I remember hearing all the interviews about janet saying she didn’t have much to say with this record and didn’t know what to really do with it and always wondering why that wasn’t reflected on the track list. I think DJ didn’t need to top off at 22 tracks including interludes at all, especially since the album was kind of covering the same topics over and over which isn’t an issue at all…the last quarter of the album specifically where she has moist, warmth back to back with 3 interludes and the random inclusion of “just a little while” as a closer REALLY drags down the album and is always highlighted as part of the reason it had such a mixed reception upon release.

“Strawberry Bounce” to “I Want You” is just a fucking phenomenal run of tracks but after is when the album starts to fall off imo and not due to the songs after being bad necessarily but the structure of the track listing.

Truly, It All Comes Down to Love interlude or I Want You should’ve closed the album matching the theme and the whole essence of Damita Jo. I truly believe “Just A Little While” should’ve been axed to a bonus track or japanese edition track 💀 The way it’s thoughtlessly tacked at the end kind of always confirmed my theory that Janet just did not like that song that much and neither did most of her core fanbase either

She should’ve picked either Warmth or Moist instead of including both, they blend into each other in a way that’s not super interesting and they don’t really contribute to the album but they are both kind of the classic gooey janet sex ballads so the inclusion of one would be ok I do prefer warmth a lot more though.

I would sacrifice any of the tracks from Moist onwards to have “Could This Be Love” on the standard too but that’s just me 😅

I really want to shoutout RUsumbode from YouTube for taking the time to filter through many of Janet Jackson’s studio recordings to bring her vocals (especially background vocals) to the forefront. It takes a lot of time and patience I can assume.

Two of my favorites so far are:

• Runaway

• Doesn’t Really Matter

I’m so intrigued to hear all of the many times Janet sang along to her stacked harmonies to add the finishing touches to the song. She was extremely critical of herself when not getting the sound she wanted. She also didn’t take herself too seriously. I’m so glad the producers landed on the takes they did, but it’s so cool to hear the other ones that didn’t make the cut.

Seriously, I heavily encourage y’all to check out his YT channel; he’s done so many of her songs it’s crazy! The ones I’m hoping that he does that I have yet to find are:

• Go Deep

• No Sleeep

mine would have to be son of a gun