It's rather sobering to recall that Janet Jackson's "Anytime, Anyplace" was once considered risque.
Feh, this was a better song. Man, you can see Mike all over her.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.