Line Out - Comments on Minneapolis?? http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis What does Minneapolis have to do with going on an escapade? Is Janet Jackson from Minneapolis? Is Minneapolis where Janet Jackson wants to go on an escapade? Is that where she's going to get away and save her troubles for... Copyright 2008 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:56:16 -0800 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:16:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jason Josephes Rhythm Nation (the album it's from) was recorded in Minneapolis.

]]> Jason Josephes http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884265 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884265 Song Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:07:13 -0800 Comment by Mark Baumgarten A pair of Minneapolitans, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, have been Janet Jackson's production team since "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" Jackson's label, A&M, is responsible for introducing the artist to the duo, which makes Jackson's Minneapolis reference a bit strange (she seemingly had no personal relationship with the city before recording Control in 86).

Maybe she fell in love with the place (it is quite a lovely, if chilly, city--check it out in May, Megan, and make sure to hit up the CC Club and say hi to Peggie) ... but more than likely she shouted "Minneapolis!" because it was cool. Minneapolis was, at the point Jackson recorded "Escapade" well known as THE hotbed for R&B, thanks largely to the Little Purple One. When Jackson shouts Minneapolis she is saying, "Do you know who produced this! Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis! Dudes were in the Time. Motherfuckers worked with Prince!"

It's a way for her to gain cred by latching on to the legacy of the Minneapolis Sound ... even though the Sound was largely on the wane by 1989. It also possibly--and this is even more speculative than the former claptrap--allowed her to distance herself from the Jackson family by aligning herself with another fam.

]]> Mark Baumgarten http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884450 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884450 Song Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:28:26 -0800 Comment by Explorer 5-10 seconds of research would tell you all you'd need to know about Janet Jackson's connection to Minneapolis, primarily through Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis who co-wrote and co-produced this track and all of Janet's late 80s hits.

]]> Explorer http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884454 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884454 Song Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:31:29 -0800 Comment by DJ Nphared research, then post, that's what I say

]]> DJ Nphared http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884658 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884658 Song Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:08:47 -0800 Comment by BFDS Cue Prince's "Uptown"

]]> BFDS http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884706 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884706 Song Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:00:02 -0800 Comment by matt Ah......Minneapolis, the city in which I grew up. It should have a picture in the dictionary next to underestimated. I miss so many little things about it.
oh yeah---I could give a shit about Janet Jackson. DOOMTREE!! RYHMESAYERS!! FOBIA!! 3RD LAIR!! D4!! FIRST AVE.!! MUDDY'S!!
.....o.k. enough shouts out---but really, a micromillimeter beneath Seattle in total.

]]> matt http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884736 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884736 Song Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:07:20 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder I Heart MPLS. I'd give it a random shout-out if I were a pop star, even if my producers didn't have me working there.

]]> violet_dagrinder http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884949 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/minneapolis#c884949 Song Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:16:17 -0800