Janet Jackson Reaction If Video (SO DAMN GOOD!) | Dereck Reacts

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Hi all welcome back to another video Dereck Reacts back at it again! This time around we take a look at an oldie but still sounds fresh and good these days, "If" by Janet Jackson. She's busting moves singing great, and the song as a whole? Well see for yourself!
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[@Sylstyle07]

A masterpiece and Tina Landon best choreographer in the world

[@robertg330]

She really is!

[@seanmarks6304]

100% !!!! Janet's choreography post Tina, while good, never came close to as great as Tina's work with her.

[@rhaley413]

YES!! Tina Landon is the best

[@newtaurus1]

She is i remember her.

[@rosieazatyan5923]

Yay finally a person that knows of Tina. I wanted to be her. I even cut my hair that was down to my lower back just like hers. For 4 days straight I watched and taught myself the choreography and won first place for my performance. When MJ died and Janet did a tribute for him on the vma all these dancers were apart of it. Tina looked the same even the same hair cut.

[@joelscottarnold3262]

“If” is an absolute masterpiece. You’re spot on that it sounds even more current than it did almost 25 years ago. Hands down one of my favorite Janet songs and videos. The whole voyeuristic quality makes the lyrics and choreography burn even more! Thank you for this!!! Love hearing your take on what had me on the dance floor many moons ago!!

[@supremacyattitudefiller9895]

One of the greatest dance breaks in music video history.

[@argeliavazquez1726]

this is the song that introduced me to janet and every since then I've been on janet fever people need to stop discrediting her she is one of the greatest entertainers of all time been in the business since she was 7 years old her legacy matters she is the queen & the blueprint and I don't care what people say this woman deserves the world.

[@Mysicalgreenunicorn03]

Yes yes yes yes !

[@johneirikhomme1458]

The whole 'janet' album from 1993 is a masterpiece. Should be listened to from beginning to end, one long megamix 👍

[@adua78]

Anything 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s Janet is QUALITY through and through (and 2015’s Unbreakable). I’d say this song and video alone had a major influence on the new crop of pop girls that would come along in the next 5-10 years. It was a “lightning in a bottle” pop moment for sure. She’s just a killer ARTIST and performer.

[@mikaelwentworth]

This is Janet's best work of art. In my opinion. She rules everything. Try reacting to When I Think of You. Thank you.

[@AllNiteDontStop]

You do what everyone does with that break down - I can watch it all day and it’s one of her most well known dances

[@steverdms]

I still remember when the janet. cd came out. The first time I was playing it and "IF" came on I was up and dancing like I actually knew how to dance. Yes, this song has aged like wine. When the song starts, that intro, my heart immediately starts beating fast. Oh, take me back in time.

[@northdade8581]

Your reaction made me tear up a little cause it took me right back to hearing it for the first time when I was in 5th grade and accepting right there That it was my duty to learn the entire choreo and just loving this moment in time

[@reddingmalik]

❤❤❤

[@raisa_cherry33]

🥹❤️

[@heisgio]

Janet solidified her place in dance iconography with just the breakdown alone!

[@raisa_cherry33]

👏👏👏👏👏❤️

[@Ciclopea2]

Love Janet, but this remains my favorite era, everythingg was on point. Most people like to remember the early 90's as the "grunge era", but i remember it as the time when amazing music of all genres was topping the charts, and Janet came out with this amazing album, image, and videos, what a time to be alive :)

[@tachyonpulse]

I remember watching this in high school and was so turned on by it lol the naughty lyrics were very suggestive as well. Still love the song and choreography to this day.

[@fylaxx]

This iconic choreo is by Tina Landon (she’s in here too, with the black page haircut and leathervest). She also did Brithey’s Ooops..., Ricky Martin’s Livin’ La Vida Loca, Christina’s Come On Over, Pussycat Dolls Don’t, Rihanna, Shakira and on and on. You can also see her as one of Jen’s friends in the Waiting For Night video.

[@DereckReacts]

iconic indeed!😍

[@californiahummus]

My favorite Janet song is Love Will Never Do (Without You).

[@abumc5104]

@californiahummus, especially the roger s. narcotic vocal mix plus the narcotic voyage mix are great

[@KevinLong-jr1zv]

This is when I became attracted to Janet. The whole janet. era did it for me, especially when she did the Rolling Stone cover ❤

[@charmedlibra927]

I'm still obsessed with this song till this day! Don't get me started bout the dance version!😍😍😍

[@Hazeleyes_SM37]

In 93’ I was just a 7 year old when this song was released. 🥰 the feelz, her music a long with other artist of that decade are timeless.

[@DegrassiInstantStar]

This is one of her definitive tracks and I love the video.

