Ex' is a classic Babyface ballad that would make any self-respecting boy band jealous. But there's too much of Jackson's moistness to wade through to get to Damita Jo's solid ground." - Neil Strauss
                2/5 stars

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                • HonanBeetch
                  Personal Assistant
                  • 04 Mar 2004
                  • 1392

                  #48
                  I don't really know whether to agree with Rolling Stone magazine (the review from the above post) or not because they can be accurate about their reviews, but they can be WAAAY too critical as well. They usually fancy rock acts more than R&B/pop acts anyway. I dunno, I might just get the album and see. "Damita Jo" seems like an extremely diverse, promising album, but more wholly towards the urban community. Janet's always been one to go for the mainstream, not just devote herself wholly to the R&B/hip-hop world. Actually, she hasn't really be super in sync with the R&B/hip-hop world for a while because most of her hits end up becoming bigger pop hits than R&B/hip-hop hits. Still, she's admired by everyone and this shouldn't stop her from scoring another #1 album. Her might be waning artistically, but she's still da bomb. Whatever, we're all just going to have to listen to the album to see how it's like. I can expect it to be good because Janet's albums are large, but always full of great surprises and stuff.

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                  • Troubledjack
                    • 30 Jan 2004
                    • 449

                    #49
                    I am surprised and disappointed at Rolling Stone, especially since this album has been recieved a lot better than 'All For You' by critics on the whole.

                    So who will be buying this album tomorrow?

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                    • sweetest_sin
                      Roadie
                      • 04 Sep 2003
                      • 546

                      #50
                      I'm in two minds whether to buy the album. I hated 'All for you', I cannot stand the lead off single of Damita Jo. But apart from the Rolling Stone interview there people seem to think it's good album. :-?

                      I might just buy it out of loyalty. I do that alot....
                      I'll be the bitch tonight (I'll show you bitch - bitch!)
                      Beautiful, Intelligent, Talented, Cool, Honey.
                      Sure you're right I'm a B.I.T.C.H!!!

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                      • Hype
                        Legend
                        • 08 May 2002
                        • 12634

                        #51
                        i might still buy it even though i downloaded it.

                        I reccomend it to janet fans and R&B fans in general its a great album i love it! MUCH better than AFY
                        CALL ME CALICE, CALL ME COLD. YOU'RE ITALIC, I'M IN BOLD.

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                        • lib-x
                          • 16 Aug 2002
                          • 421

                          #52
                          ok let's just say... JANET'S WELL & TRULY BACK!
                          just got the album on the way to uni and im listening rite now. All Nite (Don't Stop) & R&B Junkie HAVE to be released. If this album is ignored then theres no justice in music
                          Boggy formerly known as Lib-X

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                          • User1
                            Roadie
                            • 27 Jun 2002
                            • 981

                            #53
                            From other forums etc... 'R&B Junkie' seems to be the most talked about track on the album

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                            • S4BUK
                              Manager
                              • 18 Nov 2002
                              • 3369

                              #54
                              Midweeks show 'Damita Jo' just scraping into the top 25
                              Idolised

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                              • Hype
                                Legend
                                • 08 May 2002
                                • 12634

                                #55
                                LORDY! i MUST buy it now! poor janet!
                                CALL ME CALICE, CALL ME COLD. YOU'RE ITALIC, I'M IN BOLD.

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                                • Dazzle
                                  Legend
                                  • 28 Nov 2002
                                  • 20386

                                  #56
                                  Ok. I hated it on first listen but for some reason, I love it now!

                                  The best song is 'I want you'.
                                  My other faves are 'Damita Jo' and 'Thinkin bout my ex'
                                  When you left I lost a part of me, It's still so hard to believe
                                  Come back baby please cos We belong together

                                  June 27th

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                                  • FreakyFlyBry
                                    Legend
                                    • 02 Nov 2002
                                    • 43231

                                    #57
                                    I just bought this album... haven't listened to it yet, I'll let you know what I feel about it when I do listen!
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                                    • Molokat
                                      Roadie
                                      • 27 Aug 2003
                                      • 512

                                      #58
                                      This alb is GREAT!!! nuff said

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                                      • Troubledjack
                                        • 30 Jan 2004
                                        • 449

                                        #59
                                        I got the album on Monday and I must say I love it.

                                        Right now my favorite tracks are 'My Baby' and 'Thinkin Bout My Ex'. Also loving 'Sexhibition', 'The Islands' and 'R&B Junkie'.

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                                        • Hype
                                          Legend
                                          • 08 May 2002
                                          • 12634

                                          #60
                                          If everyone loves it why is it not entering the top 20
                                          CALL ME CALICE, CALL ME COLD. YOU'RE ITALIC, I'M IN BOLD.

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