![]() Damita Jo was the first casualty of this onslaught as broader pop spaces shunned it, hobbling its commercial legs in its first few months of chart life. Released on March 30, 2004, early reviews for Damita Jo were fairly positive, but they weren’t enough to shield Jackson from the Super Bowl blowback. What was supposed to be a flirtatious conclusory gesture tied to a lyrical reference in Timberlake’s charter “Rock Your Body” ended up becoming a flashpoint for a far-reaching controversy-and conversation-about race and gender that has endured for fifteen years. Graciously, Jackson had decided to share her spotlight with then-current pop music arriviste Justin Timberlake. As the headline attraction, Jackson gave nothing short of her usual best, but it was the closing segment of her performance that sadly eclipsed everything else. (Abridged Version taken from Writer Quentin Harrison)īroadcast live from Houston, Texas on February 1, 2004, Janet Jackson’s halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVIII promised to deliver excellence in the tradition of her forbearers Diana Ross and brother Michael Jackson.
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