‘Shoulda Known Better’ is like a sequel to ‘Rhythm Nation’. The last lyrics that she sings is “I had this great epiphany, and Rhythm Nation was the dream. I guess next time I’ll know better.
Rhythm Nation the album/song. Because the issues that she talked about in 1989 are still going on today. Some other lyrics are. “Part of a revolution, ready for real solutions, we won’t accept excuses. Cause I don’t want my face to be, that poster child for being naive. I guess I shoulda known better.”
YESSSS Do you know.... oh this takes me back to 1st listen, this was so....BEYOND what I had even hoped for. So here's the breakdown for a few. Should've Known Better: It's a dark sequel to where her mind was at 23 for Rhythm Nation vs. 49 for Unbreakable.....it's the affirmation that there's still so much work to do, and that in the distance of 26 years there has been so little fundamental world change on the topics that Rhythm Nation was about, so I find the chorus of "Part of the revolution, Ready for real solutions, We won't accept excuses, We tolerate no abuses,'Cause I don't want my face to be, That poster child for being naive" like a rallying cry that IM STILL FIGHTING FOR US...and I hope you are too, and we should've known better to think that it was ever time to slow down or stop the fight. After You Fall was the 1st song she recorded reuniting with Jam & Lewis, and it's beautiful because it's really the 1st song where she acknowledges her treatment in the media....it's the track we've all needed, but even then though she still makes it relatable & applicable for anyone who can relate to a fall. Awww your reaction to Broken Hearts Heal! Yes, funny thing about that, Jimmy Jam said it's the only song she's ever recorded where she was in the booth like Michael would be, he said Michael in the booth (for Scream & other songs they worked on) did all the things you don't do in the recording booth, stomp, clap, dance(/move to much), and that that wasn't how Janet recorded at all EXCEPT....Broken Hearts Heal, so I appreciate hearing the claps & stomps & movement YOUR FACE AT THE START OF NIGHT WAS MINE AT 1st LISTEN!!! To me... if this were the era where she wanted hits, THAT should've been 1st single. MMPH No Sleep does something special to me too, it's the 1st single, and it's just so..."plush" lol, it's so grown & sexy! It's a true return to the likes of That's The Way Love Goes & Got Til It's Gone, and to me though I personally would've chosen Night as the 1st single or "Im back" drop, No Sleep... is a different type of "I'm Back", Night is the welcome back party with the friends & fam, No Sleep is the welcome back home, where the lover is waiting, OR even it's just you, welcome back home quietly & peacefully. Dream Maker/Euphoria is so deliciously experimental! I ADORE the chorus to 2 B Loved, the words & how it's sung, a great ear worm LOFL YOUR TAKE ME AWAY INTRO! It got me excited for how you'd like it and I was right! I ADORE Promise Of You (the full version, they messed up making the full version a Target exclusive, when it REALLY fits the album well) Lessons Learned....So deep, loved your commentary about it. Especially about how emotional her voice got, I love her voice with "I just want my baby back", after her revelations in her doc about her 2nd marriage to her creative partner, it's almost abundantly clear that it's about him, and she gave us some great material about him Son Of A Gun & Truth, and this joins those songs. Well Traveled, she absolutely got that effect live, and you're right, I never thought about it before but I'd love the recorded version more if it had that GON BE ALRIGHT IS 1 OF MY FAVORITE SONGS EVER, SHE GAVE US JACKSON 5 & SLY & THE FAMILY STONE WITH THAT ONE, I love all the ways she played with her voice, including them making her sound like a guy at 1 pitch too lol. BUT ITS EPIC, it's a sound I always wanted to hear her touch, and she absolutely did! I'll end with, do you know I see this as a insight to the fact that Janet Jackson has not hit a wall of any kind when it comes to how creative & original she is, she has a whole bag of sounds topics & voices she hasn't even given us yet, and this album showcased that, and it did what the last 2 (hell for me personally, what the previous 4) needed, everything they lacked this album had in spades, and the only thing this lacked was like you said baby making music (which again....Promise Of You is actually that song, but again it got edited to a snippet, but the whole song gives that vibe though lyrically still it's NOT, it's very deep, but the vibe is babymaking).
@@jerryjaguar3239 thanks Jerry! Yea great reactors like Tre are who inspired me to join the reaction crew with my own voice. I think I'd hold off on possible tour set list until I hear the new album, so I have an idea about what can blend & flow with what.
