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TV PERFORMANCES AND AWARD SHOWS

September 4, 1997 :  The video for “Got Til It’s Gone” is premiered on MTV. Janet & Rene attend the 4th Annual MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City where Janet presents an award to Mark Romanek.

September 5, 1997 :  Janet attends the Third Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica where Maya Angelou presents her with the Lena Horne Awards during the Soul Train Lady Of Soul Awards (with Katherine, Rene & Jimmy Jan in the audience) in Santa Monica.

September 17, 1997 :  Janet unveils her wax statue at the Rock Circus in London and later she tapes two performances of her new single “Got til’ It’s Gone” on Top Of The Pops.

September 24, 1997 :  In Paris Janet & the Kids perform “Got Til’ It’s Gone” at Graines de Star TV show on M6.

September 25, 1997 :  Janet is a guest on french TV show Nulles Part Ailleurs on Canal + but she doesn’t perform.

Early November 1997 :  Janet goes to Chicago with Rene & the Kids to tape an interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She also performs “Got Til It’s Gone” & “Together Again”.

November 8 :  Janet performs “Got Til It’s Gone” on Hey Hey It’s Saturday TV Show in Melbourne, Australia.

November 16 :  Janet performs “Got Til It’s Gone” on HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP in Tokyo, Japan.

November 19 :  The Oprah Winfrey Show episode with Janet airs on TV.

Late November/Early December 1997: Janet, Rene & the Kids go back to Europe to promote the single Together Again  :

-Paris (France) : Janet performs Got Til It’s Gone on Les Années Tubes (TF1) which airs on November 25. She also performs Got Til It’s Gone and Together Again on Hit Machine which airs on M6 on December 14 and another performance of Together Again which airs on M6 on December 31.

-Hilversum (Netherlands) : Janet performs Together Again on TROS TV Show which airs on November 27.

-Rome (Italy)  : Janet performs Together Again on Fantastico 8 which airs on November 29.

-London (England) : Janet performs Together Again on Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1997 which airs on November 30. She also tapes two performances of Together Again on and Top Of The Pops (aired on December 12 and January 9, 1998).

-Madrid (Spain) : Janet performs Together Again on Sorpresa, ¡Sorpresa! which airs on December 11. She also performs Got Til It’s Gone and Together Again on Música sí which airs on December 12 and another performance of Together Again which airs on Turrón y… cuenta nueva on December 31.

-Berlin (Germany) : Janet performs Together Again on Nur Die Liebe Zählt which airs on December 13.

-Maimarkthalle, Mannheim (Germany) : Janet performs Together Again on Wetten, dass..? which airs on December 13.

January 26, 1998 :   Janet opens the American Music Awards ceremony with an amazing performance of “Together Again” in a R&B version.

February 26, 1998 :  Janet tapes a piano/vocal performance of “I Get Lonely” on the Rosie O Donnell Show and Rosie presents her with the Grammy Award she won the night before.

February 27, 1998 :  Janet performs “I Get Lonely” at the Soul Train Awards.

March 10, 1998 :  In NYC, Janet gives an interview on CNN’s Larry King Live. At night she & Rene attend the Blockbuster Awards in L.A where Janet is presented with an award.

April 3, 1998 : BBC UK airs Janet’s performance of I Get Lonely.

April 4, 1998 :  Janet performs I Get Lonely at the TMF Awards in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

July 9, 1998 :  Janet gives an interview to Good Morning America. At night, she kicks off the north american leg of the Velvet Rope Tour at the United States MCI Center in Washington, D.C.

July 21, 1998 :  Janet is a guest on Late Night With David Letterman in New York City.

October 9, 1998 :  Janet makes a surprise appearance on the Rosie O Donnell Show in NYC to promote her upcoming HBO Special.

October 11, 1998 :  Janet performs a concert at the Madison Square Garden live on HBO around the world. Q-Tips does his rap on Got Til It’s Gone and backstage Janet meets Usher, Missy Elliot & Busta Rhymes among others.

October 23, 1998 :  Janet performs “What About” with Tina & Shawnette at the 4th annual VH1 Fashion Awards at the Theatre in Madison Square Garden, New York.

January 11, 1999 :  Janet accepts an American Music Awards via satellite live from Tokyo.

