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I remember the first time I saw Janet Jackson in concert. It was my 19th birthday and all of my university buddies *starving students* scrapped all their pennies to buy me a ticket to see her live. We had the worst nose bleed seats and we were so close to the back speakers that, for months to follow, the drum beats of Rhythm Nation still kept on throbbing in my ears.

I was a big fan in the 80’s and sported the *janet* look - big hair, bangs teased to a 5 inch height, gloomy dark blazer suits and let’s not forget THE hat that went with the whole ensemble.

My parents were in seventh heaven because, for the first time in my life, I went places fully clothed from the top of the head to my ankles. Having grown up most of my life in Cali, they just couldn’t believe I traded in my skimpy tank tops, short skirts and flip flops. Okay… so maybe there weren’t too crazy about the hair *that was when hairspray was SO in*, but they were happy to settle for no skin.

Ms. Jackson inspired me so much to be like her that in high school I joined the airband wars with a dance group that was so awful that I didn’t go to school for days after our first public competition. We sucked. We sucked really bad. And we didn’t look as sexy as Janet did performing the same song. *so ah, Mary and Marlene if you are reading this….. those were the days …..*

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With the release of her 10th Album, Discipline, the international megastar is still hotter than ever. With a new man in her life *Jermaine Dupri*, magazine covers, guest appearances and the release of her diet book, she’s back to being the *it* girl of the moment.

She’s been recently seen out and about in her new look - streaked blonde curly hair that makes her look too adorable to be singing overtly sexually suggestive lyrics like:

I misbehaved, done some things I know I shouldn’t do.
I Touched myself, Even though you told me not to.
You commanded me to wait for You.

I tried, But I can smell you on my sheets
Taste you on my skin so Vividly
Daddy.. I Disobeyed you
Now I want you to come punish me

Oh, I think I’m going to *blush*. If you haven’t caught the 6″ stilettos, men in full latex body suit and Janet’s dominatrix attire in her videos, you’ll never realize the Ms. Janet is now *nastier* than ever.

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