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Let?s not dick around: Janet was always the best Jackson, a queen of both serious choreography and lite controversy, from that iconic boob-cupping Rolling Stone cover to the storm in a D-cup that was the 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction. It has now been 32 years since the release of Janet?s very, very good, multi-million selling electronic R&B standard Control. Her third album, it not only set the tone for Beyonc?, J-Lo and Aaliyah, but was home to The Pleasure Principle, a song with a video that burrowed its way firmly into the minds of generations upon generations of artistic directors. In 2018, you?re more likely to find a pop promo that has been influenced by the ?let?s have a dance on my own in an extremely spacious, unnervingly open-plan loft apartment that seems to contain at least one lone Elgin marble, two basic dining chairs, a smattering of classic cars and a car boot sale-ready selection of battered old lamps while wearing double denim? aesthetic than one that hasn?t.


Further rewinding of the clock unearths more obvious nods to The Pleasure Principle, in Kanye West?s Fade video (with a glossy, nearly nude Teyana Taylor taking on the challenge rather than a crop-top wearing Ye, unforts); Cassie?s Me & U; and Britney Spears?s Stronger, where she boots a chair across the room with all the passion of a recently wronged Janet. Without even mentioning Normani?s godlike re-enactment of the full dance at the BMI tribute to Janet earlier last month in Atlanta, there has been mild online outrage expressed at Electricity ripping off Azealia Banks?s vid for Anna Wintour, another recent crop-top/floorboarded warehouse/mirror dancing combo pop promo. Bless Generation Z, who must take full responsibility for a comment like: ?So this is the video and song Dua Lipa copied, huh ? ? getting 276 likes on the video?s YouTube page, while a deep scroll down finds the pop-cultural Poirot, who says: ?copied Janet?, getting only two. Please, someone save our youth. It?s the principle of the thing.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/05/why-janet-jackson-pleasure-principle-is-pops-most-influential-video

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[MelMel]

yes praise this goddamn legendary ass song and video

[hotep.]

They should have used Nasty but I?ll take it.

I know the whites are seething in the comment section on that article.

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They should have used Nasty but I?ll take it.

I know the whites are seething in the comment section on that article.

PP>>Nasty & RN
I said it.

[Gilgamesh.]

They should have used Nasty but I?ll take it.

I know the whites are seething in the comment section on that article.

PP>>Nasty & RN
I said it.

boy WHAT?

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yes praise this goddamn legendary ass song and video

shut up

[BAPHOMET.]

Lol

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21 years of the 'janet' album too

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one of the best female tours ever

[Nine]

Hmmm, ok, interesting.

[BAPHOMET.]

Hmmm, ok, interesting.

very

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seethe lambs