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GIRL, HEY!" -- Sent from my T-Mobile Sidekick®  Janet Jackson has returned to the scene with a new, fresh, and extremely promising album. Despite her decreasing sales with her last two efforts, "Damita Jo" and "20 Y.O." (Both debuted at #2 on the Billboard Charts), Janet is still riding high on her icon status. "Discipline" is her tenth studio record and she literally walks the listening audience through every reason why she is the legend that she is. On this album, Janet has completely relinquished herself from what she is best known for, working with longtime producers and friends, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and writing all of her own material. Instead, she left all the work up to popular and well-known producers such as longtime love, Jermaine Dupri, Ne-Yo, Stargate, The Dream & Tricky Stewart, and Rodney Jerkins. Their production and vocal arrangements take this album to the highest destinations imaginable. However, the artist herself, will floor you with her demands for more and desire to groove with that everlasting, unexplainable sultry tone that only she can claim."Discipline" starts out hard and funky with the Jerkin's produced first single, "Feedback" where Janet is clearly aware of how much you want her. She's ready and willing. Blow out her amplifier. Go ahead, do it. She wants you to! Everything about this song would make anyone desperate to hit the dance floor. The bass is hard and the hook honestly, makes you want to punch somebody -- it really does go that hard. It took me back to when Janet released "All For You" as her first single from the same titled album; "Feedback" is such a breath of fresh air. The next track, "Luv" has all the potential in the world. Here, Janet compares falling in love to being in a car wreck. Classic and completely relative to any and everyone who has ever fell hard in love. "I tried to switch my lanes and then I hit my breaks, sparks turned into flames...I should've stopped at the red light.." -- "He hit me with his luv, luv, luv, luv, luv, luv.." The hook is contagious; After the first listen, I simply could not get it out of my head. It almost has that same vibe from 1986's "When I Think Of You" off of Janet's Control album. "Rollercoaster" follows "Luv" in the sense that Janet cannot get enough of the rollercoaster ride that love is taking her on. The production on this track is insane, simply put. It is all bit crazy sounding however, at the same time you cannot help but get caught up in it all -- exactly like the affect of riding a rollercoaster. "Boy you give me butterflies, so deep inside, you bring me down everytime I look in those eyes -- it takes me all the way across the sky.." Janet's vocals bring you to that place of complete ecstacy; where you just do not have the slightest clue what to do about love but you really could careless, cause you are just besides yourself. This is a classic and could easily be a #1 single. Easily. After that care-free ride of hard-hitting drums and repetitive pre-choruses, Janet takes a "Bathroom Break". This interlude will take all the longtime Janet fans back to The Velvet Rope as soon as they hear it. Janet's simply, in a club bathroom with her girlfriends chit-chatting about that sorry guy who swore he was good enough to kick game to someone of her calibur. The way the album is going, I bet no one in that club was anywhere near the step stool to her level. It's funny, personable, and refreshing. This was the Janet we were missing -- OK Miss Thing?! Open that bathroom door and Janet is ready to tease the nearest victim with the infectious and sensuous, "Rock With U". Produced by Jermaine Dupri, this track is completely Euro-Pop & House. It has to be the most immaculately produced track on this CD, next to the title track or "Curtains". Synthesized, robotic voices and harmonies are the bread and butter of this song. And Janet's vocals? Flawless. Janet effortlessly sings you to a place where you probably have never been before, atleast with this voice. "..strobe lights make everything, sexier..shadows dancing on the wall. I wanna rock with u, let's converse. Talk with your body, don't say anything at all.." Her impeccable whisper sets the mood and makes you want to grab the nearest body into the darkest corner of the club, to let them know exactly how sexy the strobe lights are making you feel. This is most definately, one of the best tracks on the album. The next song, "2Nite" sounds like an ode to the 80's, yet it keeps that euro-pop feel very present in the underbelly of the production. The highlight of this song? Janet is singing in that beautiful upper-register! She sounds incredible and makes you wish she sang like this all the time. "2Nite" has Janet begging for her lover to stay the night claiming, "..something in the 2nite, I don't want to be alone. I need you to keep me warm, baby reach out touch me.." Then, she proceeds to list all the right elements that would make any man stay, singing, "..My body's here, I'm soaking wet, I wanna give you something that you won't forget -- ain't you curious? Don't you wanna know? Just how far do you think my love can go?" You're all hers. However, that may not be a good thing. "Can't B Good" is Janet's melodic predicament of falling in love when she promised herself she wouldn't. "...I'll fight it if I can, but I don't know if I should. One thing I know, is this can't be good." The first thing I thought about when I heard the first verse of