March 21, 1999 :  Janet attends the 71st Annual Academy Awards – Elton John AIDS Foundation Party at Pagani’s in Los Angeles with Shawnette & Lisa Marie Presley. She also spends time with Whitney Houston.

May 5, 1999 :   Janet goes to Monaco with Shawnette where she is presented with a Lifetime Achievment Award by Prince Albert at the World Music Awards.

May 17, 1999 :  In LA Janet attends the ASCAP Awards where she is presented with an award and presents another to Joni Mitchell.

May 27, 1999 :  Janet attends the Commitment to Life XI Gala to Benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) at Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City where she is presented with an Award for her fight against Aids.

August 18, 1999 :  Janet attends the Source Hip-Hop Music Awards at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood Busta Rhymes and her are presented with the Award For Best Video for “What’s It Gonna Be”.

September 9, 1999 :  Janet attends the 16th Annual MTV Video Music Awards at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center in New York City. Video Music Awards. She walks the red carper with Q-Tip and later she presents an award to Ricky Martin & Tina Landon.

The Velvet Rope Tour

Start date April 16, 1998 End date January 30, 1999 Legs 6 No. of shows 62 in North America 34 in Europe 3 in Africa 15 in Oceania 11 in Asia 125 total Box office $21,964,832 (in 18 shows, adjusted to 2019 dollars)

“Velvet Rope” “If” “You” “Let’s Wait Awhile” / “Again” “Control” “The Pleasure Principle” / “What Have You Done for Me Lately” “Nasty” (contain elements of “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See”) “Throb” “Escapade” / “When I Think of You” “Miss You Much” “Runaway” / “Love Will Never Do (Without You)” “Alright” “I Get Lonely” “Rope Burn” “Black Cat” “What About” “Rhythm Nation” “Special”

“That’s the Way Love Goes” “Got ’til It’s Gone” “Together Again”

Notes -“Every Time” was performed during the final concert in Tokyo. -“Whoops Now” was performed during the European leg. -On select dates, such as the performance in Oakland, “Black Cat” and “What About” were removed from the set list. -“Go Deep” was added to the set list halfway through the European leg of the tour. -“Love Will Never Do (Without You)” was not performed on the European leg. Tour dates

1st leg : Europe April 16, 1998 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy April 17, 1998 April 19, 1998 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo April 24, 1998 Nürnberg Germany Frankenhalle April 29, 1998 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy May 1, 1998 Munich Germany Olympiahalle May 3, 1998 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle May 5, 1998 Milan Italy FilaForum May 7, 1998 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle May 8, 1998 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt May 9, 1998 Leipzig Messehalle May 11, 1998 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen May 13, 1998 Turku Finland HK Arena May 15, 1998 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum May 16, 1998 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena May 17, 1998 Gothenburg Scandinavium May 19, 1998 Berlin Germany Velodrom May 20, 1998 Dortmund Westfalenhallen May 22, 1998 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion May 24, 1998 Toulon France Zénith Oméga de Toulon May 26, 1998 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier May 27, 1998 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo May 29, 1998 Birmingham United Kingdom NEC Arena May 30, 1998 Newcastle Telewest Arena May 31, 1998 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena June 3, 1998 Glasgow SEC Centre June 4, 1998 Sheffield Sheffield Arena June 6, 1998 London Wembley Arena June 7, 1998 June 9, 1998 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome June 11, 1998 Hamburg Germany Alsterdorfer Sporthalle June 12, 1998 June 16, 1998 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy June 17, 1998 London England Wembley Arena

