![]() She was sassy, streetwise and youthful scaling the pop charts with a sound that was unapologetically funky. ![]() That last part is not hyperbole: there was virtually no precedent for the sound Janet unleashed on Control. Control changed the course of Janet’s career, the public perception of Janet, the career of producers Jimmy “Jam” Harris and Terry Lewis, and the future of Black music. Her two previous efforts (a self-titled debut from 19’s Dream Street) didn’t do much to put her on the map as anything more than the precocious younger sister to her world-beating brothers in The Jacksons. At the time of Control‘s release, Janet was 19 years old and was arguably better known as an actress ( Good Times, Diff’rent Strokes and Fame) than she was as a singer. On February 4th, 1986, A&M Records released Control, Janet Jackson’s third studio album.
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