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She could sing
But everything else was Clive Davis
That's what record labels do. They back you. They arrange the producers. They arrange the writers. They pick the songs. They push the singles.
They make your image.
That's like how dude said KeKe Wyatt never received the right push.
It's the same treatment Alicia Keys received.
Janet Jackson without Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis = Flop
What did it start and end with? The voice. Give all those songs to somebody else, and it's a completely different game. It's not everybody's desire to have that kind of "push". That machine isn't for every artist. Whether people decide to believe it or not, Janet had a hand in writing a lot of those songs along with Jimmy and Terry. They're the sound behind her, but their friendship and synergy just works. That's why she isn't as successful with anybody else.