No, but Unbreakable does fit quite nicely in between Damita Jo and All for You, two very good albums that serve as bonuses to an already expansive catalog. It does not top the four fantastic albums she released one after another: Control, Rhythm Nation 1814, janet., and The Velvet Rope respectively. How much that means to you depends on how strict of a Janet fan you are. One can confidentially say that this is Janet’s best, most cohesive body of work since 2004 ’s Damita Jo, an underappreciated gem overshadowed by the scandal surrounding her Super Bowl Halftime performance. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 rollout for the pop icon’s first album in seven years has been executed ***flawlessly. I approached Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable with equal parts excitement and trepidation.
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