The Jewlery Man is feeling a teaching moment coming on.let's talk pearl luster. Luster is the shine and glow of the pearl, and a very important factor when it comes to judging beauty.

You see, when the oyster senses an irritant within its body it secretes layers of semi-opaque calcium carbonate called nacre (NAY-ker) to coat the irritant. This substance builds up over time and becomes a pearl. The longer a pearl is left in the oyster, the thicker the nacre. The thicker the nacre, the more lustrous the pearl. The Jewelry Man.telling you my pearl jewelry been marinating in nacre since the early 90's.

In "Here's a package of love" news, the Virgin Records exec homey Jermaine Dupri says he's working on bringing together Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey on the same track for Jackson's upcoming album, '20 Years Old.'

Oh really EbenGregory.does he think he can get red-hot Mimi to help lukewarm Janet sell more records?

Yes.

Here's Jermaine Dupri to MTV on trying to make a miracle happen fore his girlfriend: It's gonna happen on this record. Please believe that. I got a mean idea, so look for it. We definitely gonna do a repackage on [Janet's "20 Years Old'] once it comes out. Hopefully it's successful and people buy into it, then I'm going back in the studio.

Here's Jermaine Dupri to MTV on how the innovation in colloboration came about: What happened was, when I was working with Janet, I got into the zone. This was my first time ever working with her. When I get into my zone with artists, I just want to create and create and create. That's what happened with me and Mariah [on "The Emancipation of Mimi']. We don't run outta ideas; we keep coming up with sh**. The closer I get to that idea [for Janet and Mariah], the more I know where it should be at. It's feeling like it's gonna happen. She's my partner. Whatever she needs me to do, I'm there.

That's nice.like drinking a bottle of nacre while trying to trick Mariah into giving you a free lap dance. And speaking of give us free.

Here's some lustrous pearl jewelry being dropped by EbenGregory on Dupri trying to work magic: All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

And speaking of getting in.come over so we can play a rousing game of poke in the whiskers: MySpace.com/ebengregory.

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