I genuinely can’t help but believe that they saw an opportunity to take a black female icon’s throne in 2004 and that’s exactly what they did. Most Gen Z have no idea of Janet Jackson’s influence, it’s wild.

How so?

its racist*

Alex Sandoval replying to this too see what happened

it was the super bowl thing with timberlake, wasn't it?

Fuck Justin Timberlake.

This album is overlooked af it hurts!

@@somebraveapollo8211 nah he apologized to her and said the backlash was unfair over a decade ago. It was most likely his label that forced him not to speak on it. They wanted to protect their asses.

@@parisht2381 He made jokes about it after the incident so I have always side eyed him since.

facts lol

Her last album from 2015 is one of my favorites and no one talks about it

Because of the industry they control what we see

Because she's a black female

They blacklisted her after her 2004 super bowl, they stopped playing her music for years.

I have a very strong feeling it's because she's Michael Jackson's sister. 'They' already tried MULTIPLE TIMES to destroy MJ's legacy.

She's not a vocalist, but she's a good singer. She knows how to control her voice, she knows all of the weakness and strenght

@@thesassynerd Vocalist and singer are the same things. The difference you’re looking for is probably virtuoso.

@@thesassynerd nobody can do janet songs like Janet can. Her voice is an instrument, period

@@kurrychip1659 ikr, period

@@theunitedkingdom no it ain't, vocalist are more technique than good singers

Yep. I very much agreed. Today's generation didn't realise the importance of The Velvet Rope for the sad-rnb era.

Janet has never been more relevant than MJ at any point of her career honey , check thei rrespective sales /numbers even in the 90's MJ crushed her .Dangerous sold 32 Million , Janet 10 Million , History 20 Million , the VVR 6 Million . Now stop the bullshit , fucking liar .Stop bringing MJ in her conversation loser !

@@reinemazidath5466 Wow. Chill out. I was simply talking from my own memory, i remember hearing bit more Janet in late 90s and early 00s than Michael, or at least the same amount. I wasn't even saying who was better. To be completely honest, i don't have such strong opinions about either, both have made some stuff i love but i'm not that huge of a fan i would care to argue too much.

@@reinemazidath5466 While Janet was never a bigger star then Michael (no one was) she was more relevant in the 90s then Michael (in the states at least) especially the late 90s. This isn't just album sales, in the 90s Janet was everywhere, tv, music, movies. Michael on the other hand would pop up when it was time to release his album and tour. Michael was also in his mid to late 30s trying to start a family while Janet was in her mid to late 20s. Also when looking at album sales, while she couldn't complete worldwide ,in the states she sold almost as well him.

@@laurisaarinen1126 Well you said she more relevant in the 90's and i corrected this lie , thats it .

life no. 9 I love you😭

Goat is short for? /Granpa

@@andreaslandgren8042 greatest of all time, as mr. google suggests

katherine kier. YES!!!!! THIS COMMENT IS PERFECT

Thriller is great but Janet was so adventurous when she wanted to be and pumped out so many amazing records and eras

Janet is more adventurous but Michael has EARTH SONG so... I think MJ is better, he sings better and his energy is unbelievable. I mean can you imaging having to sing DIRTY DIANA on one take? Or Thriller? listen to the cappellas, they´re unbelievable

I agree! By far

MJ has Thriller... Janet has Control, Rhythm Nation, Janet, and The Velvet Rope,

No, stop comparing the two. MJ was more successful for a reason. In the 90's he had “Remember The Time”, “In The Closet”, “Jam”, “Heal The World”, “Ghosts”, “Earth Song” and so much more. Janet is one of the greatest but MJ IS the greatest.

He doesnt use em when is TWENTYTWENTYCLASSICWEEK!!

Yeah now he should do turtle necks

Tha Swami Literal same I was thinking of all the albums he’d never pick this one

@@madeithere8775 It genuinely made me happy ngl.

Duuuude stop following me

He might make up for it when doing TalkTalk.

@@lukegregg5944 what do you mean "make up for it"?

Best comment

@@raycarter8070 Facts! I’ll be the one to say it, Janet’s ENTIRE discography is leagues better than Madonna’s.

Nate and Noah Try Life This comment is too wholesome for this comment section

A comment that’s relevant and positive? Unheard of

Lubetube Shinoda like she is seriously the only person to have 3 albums with 5 or more top 10 hits. The only person to have 7 on one album and people act like that’s just nothing

ikexbankai Actually that’s not strictly true. Bruce Springsteen had seven charting singles from “Born in the USA” EDIT: my mistake, top 10, not top 40

L H Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 album is the only album with 7 Top 5 Hits on Billboard Hot 100. Thriller & Born In The USA had 7 Top 10 Hits

@@ikexbankai how can you have 7 songs in a top 5?

