8.02.2006

Janet Jackson featuring Nelly - Call On Me

This is the first single off of Ms. Jackson's much awaited eighth studio album 20 Y.O. (20 Years Old).

This is a downtempo R&B slow jam in its album version. However, there's some dance mixes as well that take it up several notches.

Tony Moran and Warren Rigg are on hand for the mixes this time. They have done an edit, a club mix and a dub.

The edit is a nice tight version of the club mix. The edit is already getting some spins on dance radio. Big tribal beats, beautiful synths and nice chugging bassline are just some of the highlights of the mixes. Another great thing about the vocal mixes is that Nelly's vocals are not removed as many rappers or second vocalists' vocals are often dropped for the usual reason of the rap or similar vocals "working" in a nightclub setting, especially in a gay club setting. Nelly's vocals work in this song and it just seems like something is lacking if the vocals are dumped. The club mix is an epic. Clocking in at over nine minutes, this one will be a floorfiller.

The dub version is just an instrumental this time. It is the same length as the club mix.

Overall, these mixes should help Ms. Jackson make her presence on the club scene known again.