Teaming with her most accomplished collaborators, producer-songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson delivers what is easily her finest record since Rhythm Nation--and arguably her best ever. Highlights include jams like "You" and "Got 'Til It's Gone", which recontextualises samples from War and Joni Mitchell, respectively; the funky memorial to a dear departed, "Together Again"; and a slinky cover of Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night". Best of all, though, is "What About." An accusatory throw-down for a lover who beats and cheats even as he professes his love, it swings angrily between tender quiet and raging bitter funk. --David Cantwell

1 - Interlude
2 - Velvet Rope
3 - You
4 - Got Til It's Gone
5 - Go Deep
6 - Free Xone
7 - Memory
8 - Together Again
9 - Online
10 - Empty
11 - Full
12 - What About
13 - Every Time
14 - Tonight's The Night
15 - I Get Lonely
16 - Rope Burn
17 - Anyhting
18 - Sad
19 - Special
20 - Can't Be Stopped