She is amazing.
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 18 May 2008 19:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
song of the century??
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 18 May 2008 19:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 18 May 2008 19:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
Great song, fantastic cover!!
― Snowballing, Sunday, 18 May 2008 21:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
I'm an alien from outer spaaaaaaace...
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 19 May 2008 02:44 (5 years ago) Permalink
yeah, she's pretty much the goods- yet folks are rightfully worried about this whole Bad Boy/Diddy signing... can he make it GO without doing too much diddy-dabbling?
in the meanwhile, i'ma buy her every/all up 'til now.
― natlawdp, Monday, 19 May 2008 03:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
rightfully worried
^^^silliness
― deej, Monday, 19 May 2008 03:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
yeah I was a bit worried when I heard about the bad boy signing, but it seems like he's not really going to meddle too much and he really believes in her so he won't shelve her album for 7 years (see: cheri denis).
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 19 May 2008 03:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
not really deej, diddy has a bad track record...
I love her purp/idewild stuff and the metropolis suite is grrrrreat and nuts; she's totally somebody to watch.
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 19 May 2008 16:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
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im not even the danity kane fan and i dont believe this
― deej, Monday, 19 May 2008 17:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think Diddy has a pretty spotty track record for artist development. But he's also the guy whose biggest regret as a label owner is that he didn't get to sign Missy Elliott, so I could see him wanting to promote Janelle Monae exactly the way she is now. That said, this chick is fucking annoying.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 19 May 2008 17:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
in my experience calling a girl annoying is guy for "im gonna try and fuck that chick". its an instant break up in my book.
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^^ I will not deny that I at least partially mean that in this way, though
it's true though... why do you think basically everyone left bad boy? he doesn't promote his artists properly. Danity Kane didn't make anything off of their first album.
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 19 May 2008 17:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
well it depends if we're evaluating his A&R game from the standpoint of making good records, making popular records, or making the artist money? but yeah it seems like everyone who's ever been on BB has gotten financially screwed, especially the people who sign away their rights in order to audition on a TV show.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 19 May 2008 17:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
success... failure... diddy does what diddy does, which is inject diddyness into everydiddything he touches. though jodeci and mary j reflected diddy style, he didn't permeate their output in the same way he did with rappers. but that 'last night' song he did with Keyshia Cole? i don't want him doing new wave-y songs with JMonae in a supporting role...
― natlawdp, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
Off-topic a bit, but I never made through to the end of "Damaged" until now. As obnoxious and chintzy as most of the song is, the last minute is great, probably because it sounds like something from Press Play.
― rev, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
we should get yung joc to post here
― J0rdan S., Monday, 19 May 2008 19:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
meet me at the borad, it's goin dowwwn
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
i love her.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Lettin' Go" = all-time jam
― rev, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOP98zdmanY&feature=related
― natlawdp, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
anyone heard this seeming grab-bag of pre-spacey songs that's about? (includes 'lettin go', 'time will reveal' and so on.) on wiki it is masquerading as a 2003 album called the audition but i dunno, the whole thing is a bit fishy to me
anyways historical suspicious aside it is quite impressive (on levels i havent thought about too hard yet)! raving about the song 'cindi' would only go and show up my weakness for musicals a bit overfar so check my other jam 'my favourite nothing' instead - it sounds like some passable 'hey ya' shit at first but pay attention to the lyrics cos i don't wanna spoil it
― r|t|c, Thursday, 26 June 2008 14:03 (4 years ago) Permalink
(sort of the lol/waaah audio version of that cat w/ no face blog if it's any incentive)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 26 June 2008 14:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
"Many Moons" video is absolutely amazing:
― After The Hurricane (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 07:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
Full Length Album is coming out January 20th.
I must say Diddy is doing a pretty good job promoting her... and obviously he's putting a lot into her project because the "Many Moons" video looks like it had a pretty big budget..
― After The Hurricane (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 07:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
man i've seriously never heard one bad thing about her but i kind of think she's really corny
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 07:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
she is laying it on thick in that video
it's really too much
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 07:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Really? What don't you like about her?
I think she is soooo fly... the voice, the music, the lyrics, the style, and if you watch interviews with her she's really intelligent and thoughtful. She's just such a breathe of fresh air, and I love this whole sort of Afro-Futurist aesthetic/movement that she's kind of a part of (along with J*Davey, Sa-Ra, etc.).
