Discipline Music Cd

Janet Jackson - Discipline

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Discipline      Artist : Janet      List Price : $19.98 USD        Your Price : $14.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2008-02-26      Studio : Island Def Jam      Label : Island Def Jam      Avg. Customer Rating : (133 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Discipline      Time to rework this tired, tired formula....      Rating:      After I saw in the paper today that Janet was launching a lingerie line, I was just irritated enough to come here to write a review of "Discipline". Too late--Terry Mesnard has just about taken every word out of my mouth. I would add to what he wrote that Janet was at her best when she was addressing social issues and laying down fierce, hard tracks. With "Janet" she shed her clothes and inhibitions--bravo for you Ms. Jackson--I always thought you might be harboring the need to get just a little nasty! Then "The Velvet Rope" took that a step further and I was wowed by the funk party she threw. Since then I've felt that she has gone the way of Mariah Carey in the "make the world my gynecologist" department. Pretty much every song has to have that "I Feel Love" vibe to it. Ok Janet, we get it, you're sexually liberated--MOVE ON! Say what you will about Madonna--and don't forget, Janet did have her say about Madonna's sexually explicit material--but Madonna did at least have a point to make with all of her sexually in-your-face moments. Janet and Mariah are just sexual in the "Look at me, I'm a butterfly, moth, whatever--dancing in the flames of love, making shadows on the wall...la, la, la!" Ok--we get your point--NEXT! There might be a reason Janet's been on such a slippery slope with her career for the last several years--it all sounds and looks like rehash--hardly anything she does doesn't sound familiar like you might have heard it on one of her other albums. Even in her videos she has the look of someone who is only concerned with all that is superficial--even the way she looks smacks of overproduction. And, if I hear her tell me another nickname she had as a kid or call out the names of her friends in another song...don't even get me started on those "I'm sick of them by the second listen" interludes! Doesn't she have anything to say about "the state of the world today" anymore...or are her sexuality and physical perfection the only things that are on her mind? And then there are all of those lip-synced performances, which really irritate me when you've paid the purchase price to see a show--be it live or on dvd. Having a little help is one thing, but when your mouth doesn't even move with the sound--please! I haven't given up on her, but she better find a new groove if she ever wants to be as relevant as she once was. I know the girl still has a care for something in the world besides sex, and that there's probably still a slammin' album in her somewhere, but this mess ain't a workin'!!!     Customer Reviews for Discipline Cd      Janet Has Become A Contrived Cliche'      Rating:      Back in 1986, when young Janet Jackson took CONTROL of her life, her music and her personal affairs, I was one of her biggest fans! I bought all of her CD's, attended every concert tour, and knew every video routine by heart from 1986's "Control" to 1997's "Velvet Rope"!! After that, she released a greatest hits compliation "Design Of A Decade" with the slamming song "24 Play" on it, and I loved that one too! But after that, she has, in my opinion, been on a downhill slide as far as her music's edge and content; relying too much on sampling, repeating her same old (once cutting edge) dance routines, parodying herself on SNL and Will & Grace, and let's not even speak of her "Superbowl Wardrobe Malfunction Fiasco"!! (Umm, right!) It seems that Ms. Jackson (If You're Nasty!) has become obsessed with her own sexual adventures and has this neurotic compulsion to share her predilection for Bondage, S&M, Domination, etc. with her fans! As a result, her last few albums have been self-indulgent and mediocre! This one, "Discipline", is no exception---very blah, flat-line and devoid of everything that made her a megastar 22 yrs ago! (Wow!!--I'm getting old!) I think if Janet Jackson keeps making bad albums like this, she's going to do her legacy and place in pop culture history a huge disservice! She has nothing more to prove in the arena of music, so she should focus on her acting and behind-the-scenes stuff!--Just my humble opinion. Editorial Reviews for Discipline Audio Cd      Album Description      "A PASSION FOR DISCIPLINE" by Janet "It's the idea that unifies the songs on this record. As a concept, and even a lifestyle, discipline goes extremely deep. It can be applied to so much about ourselves. In my case,I see it as one of defining aspects of my character. Discipline was there for me from the start. But it was not until this record that I began to understand its full meaning. "In putting Discipline out front -- as both the title of the album and title of a song about sexual surrender -- I wanted to announce that I was venturing into new creative waters. That meant working with producers like Jermaine Dupri, Rodney Jerkins, and Ne-Yo, whose songs spoke to the immediacy of my emotions. Like all my records, this one, whether intentional or not, has autobiographical roots. It's difficult for me to work any other way. I don't feel it, if I don't believe it, I can't sing it. "So Discipline, as a storyline, begins in my childhood which someone could see as a classic study in discipline. Discipline was part of a family culture that I absorbed. I was born with it. "I also believe that discipline has given me the confidence to jump out of the nest. When L.A. Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam, and I discussed co-executive producing this record, we both agreed that the feeling had to adventuresome and fresh. I was interested in exploring musical scenarios--some exotic, many erotic, but all deeply emotional. "I wanted to push the envelope. And I'm glad that Discipline, both as a song and an album, does just that." "Deluxe Edition includes the same CD as the regular edition, plus a DVD."