Hold You". Folk rock singer Melissa Ferrick called it "a huge record" which inspired her song "Drive", saying, "Janet Jackson was making these sexual noises on that record and I cannot even describe. [...] I was like "This is unbelievable. Janet Jackson is so ballsy to do this. This is amazing." Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls and folk singer Seth Glier regarded the album as an important life memoir. Swedish singer Beatrice Eli stated it "defined her teenage years". Art Nouvea considered Fiona Apple's When the Pawn... to be influenced by the record. FKA Twigs' single "Water Me" and Laura Welsh's "Unravel" were likened to the album, considered to evoke Jackson's "mellower work" at her "most delicate". Kingdom's "Bank Head", featuring Kelela, was thought to be influenced by "Empty", while Kelela and Tink's "Want It" was likened to the album's "most tuneful deep cuts". British singer Jai Paul's "Str8 Outta Mumbai" was regarded to fuse "vintage Bollywood pop" with "Velvet Rope-era Janet". The Weeknd's Thursday was likened to an attempted "male equivalent" of the record. Kelly Rowland's Talk a Good Game drew comparisons for its revealing theme and production. Rowland's single "Dirty Laundry" was influenced by "What About", while single "Gone", featuring Wiz Khalifa, was inspired by "Got 'til It's Gone". TLC's "I'm Good at Being Bad" was inspired by the production and content of Jackson's "What About". Solange's True EP was compared within its production from Dev Hynes. The composition of single "Losing You" was also likened to "Together Again" for its melancholy theme within an "uplifting" dance song. Illangelo's "Clockwork" was also thought to recall the album. In hip hop, Odd Future collective The Internet were compared to "'‘Velvet Rope-era Janet" for their single "Cocaine". Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak was also likened to the album. Jay-Z compared his song "December 4th" to "Got 'til It's Gone" in his memoir, Decoded. Joe Budden sampled the title track in the song "Velvet Rope". In jazz, its singles have been covered by Boney James and Gene Dunlap, with the title track covered by Paul Taylor and "Anything" by Will Downing. The album is considered to have influenced the development of alternative R&B, associated with acts such as Frank Ocean, Miguel and others. Psychologist Alan Downs' book The Velvet Rage was titled after the album and its homosexual content; demonstrating "how to heal the trauma of being a gay man in