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While this album is geniunely a good album and it introduced Janet to a new world of fans for its time, you can tell that after all she had went through with Rene and whatnot that things had changed. For the first time, Janet sounded uninspiring. But I really feel like it's taken her a while to really get into her new groove. No beef because Janet truly is a sexy woman and she's allowed to sing about it if she wants to but at the same time, I think she could've toned it down a bit but then again, she was 35 at the time and she could make her own decisions so who am I to say she can't express herself? Also I think that Janet wanted her commercial lustre back after "The Velvet Rope" was… Read more
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Even as good of a record as Damita Jo is (read my review on it under the third, fourth or fifth pages, lol), I honestly didn't think that Janet had peaked by the time of this album. Released in October 1997, Ms. Jackson's sixth record in her 15-year music career was deep, raw, introspective and serious. Janet truly had less relationships of love and sex in this album than she had done previously and afterwards with her last two records. In fact, most of the record dealt with depression, bisexuality, domestic abuse, racism, AIDS and self-esteem. This album was truly a shocker for those who had known Janet 20 years ago to be some shy girl backing her family members. This album was the first… Read more
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While "Control" was funky, "Janet" was sensual and "The Velvet Rope" was introspective, this album, released in the fall of 1989 was DEEP and raw in terms of its messages on some songs, the New Jack Swing beats that accompanied it, and Janet's own voice which showed much strength here on this album. As a matter of fact, it's Janet Jackson's best album ever. I really don't need to explain why because generally 10 million worldwide seemed to get the message. This album made you think, made you cry, made you fall in love, and made you dance. Janet followed behind Tina Turner, her brother Michael, Prince and Donna Summer by singing a full-fledged rock song. That… Read more
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