― After The Hurricane (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 08:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
well i actually like the futuristic american bandstand vibe, but i just think she could deal to lay off a bit. it's like when wayne plays the guitar and you just wanna scream WE GET IT BRO. i feel bad hating cuz it's so singular and vibrant and she is obviously having the time of her life hamming it up, it's just gets to a point where it's too much for me
i mean the song is okay but i don't get excited about it the way i don't get excited about solange. it's a nice piece of retro-pop and i'd probably be way more receptive to it if i just heard an mp3 or whatever
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 08:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
Muthafuckas act like they forgot about Imani Copolla.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 08:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
So I'm listening to Metropolis right now and it's making me smile a LOT
― Barack You Like A Husseincane (HI DERE), Friday, 23 January 2009 17:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
i <3 JM despite her overplaying the space alien angle at times (esp when the music is not always as imaginative and more conventionally rock). but all i have is the EP. theres must be more out there.
― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 23 January 2009 17:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
I like this girl's voice and ideas, but the songs don't quite live up to them yet.
― chap, Friday, 23 January 2009 18:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
titch, sk out "The Audition", her unreleased demo or album or something from 03-ish
― The Reverend, Saturday, 24 January 2009 07:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
I take back my earlier comment, 'Sincerely, Jane' is absolutely terrific, and the other tracks on the ep have grown on me as well. Really looking forward to the full album now.
― chap, Thursday, 29 January 2009 13:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
saw her live at bonnaroo, one of the best performers i've ever seen...painted a painting with her hands while singing a creepy ballad, handed it to someone in the audience still singing...climbed up on a bar stool to sing 'smile', had 1000+ sweaty white people in tears
― guitar hero sparklehorse (nickalicious), Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
she did a song there called 'atl' that people in the audience were yelling for that isn't on her album?
she's fucking mindblowing live. i'd never heard of her before i saw her open for an act i was seeing in april and i've been a huge fan since...she's such a fucking star. i will say that the jordans of the world who find her corny probably wouldnt have been swayed, it's quite over the top.
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 21 July 2009 20:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
talking to a friend who works at a club in atlanta:
mce: babysitting janelle monae audition drummers omg kill mesomedude77: hahahasomedude77: they can't be as annoying as janelle monae herselfmce: no but i have to listen to 20 drummers in a row play over her stupid musicsomedude77: lolsomedude77: you have my sympathy dogmce: its awful. 2 down and 18 to gomce: oh great her heinous is heremce: its so gay she made all her people like get dressed upmce: what a cuntmce: no wait she sent a clone!mce: rofflesmce: she's a "representive of janelle monae"somedude77: hahahasomedude77: and the representative is dressed up like her?mce: yes she is wearing what id imagine janelle monae would wear on a saturday morning.mce: and i do think its her and she lied.
― some dude, Saturday, 29 August 2009 15:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
rock lobster?
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 25 October 2009 21:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Such a great voice.
― His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. (chap), Monday, 26 October 2009 02:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
After a series of sci-fi-soul EPs, funk futurist Janelle Monáe is finally ready to drop her debut album, The ArchAndroid, which is due out May 18 courtesy of Wondaland Arts Society/Bad Boy. According to a press release, the LP is not merely another collection of songs but an "EMOTION PICTURE"
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 February 2010 23:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
She sounds like Liza Minnelli to me. I don't get the appeal.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 00:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
still love 'many moons' but i can see this chick grating like nellie mckay quick fast
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 01:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
She's coming to DC shortly (with the presumed winner of the drummer audition mentioned above)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 February 2010 18:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
I would rather listen to lady gaga than this bullshit
― the-fream (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 18:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
i like what i've heard of janelle a lot.
i hear a lot of her sound in Beyonce's Radio
― you have to forgive me (surm), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 18:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
realizing that r&b'ers will be forced to listen to of montreal if they listen to this record ^_^
― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 18:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/atlanticrecords/queen-feat-erykah-badu/
into it
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:47 (1 month ago) Permalink
I kind of dig it. Unfortunately, if I let it go to the next song on Atlantic, I get reminded that Twenty One Pilots is a thing.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 02:05 (1 month ago) Permalink
it's enjoyably corny
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 04:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror? is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror?
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
rap at the end is a bit too extra tho :/
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
haha the extra-ness of the rap was what brought me round to this
(which i like, but i've been too busy looping quadron and kelis to give it my full attention)
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
"oh no/the booty don't lie"
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:32 (1 month ago) Permalink
love the deep groove w/ horns ~4 min in.
the rap is pretty great in its own way too. like not many performers can keep it that posi without just inducing eyerolls.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
new quadron?