The very last lyric of Shoulda Known Better explains the entire meaning of the song. This album, to me, is a near perfect piece of work. Its tone throughout, the flawless transition from song to song, Jimmy and Terry’s truly immaculate production, the INCREDIBLE lyrics - her writing was the best I’ve ever heard from her. Even the cover photography is just…gorgeous. She had a lot to say and presented and packaged it just perfectly.
Thank you very much for all your great videos on janet Jackson!! I love your humor and sincerity. Such a beautiful and great career, all you need is the clips 😉
Yes Sir Ma'am! You understood this better than any rector I've watched. Your breakdown and explanation was amazing. I believe this comment comes from the 5th or 6th watch for me.
Here's the tea!...The reason why there wasn't any sexy R&B tracks on "Unbreakable", because Janet was Married to that Qatari Billionaire, Wissam Al Mana, at the time this album was released..When she did the "Unbreakable" tour, she was covered from head to toe majority of the "Unbreakable " era, because he was a devout Muslim. He didn't even allow her to have male dancers at that time. The tour got postponed because Janet was blessed to get pregnant with her 1st child at 50..Wissam got very controlling during her pregnancy..He was verbally abusive to her. Even her Brother Randy, had to step in and defend his Sister from him.. That is why Janet left him after her Son Eissa, was born. I believe that song "Lesson Learned" was about her Marriage to Wissam, or a combination of him and her previous relationships.
Not only was it so refreshing after the last few, but it was also after a 7+ year break where she basically fell off the face of the earth for a few years in the early ‘10s. This album was so affirming as a fan, and it went #1, and No Sleep was a hit on R&B radio. She’s honestly dumb for taking this long to put out the follow up. There are 2 bonus tracks - Promise of You (the full version of Promise) and Love U 4 Life (kind of a sex bop) that you can find on RUclips!
There actually is a longer version of "Promise" it is called "Promise Of You". It was on the special edition versions of Unbreakable. If you want to hear it you can search "Janet Jackson Promise of You" on RUclips and you will find audio of it.
Another great review and you had the same reaction I did back in 2015 when I first heard the album. I could not stop smiling and was overjoyed with the quality of the album. If she had released this in the 90s she would have had at least six top 10 singles with BurnItUp and Take Me Away hitting #1. I really enjoyed the more mature sounds of Lessons Learned and Well Traveled too. Those could have reached #1 on the AC charts. This album had a little bit fot everyone.
Great reaction!! And that final track “We Gon B Alright “. Was so reminiscent of a Sly And The Family Stone Track”, and she has sampled them before. I can’t wait until she releases “Black Diamond”. I had tix for the tour before Covid ruined it.
I love this album, my first era in which I was a STAN 😆 This album had two bonus tracks if you bought it from Target, of course Target 😅 They’re “Promise of You” and “Love U 4 Life”
Now I need to go find the album and listen to it again. I also remember there was a hidden song on the album...for the life of me, I can't think of the name. It was sooo good
Shoulda known better reflects on the idea she had back in 1989, that music could change the world for the better. She's specifically referring to her Rhythm Nation album, which called for social change at the time. With shoulda known better, she realizes how naive she was and that the world is still dealing with the same social issues 26 years later.
Damn Baby has a breakdown, where she samples her own song ' I Get Lonely'... Who does that? ICONS do Having lyrics up to follow along is better practice. Just a suggestion. You're missing alot of info. Night is amazing. Take Me Away is catchy 1000% Black Eagle is a call to the our people Great reaction video. Good luck with the move. Can't wait till you do a video reaction to Janet's videography. If ( All Dance version)
This album was released on her own label. So she can release anything whenever she wants to. That's part of the irritating thing about that. She knows Black Diamond is complete. She just won't release it. Now to this history making album. (With this album going number 1, Janet became the 4th artist ever, first Black artist, to have number 1 albums in 4 consecutive decades) The title track is a love letter to the fans. I cried the first time I actually listened to it. Shoulda Known Better is essentially explained with the last lyric. That hurt me so much. Like fetal position bawling on the kitchen floor type hurt. And that didn't stop until Night. But for real, you should look into doing B-sides, leaked, and other songs of hers that didn't make album cuts. There are a LOT of gems there. Let me know if you want some direction.....
