The tour received positive reviews , with Craig Seymour from '' Buffalo News '' writing " her '' All for You '' tour marked another milestone for the veteran artist , who proved to be more comfortable with own ability to command an audience than ever before . " It was considered an influence to many of her followers , adding " Jackson remains one of this generation 's most exciting performers in concert , easily triumphing over the likes of young upstarts Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera and Destiny 's Child . The '' Los Angeles Times '' stated , " Not only is Janet emulated by the type of show she puts on by the current teen-fab ( that she made popular years ago ) , she still does it better than the 19-year-olds . " Despite explicit language and sexual content , initial album pressings did not contain a Parental Advisory warning . A clean version of the album was released exclusively at Wal-Mart stores , censoring several songs for language , as well as omitting " Would You Mind " completely . The album was re-released in late 2001 with a Parental Advisory label , along with a new bonus track ; a remix of " Son of a Gun " . A clean version with the added remix was also released ( with " Would You Mind " still omitted ) , and became more widely available than the original clean version . Regarding the content , Jackson stated " I do understand that for the younger audience , '' All for You '' is a pretty heavy record . For them I 've made an altered version . I 've been asked to watch my mouth a little , but hell no ! This is me , this is what I want to do , so accept it . I do n't want to live my life controlled by other people . " Upon its release , '' All for You '' was banned in Singapore after the Publications Appeal Committee decided the album 's lyrics , in particular " Would You Mind , " were " not acceptable to our society . " The country 's law officials had previously banned Jackson 's prior album , '' The Velvet Rope '' , due to three songs containing lyrics about homosexuality . Several retail chains , including Wherehouse Music affixed their own " explicit content " labels to the album . RIAA president Hilary Rosen stated , " We do n't think retailers should have to do that . That 's the label 's responsibility , and EMI Virgin 's parent company has assumed that responsibility . " In response to the incident , Jackson said : '' All for You '' received generally positive reviews from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , the album received an average score of 73 . Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic favored '' All for You '' over her last studio album , '' The Velvet Rope '' , calling it " alluring , easily enveloping the listener . " Erlewine added , " This is her sexiest-sounding record , thanks to Jam and Lewis ' silky groove and her breathy delivery , two things that make the record palatable . " Tom Sinclair of '' Entertainment Weekly '' gave the album a ' B ' rating , saying , " Despite a few missteps , '' All for You '' is about as good as modern diva-pop gets , with a higher ratio of worthy-to-mediocre songs than might be expected ... it adds up to a lot more than most female singers have done for us lately . " Anthony DeCurtis of '' Rolling Stone '' gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars , declaring it " just as fresh , familiar and appealing as you 've come to expect from Jackson , and that 's no small achievement . " Gene Stout of '' The Seattle Post-Intelligencer '' called '' All for You '' " one of the best of her career , " while John Mulvey of Yahoo! Music UK referred to it as " her most unnerving and plausible character thus far . " Mulvey added , " This is a much more satisfying album than '' The Velvet Rope '' , even if most of the songs are overlong and a few juggle satin sheet-cliches with self-help ones to numbing effect . Nevertheless , '' All for You '' stands as a monument to the positive effects of divorce . " Rating it three out of four stars , Steve Jones of '' USA Today '' commented . " the singer is in a sexy , fun-loving mood … While she overdoes the between-song interludes here , she never fails to get you to move . When it comes to burning up a dance floor , she is still Ms. Jackson . " Jon Pareles of '' The New York Times '' stated , " Ms. Jackson luxuriates in textures as dizzying as a new infatuation , " commended the album as containing " songs so baroquely sumptuous that they 're virtually experimental . " Pareles added , " Boudoir ballads undulate in torrid slow motion while Ms. Jackson moans like a phone-sex operator , and uptempo tunes hark back to disco , splice mock-operetta to hard rock or , in '' Better Days , '' conjure an easy-listening 1960 's - pop apotheosis . " Her vocals were also praised , saying " Countless overdubs of Ms. Jackson 's voice turn her into an airborne choir ; computer rhythms thump and sizzle . " He concluded saying the album " is n't as immediately melodic as Ms. Jackson 's previous albums , but it compensates for lost catchiness with unabashed strangeness . " Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine called it " generally upbeat and positive " , commending her return to making " fun and cheery pop music . " '' The Tech '' stated , " '' All for You '' as a whole makes for fun listening . Bouncing from orgiastic sex music to bubble gum pop music to soulful ballads , the album contains a true range of music ... At any rate , bubble gum pop , easy as it comes , gets a twist with Janet , elegantly escorted with acoustic guitars and the whole gamut of computerized yet natural-sounding instrumentals . Perhaps what sells the album , more than the songs , is Janet ’s voice and her innovative ( and frankly , courageous ) use of beats and harmonies . Janet ’s voice is as pristine as ever , and , never outshined ... she overpowers every track . " Upon the release of '' All for You '' , Jackson was awarded Billboard 's Artistic Achievement Award . Jackson also received four nominations at the '' Billboard '' Awards ceremony . She had also been the recipient of the American Music Award 's " Award of Merit , " awarded to artists who provide " major contributions to the musical entertainment of the American public , " and the Recording Academy 's " Governor 's Award . " Janet received three nominations on the 44th Annual Grammy Awards , winning Best Dance Recording for " All for You " , and nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for " Someone to Call My Lover . " She received the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and was nominated for Favorite Soul/R & B Album
44th Annual Grammy Awards
44th Annual Grammy Awards
All for You (Janet Jackson album)