Dawn version kills it
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 07:02 (five years ago) link
But part of the reason she was slow to return, she told me, is that her mentor, Prince, died unexpectedly. They were working together closely on what would become “Dirty Computer.” “This was the person that I would literally call and talk to about sounds or: ‘How should I say this? Is this saying too much?’ I just never could imagine a time where I couldn’t pick up the phone or email him, and he’d contact me right back and we’d talk about all these things that I was unsure of.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/magazine/how-janelle-monae-found-her-voice.html?action=click&contentCollection=Music&module=Trending&version=Full®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
<3 Janelle
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Thursday, 19 April 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
For my fANDROIDS, friends, & fam who have supported from day 1, the broadcast premiere of #DIRTYCOMPUTER (the emotion picture) starring the brilliant @TessaThompson_x will air Thurs 4.26 on @MTV & @BET! Check your local listings for times. #DirtyComputer (album) out Fri 4.27 ! pic.twitter.com/JoxDySSgrf— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) April 20, 2018
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 21 April 2018 04:26 (five years ago) link
damn! ^
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
rumoured tracklist
1. Dirty Computer (feat. Brian Wilson) 2. Crazy, Classic, Life 3. Take a Byte 4. Pussy Poppin’ (feat. Kamasi Washington) 5. Screwed (feat. Zoë Kravitz) 6. Django Jane 7. Pynk (feat. Grimes) 8. Make Me Feel 9. I Got the Juice (feat. Pharrell Williams) 10. I Like That 11. Don't Judge Me 12. Stevie's Dream 13. So Afraid 14. Americans
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Sunday, 22 April 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
I got Zoe Kravitz mixed up with Nina Kraviz when I first read this and got really intrigued
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
I really hope Wilson's contribution to the first track is just him mumbling "What's for lunch?...I like ice cream...Are we done...Can I go home now?...My favorite movie is Norbit..."
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
same here josh, followed by a "meh" in my case
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 04:43 (five years ago) link
i love this album! easily my favourite of hers
― ufo, Thursday, 26 April 2018 06:57 (five years ago) link
really ufo? can't imagine this being better than her debut which was one of the best debuts in my mind
― done and dusted (Ross), Thursday, 26 April 2018 09:11 (five years ago) link
it's a disappointment to me. the songs we've heard so far are the best of the bunch and a lot of the other tracks aren't terribly exciting, music-wise or lyrically. Half of the record feels like the generic filler-material on a pop record right now.But that's just my opinion, maybe it'll appeal to y'all more. Hopefully it'll grow on me, maybe.
― fragglerock, Thursday, 26 April 2018 09:27 (five years ago) link
Holy shit at Screwed! How is that not exciting lyrics?
I love how happy and major-key it all sounds, even though it's obviously coming from a place of fight and frustration.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 26 April 2018 10:31 (five years ago) link
i can imagine this easily besting her debut but i’ve always thought archandroid was just so fucking long
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 April 2018 11:06 (five years ago) link
i'm saying that having never really been into her previous albums beyond the singles though and yeah as Brad says they're so long. so many great tracks on this one and Americans is a fantastic closer especially
― ufo, Thursday, 26 April 2018 11:12 (five years ago) link
I haven’t heard the record yet (not sure where you all heard it) but I pray to god none of it sounds like yoga
― done and dusted (Ross), Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
She's going for an early '90s Madonnna vibe on "Screwed."
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
"But I go sex crazy, but I feel so screwedSex, body, we're gonna crash your partyLet's get screwed, I don't careYou fucked the world up now, we'll fuck it all back downLet's get, let's get screwedI, I don't careWe'll put water in your gunsWe'll do it all for fun"
Look, if that's your kind of bag, more power to you! Just looking at the lyrics it could just as well be a Charli XCX track - which usually make for good poppy entertainment, don't get me wrong, but they rarely "excite" me.
ArchAndroid is still my favorite - the length is a feature, not a bug.
― fragglerock, Thursday, 26 April 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
i like that
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uovntV3ZMDc
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
there's nothing that sounds like Yoga but plenty of tracks that sound very very Prince
― ufo, Friday, 27 April 2018 00:32 (five years ago) link
nothing that sounds like yoga is a plus
― dyl, Friday, 27 April 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
what song is take a byte referencing
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
I've enjoyed her previous two albums a lot, but they both had things I'd change about them. I'd lose BaBopBye Ya, Mushrooms & Roses and Make The Bus from The ArchAndroid. I'd remove the skits and Dance Apocalyptic from Electric Lady. My first impression is that there's nothing I'd change about Dirty Computer. She's finally made that concise masterpiece I knew she had in her. The way the songs flow into each other is just stunning.
― kitchen person, Friday, 27 April 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
'I live my life in a magazineI live my life on a TV screenI live my life on birth controlI lost my mind to rock and roll'
A lot of the lyrics are like this, 75% klichés, but those last 25% makes the whole thing come alive.
― Frederik B, Friday, 27 April 2018 05:29 (five years ago) link
it would be nice if the film was included in the download or at an additional price, but it's not
same thing with ionnalee's record - not sure why they don't just do what beyonce did with lemonade and bundle it
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
i'm assuming views on youtube are more important
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
god this rules
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
I feel like it’s gonna take me a few listens to get into it, but of the non-singles “Crazy, Classic, Life” and “Americans” are the most immediately striking.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdH2Sy-BlNE
here's the film!
― ufo, Friday, 27 April 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
album slays
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
it's lithe!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
"Don't Judge Me" is magnificent
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
Love this album
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
Damm love how much of her gospel upbringing she brings into this
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
film is good too, all the videos for the songs are great
― ufo, Friday, 27 April 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
"americans" is the only hat-tip toward archandroid/electric lady on this record i think
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
it's also real good
man, and it feels so much less fussy; it's got a grace to it.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
don't judge me sounds like electric lady to me
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
oh yeah that's not wrong
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
"Stevie's Dream"!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
Even though I only really liked one pre-release track out of four, I listened to the whole thing front to back this morning. The only thing that really surprised me was the prog synth on "So Afraid." The album's good and all, and the advance tracks I thought were bland worked a little better in the context of the album (meanwhile, the one I liked a lot kinda got shoved down to the level of everything else), but it's good in an earnest, try-hard, theater-kid-who-likes-Prince way, like everything else she's done. I don't think I'll be listening to it again. On the other hand, it's made me want to pull out Erykah Badu's New Amerykah albums again. So there's that.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 27 April 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
i'm addicted to this record
love the TLC reference to crazy,sexy cool
juice sounds like hollaback girl
and love that killer stevie wonder esque synth on i'm afraid
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 27 April 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
Album good, song good, bought tickets.
― rb (soda), Friday, 27 April 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
This album rules, much like her other albums
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
I like it when "Screwed" shifts into slow jam mode
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 27 April 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
"and love that killer stevie wonder esque synth on i'm afraid"
I saw a mention that this might actually be him? not sure.
anyway I think this is probably her best album, improved immensely by the absence of skits, which I hate.
― akm, Friday, 27 April 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
This is clearly the record of the summer if not the year
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 April 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
The film is decent, but I'm not sure I needed these (frequently awesome) videos with an underfed Handmaid's Tale wraparound narrative.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Friday, 27 April 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link