This is the extended commercial for Janet Jackson’s Number Ones. Nothing new to see here, however, upon perusing multiple Janet sites there seems to be some confusion over Rodney Jerkins’ involvement versus Jimmy & Terry’s on her forthcoming studio album. Let’s take a look at what Jerkins recently said, just in the interest of clarification:
“They were taking her in a different direction, but it wasn’t iconic,” Jerkins said of the famous duo. “There is a certain groove, there is a certain melodic-ness to Janet and you have to be able to capture that. Also, Janet writes. A lot of the hits that happened in the past, Janet was heavily involved in the writing process. And if you look on her last three records, she didn’t write at all. So that’s the first thing I did with her. I gave her a pen and a pad and said, ‘We’re going back to the roots. I want you involved; I want to see how you feel.”
Release the hounds.
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Rodney sounds just like Jimmy and Terry 20-odd yrs ago in reference to Janet. I’m not sure I’m buying this “different direction, but it wasn’t iconic” argument. All the icon that she is is Flyte Tyme related.
Boo you Darkchild. Boo.
I want my 5 mins back after watching that video.
Why do folks who are relatively new to an industry tend to talk shit about seasoned and well-respected industry veterans? Darkchild needs to shut the fuck up and go hang out in a corner somewhere while grown folks is workin’.