2nd leg : North America July 9, 1998 Washington, D.C. United States MCI Center July 11, 1998 Cleveland Gund Arena July 12, 1998 Cincinnati The Crown July 14, 1998 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena July 15, 1998 Moline The MARK of the Quad Cities July 17, 1998 Detroit Joe Louis Arena July 18, 1998 July 22, 1998 Camden E-Centre July 24, 1998 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon July 25, 1998 July 28, 1998 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center July 29, 1998 Minneapolis Target Center July 31, 1998 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre August 1, 1998 Kansas City Kemper Arena August 3, 1998 Denver McNichols Sports Arena August 5, 1998 West Valley City E Center August 8, 1998 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place August 11, 1998 Portland United States Rose Garden August 13, 1998 Oakland The Arena in Oakland August 14, 1998 Sacramento ARCO Arena August 16, 1998 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre August 20, 1998 Inglewood Great Western Forum August 23, 1998 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim August 24, 1998 Fresno Selland Arena August 26, 1998 Phoenix America West Arena August 28, 1998 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena August 29, 1998 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena September 3, 1998 Greenville Bon Secours Wellness Arena September 4, 1998 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion September 5, 1998 Nashville Nashville Arena September 7, 1998 Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre September 9, 1998 San Antonio Alamodome September 11, 1998 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheatre September 12, 1998 Tampa Ice Palace September 15, 1998 Orlando Orlando Arena September 16, 1998 Atlanta Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre September 18, 1998 Boston FleetCenter September 19, 1998 Atlantic City Mark G. Etess Arena September 21, 1998 Bristow Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge September 22, 1998 Burgettstown Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater September 24, 1998 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater September 26, 1998 Rochester Blue Cross Arena September 27, 1998 Ottawa Canada Corel Centre September 29, 1998 Toronto SkyDome September 30, 1998 Montreal Molson Centre October 2, 1998 Worcester United States Worcester’s Centrum Centre October 4, 1998 Hartford Hartford Civic Center October 5, 1998 University Park Bryce Jordan Center October 6, 1998 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena October 10, 1998 New York City Madison Square Garden October 11, 1998 October 14, 1998 Baltimore Baltimore Arena October 16, 1998 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon October 18, 1998 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills October 20, 1998 Raleigh Hardee’s Walnut Creek Amphitheatre October 21, 1998 Virginia Beach GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater October 25, 1998 Atlantic City Mark G. Etess Arena October 27, 1998 Memphis Pyramid Arena October 28, 1998 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome October 30, 1998 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion October 31, 1998 3rd leg : South Africa November 14, 1998 Cape Town South Africa Green Point Stadium November 19, 1998 Durban Kings Park Stadium November 21, 1998 Johannesburg Ellis Park Stadium 4th leg : Oceania November 27, 1998 Christchurch New Zealand WestpacTrust Centre November 28, 1998 November 30, 1998 Wellington Queens Wharf Events Centre December 1, 1998 December 3, 1998 December 5, 1998 Auckland Ericsson Stadium December 7, 1998 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre December 9, 1998 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre December 10, 1998 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre December 12, 1998 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre December 13, 1998 Perth Perth Entertainment Centre December 14, 1998 December 15, 1998 Melbourne Melbourne Park December 17, 1998 December 20, 1998 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre

5th leg : Japan  January 12, 1999 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan January 13, 1999 January 14, 1999 January 16, 1999 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall January 17, 1999 January 19, 1999 January 20, 1999 January 21, 1999 Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow Hall January 23, 1999 Hamamatsu Hamamatsu Arena January 25, 1999 Tokyo Nippon Budokan January 26, 1999 Last concert 

January 30, 1999 Honolulu United States Aloha Stadium

Janet performed a private show at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre in Brunei, South East Asia by request of Princess Hamidah of the Brunei royal family. An exclusive audio recording of the show was issued to attendees of Hamidah’s twenty-first birthday party.

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The Velvet Rope Tour

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The Velvet Rope Tour was the third concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson . Launched in support of her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope (1997), the tour visited Europe, North America, Japan, New Zealand, Africa, and Australia. Jackson was inspired to create an autobiographical show using elements of Broadway theatre , portraying her struggle with depression and self-esteem. The tour's stage production was developed as a storybook setting, allowing spectators to cross beyond her "velvet rope" and experience her life story through the evolution of her musical career. It consists of twenty-six songs, several band interludes, and intense choreography along with nine costume changes and four sets. Jackson depicts themes such as burlesque and domestic violence among the show's complex production of pyrotechnics and theatrics.

Its setlist was composed of a wide array of Jackson's discography, focusing on new material in addition to medleys of previous hits. The tour is divided into five segments, each displaying different themes and settings. In "What About", Its racy visuals and depictions of violence drew controversy. In her rendition of "Rope Burn", Jackson selects a fan from the audience, performing a lap dance and kissing them while strapped into a chair. The show's suggestive promotional ads were banned from a number of publications, the image was reported to cause traffic accidents in Europe. A number of reviews commended Jackson's stage presence as consistently exceptional, noting improvement in her vocal delivery. It broke several attendance records and is the most attended stadium concert of all time in Hawaii . A private show was held in Brunei by request of Princess Hamidah , for her twenty-first birthday.

