Janet Jackson's 'Control' album (w. special guest Jimmy Jam) - Pt. 1

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Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Legendary producer Jimmy Jam joins Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY to break down the making of Janet Jackson’s classic album, “Control”. Jimmy takes us inside the studio and breaks down the process of getting to know Ms. Jackson (if you’re nasty) and creating a sound and attitude that worked for her. This is the first of a two-part special with Jimmy Jam.

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0:00.0	All right, today on one song, I am so excited because we've got the legendary producer and songwriter Jimmy Jam in the studio with us.
0:08.8	Yes. Can we hear it for Jimmy?
0:10.4	Woo!
0:10.7	Oh, my God.
0:12.1	Standing ovation. I love it.
0:14.4	That's awesome.
0:15.2	Before we get going, let me be clear, there's a lot we're not going to talk about in this episode.
0:19.5	For example, we are not going to get into this man's 16 Billboard Hot 100 number one records. That's a lot we're not going to talk about in this episode. For example, we are not going to get
0:21.1	into this man's 16 Billboard Hot 100 number one records. That's right, luxury. And you know what else
0:26.2	we're not going to talk about? We're not going to talk about Jimmy Jam and his writing partner,
0:32.9	Terry Lewis, how they won five Grammys. We're not going to talk about Jimmy's 11 nominations for producer of the year,
0:38.9	and we're definitely not going to talk about how he and Terry wrote that one
0:42.6	Human League song that every black kid loved.
0:46.1	Well, then I can go then.
0:48.7	I'm just saying human by Human League, kind of an amazing track.
0:53.2	Thank you.
0:53.6	Yeah, that was okay. We looked up on a few here. But we're not track. Thank you. Yeah, that was okay.
0:55.0	We looked up on a few here.
0:56.0	But we're not talking about that today.
0:57.0	Oh, man.
0:58.0	Oh, man.
0:59.0	Oh, seriously.
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