[@davidbarnes1113]

I love seeing the younger generation appreciate Janet for the pop icon she is. She deserves so much more respect than she gets.

[@douglaswild3852]

This is my ALL TIME favorite Janet video EVER!! She looks AMAZING and the dancing in this video is off the charts!! Wow! Just LOVE this song and video!! Wish she’d come back with more music like this in 2020!

[@matthewdunne8432]

Between Janet and Madonna you had two of the biggest stars on the planet in the 90s. A big rival went on but I always loved both equally.

[@HD-er2cq]

They were also the biggest stars of the 80s. That was a time when rivalries didn't exist, but all artists could co-exist and great music was the only thing that mattered. Music was great back then.

[@adua78]

Madonna was always a little pressed over JJ to be honest. J was the better dancer and and more natural performer IMO. Hell of a song writer too with the best production team in the industry.

[@matthewdunne8432]

adua78 that’s a bold statement when we all know Madonna is the best selling one by far out of the two. While I love JJ her major success was from 1990-2001 where as Madonna spanned 3 decades before taking a hit on popularity or production. I will agree that when Janet works with the right team she puts out epic albums. Her last album unbreakable was fire 🔥 after so many years without a solid album.

[@nakiahowe368]

I actually like both of their music. People assume they hated each other, because allegedly Madonna said bad things about Janet on her date with Michael.

[@mauricejoshua3474]

Matthew Dunne Janet success was from 86 -2004. The Super Bowl incident sideline her career. She became enemy #1 when that happened. Viacom would not plan any of her material on their radio and video channels.

[@radleyatticus5376]

It's amazing how this video was released in 1993 but looks very modern. The wardrobe, hair, makeup all look timeless and could be worn in 2022 without people looking at you weird.

[@tw4943]

JANET birthed the 'pop girls' of today.......she is and always will be the QUEEN OF POP

[@cvc1814]

She was ahead of her time......

[@kevinp2722]

Such an underated banger. Love it!

[@user-uc1vw3de4v]

Janet Jackson The 👑 queen never disappoint her 💖 Music 🔥 her voice 🔥 video 'sEverything🌎🪄🎶💖🔥👏🎶🏆🎼🩰💓🧨🔥 the Best of the Best?!!!

[@EvorglensEquines]

An all time favorite!!!

[@raisa_cherry33]

Sounds as good as new,that’s the charm of the 90s,love Janet and her music 🥰🥰❤️❤️ She absolutely nailed it!

[@user-uc1vw3de4v]

Janet Jackson is so Gorgeous 🔥👑🪄🎼🔥🎶🧨👏🩰🌎 Nothing Compare!

[@S1MPLECAVEMAN]

"Love will never do without you" is another gem of hers. Great reaction btw.

[@sammiesamsung37]

Love Will Never Do and If we're my 2 favorite songs!

[@richardchacon1330]

Janet J at the height of her powers. Black Cat is a great track as well.

[@Montrosesister12]

Well " IF " I had the choice I would go back to the 80's.

[@AlisonAlison]

when this song came out i was only 13..the album ROCKS

[@toniowilliamkellyjennifer2676]

This song and video was so ahead of its time even i a Janet fan liked it but i didn't love it....now 20 plus years later ...I live 4 it lol

[@MyLuks7]

Iconic, love Janet ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@ryannunez3750]

This is my all time favorite Janet dance song. The video is so good with the choreography, very well done. But the song itself has definitely held up very well over time. I’ve always loved the transition from the verse to the chorus and the vocal layering that is done through out the song is priceless.

[@tc5837]

Black Cat by her is a must to check out.

[@TheCastelM]

Yessssssss. Thank you for reacting to this. React to Janet’s All Nite Dont Stop please!!

[@nathanielhutson3580]

Perfection from the background vocal stacks, the samples used, the theme of the video, the choreography, rock guitars, the talented dancers and actors, cinematography, and Janets overall stage pressence/vocal performance. This lady is the blueprint and this is literally one for the ages

[@mauricejoshua3474]

Absolutely love the “Love Child” sample and how it blended so well.

[@bradgochujangparham3391]

Next on your Janet Jackson “Escapade”......... LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BrianSmithNow]

Sometimes I revisit this video just for that iconic dance moment.

