Anveeroy 57,060 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 30 years ago today, a 23-year old Janet Jackson released her groundbreaking, GRAMMY-nominated fourth studio album, Rhythm Nation 1814. The chart-topping 20-track epic not only shook up the music world with its futuristic, raw, industrial soundscape, it also paved the way for socially conscious pop at a poignant time. It followed 1986's GRAMMY-nominated breakout hit album Control, which was the first time Jackson was given creative control over her music. The year was 1989, and the first mass-shooting since the dawn of CNN (in 1980) had, understandably, shaken up the American public, Jackson included. The horrific, racially charged attack took place at an elementary school in Stockton, Calif., leaving five of students dead and 30 other people injured. On Rhythm Nation 1814's heart-breaking 11th track, "Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make)," Janet echoes the tragedy in the chorus: "Livin' in a world that's filled with hate. / Livin' in a world where grown-ups break the rules / (And they're just) Livin' in a world they didn't make / Payin' for a lot of adult mistakes. / How much of this madness can they take, our children?" The song ends with gunshots and children's screams, as a clip of a reporter announcing the news of the shooting pulses in and out of the track, fading into the background, almost like an additional, jarring interlude. This specific tragedy may have faded from our social memory, but, even more tragically, sounds eerily similar to breaking news in 2019, and to the countless shootings this nation has endured the past 30 years. More: https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/janet-jacksons-iconic-rhythm-nation-1814-turns-30-today-we-still-have-work-do Stream Kylie-Janet Discographies! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pop Music 20,522 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Love Will Never Do Without You is THAT bop Gaga ðTaylor ðCarly Rae ðRina ðMARINA ðBritneyðLights ðShania ðSigridð Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB 26,866 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 My fave album of hers ð ðð¥ðð¡ ðð âð ð ðððð€ ðð¡ððª Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoof 21,600 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov Hooka 8,008 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Legendary Escapade bopifies me Lonely soothes me State of the World wokens me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katharine Hepburn 4,607 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Black Cat is a b o p xoxo Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeJudas 6,490 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Album full of BOPS yes Janet. Ma'am slay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisGuyTony 24,096 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Listening to the album again, I'm disappointed by the lack of lyrics and just instrumentals in some songs but it's an album full of bops and very good lyrics overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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