The tectonic impact Björk had to electronic music with her 4 album streak of Debut, Post, Homogenic and Vespertine. The maturation and sheer brilliance of Robyn's Honey. The way SZA spoke to many millenials and Gen-Z with Ctrl.
The Velvet Rope was very groundbreaking when it was released in ‘97. It talked about domestic violence, depression, lack of self-worth, grief, black pride, BDSM, masturbation, and so much more. I was 13 at the time and my mother refused to buy me a copy of it and I was forbidden to listen to it. So once I turned 18, I listened to this masterpiece and I have been hooked on it ever since. TVR actually kept me from committing suicide. Thank you Janet.
First Butterfly, then The Velvet Rope... if you do the magnificence of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.. that's it: you'll complete the holy trinity of best albums of all time. ;)
Both The Velvet Rope and Janet. are AMAZING, some of the best of the 90's. I wish people would pay more respect to her, she have an amazing discography.
The Velvet Rope is such a groundbreaking album and so many artists use this album as a guide for making dark and moody type albums and blend a little sexiness in it this album pave the way Janet Jackson knew what she was doing when creating this true masterpiece.
Picture this: It's 1997, I'm a 15yo kid obsessed with popular music. I go out and buy Jewel's album Pieces of You. Excited, I get home, put the CD in the stereo, press play, and expecting to hear some acoustic guitar, I instead hear this quiet voice: "Twisted elegance..." followed by distortion, some faint jazz piano chords, and a spoken word intro about the human need to feel special. The voice sounds familiar, but I'm certain it's not Jewel. When she says the words "the velvet rope," it clicks: that was the title of the new Janet album. The CD had been mislabelled; a factory misprint. I'm annoyed that I'll have to go all the way back to the store to return it. I keep listening though, and before long, that beat kicks in on the title track, and in that moment, I become a Janet fan for life. I listened to it the whole way through. It was unlike anything I'd heard...daring, exciting, thrilling. So I listened again. Then again. And a thousand times more. I never returned the misprinted CD - I still have it today...along with the legit copy I eventually bought, along with every other Janet album, single and bootleg I could find. There are only a handful of moments that, looking back on my life, I believe were not coincidence, that were destined to happen. And the way Velvet Rope found its way into my life and changed me forever, is one of those moments. It inspired me to self reflect and examine my own interior life, and nourished my emotional intelligence. It opened my mind and my heart, and gave me the eyes to see myself for what I was and what I will always be: a Work In Progress.
I don’t get how this woman only has 5 Grammys. The categories she has them in Are bullsh**. How has she not won record, song, and album of the year? Control, RN1814. Janet, and the velvet rope are all album of the year worthy.. I don’t get the issue the Grammys have with Janet and Mariah 😭
In the 80’s and 90’s the Grammy’s really were so white and the awards committees had a strong preference for singer songwriters who sat and played instruments over those that danced. Now I would say it’s virtually the reverse. Beyoncé might be good but there’s just no sane way she deserves more Grammy’s than Michael Jackson, Elvis, Queen, Janet, Tina Turner etc. I think if you added Janet’s, Tina’s and Whitney’s Grammys together you’d still have less than Beyonce
so glad you discussed this masterpiece. every Janet album from control to the velvet rope is top tier, in my opinion. glad she’s finally getting her flowers!!
They really tried to take her legacy away! News Flash you can't when its pure talent Janet deserve it all give her the flowers she ultimately deserves. 💐
Yes. So happy to see you cover this album, I can honestly state that The Velvet Rope is my favourite album of all time. I was familiar with mainly her singles till last year when during Lockdown, I just felt the urge to listen to her albums in full and I couldn't believe the absolute amazing body of work this woman has.
Yay! You finally did a video on TVR. TVR turns 25 next year, and I can say this album has gotten through me a lot in life. I’m thankful that Janet made this masterpiece. TVR is arguably one of the most influential albums in past two decades.
This video is excellent. Well done, Flashy. The Velvet Rope is one of my all-time favourites. For Janet, it felt like a risk to release something so personal, but that's why it means so much to fans.
