Janet Jackson Spoofs MTV Shows, Discipline In Stores NOW!

She's hilarious.

Anyways, Janet Jackson's new album Discipline hits stores today. Who's buying it?



The reviews are in and well, they're pretty mixed:

RollingStone

Janet Jackson has abandoned the plastic R&B of 2006's 20 Y.O. for a sexier brand of digitized megapop. On her Def Jam debut, the beats are as crass and processed as Jackson's heavy breathing, so she sounds more like a sex droid than a blow-up doll, which is way hotter — for starters, sex droids show more initiative. (3.5/5)

All Music

The likes of "Never Letchu Go" (a sweet, glistening ballad), "Luv" (carrying a brisk, feel-good clap-and-bounce), "Rollercoaster" (suitably jittery and giddy), and "Can't B Good" (practically a descendent of her brother Michael's "Can't Help It," with that gentle and affecting self-examination that only a Jackson can do so well) are as innocent, universal, and inviting as anything else in Janet's past. (4/5)

Entertainment Weekly

Indeed, though Jackson boasts in ''Feedback'' that her swagger is ''heavy like a first day period,'' it's more like a bloody mess. (C-)

Daily News

While it would hardly be wise to go the "Unplugged" route with a singer like this, here Jackson's voice sounds more treated than a sewage plant. Her vocals seem as worked over, and airbrushed, as Joan Collins' face in extreme closeup. (D)

I've never been big on Janet. Sure, I LOVE some of her classic albums; Control, Rhythm Nation, Janet; but a lot of those records came out when I was 3-5 years old so I didn't really get to appreciate them till years later. I did not like like her All 4 U album. Damita Jo... meh. And 20 Y.0 was a hot mess. But now she's releasing her 10th studio album and I must admit I like what I hear. Obviously, it's NOTHING compared to the classics I previously mentioned, NOTHING. While I doubt that she's going to go multi-platinum or have any #1 hits with this album, after the many failed efforts of attempting to make a "comeback," Ms. Jackson has at least managed to make a solid R&B album. Gotta give her props for that. [B-]

Santo's Favs: Can't B Good, Discipline, So Much Betta, Rock With U, Greatest X