HBO broadcast the show during a special titled The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden . It drew over 15 million viewers and was the most watched program among homes subscribed to the network. The special won an Emmy Award , and was also nominated for Image Awards and TMF Awards . It was released on DVD as The Velvet Rope Tour – Live in Concert , certified platinum in several territories. Various aspects of the tour have influenced numerous performers, including Britney Spears , Pink , Rihanna , Christina Aguilera , Panic! at the Disco , Jay-Z , and Arashi . Jackson notably selected NSYNC and Usher to open for the tour; introducing both to the public during their early careers. It has also inspired the careers of several performers, dancers, and professional choreographers.

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By Sean Daly

Vegas-style glam trumped musical substance Thursday night when Janet Jackson kicked off her Velvet Rope World Tour with a hellzapoppin’ spectacle that featured enough over-the-top special effects to make Armageddon look like Driving Miss Daisy .

Pacing the big event at breakneck speed, the tireless Jackson crammed twenty-six hits, twenty-plus dance numbers, nine costume changes, four (almost laughably) elaborate sets, constant pyrotechnics and approximately 300 “I love you, D.C.!”‘s into two-and-a-half hours of sheer summer-entertainment bliss. Her voice and footwork may suffer when compared to older brother Michael’s, but the King of Pop has a legitimate family challenger when it comes to pure showmanship.

By blending equal parts A Clockwork Orange , Mummenschantz, Lewis Carroll, and Solid Gold — yes, as damn freaky as it sounds — the thirty-two-year-old Jackson framed the concert as a lust-driven fairy tale, complete with a giant storybook, containing a massive video screen, that opened and closed the show. As far as a consistent color scheme went, well, just imagine a well-lighted explosion at the Crayola factory.

After literally erupting onto the stage, Jackson, backed by eight male and female dancers, humped and bumped her way through “Velvet Rope” (an actual red and gold velvet rope dangled like an anaconda over the stage for most of the night), “If,” and “You.” Giving crew and crowd an early breather, Jackson then took to a center stage stool and, accompanied by a strictly ornamental acoustic guitarist — even Janet tries to go “unplugged” these days — warbled through keyboard-fueled takes of “Let’s Wait Awhile” and “Again.”

After a frenzied medley of “Control,” “Pleasure Principle,” “What Have You Done for Me Lately?,” “Nasty,” and “Throb” — her band is late-night talk show, at best — a red crushed-velvet curtain closed the stage, and a hidden light-and-sound show of Close Encounters proportions — a clever way to entertain during set changes — hinted to the deranged madness to come. When the stage was revealed, Jackson, in a jester’s headdress and satin bustier, and her dancers, dressed as flowers, Mad Hatters, and horny gnomes, bounded across a blindingly bright, poppy-induced set design of inflatable moons, clocks, vases, and books, and worked through a much-too-happy medley of “Escapade,” “When I Think of You,” “Miss You Much,” “Runaway” and “Love Will Never Do Without You.”

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After that hallucinatory moment, it was a comfort when Jackson, changing the set yet again, this time into a steamy burlesque house, raunched things up — after all, we are talking about velvet ropes here — with a steamy succession of “Alright,” “I Get Lonely,” “Black Cat,” and “ Rhythm Nation .” For “Rope Burn,” Jackson stripped down to a black bra and tight pants, ordered up a man from the crowd (pointing and demanding, “You!”) and proceeded to wriggle and purr up in the lucky guy’s lap while two of her near-naked dancers pole-danced behind. (Can this really be little Penny from Good Times ? Man, Jimmie Walker must feel so dirty.)

Former Gen. Colin Powell, with whom Jackson has formed the America’s Promise charity for at-risk children, introduced the performer for the lengthy encore — classed up with chandeliers and sensible clothing — which included “That’s the Way Love Goes,” “Got ‘Til It’s Gone,” “Go Deep” and “Together Again.” All in all, Janet’s still as nasty as she wants to be.

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Vulnerability in art is nothing new, but ‘The Velvet Rope’ saw Janet contorting through her pain like a trapeze artist.