@@TINKERB121 They’re clearly speaking on the fact that Janet wouldn’t have been made an example after “nipplegate” if her “friend/collaborator would’ve stood behind her. Tho Janet said herself that she’s forgiving him and Justin has felt the backlash from the culture and that’s apparent in his career today. Janet will forever be the muse, the queen, the blueprint.
I have been WAITING for this. I can't tell ya'll what the experience of Velvet Rope first listen. All 4 U I think was the zenith of her career tho. I remember the HBO special and way before Gaga. The girls wasn't doing it that big before Janet and Madonna.
I appreciate your in-depth review of The Velvet Rope as I did not know much about it besides the released songs. She's an icon of mine and I hope her legacy is restored as upcoming projects are released
Oct 1997 The year and month Janet Jackson's Velvet Rope album was released in stores this was far the best album of Janet about gay pride, depression, failed relationships, self love and domestic abuse I wasn't able to get this album until I was 18 that I finally bought it in the following year, cause I always had so many problems about my sexuality, and relationships
I will forever be grateful for the Got Til Its Gone video. I was 7 and a black Belgian kid in a white space. How could I be ashamed of being black? Janet and I had the same color and showed me that blackness was beautiful. That video still has an impact onto me
YYYAAAAAYYYYY, oh my god!!!! You don't realise how happy this made me! Thank you for listening to my suggestion 🥰. Amazing and well thought out video as usual!
I remember buying my Velvet Rope CD downtown Portland Oregon when it first came out and bringing my CD walkman with me because I knew just like the last two albums, this one was going to be revolutionary! I remember very clearly how I thought it was such an AMAZING album… I didn’t comprehend why people around me couldn’t see it. I now understand it was just ahead of its time! Society needed time to catch up.
The Velvet Rope, Butterfly, Ray of Light, & I want to add Whitney's My Love is Your Love especially since it inspired an entire greatest hits album of dance house mixes that elevated the Vocal house remix. It was the era of the Pop Diva for sure with so much genuine talent. These albums truly are conceptual works of art. These are the 4 horsewomen of the pop music apocalypse bc they created albums tgat were moments and movements that elevated Pop Music. The 90s was the era of the female singer songwriter with Lilith Fair that helped expose other great female artists.❤
Amazing video! Thank you for highlighting the nipple incident. I've always thought that the number of complaints it got was absolutely absurd. Here in Europe nobody bat an eyelid. I think it goes to show how messed up conservative America is rather than Janet's nipple being exposed for a milli second. Ridiculous
Amazing video.my friend amazing channel. I don't know what happened but by the late 90s everybody was truly inspired in every different genre. I dont know if its because we were jumping into another century but even busted folks like Madonna made good music with Ray of Light her best cd to date. The late 90s were musically incredible and the Velvet Rope was a masterpiece
The velvet rope is a pop masterpiece. ❤and Janet is one of two artists from 90s who brought homophobia issues and talked openly about aids crisis. What an artist what a queen ❤
Sadly the media blacklisting means that Gen Z mostly have no clue who Janet is or can name even a single song of hers, whereas for the most part they know Whitney & Madonna. It’s a great inequity and travesty. Janet’s music is so good, and her dancing is unparalleled.
@@spotlightspanther my nieces (early and late 20’s) who both know a lot of contemporary artists know Janet exists but have never heard a single song by her, and just know Michael had a sister.
Imo its her best work to date, the concept and production are on point. Smooth, vulnerable, kinda dark narrative and very bold for its time! And it aged soooo good
Let’s not forget ALL THE BLACK artists who STILL subsequently worked with and CONTINUED TO SUPPORT Justin Timberlake’s career: BEYONCÉ, JAY-Z, PHARRELL & TIMBERLAND!! ONLY R. KELLY REFUSED TO WORK WITH TIMBERLAKE AFTER SUPER-BOWL 2004.