Also, you should now do a review ranking all of Janets albums and perhaps your top 5 favorite songs ever...keep us in suspense as you go through the list. I struggle myself with a favorite album as she has 4 or 5 that are all so complete it really depends on my mood.
This album didn't have any sex subject matter because she had just converted to Islam since marrying that muslim billionaire. PS. Black Diamond is still happening, YES!, She already sampled us a funky song called Luv I Luv on her documentary
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It's her best album since The Velvet Rope IMO.
‘Shoulda Known Better’ is like a sequel to ‘Rhythm Nation’. The last lyrics that she sings is “I had this great epiphany, and Rhythm Nation was the dream. I guess next time I’ll know better.
Do you think that lyric is about Rhythm Nation the album? Or Rhythm Nation the record label?
Rhythm Nation the album/song. Because the issues that she talked about in 1989 are still going on today. Some other lyrics are. “Part of a revolution, ready for real solutions, we won’t accept excuses. Cause I don’t want my face to be, that poster child for being naive. I guess I shoulda known better.”
I agree. The final lryic may be sad as she was suggesting her Rhythm Nation vision had not come to fruition as she had hoped.
YESSSS Do you know.... oh this takes me back to 1st listen, this was so....BEYOND what I had even hoped for. So here's the breakdown for a few.
Should've Known Better: It's a dark sequel to where her mind was at 23 for Rhythm Nation vs. 49 for Unbreakable.....it's the affirmation that there's still so much work to do, and that in the distance of 26 years there has been so little fundamental world change on the topics that Rhythm Nation was about, so I find the chorus of "Part of the revolution, Ready for real solutions, We won't accept excuses, We tolerate no abuses,'Cause I don't want my face to be, That poster child for being naive" like a rallying cry that IM STILL FIGHTING FOR US...and I hope you are too, and we should've known better to think that it was ever time to slow down or stop the fight.
After You Fall was the 1st song she recorded reuniting with Jam & Lewis, and it's beautiful because it's really the 1st song where she acknowledges her treatment in the media....it's the track we've all needed, but even then though she still makes it relatable & applicable for anyone who can relate to a fall.
Awww your reaction to Broken Hearts Heal! Yes, funny thing about that, Jimmy Jam said it's the only song she's ever recorded where she was in the booth like Michael would be, he said Michael in the booth (for Scream & other songs they worked on) did all the things you don't do in the recording booth, stomp, clap, dance(/move to much), and that that wasn't how Janet recorded at all EXCEPT....Broken Hearts Heal, so I appreciate hearing the claps & stomps & movement
YOUR FACE AT THE START OF NIGHT WAS MINE AT 1st LISTEN!!! To me... if this were the era where she wanted hits, THAT should've been 1st single.
MMPH No Sleep does something special to me too, it's the 1st single, and it's just so..."plush" lol, it's so grown & sexy! It's a true return to the likes of That's The Way Love Goes & Got Til It's Gone, and to me though I personally would've chosen Night as the 1st single or "Im back" drop, No Sleep... is a different type of "I'm Back", Night is the welcome back party with the friends & fam, No Sleep is the welcome back home, where the lover is waiting, OR even it's just you, welcome back home quietly & peacefully.
Dream Maker/Euphoria is so deliciously experimental!
I ADORE the chorus to 2 B Loved, the words & how it's sung, a great ear worm
LOFL YOUR TAKE ME AWAY INTRO! It got me excited for how you'd like it and I was right!
I ADORE Promise Of You (the full version, they messed up making the full version a Target exclusive, when it REALLY fits the album well)
Lessons Learned....So deep, loved your commentary about it. Especially about how emotional her voice got, I love her voice with "I just want my baby back", after her revelations in her doc about her 2nd marriage to her creative partner, it's almost abundantly clear that it's about him, and she gave us some great material about him Son Of A Gun & Truth, and this joins those songs.
Well Traveled, she absolutely got that effect live, and you're right, I never thought about it before but I'd love the recorded version more if it had that
GON BE ALRIGHT IS 1 OF MY FAVORITE SONGS EVER, SHE GAVE US JACKSON 5 & SLY & THE FAMILY STONE WITH THAT ONE, I love all the ways she played with her voice, including them making her sound like a guy at 1 pitch too lol. BUT ITS EPIC, it's a sound I always wanted to hear her touch, and she absolutely did!
