Janet Jackson has officially confirmed to SOHH that latest album Discipline has met its timely end all because there were dispute regarding the single choices and as a result, Island Def Jam halted ALL promotion for the project.
When asked about what the next single would be, Janet's reply was: "That's pretty difficult to say, only because of the record label at this point. We started off with 'Feedback' and the label and myself haven't quite seen eye to eye since the Feedback single so they've kind of basically stopped all promotion. I'm trying to figure out a way to say this, but just to say it and to be quite honest, they just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album so I dont think you're going to hear another single off this album". Say what? In a way, this isn't much of a shock. Feedback, which was the hottest dance record of 2008, was not promoted correctly and they waited until the LAST MINUTE to get the ball rolling with her project (Mariah's promotion was well in advance and Rihanna gets grade A promo over there as well, although she's more of a singles artist but as Janet has encountered several flops over the years, the label felt it was fitting not to take any chances. Whereas, with Mariah's last album The Emancipation doing fantastically well, they went where they thought the money was). I am pissed that 2Nite will never get released as a single. I was soooo rooting for that song to see a release. So Discipline is now dead and butied forreal, forreal. No shocker at all. Janet also spoke about her forthcoming 'Rock Witchu' tour which she's excited about, as well as what to expect from it. Janet also didn't promote the new record in Europe. She's very apologetic about that and once again, blames the label that her European fans missed out. At this point in time, Janet's musical career hangs in the balance but as to what her next move will be after the tour, we'll just have to wait and see. Very intensifying.
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