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Janet Jackson ’s longevity and versatility as an artist is largely credited to her ability to shapeshift between albums, exuding power one moment and vulnerability the next. She was already iconic, having several successful albums under her belt and a reputation for passion and precision on stage. Each of Janet’s previous albums was layered with radio hits and seemed to carve out a specific narrative: superstar. In the midst of battling a deep depression, Janet chose to get more raw and confessional with her art. On  The Velvet Rope , Janet experimented with displaying heartache, loneliness, and sensuality for all to see – forcing us to delve deeper into wondering who she was as a person, and as an artist.

While Janet is indirect about specifics pertaining to the album, one theme is clear: pain. When pressed for more details explaining the lyrics for “What About,” she told  Rolling Stone . “Singing these songs has meant digging up pain that I buried a long time ago. It’s been hard and sometimes confusing. But I’ve had to do it. I’ve been burying pain my whole life. It’s like kicking dirt under the carpet. At some point, there’s so much dirt you start to choke. Well, I’ve been choking. My therapy came in writing these songs. Then I had to find the courage to sing them or else suffer the consequences – a permanent case of the blues.”

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Vulnerability in art is nothing new, but Janet contorts through her pain like a trapeze artist; swinging over the crowd and performing for us, catching herself and swinging to keep from plummeting, both eyes fixed on the rope in front of her. She used The Velvet Rope  as divergence from her previous understandings and measurements of success, noting that she previously stifled her feelings and just performed for the sake of success rather than out of passion or a deep yearning to do so. By the time Janet made  Velvet Rope , she’d opened up feelings of past trauma to explore herself as a woman and artist. She got tattoos and piercings – physical markings of emotional pain.

Despite the overwhelming theme of pain with a tinge of emotional anguish, Janet insists that the symbol of the rope is not meant to be one of harshness but one of mystery. “The music is sensual, not brutal. The feeling of  The Velvet Rope  is soft, not severe,” she told  Rolling Stone . After living through celebrity from childhood, with her life fully on display for consumption, Janet said she never was asked if she wanted to be a performer. But she performed. After leaving her feelings of distress and isolation unaddressed through adolescence and early adulthood, Janet chose to wield the inner torment of fame and its underlying stressors as a weapon against hiding. This album isn’t just about sex. It’s about growth into adulthood and the pain that comes along with being alive.

Although Janet’s elaborate conceptual theme was constantly questioned by critics, listeners seemed to understand.  Velvet Rope went multi-platinum and was Janet’s fourth album to chart on the Billboard 200. The album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, being certified triple Platinum in Canada, double Platinum in Australia, and Platinum in Japan, Europe and France. The album navigates topics of bisexuality, queer positivity, and S&M, cementing Janet as a gay icon. She was awarded the ‘Outstanding Music’ award by GLAAD Media – Janet has since been honored with a Vanguard award by GLAAD.

The Velvet Rope  influence isn’t strictly relegated to musical artists. Activist Janet Mock named herself after Janet Jackson, and cites the sexual fluidity and sexual autonomy on  Velvet Rope  for being an album that paralleled her own life at the time. Psychologist Alan Downs’ book  Velvet Rage  illustrates growing up gay in a world that largely caters to heterosexuals. Artists across genres and platforms have cited the influence and significance of this album in their own work, attempting to mold their own pain and self-discovery into a risky, autobiographical element. Janet’s impact is still being heard in other artists’ work, decades later, cementing her status as an icon and permanently defining the parameters – or lack thereof – needed for a raw, intimate, mature pop album.

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20 Years Later, Janet Jackson’s ‘Velvet Rope’ Still Deserves Praise

It paved the way for future pop artists

Janet Jackson didn’t have anything to prove in 1997. She had just signed a record-breaking deal with Virgin the year before, making her the highest paid recording artist at the time. She had already established herself as a pop icon; she could’ve gotten away with playing it safe and putting out a tame album with radio-friendly hits and big-name collaborations. Instead, she brought us Velvet Rope .

Usually, a project of this magnitude comes around the beginning of an artist’s career, not her sixth studio album. But Jackson isn’t your average artist. She grew up the youngest girl of nine children—five of whom made up one of the biggest boy bands of all time. (Maybe you've heard of them .) When you’re forced into the spotlight as early and as often as she was, you don’t have time to process what’s going on. Though Jackson was in her 30s when the album came out, the demons she encountered, the loneliness she experienced, and the hurt she pushed aside as a result of her fame all collided on Velvet Rope .