I'll end with, do you know I see this as a insight to the fact that Janet Jackson has not hit a wall of any kind when it comes to how creative & original she is, she has a whole bag of sounds topics & voices she hasn't even given us yet, and this album showcased that, and it did what the last 2 (hell for me personally, what the previous 4) needed, everything they lacked this album had in spades, and the only thing this lacked was like you said baby making music (which again....Promise Of You is actually that song, but again it got edited to a snippet, but the whole song gives that vibe though lyrically still it's NOT, it's very deep, but the vibe is babymaking).
Hey babe love your channel........
Can we do a black diamond dream setlist. Like a video
@@jerryjaguar3239 thanks Jerry! Yea great reactors like Tre are who inspired me to join the reaction crew with my own voice. I think I'd hold off on possible tour set list until I hear the new album, so I have an idea about what can blend & flow with what.
The very last lyric of Shoulda Known Better explains the entire meaning of the song. This album, to me, is a near perfect piece of work. Its tone throughout, the flawless transition from song to song, Jimmy and Terry’s truly immaculate production, the INCREDIBLE lyrics - her writing was the best I’ve ever heard from her. Even the cover photography is just…gorgeous. She had a lot to say and presented and packaged it just perfectly.
You’re right. This album is well rounded. It’s not what returns her to stardom per se, but it’s tasteful, grounded, and mature.
Thank you very much for all your great videos on janet Jackson!!
I love your humor and sincerity.
Such a beautiful and great career, all you need is the clips 😉
Yes Sir Ma'am! You understood this better than any rector I've watched. Your breakdown and explanation was amazing. I believe this comment comes from the 5th or 6th watch for me.
I loved your reaction almost as much as I love this album 😊. Perfect!
Great CD! Well Travelled is such a good song, the vocals were amazing!!
Without the LOVE I stand on.
Here's the tea!...The reason why there wasn't any sexy R&B tracks on "Unbreakable", because Janet was Married to that Qatari Billionaire, Wissam Al Mana, at the time this album was released..When she did the "Unbreakable" tour, she was covered from head to toe majority of the "Unbreakable " era, because he was a devout Muslim. He didn't even allow her to have male dancers at that time. The tour got postponed because Janet was blessed to get pregnant with her 1st child at 50..Wissam got very controlling during her pregnancy..He was verbally abusive to her. Even her Brother Randy, had to step in and defend his Sister from him.. That is why Janet left him after her Son Eissa, was born. I believe that song "Lesson Learned" was about her Marriage to Wissam, or a combination of him and her previous relationships.
Oh teaaaaaa I did not know!
Love the review, I just loved it!!!!
Actually it's her record label. Janet owns everything!!
Not only was it so refreshing after the last few, but it was also after a 7+ year break where she basically fell off the face of the earth for a few years in the early ‘10s.
This album was so affirming as a fan, and it went #1, and No Sleep was a hit on R&B radio. She’s honestly dumb for taking this long to put out the follow up.
There are 2 bonus tracks - Promise of You (the full version of Promise) and Love U 4 Life (kind of a sex bop) that you can find on RUclips!
The sneeze was 🥰 cute
There actually is a longer version of "Promise" it is called "Promise Of You". It was on the special edition versions of Unbreakable. If you want to hear it you can search "Janet Jackson Promise of You" on RUclips and you will find audio of it.
You should make a video listening to her B-Sides. And singles that weren’t part of studio albums. Make Me, Runaway, Made For Now, Twenty foreplay etc.
It's an amazing album.
I have such a good time listening to it!
Bravo! Thank you for your reaction 😃. 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Another great review and you had the same reaction I did back in 2015 when I first heard the album. I could not stop smiling and was overjoyed with the quality of the album. If she had released this in the 90s she would have had at least six top 10 singles with BurnItUp and Take Me Away hitting #1.
I really enjoyed the more mature sounds of Lessons Learned and Well Traveled too. Those could have reached #1 on the AC charts. This album had a little bit fot everyone.
YAY! You finally got to "Unbreakable"! Isn't it a wonderful bounce back from the last two?
She delivered! It's so uplifting and refreshing
@@TreMcLeod_ If you ever give "Discipline" another chance to see if it needs to grow on you, it'd be great to get a re-reaction video!
