 | Janet Jackson
Damita Jo
label: Virgin Records
released: 03.30.04
our score: 1.5 out of 5.0
| Being
a Massachusetts native, I must remind all that (considering all
the attention that “Nipplegate” is getting), the New
England Patriots won the game, a fact that will be forever be
overshadowed by the Jackson/Timberlake PR stunt (and for the record…no
one is buying the lame “malfunction” excuse).
Janet
must have been listening to Damita Jo during rehearsals
for the infamous halftime show and, realizing how lame it was,
thought that a “nipple slip” would boost record sales
(and this weeks number show that she was wrong), as it sure won’t
on merit alone.
Doing
little more than expanding on her oversexed confessions on 2001’s
All For You,” Damita Jo has Janet coming off almost
nympho-like with some really ambiguous titles as “Sexhibition,”
"All Nite (Don't Stop),” and “Moist.”
Hey, do you think that Janet really likes sex?
The
CD does have some bright spots, as “All Nite (Don't Stop)"
has a certain funk/jazz energy to it that works and as does "R&B
Junkie." But, too much tempo-less filler as "Spending
Time With You," "I Want You," and "Looking
for Love" are just plain tedious.
Is
this really the same girl who gave us such groundbreaking work
as Control, Rhythm Nation 1814 and
The Velvet Rope?
When
did Janet get so uninteresting? Maybe she was asking herself that
same question when she was buttoning up her break-away halter
last January.
12-Apr-2004
8:55 AM
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Tracklist:
1.
Looking For Love
2. Damita Jo
3. Sexhibition
4. Strawberry Bounce
5. My Baby (featuring Kanye West)
6. The Islands
7. Spending Time With You
8. Magic Hour
9. Island Life
10. All Nite (Don't Stop)
11. R&B Junkie
12. I Want You
13. Like You Don't Love Me
14. Thinkin' Bout My Ex
15. Warmth
16. Moist
17. It All Comes Down To Love
18. Truly
19. The One
20. SloLove
21. Country
22. Just A Little While | |