Janet Jackson To Be Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

[JHan]

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss, fuckin finally.

Fifteen artists were nominated for the honor but only seven acts ended up being “recognized for having contributed over 25 years of musical experience.”

Jackson was selected along with Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Roxy Music, The Zombies, Def Leppard, and The Cure.

The inductees will be formally honored to the Hall of Fame during a ceremony on March 29, 2019 at New York City’s Barclays Center.

https://www.okayplayer.com/music/janet-jackson-inducted-2019-rock-roll-hall-fame.html

[BootinUp]

1. I'm a fan but mixed on whether she's HOF worthy. Nt

[JHan]

2. I think it's hard to make yourself distinctive in the jackson family, but she managed.

Plus she's co-produced and co-written so much of her work. I rate her really high ( without her there would be no beyonce in my view) And Control and Velvet Rope are strong albums.

[The Polack MSgt]

3. I thought she should have kept going in this harder funk direction

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Rather than the softer lovey dovey albums that came later in the 90s

Although I do feel that Velvet Rope is gorgeous

[The Polack MSgt]

4. Should've posted this one

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[JHan]

5. would you believe I've always been kinda meh on Rhythm Nation.

Doesn't move me like Control. You got a point about the funk tho, even tho I do like this track's melody.

[JHan]

6. I just read up some more on how Les Moonves sabotaged her career...

just wow.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/les-moonves-janet-jackson

Moonves essentially blacklisted Jackson from Viacom, the report says: he ordered all of the company’s radio stations, as well as its television networks VH1 and MTV, not to play Jackson’s music. Per HuffPost, that decision tanked album sales for Jackson’s 2004 album, Damita Jo, which went on sale only a month after the Super Bowl. Even seven years later, Moonves reportedly hadn’t let the incident go; Ali reports that when Jackson signed a book deal with CBS-owned book publisher Simon & Schuster, he began fuming anew—and demanded to know, “How the fuck did she slip through?” He reportedly told one source that he would retaliate against whoever was responsible for the decision, but it’s unclear whether that ever happened.

[The Polack MSgt]

7. Wow what a scumbag.

Makes me want to break out my "the 2nd Amendment works for guillotines too" T-shirt

Fucking rich people with grudges are one of the most toxic byproducts of capitalism

[JHan]

8. Given all we know now about him, and his quip about Trump being great for rolling the money in..

he really is despicable/deplorable.

[Iggo]

9. But not Whitney Houston, huh.