Albert Garcia it’s 7 top 5 Billboard Hot 100 Hits. You can have 7 because singles are released at different times. The first single from the album was released in 1989 Miss You Much which went number one. 3 more singles went number one between 89-91 the last one being Love Will Never Do Without You which went number one in 1991. 3 more songs went to number two on the charts between 89-90. Thus 7 Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 Hits. Over the spans of 3 years. Making her the only artist with 3 number one hits from the same album in three different calendar years.

kidsintuxedos Glad I’m not the only one that adores that song😫❤️

Yeah Juice Wrld did great on that one with flamboyant production from nick mira

Yea but she copied the title “empty” after Kevin abstract, so unoriginal

Channel Orange No disrespect or anything but are you joking or not? Janet made the track “Empty” from The Velvet Rope album way before Kevin did

YES! 1 of my faves too! Spellbinding is the perfect adjective 👐🏾🔮🙌🏾🧿

FAX

You heard him anthony

CLASSIC/10

Spread the cause brother

Abhinandu K Anil unironically not that bad of an album. solid 5/10

no

Please lord!

pwease

i still didn't get if he actually likes that album or not lmao

@@DihStyle69 he's listened to the full album on a livestream in his patreon and said it was a ten. given that he already did that, im not sure if he'll do a review of it as well

Forgotten yall need to stop Janet is a legend period

brendan bartlett actually, she is MJ’s sister

Cakes good looks man, I was high asf when I made that comment. Just fixed it

@Hollywood Dreams 5 hit albums*

@Hollywood Dreams Forreal, get it right bro. All For You was a hit.

Brianna Salter right!?

Bandstand what are you doing here Mr music

haha Mr. Stand is a reply guy

Christian Castellanos friend goes “damn...Brianna is fine.” Hey, leave a comment I bet she watches your channel” Fuck Janets music not my classic record

Classic Album, this album got HEAVY play on my stereo

Eyo genni what u doin later

@@edgar-vt5qi Slow down there, buckaroo

*greatest artists of all time

Im just commenting so I can see the people who get baited

I heard he put the hit out after MJ didn't let him cover Earth Song, stay woke kids

Draaaaaaaake?

Yeeee

Lowkey

Jamie Ryan Storey it’s fine to have opinions but michael’s music is so versatile, complex and ground-breaking. it’s sounds as if you have never listened to his music in his albums but just know his big hits

me too. to me she stands on her own.

You have a great point.

Madonna isnt a vocalist

@@thesassynerd Takes one to know one.

but there was one

Nachiketh Anand you mean the nigor review?

Now we wait for R/WOOOOSH

IGOR CLASSIC WEEK

Hehe, I see what you did there.

One of the best cuts on the album!

I hate that she stopped doing those hidden tracks. Why i liked the JANET. album and The Velvet Rope.

funny enough, also the reason the phrase "wardrobe malfunction" became a thing

KZfaq was already created, Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction is the reason KZfaq trended

@@medylemaproductions Agree

@@medylemaproductions Her wardrobe malfunction was in 2004 and KZfaq was created in 2005....the creators said that they wanted to share Janet's wardrobe malfunction vid with ppl cuz after it happened it became hard to find the uncensored version

@@medylemaproductions nope. One of the creator cited Janet JAckson Superbowl incident the reason why they created youtube. Taken from FORBES: One person who was upset at having missed the event (which would go on to be one of the biggest of the year) was Jawed Karim, who at the time was working for PayPal. Karim didn’t catch the halftime show, and was unable to find any videos of the incident online. To combat this, he and his friends Steve Chen and Chad Hurley began working on code for a site where people could upload their own content. That site would end up being KZfaq, which launched not long after. Once KZfaq launched, it was an enormous success, thanks in part to people looking for clips of Janet and Justin’s performance. Just one year later, Google saw the potential of the site and purchased it for over $1.5 billion. In addition to that figure, the three were offered plenty of stock, which would go on to make all of them very wealthy, and the rest for KZfaq is history.

Just avoid the youtube comments and move more into subreddit if you want better musical discussion within Melon's community.

if you want better musical discussion leave melon's community

@@Molteniceee He is easily the best music critic out here. Shawn Cee is unbearably pompous. Bigquint only dances. CDTV likes Logic and Lil Skies and hates Kendrick and other talented artists. And then there are subpar reaction channels that are all alike, they don't even properly review the music, just react. I think Anthony is the best one, and Jon Denton being a second.

@@salviaterra8734 Are you familiar with Dead End Hip Hop? Those guys are some of my favourite music critics. They only review hip-hop albums though (obviously). You should check them out. Myke C-Town, who is part of the DEHH crew has his own youtube channel too where he reviews other genres of music as well.

@@mutton7891 Myke C-Town and Feefo are the only ones I really care about from DEHH. But yeah I do know about them

usa´s taste is not particularly good (haha)... this album made her a global superstar for the first time I´d say. In Spain, my country, the radios played all the singles; this had not happened before with her previous releases. I can assume that the rest happened in europe and other markets... Also something similar could be said about mariah´s butterfly, michael jackson´s history or madonna´s ray of light. Global markets kept those records sales healthy in spite of usa´s "drop". They sold a lot but less in usa with IMO their best albums, that´s what I mean.

I agree. They are such beautiful records.

Agreed. Two of my fave albums of all time and definitely the best by both respective artists.

97 was a good year for music

I love madonna but F*** her. It's about jANET

Oh yess 🙌🏾

Mariah's Butterfly and Madonna's ROL too!

Charles Eccles yes those as well!!

OMG yessss Impossible Princess is an underated Masterpiece

BeanDaddy I think he’s just gonna give it a 10-4/10

BeanDaddy no

He actually said that he might to a redux review this year as his 2 million sub special

MahatmaCoat84 it was less but sold very well still.