I like your in depth videos and commentary but I notice you tend to say things like “not a lot of people talk about” or “ not many people know” when referring to pop stars and certain events in their careers. I feel like these comments reflect your age in that anyone who’s over 30 and have followed these legends know very well all of the things you’ve mentioned, these were pop culture moments that we grew up on. Maybe for the new Gen Z”s who are just discovering these artists and their history that’s the case but it’s redundant and disingenuous to say those things, just my observation.
what a ridiculous comment. you just assume he would agree with your pathetic views on current pip music? maybe you're too bland to seek and find the great music some people are putting out today. every era has trashy, good and great music. you have to find it.
@@blameitoncapitalism todays current state of pop music & award shows are very boring & forgettable. Most rappers all sound the same just mumbling on a beat. A lot of the singers are bland and give lackluster performances. Nobody dances and gives memorable performances anymore for the most part
Any topics you guys want to suggest? 👀
Would love to see some Bjork ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
brandy’s pregnancy and how it affected her album full moon 💖
Celine falling into you
The tectonic impact Björk had to electronic music with her 4 album streak of Debut, Post, Homogenic and Vespertine.
The maturation and sheer brilliance of Robyn's Honey.
The way SZA spoke to many millenials and Gen-Z with Ctrl.
I know this is crazy, but I'd love if you reviewed my song :) I'm not the biggest artist but I am trying to do my own pop music!
The Velvet Rope, Ray Of Light and Butterfly are the trinity albums of the late 90's.
Whitney's My Love Is Your Love was awesome too!
Yes honestly!!
Goosebumps!!!
I totally agree! Those albums are a big hit in our school back in 1998. Even our school programs are used aongs from those album.
butterfly sneak.....
The Velvet Rope was very groundbreaking when it was released in ‘97. It talked about domestic violence, depression, lack of self-worth, grief, black pride, BDSM, masturbation, and so much more. I was 13 at the time and my mother refused to buy me a copy of it and I was forbidden to listen to it. So once I turned 18, I listened to this masterpiece and I have been hooked on it ever since. TVR actually kept me from committing suicide. Thank you Janet.
Thank you for sharing your story. Glad you're here and stay strong!
Please do 2pac’s me against the world 1995 album.
Oh wow that’s so crazy. I’m happy your still alive. Thanks for sharing 🥰
I agree. I was shocked when younger folks didn't how ground breaking of an artist that she was during her prime!
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The Velvet Rope is probably the greatest album of all time.
First Butterfly, then The Velvet Rope... if you do the magnificence of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.. that's it: you'll complete the holy trinity of best albums of all time. ;)
omg luv to hear that too
Omg yes that is the holy trinity of late 90’s albums
Great album!
Ray of Light is amazing too
I totally thought the same thing!!!
One thing about Janet, she knew how to make albums
got that right
My favorite Janet Jackson album people call the album overrated but I don't care the songs still sounds fresh today.
Both The Velvet Rope and Janet. are AMAZING, some of the best of the 90's. I wish people would pay more respect to her, she have an amazing discography.
This has be the easily one of the best r&b albums
easily
Please do 2pac’s me against the world 1995 album.
Indeed
Each album era from Control to Damita Jo deserve their own videos!
The Velvet Rope is such a groundbreaking album and so many artists use this album as a guide for making dark and moody type albums and blend a little sexiness in it this album pave the way Janet Jackson knew what she was doing when creating this true masterpiece.
Picture this: It's 1997, I'm a 15yo kid obsessed with popular music. I go out and buy Jewel's album Pieces of You. Excited, I get home, put the CD in the stereo, press play, and expecting to hear some acoustic guitar, I instead hear this quiet voice: "Twisted elegance..." followed by distortion, some faint jazz piano chords, and a spoken word intro about the human need to feel special. The voice sounds familiar, but I'm certain it's not Jewel. When she says the words "the velvet rope," it clicks: that was the title of the new Janet album. The CD had been mislabelled; a factory misprint. I'm annoyed that I'll have to go all the way back to the store to return it. I keep listening though, and before long, that beat kicks in on the title track, and in that moment, I become a Janet fan for life.
I listened to it the whole way through. It was unlike anything I'd heard...daring, exciting, thrilling. So I listened again. Then again. And a thousand times more. I never returned the misprinted CD - I still have it today...along with the legit copy I eventually bought, along with every other Janet album, single and bootleg I could find.