this song was, Michael Joseph Jackson, period. It is utterly amazing how much the two sound alike and this song proves it. It is common knowledge that yes, they are siblings but this song really cements the possibility that they can easily sound like one another. "Can't B Good" is beautifully written and prolifically produced. However, it is Janet's vocals that make the track. Only Janet can sing a song like this. "Never Letchu Go" is personally the weakest track on the album. The song opens with a guitar riff and follows with Janet whispering throughout the song over a piano, about how hard love can be. Yet, because she is so in love she is willing to work at her relationship and will never give up on her lover. ".. I said it twice, I'ma say it once more, You're what I want..I'm never gonna let you go." How sweet. However, I can do without this one. What I really want to know is, what is it with Janet and songs about her exes? "Damita Jo" sported the very mysterious and questionable, "Thinkin' 'Bout My X" and now we have, "Greatest X". Really now, Janet? On "Greatest X" we find Janet admitting her love for her ex-boyfriend/husband, which ever you prefer really, and how she regrets not being able to see their relationship through. "And I know it's all my fault, and it would be a lie if I said you didn't cross my mind at all. How do I erase my days that's shaded and blue? All my love's for you.." That's deep. Though she claims these songs are completely innocent and that she is extremely happy where she is in love. So, we won't dwell Miss Jackson. Moving right along... Throughout the albums interludes, Janet has been heard talking to a robot. A robot who she has named Kyoko. I have no idea who she is and what her purpose is, but she is kind of cute and weird at the same time. Consequently, I love that there is an element of mystery and wonder in this character which in turn, gives the album a little spunk. After "Greatest X", Janet is heard yawning, awaking to Kyoko in her bedroom (?). Janet then proceeds to tell Kyoko that she is feeling a lot better, however Kyoko doesn't really give a damn, Kyoko knows Janet has some secrets. Like us though, Kyoko doesn't dwell. What does she do instead? She raps on the next track. "So Much Betta" opens up with a synthesized, "Kyoko" sounding voice, throwing it down over a hard, danceable club beat; "Tired of being number two, I can do what she can do. So much betta, I'm for you..So-So Much Betta I'm for you.." There isn't much lyrical content but for the short amount of lyrics that Janet oozes, she claims that she's what you want, what you need, and what you have always wished for. "I'm what you've been missing, you might need to jump on this..." Yes Janet, we have been missing you. Missing Janet? Yes. Missing Missy? Yes. Have no fear -- Missy joins Janet on the next track, "The 1". The production favors that of Amerie's "One Thing", except it's a hell of a lot better and less annoying. Missy opens the track and spits a verse towards the end and kills it, of course. Janet sounds delicious on this song and all she really wants to know is what she has to do to be yours. "I don't need another, I could spend my life being your lover. Think about it, take some time, picture us together. We can make this thing right cause I don't want no other..I just wanna be the one." Man...what's the hold up?! "What's Ur Name?" is a sweet and satisfying groove where Janet simply wants to know your name and your number so she can put you in her sidekick and hit you up later. She's lovestruck and her genuine vocals let you know just how deep she's already fallen. This is definately one of those top down, summertime jams. Time for a vocabulary lesson. The next interlude is a beginners course on what makes the word "Discipline" so Überly special in Janet's eyes. She gives us a fully intellectual as well as animated, oration of what her favorite definitions of the word are. "The Meaning" is quite possibly the only place where you will get off to the latest edition of Webster's Dictionary. Now, we are in for it. "The Meaning" softly melts into the albums title track, "Discipline", conjuring one of the most, if not the most, aphrodisiacal works of art that Janet has ever done. This track has officially knocked 1993's "Anytime, Anyplace" out from it's #1 spot on my chart of greatest slow jams. Ne-Yo wrote and produced this track especially for Janet and he nailed her writing technique to a T! The sensuality and vulnerability overflows through the speakers with this song and one cannot help but feel the affects. Janet's classic sultry vocals put this work to bed, effortlessly. She coos, "I need some discipline tonight, don't hold back; I've been very bad. Daddy, make me cry.." There is nothing sexier than when you can here the desperation and desire in her vocals. Janet pulls you into her world, where her tormented desire to be punished for lack of discipline simply showcases her unequivocal control over her lover. The sexuality is immense and I know you will need a shower after this one. The final track on the album is nothing short of a melodic masterpiece. "Curtains" is simply incredible. Janet compares to a night full of rendevous to one of her concerts. "And to be honest, if her bedroom escapades are as amazing as her tour performances, then Jermaine Dupri, I bow at your feet. "Time to close the curtains, come on in the stage is set. Before the show starts mic check, tonight is so exclusive we should make it pay-per-view. Time to close the