According to Rap-Up TV and In Touch Weekly, Polow Da Don and Scott Storch are both working on tracks for Janet’s upcoming album. In an interview with Rap-Up TV, Polow Da Don said:
“We’re gonna put her back in the club. I sent her some tracks and she said off the top, she’s like, ‘I want the hard stuff. I want to dance, I want uptempo, I want club, I want hip.'”
In an interview with MTV.com, singer and songwriter Ne-Yo has confirmed he has written lyrics for Janet’s upcoming album. No further details have been released.
In an interview with SOHH, Syience, dubbed as the hottest new producer on the block, has confirmed that he is working with Janet on her new album. No official announcements have been made about the new project or possible release dates.
According to VH1.com, Janet will appear in an upcoming episode of the Tyra Banks show on Wednesday July 11th.
Tyra invites a woman to her show who says that her love for Janet Jackson gave her the strength to live when she was on the brink of death. While performing her favorite Janet song for the audience, she becomes speechless when Janet herself surprises her on stage.
According to the Miami Herald, Janet dined with LA Reid at Table 8 in South Beach in Miami on Friday night. They apparently ate grouper and snapper and drank a $700 bottle of wine.
In an interview with OK! Magazine, Jermaine Dupri is quoted as saying that him and Janet will definitely be having kids at some point in the future. He also confirmed that Janet is recording a new album.
“As soon as she finishes her new album. She started in June and she’s working on it right now. Once the album and tours are done and all that’s settled down, it’ll happen somewhere around then.”
According to the Miami Herald, Janet is recording a new album with executive producer LA Reid in Miami for the next three months.
Janet Jackson and a group of male and female friends–no sign of boyfriend Jermaine Dupri—slipped in the back door of Prive Saturday night for promoter Justin Levine’s Empire Events party. Holding court in Prive’s hip hop section, Ms. Jackson, clad in head to toe form fitting white pants, shirt and shoes showed off her svelte figure while sipping red wine and grooving to hits by Diddy, Jay-Z and a vintage Jackson 5 remix. Jackson is down here with record exec LA Reid for the next three months recording her new album at Circle House Studios. Boyfriend Dupri is also in on the production.
Janet’s boyfriend, Jermaine, has posted a new message from London to his MySpace friends. In it, he says that he has had the best time he has ever had in London and talks about how this time he has really seen what the city is about.
WHATS UP TO ALL MY FRIENDS
I’VE BEEN IN LONDON FOR A WEEK AND I GOTTA SAY I’VE HAD THE BEST TIME I’VE EVER HAD HERE.
I LEARNED WHY MOST OF US R@B AND HIPHOP CATS DONT LIKE COMIN OVA HERE ITS NOT THE CITY,THE PEOPLE NORE THE FOOD. ITS THE PEOPLE MOST OF THE LABELS HAVE WORKIN FOR THEM
THE THINGS THEY TELL US,THE PLACES THEY TAKE US DONT REFLECT WHAT LONDON IS IS REALY ABOUT.
WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF VIRGIN I WAS OVA HERE AND I HERD THINGS THAT I CAME BACK AND TRYIED TO TELL THE SO CALLED BOSSES THAT WERE RUNNIN sh*t BUT THEY DID’NT WANNA LISTENI REALIZED THAT YOU SHOULD NO LONGER BE IN THE MUSIC BUISNESS IF YOU HAVE NO WANT TO HIT CLUBS,LISTEN TO WHAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SAYIN AND JUDGE WHATS GOIN ON WITH THE MUSIC YOUR SELF
MUFUCKAS KEEP SAYIN THE MUSIC BUISNESS IS IN BAD SHAPE
ITS NOT THE MUSIC!!!!
ITS THE CONTROLLERS AND THERE MONEY.
NOT TAKEN TIME TO LOOK AT THIS sh*t THE WAY THEY DID WHEN THEY FIRST GOT INIM DRUNK BUT IM SENDING THIS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WITH A DREAM TO BE IN THIS sh*t
DONT EVER GIVE UP AND DONT EVER BACKDOWN ON WHAT YOU BELIEVE
EVEN THO MUFUCKAS THAS POSE TO KNOW TELL U DIFFRENTONCE AGAIN IM DRUNK SO IF ITS ANY TYPEOS PLS EXCUSE ME IF NOT **** YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!HOLLA ATCHUR BOY
Janet appears on the cover of this week’s Us Weekly magazine. In an accompanying interview, Janet talks about how she managed to remain slim after losing the pounds about a year ago. The issue is on news stands in the US now.
On keeping the weight off: “I have a great support system to keep me on track… But I still don’t like working out. It’s hard for me. I have to push myself to want to do it.”
On the fear of packing on the pounds again:“I have moments—I crave chocolate, or just want to eat. One thing that helps is getting my clothes altered to fit so I can tell when I gain or lose. I used to wear overalls all the time, and my mom said, ‘Baby, don’t do that or you won’t know how much you lose.’”
On how you can look like her: “If I can do it, anybody can do it. Eating light and clean helps, but you really shouldn’t think of it as a diet, otherwise you feel like you’re depriving yourself. If you crave something, you should have a little bit of it, then let it go and move on. Do a little exercise so you’re back on track.”
On eating right: “It’s about control and it’s a balanced diet. Of course I have cheat days! Especially with my dancers, who love to eat. And after a hard day of work, they want to unwind and grab a drink, and alcohol is not good for my diet with all the extra calories. I try to have a glass of wine, but then somebody comes with a lemon drop and it’s so good. You feel like you’re drinking cough syrup or candy, and before you know it, the next day comes and you feel it. I make up for it with a few more reps when I lift weights.”
Janet’s brother Michael has this evening jetted into London’s Heathrow. It is believed to be one of the first times that both Jackson siblings have been in the British capital at the same time. Michael is believed to be meeting record execs and good friend David Gest. It is unknown whether he and Janet will see each other.
Meanwhile, Janet was pictured out and about in Central London again today. Wearing a green hooded top this time and some bizarre white shoes, Janet left her hotel by the trade entrance.