There are only a handful of moments that, looking back on my life, I believe were not coincidence, that were destined to happen. And the way Velvet Rope found its way into my life and changed me forever, is one of those moments. It inspired me to self reflect and examine my own interior life, and nourished my emotional intelligence. It opened my mind and my heart, and gave me the eyes to see myself for what I was and what I will always be: a Work In Progress.
Incredibly touching story :)
Sounds like you were destined to have that album! Great story. Thanks for sharing it.
This is amazing!!!!
I don’t get how this woman only has 5 Grammys. The categories she has them in
Are bullsh**. How has she not won record, song, and album of the year? Control, RN1814. Janet, and the velvet rope are all album of the year worthy.. I don’t get the issue the Grammys have with Janet and Mariah 😭
In the 80’s and 90’s the Grammy’s really were so white and the awards committees had a strong preference for singer songwriters who sat and played instruments over those that danced. Now I would say it’s virtually the reverse. Beyoncé might be good but there’s just no sane way she deserves more Grammy’s than Michael Jackson, Elvis, Queen, Janet, Tina Turner etc. I think if you added Janet’s, Tina’s and Whitney’s Grammys together you’d still have less than Beyonce
Janet is literally the GOAT of female performers. She laid an avenue for many female singers, and is such an unbothered legend.
Christina Aguilera’s “Stripped” was definitely influenced by Janet’s “Velvet Rope”.
I feel like Janet basically created modern rnb with the Together Again Deeper remix (and later with other songs like Would You Mind)
so glad you discussed this masterpiece. every Janet album from control to the velvet rope is top tier, in my opinion. glad she’s finally getting her flowers!!
They really tried to take her legacy away! News Flash you can't when its pure talent Janet deserve it all give her the flowers she ultimately deserves. 💐
Yes. So happy to see you cover this album, I can honestly state that The Velvet Rope is my favourite album of all time. I was familiar with mainly her singles till last year when during Lockdown, I just felt the urge to listen to her albums in full and I couldn't believe the absolute amazing body of work this woman has.
That’s so cool 🙌🏽🙌🏽
It is my top 5 album and I got it when it was released in 1997. It is a very good album.
This is literally my favourite album of all time
TVR (Janet), Thriller (Michael Jackson) and CrazySexyCool (TLC) are easily my favourite albums✨🔥🔥
paved the way for today's r&b
my favorite by Janet and one of my favorite and treasured albums of all time. Truly a masterpiece. Love you always Janet!
Yay! You finally did a video on TVR. TVR turns 25 next year, and I can say this album has gotten through me a lot in life. I’m thankful that Janet made this masterpiece. TVR is arguably one of the most influential albums in past two decades.
To be honest. The Velvet Rope is a masterpiece . The Tour was way ahead of it time as well.
I'm proudly a baby Janet fan and I'm finally happy she's getting her flowers. A LEGEND🙌🏽👑
This video is excellent. Well done, Flashy. The Velvet Rope is one of my all-time favourites. For Janet, it felt like a risk to release something so personal, but that's why it means so much to fans.
The bottom line is Janet is and always will be an icon, while in the big scheme of the music world, Justin Timberlake will be forgotten.
What does Justin Timberlake have to do with anything?
@@TINKERB121 super bowl incident with janet
@@notorious.a.r.i. And what does that have to do with The Velvet Rope album???
@@TINKERB121 shut up
@@TINKERB121 They’re clearly speaking on the fact that Janet wouldn’t have been made an example after “nipplegate” if her “friend/collaborator would’ve stood behind her. Tho Janet said herself that she’s forgiving him and Justin has felt the backlash from the culture and that’s apparent in his career today. Janet will forever be the muse, the queen, the blueprint.
I have been WAITING for this. I can't tell ya'll what the experience of Velvet Rope first listen. All 4 U I think was the zenith of her career tho. I remember the HBO special and way before Gaga. The girls wasn't doing it that big before Janet and Madonna.
this is one of my favourite from her
I appreciate your in-depth review of The Velvet Rope as I did not know much about it besides the released songs. She's an icon of mine and I hope her legacy is restored as upcoming projects are released
Yes! More videos for this amazing timeless talent. Janet deserves her flowers now. 🙌✨
This was a good video as usual. Janet is one of the best female pop singers to ever exist. Her catalog is so good
I remember playing the shit out of the velvet rope as a kid; one of my fav Janet albums
This album pushed alternative R&B further to the mainstream.