curtains, I only take requests from you, just tell me what you want me to do. I promise you, you'll be screaming "encore" when I'm through..." Well, well, well then, I cannot wait to go to her next concert. I will definately be seeing you on tour Janet! Overall, I give the album 4.9 out of 5. One point for "Never Letchu Go". This CD is her best in years and was well-deserving of the #1 spot it garnered during it's opening week. This is a definate recommendation, not just because I am a longtime Janet fan, but because I am a lover of music and artistry. This album is amazing and I promise you, you will not be disappointed. A classic to any music lover's collection. This is the kind of work only Janet Jackson can deliver, and that is the unabridged truth. I'm gone! After a fun-filled, adventurous weekend (Yes, I took more than one shower this weekend; it's not like this was my only shower, haha) this last shower on Sunday night, really had me thinking. What is it about taking a shower that makes us do this? Is it the confined area? The solitude? The relaxing effect of the water flowing and soaking your skin? I believe it's everything. Tonight, I smiled in that stall in my bathroom. I smiled because of the good company I kept this weekend, the fun I had, and the great memories that were made. I smiled because for the first time in a long time, I realized that all of my friends that I am currently keeping, are all amazing people. They're all different, they're all unique, they all like me for me. Y'know, I am finally at a place where I am not having problems with the people surrounding me, always telling me about me; telling me what they think I should know about myself. Thanks guys. I appreciate you for that. My current friends actually understand that I, myself, am at this place where I am discovering myself. I don't need anyone else to tell me, what I already know, or what I am soon to find out. I love my friends for that. There aren't many of them, but I am so grateful for the few that I have and the few in the future that will become friends. Hopefully, friends as beautiful and understanding as the ones I have now. I can't wait for the next shower that makes me smile that much.... P.S. GREAT WEEKEND!!! THANKS! Haha. Hahaha. P.S. If you're reading this; I can't believe you figured out my blog url!!! CONGRATULATIONS. I don't seem to understand it. I always seem to end up in the same kind of situation with people I'm friends with. Almost everyone who I currently do not speak with anymore, have all been disconnected because of hidden agendas. These people just suddenly wanted more from me; more or something that I had. Honestly, if you are friends with someone all you really need from them is their friendship, duh. Of course, with friendship comes loyalty, honesty, etc. all that orgasmic stuff -- OK, maybe wrong choice of words but basically good stuff. Therefore, friendship does not mean: sex, kissing, touching, caressing, crossing the line, looking into each others eyes and seeing a future together, putting pressure on someone, lying, betrayal, jealousy, insanity, schizophrenia, ugliness, etc. Really now, which one of your friends do you betray, have sex with, lie to, and try to convince to do something they clearly do not want to do? If you are thinking of real familiar things right now, leave this page. You are insane and that's clearly a word on my list of non-friend-like things to be doing between you and like your bff Jill, K? Anyways, they just do not occur within friendships. Sex and all that, now it's okay to use this word -- orgasmic stuff may happen -- if one day your bff turns into a boyfriend or girlfriend or if you just really, somehow, agree to FWB; better known as friends-with-benefits. (Which usually ends up in a really horrible friendship and you end your friendship anyways... Fact: Sex complicates EVERYTHING! Other than that, friends do not do any of the aforementioned things on my list. To my point, if one day, one of these things do occur or you discover them occuring, things clearly change. I don't care what anyone says -- it turns akward and you two never really go back to the way things were; Atleast with me and the people I have conversed with about the subject. I mean, lets face it, shit like that never leaves your mind and the next time you get into an argument with that friend who fucked you over and lied to you or went insane on your ass, you bring it up as ammunition. I can, at the moment, think of three people who I am no longer friends, or close friends with anymore due to some of the listed actions. It is now reaching four people. It's so sad. People are never satisfied, ever. ..And everybody knows that, I absolutely adore that song off Danity Kane's new album, "Welcome to the Dollhouse". I actually recommend the whole CD to anyone who liked/loved their first album. My faves are: "Damaged", "Pretty Boy", "Secret Place Interlude", "Lights Out", "Key To My Heart", and "Is Anybody Listening?". "Ecstacy" is alright -- minus Rick Ross -- his opening verse is a bit drag, but whatever; the remainder of the song is decent. Anyways, speaking of good albums I STILL have to write up my entire review of Janet's "Discipline" album. Maybe it's good that I waited though, she hasn't been doing much promoting. I guess when and if she starts up again I'll finally get to writing it up because at the moment I think people have totally forgotten that she has an album out.... :( Shame. "Rock With U" makes my world go 'round. Anyways -- ttyl.
