Comments on: More On Janet / Def Jam Drama

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:07:00 +0000

If her album was/is all that should it really matter what song she or the label wanted to promote? After she finished the album I’m pretty sure she said this is her best album she’s ever done just like all the other artists do so we can go and buy their music. So evidently the song the label wanted her to promote wasn’t all that and if it wasn’t/isn’t why record it in the first place. She has been in the business long enough to know that. I still love her but she is acting like she is new to the music business.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:29:00 +0000

Somebody a def jam forgot to give Janet that
SIT UR AZZ DOWN ASAP memo

I have never been a Janet fan

yeah she had a couple of hits that I liked, but they ALL make the radio
because she will only have about two or three songs that are cool on the WHOLE cd

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:15:00 +0000

This is what happens when you give up control of your own career! And remember Janet has built her career on the concept of control!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:14:00 +0000

what a mess

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:23:00 +0000

Who cares? The album sucks anyway

By: Alejandro ~dro~

Alejandro ~dro~ — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:24:00 +0000

^That was LA's way of pacifying Janet. He waned RWY , she wanted LUV. He promoted the single he wanted, and left her to dry up.

It's obvious! She performed LUV for the troops and then on Ellen...she loves that song!

The reason she performed RWY at GMA was because the label told her to! She shot the RWY video cause she hoped it would be some kind of hit, and then she could move to a new single. The she got sick and LA Reid shut down promo.

The Janet-Xone explanation is TRUE.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:52:00 +0000

“there was talk of a double a side, Rock With You as the pop release and Luv for the urban radios.”

Yep. Heard that too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:39:00 +0000

Some of this is rubbish! I remember when they were talking about the second single release there was talk of a double a side, Rock With You as the pop release and Luv for the urban radios. There was talk of two videos being made but only Rock With You surfaced. his was followed by Janet stating this in an interview somewhere. Does no-one remember? I thinks this is a publicity stunt for a poor selling album.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:28:00 +0000

all I know is that whatever single she would of took out, she still would of sucked. Dont know why it went one in the US in the first place. The whole project was meant to crash and burn. All her last three albums were flops, unlike Mariah who still gots it. Now thats a legend that can’t be beat. No one like MC(C).

By: shannon, yo!

shannon, yo! — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:16:00 +0000

It so did not happen like that. Janet suggested RWU – they shut her down and wanted, “Luv”. LA Reid wanted “Luv” from the jump — even at listening events there were talks about “Luv” being the second single.

I don’t know where Mikel on JX got that information but it makes no sense when you think about it. If LA wanted RWU so bad, then what was the problem? Janet performed it on Good Morning America, and she went and shot the video. Why didn’t Island Def Jam promote the video if LA Reid wanted that song to be out? Why didn’t he send it to MTV or VH1?

LA wanted Luv, and when Janet disagreed and decided to shoot the video for RWU out of her own pocket he got mad and put the entire thing to a halt and left the album to die. Plain and simple.