TVR is my favorite album from THE QUEEN OF POP Janet ❤️
She has sold over 185 million records 🥰
one of my favorite albums OF ALL TIME thank you so much for covering this❤❤❤
The first time i listened to TVR i was hypnotized, and mind You i discovered her music in 2015… imagine how ir felt back in 97
Oct 1997
The year and month Janet Jackson's Velvet Rope album was released in stores
this was far the best album of Janet about gay pride, depression, failed relationships, self love and domestic abuse
I wasn't able to get this album until I was 18 that I finally bought it in the following year, cause I always had so many problems about my sexuality, and relationships
That album deserves much more praise than it gets. It properly addressed homophobia when it was unpopular to do so.
Janet Jackson is a Music Legend. Her hits are relevant to this day. Salute To Janet Jackson A Music Icon🅰️➕
janet jackson is so amazing
I will forever be grateful for the Got Til Its Gone video. I was 7 and a black Belgian kid in a white space. How could I be ashamed of being black? Janet and I had the same color and showed me that blackness was beautiful. That video still has an impact onto me
JANET JACKSON's situation was so disgusting. FCC, CBS & Viacom truly mistreated her. ESPECIALLY FCC & CBS (Mr. Les Moonves)
Janet is “The Queen of Music” and the Velvet Rope (even more than all her previous albums) proves this.
YYYAAAAAYYYYY, oh my god!!!! You don't realise how happy this made me! Thank you for listening to my suggestion 🥰.
Amazing and well thought out video as usual!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Love Janet. She coming hard in 2022 #talkinishwitchris
You should talk about miseducation and baduizm next 1997 was such a good year for music
I love her 3 albums: JANET, VELVET ROPE and ALL FOR YOU
I am glad you made a video about the velvet rope album. It is very amazing and great body of work. These new female artist should take notes on this.
She has 3 magnum opuses. Rhythm Nation, Janet and The Velvet Rope.
And All for you!!!!
Don't forget the landmark new jack swing sound and declaration of Janet's Control.❤
I wanted to dye my hair red like hers because of this album. I’m still going to do it honor my Queen
This is my Absolute Favorite Ever Album. It’s amazing to this day
THE VELVET ROPE IS A GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM! JANET JACKSON IS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND SIGNIFICANT PERFORMERS OF OUR TIME! HAHAHAHAHA!
I haven't seen a vid where he doesn't say "magnum opus" LMAOOO
Sometimes I wish I was old enough in the 90s, so many album gems:
Janet has 5 diamond albums. Janet is G.O.A.T
I remember buying my Velvet Rope CD downtown Portland Oregon when it first came out and bringing my CD walkman with me because I knew just like the last two albums, this one was going to be revolutionary! I remember very clearly how I thought it was such an AMAZING album… I didn’t comprehend why people around me couldn’t see it. I now understand it was just ahead of its time! Society needed time to catch up.
She’s one of the most important artists, male or female or non-binary, in pop music history.
Masterpiece 💯
The documentary about the incident is currently on Hulu!