[@danieloconnell7876]

YOU ARE CORRECT, IT IS AWESOME , ALL OF IT, 100%

[@niloorenji499]

Janet said she wanted a "voyeurism" vibe which basically the act of watching especially in sexual cases she really wanted to go out of the box and push boundaries and she did

[@foxesamu]

timothy chung are you really still holding a grudge for something she said 27 years ago 😂 gtfo, she’s said supportive things about Madonna since, and Madonna started it with the “rhythm nation? Bite your tongue” comment

[@lenzino7383]

@@foxesamu Yup!!! Not only that but when she went on date with Michael that one time, apparently she was talking serious sh!t about Janet but he immediately shut it down!!! Madonna has said horrible things about so many female artists: Janet, Mariah, Lady Gaga, etc. She is known for being mean! Even Cher said it! lol

[@niloorenji499]

@timothy chung its the celebrity world everyone is going to have their shady moments and madonnas erotica album drew inspiration from the new jack swing genre which janet started a trend for soo....... but the fact your mad about this and its 2020 is whats funny

[@mannydem1]

Please react to Paula Abdul '' Straight Up'' Paula was Janet's Choreographer for the Control Era.

[@owbln82]

that was a good one!

[@Mysicalgreenunicorn03]

If anyone deserves a look in, in the same way as Madonna, it is Janet.

[@telsabramble2184]

ABSOLUTELY 100%

[@fylaxx]

Still know this choreography by heart some 27 years later... And I can thank this track for winning me a meet and greet with Janet in Washington back in 93.

[@reddingmalik]

How was that

[@fylaxx]

@@reddingmalik Meeting Janet? It was a meet & greet so very quick. She was lovely of course.

[@reddingmalik]

@@fylaxx yeah! Thats so cool!

[@fylaxx]

@@reddingmalik Yeah! That’s a memory for life! Can’t believe it’s 30 years ago tho…

[@reddingmalik]

@@fylaxx yes time really waits for no one..

[@northystwinkle6973]

This is such a huge hit by janet Jackson loved your reaction and yes she is rockin it on this video

[@MedyLema]

Now please react to Janet Jackson's Pleasure Principal it's a bop and Janet slays Another video that shows why she's the 'G O A T'

[@lucianodavila5343]

Madonna and Janet are real Queens. They have always been slaying it!

[@gavinwilson7889]

Queen Janet 🙌

[@Eric_s_Channel]

oh I never got the password thing at the begining!! LOL...so you have to do Rythm Nation, Miss You Much. Escapade.. my favorites dance performances!! I remember some of those moves!! so good!!

[@samanetha89]

THIS👏IS👏A👏JAM👏

[@Lila117]

This song and video still goes hard!!

[@elvisphoenix6468]

Keep your Beyoncé, Rihanna, And all the new generation..I prefer my GENERATION : Madonna, Janet, Paula Abdul ❤️❤️❤️ ! Love your reaction to the best chorégraphy of all time for a female !!

[@jeroenstenveld5690]

You should react to rhythm nation live at the velvet rope tour.. Its perfection and shows her dancing choreo with nunchucks

[@DereckReacts]

Holy crap...that def sounds interesting

[@cvc1814]

Janet was ahead of her time..

[@christopherroberts8788]

I LOOOOOOOOVE the way you reacted and your comments so I will def be following you. lol. Janet is my EVERYTHING I have been a fan since i was 11 and im now 41 so im a loyal fan and have seen her on tour numerous times all over the world and still til this day IF is my all time favorite and I always look forward in seeing her perform it live in concert

[@anthonycanova9941]

Every nightclub in this era was industrial. It was fastest trend to move from the east to the west coast. Music and fashion before the internet always started in New York and eventually moved to L.A.

[@kevinp2722]

A great follow up to If would be Free your mind by En Vogue

[@jaimereynolds258]

Loved this video when it came out, and it is still just as great

[@shadowboxing7029]

Man the first time I saw this video I was all the shooketh. THAT choreography left me dead. This entire song is iconic.

[@daniella921]

My favorite Janet song. Makes me feel empowered.

[@efrainpalma3855]

My queen Janet , the trailblazer of dance videos ❤

[@CineFanatique]

This is such a sexy song . The choreography , so sensual . This and her song THROB are definitely on my “get it” mix ! Hahaha 😉

[@mancheeks64]

Your reviews are A-1. I love how attuned you are to detail. And how you picked up on the theme & metaphors/meaning. Good job young man.

[@cvc1814]

Written and Produced by J Jackson J Jam and T lewis

[@Honeycomblife]

Love me some JANET

[@djohn515]

Dereck love your reaction had a laughing so hard it’s all love for Queen Janet

[@daniella921]

Shes Iconic

[@ronfarney6477]

This is a master piece 🤣 wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow I avent this for years thanx buddy brilliant awesome 👌👍

[@brentgunderson1349]

The strings at the beginning when the music starts is sampled from the beginning of the Supremes last #1 hit "Someday We'll Be Together" from 1969. So cool.

