Okay, everyone knows that Janet is an incredible woman. For years, she has graced her fans with her beauty, enticed us with her fly style, amazed us with her dance moves, and held us close with her magnetic personality. However, what has undoubtedly made Janet a musical icon, and set her name apart from the rest of the musical artists over the great span of her career, has always been her lyrics. Those words embedded in songs like “Rhythm Nation,” “Love will Never Do,” “Together Again,” “Again,” “I get so Lonely,” “What About,” and “IF,” just to name of few, were songs that told a human story. They were sometimes rough, sometimes tender, but always real. They felt sincere and heartfelt because they were compiled with lyrics that mirrored many of our lives. Note after note, we’d find Janet singing our stories, encouraging us to get stronger, wiser, as we learn to love harder, sweeter, or simply learn to let go. Through her music, we were allowed to burn our diaries. But sadly no more. After catching a preview of Janet’s latest single, "Make Me," I can’t help but wonder why in the world do some people seek to change what works. Lord knows, seeing Janet grace the small screen always excites me. However, no matter how many times I hear her sing her new tunes, it's never Janet I witness. I guess I'm still stuck on the hitmaker whose lyrics were once powerful doses of good sense and reason. Perhaps, I'm still searching for the woman who, before retiring Velvet Rope, reminded me that I ought to desire to be a better person, better lover, better friend, and all out better human being. But now I don't hear this from Janet. Whenever she graces a mic, all I hear now is static; muddy water drowning the airwaves. All I hear is that awful trendy music that lacks originality and sadly blends the essential Janet into the fest pool of mediocre artists, whose talent is far beneath hers. How did this happen? Why does someone that is so perfectly original work so hard to be common? Regardless if she springs back into her old self or fades into the new, I will continue to support Janet until the end. Why? Simply because she is who she is: Janet, or Ms. Jackson if your nasty.
Click on this link below to watch the video of "Make Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnSB5rp9DWA
AGREED. With myself being the quintessential old schooler I cannot truly get into the new day brand of music. It's good - some songs are excellent but it's something about the entire package of artist like Janet, Tina, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Prince and even Jodeci that I rarely see in today's artist. I can't really put my thought into words, not so quickly, but I imagine it has something to do with her pure essence.
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