Revisiting Janet Jackson’s Pivotal Fifth Album, ‘Janet.’

When I was 11 years old, if you had asked me to name my favorite pop star, I would almost certainly have said it was Janet Jackson. And this was based entirely on my adolescent devotion to her 1993 album, Janet. I’m not sure I had much awareness of, let alone any meaningful engagement with, her previous work. I don’t even think I really understood that Janet. was essentially a mid-career album, her fifth to be exact, and not, in fact, her breakthrough. “Escapade”? “Nasty”? “What Have You Done for Me Lately”? I can’t tell you exactly why none of… Read Full Article