[@flavioemerybrandaofilho1750]

Iconic and timeless.

[@charlesalwyn3486]

One of the best videos of the 90s

[@SpaceCattttt]

Sure, the song has aged fairly well. But it samples The Supremes' "Someday We'll Be Together" from 1969, and THAT has aged even better.

[@NOV17MAY16]

That is my favorite Supremes song by far!

[@DereckReacts]

i should check Supremes out!

[@jobuck879]

teppolundgren She also sampled “Love Child” on that album in the song You Want This.

[@adua78]

And what a killer sample that is.

[@christianjones5891]

Janet clearly has a thing for Diana Ross, because she even sampled "Love Hangover" on her "Velvet Rope " record.

[@jonjgonzales9152]

I get the chills watching this video every single time. I've seen it live 4 times and I freak out every time

[@catsara9114]

It´s sexy but in a very artful / tasteful way. Eyecandy!

[@pedrocabo2180]

PLEASE react to "Miss you Much"

[@tommymarx391]

Have you watched Together Again, the song she wrote in tribute to her friends that died from AIDS? It's a joyous celebration of their lives, and my favorite of her dance songs.

[@xtinacandies]

React to the music video of "Doesnt Really Matter" by Janet

[@JoanRudith]

Tina Mutha Fukkin Landon!!!!! I spent the entire summer of 1993, between the 6th and 7th grade, learning this choreography. I collected all performances of this song that I recorded on the VCR and I used that and the all dance version of the video to see every angle I could see. I used rewind, pause and slow motion on the VCR to get as much of the choreography down as I could. It was like a job to me!

[@vincentpatrick6911]

Wow brought chills up my spine...so much memories back in the 90's. Asian and black theme heavily influenced rap n r&b back in the days from Faith Evans, Madonna singing in a cheongsam during Take a bow performance with Baby Face up to current date with Nikki Minaj. But I was a young adult then and we use to party at a r&b club and one night they happened to play this track and there were these 3 gorgeous chinese asian girls dressed up in traditional cheongsam dress with long black ponytails and chopsticks in their hair. Definitely a sight i tell ya! Well they got the crowds going and danced to "If". We coined them the "If girls". So what we decided to do was practice the whole choregraphy and come back the following weekend and slay this track on the dance floor. My crew was a bunch of Jamaicans, Trinis, and hot filipino asian girls. The track was requested from the DJ from one of us and we tore it up!!!! This club was three floors high and the main dance floor had floor to ceiling view from the balconies. Man the memories of youth. Thank you Derek for giving me those chills. Awesome reaction vid. Loved it!👏👏👏❤💚💚💛💜

[@chokethewoke3412]

You should check the lyrics out this is freaky Janet and I'm here for it and loving it!! And the choreography is just perfect!

[@smaisha6029]

Never listened to this from that perspective ❤

[@goldencherry9033]

I love this video so much. In the BTS footage, the director said about her entrance onto the stage ‘The doors open, the wind blows, the fabric blows, and YOU.GO.WITH.IT!’ Epic!!!

[@AugustEverywhere]

Easily my favorite song/video of Janet's.

[@odesiacreates]

Love this 💕

[@ashleydixon4613]

The awesome choreographer is Tina Landon, the dancer with the short dark bob haircut. Another former Laker Girl like Paula Abdul. I was 18 when this came out and learned all the choreography. Lol

[@danieloconnell7876]

HI Derek YOU have to react to Scream with Janet and Michael, it will BLOW your mind

[@satanslovechild4728]

I love this song so much. I still remember back in the day on the dance floor jamming to the remix of this. I'm singing along. My friends like , how do you know the words by heart lol I just thought. How do U not lol some ppl can't sing "fast" lol

[@norrv1763]

To get into some "Raves" you had to get a phone number to find out a password in order to get into them.

[@laurabretlopez9819]

Janet jackson i like much como artista bro michael Jackson otro artista que es bueno el rey pop💃🤗

[@laurabretlopez9819]

😀 awesome video

[@cristiandario]

Derek you’ve never heard this song? Were you living under a rock? Janet is the bomb

[@Braedensground]

Please react to her last amazing but underplayed bop. ' Made for Now' Hot video

[@adua78]

It is a great song and video. So uplifting during these stressful times.

[@joshuahoward6845]

Since you love 90s dance I highly recommend Don’t Walk Away by Jade And Back to Life by Soul II Soul

[@cathyortiz1280]

One of my fav Janet songs. Pretty risque if you really listen to the lyrics. "If I was your girl, the things I'd do to you...."

[@optimumreality9745]

icon.

[@lanceflx63]

The break when the violins play is sampling The Supremes’s “Someday Will Be Together”.