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USA Today

It's been nearly 30 years since Janet Jackson established Control. With that 1986 album, and follow-ups Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) and janet. (1993), Michael Jackson's kid sister not only forged her own creative identity, but also eventually surpassed her brother as a commercial and cultural force.


Jackson is 49 now, and hasn't released a studio album since 2008's misguided Discipline, which featured various producers and drew more attention for its references to sadomasochism than its sonic dexterity or daring. Happily, Unbreakable (three out of four stars), out Friday, reunites her with Jam and Lewis and provides a more cohesive, convincing showcase for Jackson's gifts and her growth.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/10/01/album-of-the-week-janet-jackson-unbreakable/73025824/

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It'll score higher than fat ass Carey and her  last 2 albums
That's for damn sure

sis..

tell your sis to keep it cute

[MelMel]

I wonder how it'll do. Hopefully it's a hit for her

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LA Times

No kidding. In 2009 Jackson?s brother Michael died. In 2012 she married a Qatari tycoon, Wissam Al Mana. And more recently she?s seen her signature sound ? lush and whispery but never forsaking a good beat ? come back into vogue in the work of younger singers like Tinashe and FKA Twigs.

?The world keeps calling me,? Jackson sings in ?Well Traveled.? With ?Unbreakable? she?s finally offering her reply.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-janet-jackson-unbreakable-album-review-20150930-story.html

Another Positive review

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Complex
4 and a half stars!

I approached Janet Jackson?s Unbreakable with equal parts excitement and trepidation.

The rollout for the pop icon?s first album in seven years has been executed ***flawlessly. ?No Sleeep? harkens back to the janet. era while its J.Cole-featuring remix manages to add a hip-hop twist without it feeling forced, or worse, futile as many guest raps on R&B tracks have proven to be. The title track successfully conveys the overall theme of the album and Janet?s state of mind?self-assured, truly ready to sing again, and very much in love. The third preview of the album, ?BURNITUP!? featuring Missy Elliott, just makes you happy to hear Janet?s voice?with the just as musically missed Missy Elliott, no less?on an uptempo track.

Speaking of, for those of you who have either seen Janet on tour, or, in my case, cheated and hunted down clips online as I await my respective tour stop, it is very much clear that the 49-year-old legend can still out dance the majority of her peers. While there was somewhat of a brouhaha surrounding my claims of Janet?s best student among the crowded crop of new singers, I made it very clear that there will never, ever be another. Her current tour proves that.

http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/10/review-janet-jackson-unbreakable?utm_campaign=musictw&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Waiting for Rolling Stone, MTV, VH1 & Billboard

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Spin
8/10

Fan fiction: It?s 1985, and an apple-cheeked Janet Jackson perches on a chair across from her father. ?You could be big as Madonna,? he says. Inside, Miss Jackson is screaming ? at him, at all the hands constantly pawing and trying to tear off any little piece of her. Her voice is pillowy when she speaks. ?I will be bigger than Michael,? she says, before firing her dad and flying to Minneapolis to work with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, associates of Michael?s only competition, Prince.

Crazy to think that it?s been almost 30 years since Janet Jackson danced out from under the shadow of both Madonna and her big brother Michael when she released the revolutionary Control. It was her third studio album, but it felt like her debut. Sure, the smile that melts snow was still there, but she was serious about her s?t. Instead of rhinestone-spangled gloves or stacks of jelly bracelets, she dressed in all-black ensembles usually topped with a blazer. Madonna?s perma-bedhead and ?boy toy? belt were sexually sophisticated and therefore mostly confusing to elementary schoolgirls, but from the minute Janet barked, ?Gimme a beat,? there was no mistaking her message. Girls were not a game to be played.

http://www.spin.com/2015/10/review-janet-jackson-unbreakable/?utm_source=spintwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spintwitter

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Come thru critics!!!