@@ashakir622 Especially now that I’ve gone and seen some of the music videos and live performances of the songs
This is such a Great Album. She successfully explored new territory. I cant wait to hear the follow up to this. I miss her!
Well Traveled makes me emotional because it means the show is over lol
that's the vibe it gives me....the finale...the end...shows over lol
Read the lyrics to Shoulda Known Better. The message is crystal clear 😳
Great reaction!! And that final track “We Gon B Alright “. Was so reminiscent of a Sly And The Family Stone Track”, and she has sampled them before. I can’t wait until she releases “Black Diamond”. I had tix for the tour before Covid ruined it.
I love this album, my first era in which I was a STAN 😆 This album had two bonus tracks if you bought it from Target, of course Target 😅 They’re “Promise of You” and “Love U 4 Life”
Now I need to go find the album and listen to it again. I also remember there was a hidden song on the album...for the life of me, I can't think of the name. It was sooo good
You nailed it. Loved watching your journey…❤️
REDEMPTION!!!
Shoulda known betta was her response to Rhythm Nation 1814. Look at the very last lyrics of the song 😊.
Shoulda known better reflects on the idea she had back in 1989, that music could change the world for the better. She's specifically referring to her Rhythm Nation album, which called for social change at the time. With shoulda known better, she realizes how naive she was and that the world is still dealing with the same social issues 26 years later.
Damn Baby has a breakdown, where she samples her own song ' I Get Lonely'... Who does that? ICONS do
Having lyrics up to follow along is better practice. Just a suggestion. You're missing alot of info.
Night is amazing.
Take Me Away is catchy 1000%
Black Eagle is a call to the our people
Great reaction video.
Good luck with the move.
Can't wait till you do a video reaction to Janet's videography.
If ( All Dance version)
Great Review!
This album was released on her own label. So she can release anything whenever she wants to. That's part of the irritating thing about that. She knows Black Diamond is complete. She just won't release it.
Now to this history making album. (With this album going number 1, Janet became the 4th artist ever, first Black artist, to have number 1 albums in 4 consecutive decades) The title track is a love letter to the fans. I cried the first time I actually listened to it. Shoulda Known Better is essentially explained with the last lyric. That hurt me so much. Like fetal position bawling on the kitchen floor type hurt. And that didn't stop until Night.
But for real, you should look into doing B-sides, leaked, and other songs of hers that didn't make album cuts. There are a LOT of gems there. Let me know if you want some direction.....
B-sides include:
One more chance
70's love groove
And on and on and on
Anytime any place r.kelly remix
Can't be stopped
Gods stepchild
Skin game
Shoulda Known Better than to think people would change, which is why she referenced Rhythm Nation at the end. 👍🏾
Also, you should now do a review ranking all of Janets albums and perhaps your top 5 favorite songs ever...keep us in suspense as you go through the list. I struggle myself with a favorite album as she has 4 or 5 that are all so complete it really depends on my mood.
The deluxe version had a longer version of "Promise" and "Love You 4 Life".
Shoulda Known Better is about Rhythm Nation 1814 and the lack of change that she observed since
Now that makes sense!
If you want Janet w/ a piano, check out I Get Lonely live on the Rosie O'Donnell show. It's a goody! 💜
This album didn't have any sex subject matter because she had just converted to Islam since marrying that muslim billionaire.
PS. Black Diamond is still happening, YES!, She already sampled us a funky song called Luv I Luv on her documentary
Onto La Toya.
Miss Hot Potato??
Can u please start gettin into Janet’s video and performances also please react to Michael Jackson’s discography they wash u did Janet’s please
PLEASE go on a Tina Turner journey!!!
Yes I have not seen one Tina Turner album reaction on RUclips I been requesting ppl sleep on tina
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Sache que lara fabian est l'idole de dimash.
Lara chante dans 12langues différente et parle plus de 5 langues couramment.
Lara est l'artiste qui retransmet le mieux l'émotion d'une chanson.
Écoute absolument je suis malade en français sous titre en anglais, mes prépare une boîte de mouchoir parce que les paroles sont très triste et très forte et lara est très démonstrative avec son corps et son visage..concert 1999 Montréal
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Please react to Charice Pempengco (Jake Zyrus) cover of listen.
It's her best album since The Velvet Rope IMO.