&that's my nephew in the water btw. LOL -- Sent from my T-Mobile Sidekick®
say, Florida is feeling so wonderful right now. It was 85 degrees when we landed in Tampa and my God! Amazing! After all these months of between 20 and 40 degree weather, anything above 60 feels like paradise! Right now though, we're getting iced lattes at Starbucks so ill ttyl People, get into this! If you haven't heard of her, "google her bitch!". LEONA LEWIS! She's England's X-Factor (the UK's version of American Idol) winner from Her first single, "Bleeding Love" is amazing. It was written by that Anyways- check her out, really. YouTube her, Google her, Blog her..DL I have to get in the shower now. Anyways, I was moved to a new school about 10 minutes away from where I worked previously because one of the assistants (A grown woman) slapped a teacher that worked in the school, in the face and they terminated her. (Ghetto, I know.) So, I took her place. I actually really, really enjoy it there. The kids there are much more well behaved than the ones at the other school I was at and my supervisor Calib and I get along really well. He's a cool dude. Basically, I was happy. After like, three or four days I started seeing this teacher who worked in the school come down into the cafeteria (where we have the after care program) a lot. I had no idea who she was or why she was always coming down and sitting in the room with us. I mean, the school day is over bitch, go home. Seriously. I say that with hostility because from the first time she saw me, she looked at me cockeyed. This is a grown woman you guys. She's like over 30, MARRIED, got her teaching job...all that. So come on now. Now, I didn't really pay any attention to her because I didn't know who she was and honestly, didn't really care. Until last week. She started acting really weird and crazy, like she's bi-polar or something. My supervisor Calib was like, "This lady is crazy, yo." And I'm just like, "Yeah I guess.." LOL. We have this board in the cafeteria where the parents sign their kids out, that has our Child Care license on it and the schedule of what we do with the kids for the day, our names, and YMCA crap and like two weeks ago, that teacher lady was like "Oh that board is so ugly..let me re-do it." So Calib was like, "Fine go ahead." She went all out. Red construction paper background, WordArt for our names, pre-pictured/bordered paper for our daily schedules. She really was trying to impress somebody. Calib. Now, he's like 21, has a girlfriend, in college, whatever. He's not bad looking at all, but I never suspected this grown ass, married TEACHER in the same damn school we work in, would really be trying her hardest to kick it to him. I mean, I guess I should've picked it up when I seen her try her hardest to fiddle with his phone and she would put her number in there and always try and get inbetween our conversations so she could talk with him. LOL But ew. So this week, on Monday to be exact, I was sitting at the table in the cafeteria, doing my French homework while the kids were doing their homework and she's in the room helping this boy with his homework and she gets up and Calib asked nonchalantly, "What are you doing?" and she replies, "Helping him with his homework, since you guys don't do anything."  No, this bitch didn't! She was so lucky those children were around and that I had to get my homework finished in the 15 minutes I had left before I had to leave for class. I kept my cool and minded my business. My supervisor Calib, however, felt the need to call her out. He was like, "Why would you say something like that? That's real unprofessional. Don't come down here and say stuff like that, ok?" and she was like, "You're being unprofessional saying that infront of the kids." I was sitting there like, "Here we go.." But, she decided to leave. She got real mad and got her stuff and was like, "I'm so leaving." OKAY, BYE BITCH!  