Janet started the promotion of the album with "Got 'Til It's Gone. Instead, it offered a melancholy tale of love lost set afloat on a liquid, J Dilla -inspired hip-hop beat and utilizing a sample of Joni Mitchell 's "Big Yellow Taxi. She experimented both musically and lyrically throughout, whether playing around with sensuality and sex on lusty tracks like "My Need," "Rope Burn," "Anything" and her bi-curious cover of Rod Stewart 's "Tonight's The Night," calling for LGBTQ equality over funk samples on "Free Xone," bemoaning and predicting the romantic disconnect of the digital age on "Empty" and even painting a vivid picture of abuse on her brilliant, rock-influenced "What About.
She flipped the script yet again with sultry torch song "I Get Lonely" as the album's third single. Though the first releases from the project were the most successful, there were more memorable moments to be had. The introspective "You" and reflective "Every Time" were also released, but didn't fare as well on the charts.
Still, perhaps the album's crowning moment was closer "Special," which found Janet fully embracing herself as she honored the "specialness inside of us" and proclaiming "I have the need to feel real special too.
Janet's raw, vulnerable and honest play paid off for her, with The Velvet Rope becoming her fourth consecutive album to reach No. But its influence goes far beyond charts and sales.
As for Janet herself, it was a milestone moment that not only showed more of her growth as an artist, but launched one of her most successful tours to date. Twenty years later, Janet is still evolving and changing, though she's proven that — even at age 51 — she still has much more of her journey to share and has the world eagerly awaiting her next move. Home Rewind. December 24, pm. Bounce-Worthy: Lucky Daye.
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