Janelle Monae

whats wrong with the perpetua review lex

the quality songwriting is exactly why this is great fwiw

cold war is def my favorite vocal performance

"there's a lot bluster & noise on the album and not much quality songwriting"
^kinda where I'm at; the razzmatazz gets cloying

and I voted for Metropolis as top 10 p+j in 08 and I'm pretty sure this won't make it into my top 20 unless another few listens really changes my perspective... though tightrope might be a top ten single.

i think a more restricted palette served her better; this is nice and it has def high points but after three or four listens I haven't felt as compelled to return to this as, say, Josh Turner or Guido or Ratatat or Ellie Goulding or

btw, nellie calmed down that jazz hands shit over her last two hands and is no longer quite so drastically unfocused and is quietly building a pretty nice discog

"last two hands" = "last two albums"

dog u like ratatat

yes and you like jacka

our respective crosses to bear

btw i listened to shooterz for a week and finally decided that, with exceptions, you and i have definitely different tastes and that's kinda where it's at

ratatat is great!

alfred is an eccentric

Ha! Okay! That's a first.

It's Memorial Day weekend, bros. Take the album on your iPods. Play it for your friends.

ipod got stolen

probably sunn0))) :(

this record is all songs -- if u cant make it thru the 'razzmatazz' thats on you -- and im kinda surprised you dont like anything on shooterz either. really? no songs stood out to you at all?

not even like www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhV-3FNUo5w

did the mods write "no bay area youtubes from poster 'deej'" into the code?

all over me and starz are runnin get some play every now and again, but overall not so much

reign god is okay but so much of that mix sounds like g-unit recycling

do you mean its ... gangster rap?

bcuz jacka himself doesnt really sound like any member of g-unit & certainly has his own lyrical style

anyway we should take that to the fruity therad

did the mods write "no bay area youtubes from poster 'deej'" into the code?

― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, May 29, 2010 7:12 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

i try to do yall a favor & u zing me for it -- just for that im posting 10 bay rap youtubes in the fruity swag thread before today is over

:-p

'faster' is sooo good.

^^^

dash-dashing prince or horny toad

Haven't really heard much of her stuff, but I'm excited that I'll be seeing her open for Ms Badu tonight.

this record is cool, but sometimes it's a little too "jazz hands" for moi

holy shit, she's touring with Badu?????

i think it's funny how popists basically react like O.G. indie rockers when the uncool kids invade the clubhouse

holy shit, she's touring with Badu?????

http://outmymindjustintimetour.com

argh, not going to be able to go

Neither am I! I'll be in Canada when they swing through.

I'll be in a part of Canada that they won't be swinging through.

i think it's funny how popists basically react like O.G. indie rockers when the uncool kids invade the clubhouse

― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, June 2, 2010 11:26 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha

Yes, exactly. OMG, indie fans like an R&B album! It must be shit!

it's very suuuuuuuuuuuuspicious!!!!!

Oh those crazy popists!

the chorus to "cold war" is really amazing

"Cold War" is really reminiscent of Gnarls Barkley to me ("Going On" specifically)

xp Yeah really baffled at people who knock the songwriting on this.

in one song she is "shaking like schizo" in another she is like "schizo running wild"

Okay, she was fucking amazing last night opening for Erykah Badu. I am now 100% completely sold and went out to buy the new album and the EP this morning. Since I'm not familiar with all the songs just yet, the only titles I know she played for 100% certain were "Smile" (which was so beautiful, the guitar player she had was pretty good - he looked like what Snoop Dogg would have if he'd have joined the Ramones) and "Tightrope" which closed off her set. Fantastic homage to James Brown, complete with the knee shaking dance and cape thing. She was so energetic and joyful. Loved loved loved her!

Wonder if she's planning to tour the UK, was pretty eager to see her before and that post has made me even more so.

she's really amazing live

idk if she's still doing this but when i saw her last year, she painted a canvas on stage and threw it into the audience, wet paint and all.

Does she play with a string/horn section?

she didn't, but that was a small one-off show so she might next time, now that she has music out in the uk

She did not do the painting thing and no, no string/horn section. Very stripped down - drummer, keyboard guy, guitarist, and a couple hooded backup dancers.

seen her twice now and I found that "energetic and joyful" thing a bit canned; she'll absolutely manufacture it if the crowd's not into it.