MrMojoRisin

For starters, I don't think she's "forgotten," nor do I think her music is "dated," especially for a generation supposedly obsessed with the 90s! But she is definitely not discussed or mentioned as much as some of her contemporaries. Although, it does seem like those who have been vocal about that have caused that to change somewhat. I became a fan of Janet's in 93 when the janet. album came out. A user in here said that her following was mostly in the Black community and I can tell you that isn't true. People of all races loved Janet. Perhaps it doesn't seem that way today, but trust me, as someone who was obsessed with her back then, she was loved by everybody! Even in 2001 when All For You came out, she was very relevant with kids who liked Britney, Christina, NSync, etc. The Superbowl did result in a blacklist that effected the Damita Jo and 20 YO albums, but people forget that it ended by the time Discipline came out. She was on TRL in 2008 for the entire hour and performed Feedback. MTV even made her Artist of the Month and she did a bunch of commercials parodying their reality shows like The Real World, My Super Sweet 16, etc. I think the decline in quality from her musically was a major factor, because she could've made a comeback. Feedback was a huge hit and buzz was high for the Discipline album. It debuted at #1 on Billboard 200, her first since All For You. Unfortunately, the rest of the album just wasn't very good. She had no chemistry with Jermaine Dupri in the studio and he wrecked not only Discipline, but 20 YO as well. 20 YO was overproduced and Discipline was boring. Janet didn't even write any songs on Discipline. It felt like she wasn't very inspired. There's also a lack of interest coming from her today. It took her 7 years after Discipline to make a new album and since then, she's released only one other song. Yes, she makes appearances here and there. Yes, she performs on occasion. But she's nowhere near as active as Madonna and Mariah. Plus, they have very different personalities. They put themselves out there whereas Janet doesn't. Janet is more introverted and quiet. Mariah milks the Christmas thing every year and Madonna is always touring, releasing music, collabing with younger artists, posting on Instagram, doing livestreams with TikTokers, etc. Her YouTube channel is a mess and she seems to have a team who are inept at managing a social media/streaming presence for an artist in today's world. At the end of the day, anybody who just blames the Super Bowl is offering too simplified of a reason.

These are just early predictions. The lead actually isn't that far from Industry Baby. Later predictions could show something different. Regardless, Lil Nas X has THREE songs in the top 10 this week. And since Industry Baby was released, he's had TWO songs in either the top 10 or top 20. He's doing ****ing amazing.