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“Together Again”—Janet Jackson

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Velvet Rope - A Song That Is Not What You Want

In 19 97, janet jackson is still very much a pop music monolith. She'd sold four million copies in america of the greatest hitz album design of a decade that came out in nineten 95. In 96, she quite famously re negotiated her contract with virgin records and signed a new 80 million dollar contract which was instantly the biggest pop star record contract ever. This concludes my commentary with regard to throb. It's a pretty good song, is what i'm saying. One final track on the janet record that bears mentioning, and only mentioning, with no additional commentary from me, at least, is the pretty explicit pivot to house music on the song called throb

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