“You think you've gotten over things, but you never do,” she told CNN back in ’97. “You push it away, but finally you have to look at this (expletive). Was it frightening? Hell yes. The pain was worse than ever. Writing [songs] about it was therapeutic. This was the hardest album I ever did. It took me six months to record it, but it felt like 31 years, which is how old I am. There were times I had to walk away from the microphone because I was in tears from what I had written.” What we got was the unrehearsed and vulnerable Jackson, the heartbroken and despondent, the angry and sexually liberated. We got all facets of the singer in 22 tracks.

Some have referred to Velvet Rope as being the singer’s magnum opus. It’s up there, but calling it that would be doing the rest of her discography a disservice. It also isn’t underrated, as many have said. It was appreciated at the time of its release by the people it was made for. Like writer Myles E. Johnson , who tells me over email that Velvet Rope was the first album he wanted to live inside of. “I wanted to look like the ‘Got ‘Til It’s Gone’ video. I wanted a sexuality and melancholy like ‘I Get So Lonely.’ I wanted a politic like ‘Free Xone' or ‘What About.’ I wanted to party with folks found in the ‘Go Deep’ visual. Janet Jackson crafted a type of alluring, eclectic blackness that was poetic, youthful, and bold.”

I was seven when the album was released. So, not exactly the intended audience. I was transfixed anyway—by Jackson’s vocals, the videos, but, more than that, by the subsequent tour. And there's one distinct memory of the HBO airing of Jackson's Velvet Rope tour that has stayed with me to this day. It came during the performance for “Rope Burn,” when Jackson pulled a man from the audience on stage, tied him down, and proceeded to seduce him, while outfitted in a bra and pants. It wasn’t something a seven-year-old should’ve been watching, let alone something I could really process, but I do recall the confidence Jackson exuded, and the power she held over the man, yes, but also everyone watching her. I knew that it was something worth admiring. Many artists would go on to pull similar stunts at their concerts, but nobody did it with her conviction.

We never, really, saw Jackson as she presented herself on Velvet Rop e again. She continued to make great music, but it was never quite as layered. After Velvet Rope came All For You, a nice commercial album. Then, the 2004 Super Bowl happened, and everything screeched to a halt as far as sales and chart-topping was concerned. The irony of what some have called her downfall—the moment when Justin Timberlake ripped off her top—is that Jackson’s breast being exposed to the general public is G-rated business when you consider she had recorded herself masturbating, performed a striptease on stage and aired it to 15 million people on cable television, and released a lesbian rendition of Rod Stewart’s “Tonight’s The Night” just seven years prior.

Armed with bright red curls and a new sense of self-awareness, Jackson unhooked and ushered fans behind her metaphorical velvet rope. And in doing so, she opened up the space for other singers to do the same. “This album is still the blueprint for the pop star that wants to ‘go deep,’” Johnson says. “I can’t imagine Madonna’s Ray of Light , P!NK’s Misunderstood , Lady Gaga’s Joanne , Beyoncé’s Lemonade , Rihanna’s Rated R and Anti , SZA’s CTRL or Christina Aguilera’s Stripped without Janet Jackson showing them how to undress, emotionally, while the whole wide world gazes.”

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Janet: The Velvet Rope

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• Trivia Jackson notably selected N Sync and Usher to open for the tour; introducing both to the public during their early careers.
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Step inside Janet Jackson’s ‘The Velvet Rope’ at 25

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By the mid-1990s, Janet Jackson had established herself as a bonafide superstar, taking the reins on her career and epitomising everything an icon should be.

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Her classic 1987 album ‘Control’ proved groundbreaking, while follow-up ‘Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814’ (1989) was a socially conscious piece that addressed numerous issues plaguing the world and rendered her a role model to young people. 

The singer-songwriter’s next release ‘janet.’ saw the youngest Jackson sibling embrace her sexuality and earned her ‘sex symbol’ status, but inside she was feeling the burden of extraordinary fame – rivalling that of her brother Michael – which left her feeling diassociated with herself and struggling mentally with the responsibilities of her success and a sense of imposter syndrome dating back to her youth. 

Turning to music, with the help of then-husband René Elizondo, Jr. and regular collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, she set about writing and recording ‘The Velvet Rope’ (1997) – an invitation into her private world and innermost thoughts, and an album that helped secure her position as one of the best-selling artists of the decade.  