Lovee this album & era so much
The Velvet Rope, Butterfly, Ray of Light, & I want to add Whitney's My Love is Your Love especially since it inspired an entire greatest hits album of dance house mixes that elevated the Vocal house remix. It was the era of the Pop Diva for sure with so much genuine talent. These albums truly are conceptual works of art. These are the 4 horsewomen of the pop music apocalypse bc they created albums tgat were moments and movements that elevated Pop Music. The 90s was the era of the female singer songwriter with Lilith Fair that helped expose other great female artists.❤
Revolutionary album
yes yes yes!! I have been waiting in this video! Thank you sm 💓 the janfam appreciates you 🥰🥰
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the velvet rope it hits deep I tell ya
Amazing video! Thank you for highlighting the nipple incident. I've always thought that the number of complaints it got was absolutely absurd. Here in Europe nobody bat an eyelid. I think it goes to show how messed up conservative America is rather than Janet's nipple being exposed for a milli second. Ridiculous
thank you for this video , i been waiting 4 this , but never dare to ask
0:10 192 million records sold thank you
I love janet
She has sold over 180, million records so you about 80 million off and 180 million was a while ago, more than that in 2023...💯💯💯💯💯
Amazing video.my friend amazing channel. I don't know what happened but by the late 90s everybody was truly inspired in every different genre. I dont know if its because we were jumping into another century but even busted folks like Madonna made good music with Ray of Light her best cd to date. The late 90s were musically incredible and the Velvet Rope was a masterpiece
Janet was a big icon queen for different decades 👑 ❤️
The remixes from this album are even better
im so glad i found this channel,, your videos are so interesting and well researched! thanks for making these :)
The velvet rope is a pop masterpiece. ❤and Janet is one of two artists from 90s who brought homophobia issues and talked openly about aids crisis. What an artist what a queen ❤
Thank you for making this video🖤
Flashy, what are your favorite songs from the album?
U should do more janet videos ppl don’t appreciate her enough.
The velvet rope is one of the most important pop albums ever existed
10 pop , 16 r &b , and 22 dance club number ones. Oh and 1 rock no.1 janet has like 48 no.1s across the board
The black diamond
Janet deserves better treatment.
Can you do the same type of videos but with Michael Jackson’s album ? All of them if it’s not too much to ask ? 😭
YAAAAAASSSSSSSS
Skipless album
The media just wanted to put an end to the Jackson family in early 00s thats it. Justice 4 Jan
Try again......over 180 Million records.
Britney Spears' Blackout album and how her personal life influenced the contents on the album.
can we get more janet videos?
The blueprint
Sadly the media blacklisting means that Gen Z mostly have no clue who Janet is or can name even a single song of hers, whereas for the most part they know Whitney & Madonna. It’s a great inequity and travesty. Janet’s music is so good, and her dancing is unparalleled.
Not true that's mostly a myth. I'm pretty sure gen z knows much about Janet.
@@spotlightspanther my nieces (early and late 20’s) who both know a lot of contemporary artists know Janet exists but have never heard a single song by her, and just know Michael had a sister.
I never heard this album fully. Is it good?
Imo its her best work to date, the concept and production are on point. Smooth, vulnerable, kinda dark narrative and very bold for its time! And it aged soooo good
💯
7:10 - 540,000 losers!
We let JT kill our divas!
Let’s not forget ALL THE BLACK artists who STILL subsequently worked with and CONTINUED TO SUPPORT Justin Timberlake’s career: BEYONCÉ, JAY-Z, PHARRELL & TIMBERLAND!! ONLY R. KELLY REFUSED TO WORK WITH TIMBERLAKE AFTER SUPER-BOWL 2004.
Who cares
@@TINKERB121 if you don’t care, don’t comment dummie.
I like your in depth videos and commentary but I notice you tend to say things like “not a lot of people talk about” or “ not many people know” when referring to pop stars and certain events in their careers.
I feel like these comments reflect your age in that anyone who’s over 30 and have followed these legends know very well all of the things you’ve mentioned, these were pop culture moments that we grew up on.
Maybe for the new Gen Z”s who are just discovering these artists and their history that’s the case but it’s redundant and disingenuous to say those things, just my observation.
I would love to see a video on the current state of pop music/ award shows & how bland it’s gotten over the years
That would be an interesting video idea. It's gotten really boring
@@glorynjoku7651 right so boring & unforgettable
what a ridiculous comment. you just assume he would agree with your pathetic views on current pip music? maybe you're too bland to seek and find the great music some people are putting out today. every era has trashy, good and great music. you have to find it.
@@blameitoncapitalism todays current state of pop music & award shows are very boring & forgettable. Most rappers all sound the same just mumbling on a beat. A lot of the singers are bland and give lackluster performances. Nobody dances and gives memorable performances anymore for the most part