The Velvet Rope

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Product Description The Velvet Rope, Janet Jackson's sixth studio album, was released in 1997 and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Her fourth consecutive chart-topping album, features the #1 hit "Together Again," as well as the singles "Got `Til It's Gone," and "I Get Lonely." desertcart.com Teaming with her most accomplished collaborators, producer-songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson delivers what is easily her finest record since Rhythm Nation--and arguably her best ever. Highlights include jams like "You" and "Got 'Til It's Gone," which recontextualizes samples from War and Joni Mitchell, respectively; the funky memorial to a dear departed, "Together Again"; and a slinky cover of Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night." Best of all, though, is "What About." An accusatory throwdown for a lover who beats and cheats even as he professes his love, it swings angrily between tender quiet and raging bitter funk. --David Cantwell