Can I get a soul clap?

What the fuck happened ya’ll? Somewhere between 1997 and 2007 the music we held so near and dear to our hearts turned into this week’s “Aunt Jackie-Soldier Boy-2-Step”. My days of listenin to the “Top 8 at 8″ are over so basically all I listen to is old shit. Old shit and new shit that wasn’t necessarily written by Ne-Yo, Sean Garret or ………..Ne-Yo and Sean Garret. So hears what I’ll do. Since I know your fiendin for that good ole soul music, I’ll give you a daily dose of pure unadulterated funk. It might be an old album cut that never got the shine it should’ve, or a rare b-side that you used to break weed on, or a ill remix that you used to have on maxi-single (WOW)! This is where your soul get’s sanctified.

Today’s word is straight out the book of Revelations. In fact, that’s exactly what I had when I realized that I had been sitting on this cut for all these years. People who know me (my wife included) know I have a certain fondness ( some say infatuation) with the beautiful Janet Jackson, so it’s only right that today’s gem comes from the artist formerly known as Charlene. “One More Chance” (originally released as a bonus cut on the “If” remix single) embodies all of the great elements of the vintage Jam/Lewis/Jackson combo that was virtually unstable for much of the late 80’s and 90’s. It’s what I call a mid-temp ballad, real lush and smooth. Vocally, Janet stays in her lane and shows real emotion as opposed to the ooh’s and ahh’s of her recent releases. The hook has a definite MJ quality about it too (maybe because the original version was  written by Randy and produced/performed by the Jacksons from their “Victory” album).  That (coupled with the layers of “shoo-bee do do doo’s”) makes this easily one of my favorite Janet slow jams.

Janet Jackson – “One More Chance”