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Co-written and co-produced by Jackson, along with Jam and Lewis, ‘The Velvet Rope’ served as the follow-up to her 1995 singles collection ‘Design of a Decade: 1986-1996’ and saw the superstar look inwards, working through a period of poor mental health that led to an emotional breakdown while on tour via her musical output. 

While her previous studio album ‘janet.’ dealt with themes of female sexuality, the concept for ‘The Velvet Rope’ draws on its title; using the image of the barriers used at film premieres and award shows as a metaphor for the emotional barricade preventing others from revealing their innermost thoughts. ‘ We have a special need / To feel that we belong / Come with me inside / Inside my velvet rope,’ she sings on the album opener and title track, and at the time said of the LP: “We’ve all driven by premieres or nightclubs, and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can’t. Well, there’s also a velvet rope we have inside us, keeping others from knowing our feelings.

“In ‘The Velvet Rope’, I’m trying to expose and explore those feelings. I’m inviting you inside my velvet rope,” she added of the record, which was inspired by the impact those experiences had on her life over the two years prior. 

“There were times when I cried all day,” she candidly told chat show host Oprah Winfrey in 1997, admitting an overwhelming sense of “guilt” at the magnitude of her career and a feeling of “inadequacy” that, according to the performer, dated back to her childhood. She remembered one specific incident: “A teacher really embarrassed me in front of the entire class and I never let go of that. To solve this equation – and it hurt me deeply,” Janet shared. “She said, ‘Come on Jackson, think. You can do this. Anybody in this room can do this.’ And I couldn’t think about the equation for thinking how stupid I was. That’s the way I felt at the time. You hear a couple of kids in the background that can solve it and are waiting to get up to the board, and she just leaves me there knowing that I’m having trouble. That never left me.” 

Insisting she “didn’t run home and tell my mother, or any of my brothers or sisters,” Janet admitted the feelings took their toll, tracing the sensations back to her childhood fame. 

“It’s very difficult being in this business at such a young age and you really pay the price. It’s not that I //didn’t// want it; I don’t remember someone ever asking me, really. I was just in it. And I didn’t mind being in it. I never said I wanted out,” she confessed. “I do remember times when I was at my school and following a friend home and seeing the Girl Scouts – this group of girls in their uniform – and thinking, ‘I want to be a part of this’. But knowing so deep inside that I couldn’t because in three days I have to go out on the road for I don’t know how long.”

On the impact it had on her friendship circle, she mused: “It’s very difficult finding true friends. It’s very hard. Who’s there for you because they love you and aren’t interested in what’s going on with your family?”

With her previous album, Janet dropped her surname in an apparent attempt to disassociate herself from her famous siblings; despite a decade of mega-success, she was still being referenced as the sister of Michael Jackson and interviewers were always preoccupied with getting the latest gossip on his whereabouts. But on ‘The Velvet Rope’, which draws on a plethora of musical influences, incorporating elements of hip-hop, funk, R&B, pop, jazz and electronica, for what stands out as the most varied collection of her decades-spanning career, it’s all about Janet. And when it comes to the songs themselves, it’s not long before the superstar lays her mission bare, with You containing some of her most pointed lyrics to date. 

‘Here I am in your face / Tellin’ truths and not your old lies,’ she sings over trip-hop inspired beats. ‘Learned to survive in your fictitious world. Does what they think of you determine your worth? / If special’s what you feel when you’re with them / Taken away, you feel ‘less than’ again.’

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Founder and editor of RETROPOP. Self-proclaimed pop aficionado. Like to make my life look super cool and exciting online, but usually found at home, with my dogs, sipping wine and listening to Nicki French!

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The Velvet Rope Tour is a spectacular production of lights, dance, energy, and of course Janet's total control of the stage. Janet brings her distinctive vocals, sweet melodies and harder-edged dance rhythms to a synergistic crescendo in this stunning concert filmed live at Madison Square Garden, New York. Songs: Velvet Rope, If, You, Let's Wait Awhile/Again, Control medley: Control/The Pleasure Principle/What Have You Done For Me Lately/Nasty/Throb, Escapade medley: Escapade/When I Think of You/Miss You Much/Runaway/Love Will Never Do [Without You], Alright, I Get Lonely, Anytime Anyplace, Rope Burn, Black Cat, What About, Rhythm Nation, Special, That's the Way Love Goes, Got 'Til It's Gone, Go Deep, Together Again.

