: Critics from Slant Magazine have called it a "richly dark masterwork," while others describe it as a forerunner to modern alternative R&B . Key Tracks :
: This soulful ballad solidified Jackson's record as the only female artist to achieve 18 consecutive top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
: The album was a "soundtrack to a therapy session," dealing with her experience of a deep depressive episode.
Unlike her previous high-energy releases, The Velvet Rope found Jackson "letting her ropes down" to reveal her innermost pain.
: Critics from Slant Magazine have called it a "richly dark masterwork," while others describe it as a forerunner to modern alternative R&B . Key Tracks :
: This soulful ballad solidified Jackson's record as the only female artist to achieve 18 consecutive top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
: The album was a "soundtrack to a therapy session," dealing with her experience of a deep depressive episode.
Unlike her previous high-energy releases, The Velvet Rope found Jackson "letting her ropes down" to reveal her innermost pain.
