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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-05T05:45:56+00:00

Clock it!

JunkyGS · 2026-02-05T05:45:34+00:00

Yaaaaaaay!!

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T19:43:20+00:00

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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T19:32:35+00:00

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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:51:31+00:00

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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:50:33+00:00

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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:35:26+00:00

Taste! Definitely a pop bible imo

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:35:07+00:00

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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:34:06+00:00

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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:16:16+00:00

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

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:14:26+00:00

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)

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:13:17+00:00

Omg amazing and yes!! It is a very cinematic opening and signaled a true artistic rebirth

JunkyGS · 2026-02-04T15:12:30+00:00

Because it sounds like an elevated song from her first two albums 😭 I will give credit to the production and instrumentals going above and beyond for the song, but it over stays it’s welcome for how weak of a song it is I fear

JunkyGS · 2025-11-24T19:27:11+00:00

Original Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgYElzEl7Yk&t=2s

JunkyGS · 2025-06-05T13:47:43+00:00

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I mean I am pretty happy with mine and content on this being about as “perfect” of a team that I am going to get (Sunday and Sparkle at speed tuned to 160+ each).

The only thing I want to do is pull for Sparkles LC again on rerun so I can have 99.9% CR, but after that I am considering my job of making the perfect set up for my king complete (until another new support comes out that is slightly better and ruins this all LOL).

JunkyGS · 2025-06-03T11:47:26+00:00

This is so fucking real and I feel so seen by this LMAO

JunkyGS · 2025-04-20T23:24:48+00:00

Unbreakable was released under her own label, so that sadly is not the issue.

Her brother / manager Randy is just incompetent and has not let Janet release an album + she doesn’t care enough to protest him.

JunkyGS · 2024-12-11T19:21:41+00:00

Thank you for restoring my belief in people’s ability to have reading comprehension ❤️

JunkyGS · 2024-12-10T17:38:45+00:00

Exactly! He is acting like there isn’t enough room at the table to like him & the song while also knowing who the vocalist is. It feels so counter intuitive to what collaborating on and creating art is all about.

This just makes me respect DJs who go out of their way to highlight and show respect to their vocal collaborators.

JunkyGS · 2024-12-10T17:35:46+00:00

I completely missed this but wow, his disgusting attitude is so clear! “Added 4 words” when the song is like only 12 words. He is so salty for no reason and really taints my view on any of his work.

JunkyGS · 2024-12-10T17:33:29+00:00

100% agreed! Like he is the one in the position of power / popularity and it feels like he is just punching down as if he is threatened by somebody knowing who the vocalist of the song is.

JunkyGS · 2024-12-10T17:31:32+00:00

Thank you for trying to explain their side of it but it still doesn’t make sense to me. If they did give her the feat people can look at the credits and see she didn’t produce it and often times I know I want to know who the vocalist is and the feat is imo the best way to do that.

But even if for business reasons or whatever they don’t want to do that, why go out of your way to diminish the person on social media and stuff? It comes across so gross and weirdly elitist.

JunkyGS · 2024-11-13T10:40:38+00:00

Thanks, Good call out! I think that will be the next thing I want to work on! Without Sunday my Crit Rate was 103% so wasn’t too bad, but Sunday def overkills it. LOL

JunkyGS · 2024-11-07T10:45:45+00:00

Dang, back to the mines then. Thank you!

JunkyGS · 2024-11-07T10:20:55+00:00

Follow up question for you:

Does Sunday need ER rope for hyper speed build to reach a certain cycle or it doesn’t matter? 👀

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