― sandra dayo connor (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
okay this is fantastic
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
quadron
in here rev, and be sure to watch the video
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:41 (1 month ago) Permalink
ugh this shit is endless, i'm very sorely tempted to turn it off at the 2:30 mark
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:47 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh well second half is better at least
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
erykah kills it and the bit at the end was pretty exciting.
keen for this album, the last one was a real mess of ideas but a lot of them stuck
― monotony, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:08 (1 month ago) Permalink
Yeah, I'm hoping the new one will be shorter and more concise. New song is cool, probably a grower.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
Can't. Stop. Playing. This. So many fresh new tunes this week. And it's only Tuesday.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:34 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh no, the booty don't lie.
― cherry blossom (soda), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:47 (1 month ago) Permalink
Maybe I'm just in the wrong mood, but Q.U.E.E.N. is totally boring to me.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:34 (1 month ago) Permalink
7/10 for the first half, 9/10 for the second half!
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 16:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
The first half is a nightmare. I'm actually hoping Badu goes in her half's direction.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 April 2013 13:58 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
new video is hot. the poodle is a great touch.
realized also that the first part reminds me of "all i need"
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 23:31 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Song gets better with each listen. Song + video increases its betterness to the power of 10.
(And not to be creepin, but Janelle in that mod wig and stripey dress is killing me dead.)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 May 2013 00:51 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
otm cool video
― deeznuggz (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:34 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
really like this song
at her red bull talk badu was gushing about monae... i think she said something like "she understands my heart more than anyone"
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:43 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
This is fantastic! Great song and video. Hope the album is coming real soon.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 2 May 2013 03:12 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Love the strings under the rap at the end, very Curtis.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 2 May 2013 09:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
badu's part is great, the way the blunt keyboards slide away leaving jazzy impressions and she just weaves in and out of them
unfortunately her delivery kind of emphasizes how dull monae's is
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:56 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
but then this is the least i've been bored by a monae track since "many moons," so that's something
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:57 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah never been a big fan of hers either but this song sticks out for me
― deeznuggz (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:58 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― big firework, Friday, 3 May 2013 23:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Whoops, meant to post this one, although, now that I look, the video wasn't in here yet anyway.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6B5nqy_MwwE
― big firework, Friday, 3 May 2013 23:40 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Janelle looks really hot in the short wig.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 4 May 2013 15:57 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
^^^^^^^
― frogbs, Saturday, 4 May 2013 16:26 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Got to see Monae again a few months ago as a special guest at a Prince aftershow. She's usually a dynamo, and I was hoping she would own it after lackluster Prince as bandleader doing wan covers sans guitar, but this night was a total drag. 3am was not the right time to debut a couple of chill new songs. :(
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 May 2013 16:59 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Not feeling Q.u.e.e.n. at all.
― longneck, Saturday, 4 May 2013 21:25 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Likewise.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 May 2013 00:03 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
It's not my favorite song ever but it has my favorite line in a song ever right now
― Fred by Durst (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 May 2013 00:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
BADOULA OBLANGATA
― m0stlyClean, Sunday, 5 May 2013 16:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
^^ sounded much better sung by a meerkat in The Lion King.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 May 2013 20:35 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
The video def takes it up a notch, but I think it's really good on its own.
― big firework, Monday, 6 May 2013 22:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
― Fred by Durst (The Reverend), Saturday, May 4, 2013 7:07 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
which one
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:40 (2 days ago) Permalink
hint: he posted it as a giant block of text itt
― my mans ray manzarek (some dude), Thursday, 23 May 2013 10:37 (2 days ago) Permalink
oh duh
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 24 May 2013 15:28 (Yesterday) Permalink
i mean tbh I figured as much
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 24 May 2013 15:29 (Yesterday) Permalink
this song is an infinitely better and more valid queer anthem than "Born This Way" could ever hope to be
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 24 May 2013 15:30 (Yesterday) Permalink
the booty don't lie, it gets better
― my mans ray manzarek (some dude), Friday, 24 May 2013 15:32 (Yesterday) Permalink
I do kind of wish she'd be less coy about her sexuality, but I'm possibly not the one to speak
― MIGUEL 3D: THEY FLY @ U FACE (The Reverend), Friday, 24 May 2013 18:02 (Yesterday) Permalink
Pretty much love QUEEN now, best thing she's done by miles
Not as good as Jerk Ribs tho
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Friday, 24 May 2013 19:59 (Yesterday) Permalink
xp idk dude this song seems v uncoy
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 24 May 2013 20:03 (Yesterday) Permalink