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Discovering Janet Jackson: More of the same, except worse. Dream Street follows the exact same blueprint as the debut, Janet seemingly had zero creative involvement once again, and it shows just as much, if not more. If the first album was generic, this one is the dictionary definition of it.

Discovering Janet Jackson: Debut albums are tricky, aren't they? Especially when the artist is so young and clearly had little to no creative input. She essentially showed up, sang what she was handed, and left. And honestly, it shows. There's a song or two here that probably earned some mild chart attention at the time, but the bulk of it is just... painfully generic. Nothing that hints at what she'd eventually become.

Does it sound like Sugababes? Not at all. Is it as bad as people say? Not even close. The album produced three Top 10 hits on the UK charts (come on!) and a good portion of the songs were written by Bruno Mars. Get Sexy and About a Girl really do a lot of the heavy lifting here. The real problem with this album is that the versions with Keisha’s vocals leaked, and that kind of ruined everything, you can hear the full potential these songs could have had. About a Girl with her vocals is a ... read more

Descobrindo Rita Lee #12: Há um tempo, minha mãe me contou sobre uma novela que passou antes de eu nascer e disse que eu iria amar se tivesse assistido. Acreditei, fui atrás e devorei cerca de 200 episódios em um mês. Ela estava certa: realmente é uma obra-prima. Foi em A Próxima Vítima que tive meu primeiro contato com esse álbum da Rita, que traz uma atmosfera mais sombria às canções, e isso só tornou ... read more