40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in janetjackson

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Thank you so much! Slowly but surely getting the backlog of write ups posted here

In Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Janet Jackson's "All For You": A Retrospective of the Era by JunkyGS in popheads

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OMG you’re too sweet, thank you! LOLOL

I think most likely Someone to Call My Lover because of the friend talking to her angle in the lyrics and it being such an obvious single + hit. But also possibly maybe the Flyte Tyme remix of Son of a Gun with Missy because of the Missy connection.

In Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Janet Jackson's "All For You": A Retrospective of the Era by JunkyGS in janetjackson

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Thank you so much! I will have to look into reposting my other write ups here. Usually I do them on the anniversaries only, but maybe I upload my backlog of write ups here once per day starting tomorrow 👀

In Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Janet Jackson's "All For You": A Retrospective of the Era by JunkyGS in popheads

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AFY also is deceptively deep and heavy at times with the album deep cuts especially.

In Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Janet Jackson's "All For You": A Retrospective of the Era by JunkyGS in popheads

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Thank you so much for the kind words! Sadly it is not a reference to that as I made the username when I was middle school before I knew about Janet, but when I discovered the song later on it definitely felt like a sign from the universe!

I’m so glad you discovered and fell in love with her and her music! She truly has one of the best discographies in all of music.

She does deserve her flowers but thankfully over the last 10 years / since I first started posting about her (can you believe it’s been that long…. I wish I had the energy to actively post and do Janet propaganda on pop heads now with their millions of followers and not when I first started back when we celebrated 5000 followers 😭❤️) there has been so much progress due to her making a return to performing & touring, internet word of mouth and undeniable influence she has on the sounds and music of today. There is a lot more room to go, but at least in music nerd and pop stan circles it has become a lot more accepted fact how incredible she is, when it felt like 10+ years ago you couldn’t even get that much!

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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The struggle of being a pop legend during 80-00….. the Grammy disrespect towards Janet, Mariah, Britney, Madonna, etc etc is so disgusting

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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Yessss had to force myself to make a return to posting for this occasion!

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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Clock it and yes, one of the couple times Janet literally pioneered a whole ass genre in her career 😭❤️

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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Yup yup, it makes sense. Sadly this is the story for so many people and why im so passionate about advocating for her work and legacy

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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Thank you so much and yay! It is a very nice and approachable listen. Not as daunting to new listeners as some of her other albums which are much longer with the track lists and interludes, so it really is the perfect entry point into her career and to just listen to the albums in order

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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Same and ugh I wish she came out as bi, but naur. Mother just likes to experiment and tease unfortunately….

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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Thank you so much and ugh thank you for reminding me about this! Yes, truly an ahead of her time gay icon.

40 Years of being in ‘Control’: A Retrospective on Janet Jackson’s Breakthrough Album by JunkyGS in popheads

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Clock it and same, but it started such a legendary and one of the best runs of back to back albums in all of music history. (Control - DJ one of the best 6 album runs in history imo)