Sam Sanders on Janet Jackson's Legacy
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Today we're sharing an episode from our friend Sam Sanders over at NPR’s It's Been a Minute podcast. This year marks the 35th anniversary of Janet Jackson's classic album, Control. That album was her first real commercial hit and, looking back, helped redefine all of pop music. It also helped establish two star producers in Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. In the late 80s and 90s, Janet was one of the biggest stars of our time—right up there with her brother Michael and Madonna. And yet, Jackson isn't always given her due.
In this episode, host Sam Sanders explores why that is, how she made the album Control, and the incident that lasted all but a second, that changed the course of her career.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:16.0 | Pushkin. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey everyone, dropping in to introduce an episode from my friend Sam Sanders and PR show |
| 0:24.5 | It's been a minute. |
| 0:26.3 | This year marks the 35th anniversary of Janet Jackson's album Control. |
| 0:31.4 | It was her first real commercial hit, established Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as a production |
| 0:36.1 | powerhouse away from Princess Autistic Camp, and looking back helped redefine not just |
| 0:41.4 | R&B, but all of pop music. |
| 0:44.9 | In the late 80s and 90s, Janet was one of the biggest stars of our time, right up with |
| 0:49.3 | her brother Michael and Madonna. |
| 0:51.8 | And yet Janet isn't always given her due. |
| 0:54.8 | In this episode, host Sam Sanders explores why that is, how she made control, and an incident |
| 1:01.4 | that lasted all but a second that changed the course of her career. |
| 1:05.8 | Alright, here's that episode. |
| 1:08.0 | Enjoy. |
| 1:09.1 | What is your first Janet Jackson memory? |
| 1:13.0 | It's a wild thing to ask me my first Janet Jackson memory because Janet and I are like |
| 1:19.2 | the same age. |
| 1:20.2 | A while. |
| 1:23.2 | This is music journalist Danielle Smith. |
| 1:25.8 | You know, it's a wonderful memory. |
| 1:28.1 | So for my eighth birthday, my mother got me tickets to see the Jackson 5 live in concert |
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