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1) A Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis reading list.

2) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have become synonymous with recording excellence

James Harris III breaks down his beginnings as a musician and shares his thoughts on his prolific recording career thus far.

Article by @iamchriswms via @waxpoetics

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3) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis: Our Life in 15 Songs

The chart-topping producers on Janet Jackson smashes and more

Article by @SteveAppleford via @RollingStone

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4) Terry Lewis Reflects on Pre-Fame Prince & Crafting Janet Jackson's Early Hits

Article by @Cathy_A_Olson via @billboard

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5) Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam: Minneapolis Duo Is Successful

Article by @DeborahEPrice via @AmerSongwriter

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6) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on the stories behind their biggest hits with Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, and more

Sixteen No. 1 singles, tens of millions of records sold, and two iconic hats.

Article by @marcus_jones via @EW

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7) Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis: Our Favorite Moments In 11 Songs

In their own words, here are the songs they loved creating the most.

Article by @_MsEstevez via @BET

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8) The Technological Exhaustion Of Music : Why Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis Are The Best Producers Ever

Article by @cedricmuhammad via @forbes

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9) "We prided ourselves on our live performance. We would go out each night trying to kick Prince’s arse. There was a definite rivalry between us and him, but he was never like, 'Don’t show me up, Don't play so well.'"- Jimmy Jam

Article by ? via @VICE

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10) How Janet Jackson took control again with Jam and Lewis

Article by @gregkot via @chicagotribune

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11) An introduction to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in 10 deep cuts

Article by @natepatrin via @TheVinylFactory

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12) "'The Velvet Rope’ Was a Challenging Record…" Danielle Butler's Conversation With Jimmy Jam

Article by Danielle Butler via @theboombox

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13) Jimmy Jam on Getting Fired – and Fired Up – by Prince

Article by @AdrienneWrites via @EBONYMag

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14) "Music is the soundtrack of life. If you go outside, there’s music in the air—you hear the birds tweeting, the cars, the rumble of just the air itself. That’s all musical; it’s all melody, it’s all rhythmic."

Article by @jonesse via @Mix_Magazine

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15) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Talk Janet Jackson’s ‘Unbreakable’ & Creating Timeless Music: Idolator Interview

Article by @BiancaEnRogue via @idolator

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16) The Making of Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation 1814"

Article by @snarlyjones via @reverb

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17) Key Tracks: Jimmy Jam on Janet Jackson’s 'Rhythm Nation 1814'

The legendary producer goes deep on the 25th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s groundbreaking album.

Article by @iamchriswms via @RBMA

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18) Key Tracks: Jimmy Jam on The S.O.S. Band’s 'Just the Way You Like It'

The celebrated producer remembers the sessions for the album that revitalized the R&B group’s career.

Article by @iamchriswms via @RBMA

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19) Jam and Lewis Take Control

The Grammy Award-winning producers who made Janet Jackson a ‘Nasty’ superstar have been turning out lots of hits lately

Article by @Neumu1 via @RollingStone

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20) Remembering 'Control' 30 Years Later: How Janet Jackson's Third Album Cemented Her Icon Status

Article by @JRK316 via @billboard

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21) Powerhouse: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Celebrate 30 Years as ASCAP Members

Article by @ErikPhilbrook via @ascap

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22) “We recorded Control ourselves because we had an engineer who walked out on us. So a lot of things were recorded too loud and were sort of distorted. But it made for an interesting sound."- Jimmy Jam

Article by @mrdiscopop via @BBCNewsEnts

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23) Key Tracks: Jimmy Jam on Janet Jackson’s Control

The super producer talks us through the recording process for one of the biggest albums of the ’80s.

Article by @iamchriswms via @RBMA

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24) "Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were unknowingly writing the new blueprint to how to make dynamic Black music that could crossover without losing its edge for the late 80’s."- Dart Adams

Article by @Dart_Adams via Festival Peak

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25) Marvin Gaye & Janet Jackson (Part 1): The Story of How They Rebelled and Became Artists

Article by @SopeSoetan via @Medium

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26) “Funny thing about the Christmas album is that we finished the record in two weeks. It was the first Christmas album I’d done, and the first Christmas album Jimmy and Terry had done.”- Alexander O'Neal

Article by @mtaylor313 via @MNSpokesman

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27) R&B Bridgez: A Music Story entitled ‘Jam And Lewis’

Article by @AriesUBG via @UrbanBridgez

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28) "Our synthesizers were even different. Rather than using the Moog or the ARC Synthesizers, which were popular in the day, we used Oberheim synthesizers, which had a different sound and a different sonic palette."

By Dan MacIntosh via @Songfacts

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