Red Mosquito • View topic - Janelle Monae

solace · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 4:20 pm

one of the better debut albums so far this year no question. absolutely blows her previous Metropolis EP away.

i've seen her live twice now and she's just f'n amazing in person... i havea feeling this girl is gonna be big sooner rather than later.

Play C3 · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 4:52 pm

solace wrote:

absolutely blows her previous Metropolis EP away.

daaayum. thats saying something. i sort of forgot about miss monae. cant wait to hear this.

solace · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 7:49 pm

Play C3 wrote:

solace wrote:

absolutely blows her previous Metropolis EP away.

daaayum. thats saying something. i sort of forgot about miss monae. cant wait to hear this.

there's a couple missteps on the record, but for an album that runs 18 tracks that's not too bad of a track record.

digster · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 7:56 pm

I love the new video for Tightrope. Hell of a song, also.

I'm looking forward to picking up the album tomorrow.

solace · **Posted:** Mon May 17, 2010 8:02 pm

digster wrote:

I love the new video for Tightrope. Hell of a song, also.

I'm looking forward to picking up the album tomorrow.

yeah, that video is sick.

the song 'Locked Inside' is my favorite at the moment

born2kickit · **Joined:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:41 am **Posts:** 104

i just heard about her for the first time a few days ago, just bought the album a couple hours ago. this is really, really good.

Orpheus · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2010 12:09 am

Looks cool, I'll check it out.

Joesanity · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 4:18 pm

I really like Cold War.

the verb to trust · **Posted:** Fri May 28, 2010 5:58 am

This is really good :thumbsup:

First time in a while an album has legitimately surprised me. It just goes in so many directions, often in the same song. Everybody should check this out.

Orpheus · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:43 pm

Listening to this right now. Pretty blown away by her voice. A lot of the music isn't quite my style but it's quite well done. Just at the halfway mark and hoping it slows down a bit. Liked the last song a lot (Oh, Maker).

Echoes · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:36 am

So, uh, what is this like?

windedsailor · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:00 am

not my thing at all

digster · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:47 am

Saw her tonight with Erykah Badu in Chicago; she was outstanding. Cold War into Tightrope to end the set, in particular was really awesome.

the verb to trust · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:37 am

Orpheus wrote:

Listening to this right now. Pretty blown away by her voice. A lot of the music isn't quite my style but it's quite well done. Just at the halfway mark and hoping it slows down a bit. Liked the last song a lot (Oh, Maker).

Oh, Maker is maybe my fave. :luv:

Some songs work better than others, but I'm just really surprised to see an album this experimental on a major label. Good to see all of their expensive studios, musicians and production techniques finally put to good use.

invention · **Joined:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:34 am **Posts:** 12029

heard the guys on sound opinions say it was the best album of the year but i wasnt very impressed by the song they played.

invention · **Joined:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:34 am **Posts:** 12029

just listened to cold war, tightrope and many moons and changed my mind.

theplatypus · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:40 pm

I was given this by a friend a few weeks ago. I just now got around to really checking it out. Absolutely fantastic.

Alex · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:10 pm

i'm never going to let this thread reach the second page of OB

theplatypus · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:59 am

Jesus Christ this is good. I've been listening to it a lot this weekend.

Orpheus · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:58 am

For me it's an album that I'm more impressed by than I enjoy, if that makes sense. Although some of the songs are really great when I'm in the right mood.

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