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It’s simple, you don’t. On the heels of her
break-up with Rene Elizondo, Janet drops a rather unexpected album, All For You, her
seventh studio album. Unexpected because she’s immersed in a nasty divorce, and
besides, who’s waiting on Ms Jackson, when you’ve got Aaliyah, Brittany Spears,
Mya and a host of imitators? But what these young women don’t have is funk, and Janet
has it in abundance. This time out, rather than wrapping that funk in a concept (like
Control or the Velvet Rope) All About You is mainly about fun, sex and occasionally about
Elizondo.
The first single, “All For You,” is very danceable and would have been better
for a summer release. The best of them includes “Son of a Gun,” featuring Carly
Simon, an invective directed at a former beau; “Trust a Try,” with it’s
funky symphonic intro that erupts into a solid rock jam; and the very soft and painfully
open, “Truth.”
But I can’t lie; everything on All For You is listenable. Occasionally dated
(“You Ain’t Right” sounds like a record skipping) with a few tepid love
songs ala “Let’s Wait Awhile” (“Would You Mind,” and “China
Love”), Janet delivers a fairly good album.
M
May 2001
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