Finding the Free Xone: Janet lets go on The Velvet Rope
October 7, 1997. In the fall of 1997, Janet Jackson released her most introspective album to date, aptly titled The Velvet Rope. Representing the velvet rope that separates the “VIPs” from those who “are not,” the album title symbolizes the “need to feel special” that all people have, according to Ms. Jackson. “It is this need,” she says, “that can bring out the
