We were like, let's make a record like we're making it for a rock and roller or a rap artist. Let's make the beats super hard ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. CORNISH: That set the course for nine ...

The musician shared a compilation of footage from throughout the album's era set to the monologue she delivers on the title ...

Janet Jackson released her third studio album “Control” on Feb. 4 in 1986, ushering in a whole new era for ...

At this point in contemporary music, mentioning Janet Jackson is a no-brainer. A product of a dominant and historically overbearing musical family, by the ...

Forty years after its release, Control still stands as the project that firmly introduced Janet Jackson as an artist fully in ...

Janet made her debut two months before Thriller came out, releasing a “bubblegum soul”-style self-titled album through A&M Records. The songs, including singles “Come Give Your Love to Me” and “Say ...

This week I have been heavily back into my Janet Jackson phase and decided to review one of my favorite albums from her. “Control” was an album that really established her as an artist and at this ...

Janet Damita Jo Jackson was the youngest of Joe and Katherine Jackson’s 10 children, and her older brothers had already begun ...