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24 years ago today, Janet Jackson released her sixth album ‘The Velvet Rope’.


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You posted this thread 8 hours ago and it flopped harder than the remix. Where are the people who say she’s The Queen Of Pop? :emma: Probably on the same place where are the ones who mutter Lil Kim is The Queen Of Rap! :emma: Bermuda Triangle, yup, there are they! :emma: 

Anyway, I don’t hate on her. I really don’t, I just pointed out some FACTS! HBD tho! :emma:

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Last night, I saw a WatchMojo.com video that listed Janet as the #13 coolest person of the 90’s 🙌🏽 I’m glad the media is circling back around to honoring her contributions to pop culture. 
 

Ahhh TVR… the first time I heard Janet use the word “ga y” (Free Xone) was so liberating for my 10/11yo self. The icon I Stan sees me! I still get a chill whenever “Twisted Elegance” comes on - I’m instantly transported to my room, with my headphones on, holding the line book in my hands and ready to digest. And boy did I digest!!! This album really shaped my language, as far as finding the most clever and interesting ways to express myself. It’s like the journal I didn’t write but spoke my entire truth. 
 

My favorite song from this album is “Empty”. I was one of my few peers who had AOL at the time so I instantly connected with that anxiety of waiting on that “friend“ to email or hop onto AIM. “Sometimes you’re there. Sometimes you’re gone.” I used to go into chat rooms to find new people to talk to, just to kill the time. What a world that opened up!

Whew so many memories attached to this album, I can’t even articulate it all. 

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