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009: Janet Jackson - Control (1986)

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

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Janet Jackson

The Super Bowl halftime show exposed Janet Jackson's breast to an estimated 77 million viewers in 2004. The resulting media blackout on her music effectively ended her career, which was surging at the time. "It would be absolutely dishonest to begin any discussion of Janet Jackson with anything at all," says Mollusk co-host Mike Downey. In this episode, he takes us back to the beginning of that story to 1986's Control.

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