I think it's easier for me to listen to Unbreakable beginning to end a lot more than the Velvet Rope which I only listen to a couple of times a year. I think the Velvet Rope is the better album tho because of the theme tying it together and how innovative it was for a pop artist of her standard to be so introspective and vulnerable. She talks about depression, accepting and loving yourself,self-criticism, normalizing same sex relations Free Xone), black pride(Can't Be Stopped), domestic abuse, etc. The Velvet Rope is a lot heavier album than Unbreakable. I think the two are connected tho and some have said Unbreakable is sort of the light side of TVR after finding that sense of self/purpose and being so far away from the darkness and depression. I think Unbreakable is Janet's most spiritual album and she manages it to do it in a non-preachy way. Black Eagle instantly become one of my faves in her catalog from the way she mentions Palestine(room no 4, "beautiful people who have been ignored") to the mantra I've adopted "you'll never know unless you've been there" Also the TGF is peak passive agressive Janet where she's dragging you but also wishing that you find happiness and the great forever. I think TGF also speaks to the place she's in now "watch what I'm doing, watch where I'm going" some speculate on her religion which is her business but I think she has made some changes for the better. I don't think it's a coincidence that Wissam mentioned the Great Forever on his website in his love note to her. I also like the sounds of both albums. TVR still sounds so fresh and the Unbreakable impresses me with the willingness to explore folk and worldly sounds. I think both albums are what we missed between 04-15 and that's introspection. With Janet, Velvet Rope Janet was able to give us sex but also perspective on her life and also social commentary in the world(New Agenda, Can't Be Stopped, etc) and I think people are connecting to it being less fluff.