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• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 3.04 ounces
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 1 minute
• Release date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 1998
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Jackson, Janet
• Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Studio ‏ : ‎ IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ 6305301808
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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‘Jermaine Dupri Just Fell to His Knees’: Janet Jackson’s Late Night with Q-Tip Sends Internet Into Frenzy

Social media was abuzz when online users learned that rapper Q-Tip spent his 54th birthday with his ex-girlfriend Janet Jackson.

The pop star took to her Instagram to express just how special she believes the A Tribe Called Quest founding member is. Fans immediately began to speculate whether the “Rhythm Nation” chart-topper was simply enjoying time with a dear friend or rekindling their romance.

If the latter is the case, some are asking what about Jermaine Dupri?

Jackson’s post was simple, “30 + yrs of friendship…so special to me. Thank you for coming over last night. Happy bday,” but it caused quite an eruption and had her trending online.

She also tagged the rapper, @qtiptheabstract, in her Instagram Story which featured a dramatic but stylish black-and-white picture of him. Her message was punctuated with kissy face emojis.

“Janet spinning the block with Q-Tip,” one X user posted .

Another fan believed the two would not only be perfect together but would make all things right in the world, “There’s a parallel universe where Janet and Q-Tip are married and I bet climate change isn’t a problem there.”

One person wrote, “It was always supposed to be them for mi!”

After years of never saying a word publicly about their relationship, Q-Tip spilled some tea about their coupling around the time of their meeting on the set of John Singleton’s “Poetic Justice.” In the 1993 film he played Markel, Janet’s gang-banging, drug dealer boyfriend who was shot in the car during a movie date. Janet was married at the time to René Elizondo Jr., whom she divorced in 2003.

Q-Tip said they met for the first time on set and years later she called him up to do their 1997 collaboration, “Got ‘Til It’s Gone,” and another song.

“We started dating after that,” the Abstract said during Math Hoffa’s “My Expert Opinion” show.

He gushed about how great it was for him as a kid from Linden Boulevard. dating one of the most beloved girls from his childhood.

“It be cool and sh-t. She be making eggs and sh-t and I’ll be chilling like, ‘Yo, that’s Penny!’ to myself,” he flexed. “I love her to death and she’s a Jackson — that’s Black royalty.”

The two dated and ultimately broke up in 2002. Jackson’s post did not have any romantic connotations, but fans breezed past that tidbit and clung to the narrative that the two might be getting back together. This also arrives nearly a year after many expressed excitement about what seemed to be a reunion with the SoSo Def founder.

“Jermaine Dupri just fell to his knees,” one X user said in a post .

Someone then informed the thread, “You know he dated her during ‘The Velvet Rope’ era right? That’s why the sound is like that. Also Tupac hated him cuz she loved some Tip.”

That was followed up with, “That’s why he just gotta take his lick in silence. Q-Tip is the GOAT what is Jermaine gonna do? Kamaal is 6′ and can fight. He’s also over Jermaine to me in producer lists lol.”

Jermaine and Janet dated right after Tip says the two of them called it quits in 2002. However, in 2009, just months preceding the tragic passing of her brother, Michael Jackson, she and JD broke up. The “Welcome to Atlanta” rapper admitted that one of the reasons was due to his infidelity and being flagrant about his indiscretions.

Janet did not disagree — but she has never confirmed. But in her self-titled A&E documentary, she revealed that she wanted to marry Dupri, who later claimed that he never wanted to record with her on Gillie the King and Wallo 267’s “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast.

“I never wanted to produce her. We got into an argument about me not producing her because she was around me watching everybody else get hit records,” he said explaining he didn’t want her to think he just wanted to elevate his career.

JD was spotted at Janet’s 56th birthday bash  in 2022. In April 2023, the “Someone to Call My Lover” collaborators seemed like they might spinning the block after he made a surprise appearance on her “Together Again” tour stop in Atlanta.

After Jackson’s October performance at the One Music Festival in Atlanta, clips were made of the couple canoodling out with Ashanti and Nelly on what looked like a double date.

This was the second time they linked up. But maybe Jermaine, who boasts about taking the “Nasty” recording artist to strip clubs, was too dramatic .

One fan thought that might be the case when the producer was talking to his daughter about why he and her mother broke up .

“Girl hush yo daddy tryna spin da block on Janet… this gon be the second time you mess it up for them,” one fan joked.

But maybe … the person was right.