Flashing a cherubic smile and little else on the cover of All For You, Janet Jackson suggests this latest musical outing may be as risque as her last full-length, 1997's The Velvet Rope. While All For You isn't burdened by the dark ennui that pervaded through The Velvet Rope, Jackson maintains its softcore porn themes. Single again after a much-publicized divorce, Jackson carries a fancy-free air about her as she coos, "Baby would you mind coming inside me/Letting your juices free/Deep in my passion" (from the track "Would You Mind"). There's also more than a little bit of cathartic post-divorce reflection in songs like "Truth" and "Son Of A Gun," the latter inspired by Carly Simon's ultimate put-down anthem, "You're So Vain" (and hampered by Simon's stiff guest vocals). Longtime Jackson collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis revisit bubbly '80s R&B this time around, keeping the mood upbeat while Jackson works her libidinal energy for all it's worth. Jam and Lewis occasionally lay it on a little thick (and mine ideas from Jackson sibling Michael's platinum-plated '80s vault), but All For You is nonetheless an infectious concoction of sugary pop and sassy R&B.
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