So, then the next day she leaves him a voicemail saying, "I want all my paper back from that board I made because the way I see it, that's my personal paper, the ink that's on those papers, I bought, so it's mine. I want it all on my desk tomorrow." Are we 12? Honestly. We didn't give her paper back. Then Wednesday, I walk in and she's sitting there. I put my stuff down and walk to the bathroom. On my way there, Calib is walking towards me and I tell him I'll be right back and he says "Alright", kind of flicks my hair and keeps walking by. I come back and the bitch is gone. I was like, "Where did she go?" He was like, "I dunno she came down and told me she had something to tell me and then when you went in the bathroom she was like I'm not staying for this, I'm leaving." I was like, "Wow..she crazy." So then a little while later, I wanted a drink from the vending machine upstairs and Calib went up to get me something and when he came back he was like, "That woman is insane! She was like, "If Keisha (his girlfriend) was here, would you flick her hair like that? Would you talk to her all the time? Do you like her or something? You two hang out out of work or something?" she is so crazy I was like What are you talking about??? You are crazy" I started dying. A little after, he went back up to give her her paper and bullshit and he said she started crying, saying that they had such a good relationship before I came, now he doesn't pay attention to her and only talks to me. Like, what the fuck? You are married. This hoe must not be getting any from her husband if she is this desperate to have an affair with my supervisor, who clearly thinks shes out of her fucking head. Then Thursday, she came back down acting like NOTHING happened! Right after she left, she calls Calib and tells him to go outside and get something from her. He goes outside and comes back with this little square note. A NOTE. FOLDED UP LIKE YOU PASSED THAT SHIT IN 5TH PERIOD HISTORY CLASS. She told him to give her a call during spring break so they could meet up for lunch or drinks. LMFAO. REACH!! The bitch is so crazy. Forreal, her mind is all the fuck over -----------------> there. I never thought in all my years, that I'd have like, a 35 year old married woman feel threatened by me. Come on now. She needs to slow her role and go to a marriage consuelor, or somebody. Does she really think I don't know what's going on? She knows he talks to me ALL the time. does she really have no clue that all we do is laugh when we see her? People are a mess.
Seriously, I almost fell out of my chair when I saw this last night at Starbucks with Von. I was sitting there, minding my business when my dude Brandon called. So, I'm on the phone and right outside the window this chick sits down and I read the back of her sweater and BAM, in my face I see "SUCK IT" I was like, "what the hell??" and had to do a double take. Von is Really now..why? Do you really want someone to suck it that bad? I could Its always an experience during me & Von LoLo's Starbucks meetings.
working peacefully. Today, at work, I was on my blog and the WHOLE thing just shut down and went blank. I was like, "what the hell?! " Seriously, someone at T-Mobile was going to get backhanded. So, I restarted it and waited...nothing. All my contacts were gone, my texts, my e-mails, my ringtones..everything. I was really about to CRY. Then my co-worker Calib was like, "My sidekick used to do that..just wait awhile it will all come back." Two hours later, it came back. I really wanted to pass out. I was soooo Anyways, I'm about to play some video games with my duuude. TTYL. been a good while since I've worked my Photoshop moves LOL. BTW what the hell @ imeem? They keep cutting all the versions of my song Anyways..leave me your feedback and/or love. I have to get my ass to
the sensual seduction waterfront. MEET US BY THE WAVES. Our is swag is serious, something heavy like a first day period. watch out. -- Sent from my T-Mobile Sidekick®
now. THIS BITCH IS EVERYTHING! These are just two photos from the April issue of BlackBook magazine
magazine aisle and the cover of RADAR has this picture. UM.....?! -- Sent from my T-Mobile Sidekick®
the hair dryer. Haha. Typical hair salon scene, right? Anyways-- I thought I looked quite funny so I figured I'd share this ttys.
Target by my house, and 4 deluxe editions. The second one by my house had two regular copies and that was IT. It's not suprising though, the CD is amazing. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I have a I also have to tell you guys about my splendiferous Janet experience Anyways, the kids are here...gotta go. ttys. laptop is acting weird again and its really difficult to operate. As for right now, I'm having an anxiety attack. I have a follow up I should be sleeping right now, though... -shannon ttyl <3. |
