Artist artifact
Janet Jackson
Pop auteur of the Control and Rhythm Nation era, fusing choreography, industrial-tinged production, and social themes.
Biography
Pop auteur of the Control and Rhythm Nation era, fusing choreography, industrial-tinged production, and social themes.
Influence
Set the standard for dancer-vocalist albums as total art direction; Jam & Lewis productions became a 1980s–90s school.
Historical context
Pop auteur of the Control and Rhythm Nation era, fusing choreography, industrial-tinged production, and social themes. Set the standard for dancer-vocalist albums as total art direction; Jam & Lewis productions became a 1980s–90s school. Control was a declaration of adulthood against Jackson-family narrative gravity—and it sounded like one.
Associated instruments
- Vocals
- Dance
- Production
Specimen note
Control was a declaration of adulthood against Jackson-family narrative gravity—and it sounded like one.