1st cmnt!!! she’s sooo tight!!!! that picture is crazzzy!!

Im scared.

oh wow!

I saw you rockin this on your myspace brian for a while ^^
the remix though, wich i also prefer

i’m not even into this type of music but i like it

I love Janelle Monae. I think that her style is inventive, and her voice is soo beautiful. I like her because she is a break from the ordinary, and her album art is hot too…..

Mere words cannot describe what I just heard….
All I could do was laugh.
This is the Music Young People are listening to ???

Too wierd for the kid…smh

I agree with #6. She is VERY different, but her voice and her music is kinda addictive! I dig this song on some different sh**!

Can we please have real singers back?

Wow different

Don’t Likey

Ms. Monae just won herself a new fan. After that Omarion and Bow Wow bullshit I started listening to this song with pretty low standards. I was pretty amazed though. Not only does it not sound like anything else I’ve been hearing recently (in a very good way) but if the rest of her material sounds like this, I can see her doin big things. Can’t wait to hear more from her…

Wow she’s from Atlanta? i thought she was from england or something like that

7 & 10

I can understand where you are coming from, but maybe you should check her out on some of her more contemporary cuts, like the El Debarge cover that she did on Big Boi’s Got Purp? It’s called “Time Will Reveal”.

Bjork did it way better thanks.

Not Feeling this AT ALL! voice is pretty but it seems as if she’s trying to be the Female Andre 3000 at least that’s what I get from it.

I really like this song. Its fresh and I like the fact that its something different but not trying so hard to be different. Its still has a very contemporary sound to it. If the rest of the album continues to sound like this song I think it could be a contender for a Grammy.

I LIKE NICE TUNE,,,,

The song is alright but not enough to make me buy her album. It also sounds like the music from the singer Res and I already have her album so I’m good!

I LOVE her. SO not the norm!!!

#1 FAN!!! I’m definitely making my mom take me to go get the album!!

This will be different no doubt. Its time for some new ish.

I love me some Janelle Monae…that girl is just raw for no reason lol…make you wanna THINK about slapping yo mama, re-think it when you see the look ya mama is giving you when she sees your raised hand, and then slap her anyways cuz the music is worth the beat down lol!

Ummm…yeah, I usually like non-mainstream and contemporary artists but I thinks she’s trying toooo hard to be different. I am the biggest supporter of “different” and underground music but her style seems forced, almost like this is a major gimmick. Her voice isn’t bad, I’d have to hear more before I go cop the whole CD.

ROTFL @ 24….funny funny.

Fresh and creative.

already bought the single early this summer….she’s a genius. if record labels can promote amy winehouse or lilly allen music then why can’t they promote janelle????

why do all black female singers have to follow the same formula????

its catchy in an adams family way but I tried it and it really isn’t my cup of tea

not feeling it too much

I’m starting to catch on to it the more I listen.

She’s a good singer, but I’m always kinda skeptical about these “alternative” artists. Sometimes it can come across a bit contrived…I would like to hear more of her stuff though.

I agree #25.

I like quirkiness. Which is why I’m a big Kelis fan.

But I DO dig this song. I hafta hear more from her.

ok that shit is scary azz hell I’m talkin about the pic and song was iight

Its not too DIFFERENT thats its just WEIRD. plus I like her cuz she wears her hair the way I do

Is this real, from here heart, or just something slapped together to be made to sound like Kelis?

ITS TOO MUCH FOR MY TASTE, IM NOT REALLY INTO HER NO WAY, BUT I WISH HER MUCH SUCCESS

I love it it something different Better than the music on the radio for me so i am def gonna find them

I been ON Janelle Monae for a min…I love her sound, shes very different..and doesnt aim to look like all young Black female artist that are mainstream

I hate her music! Blah blah blah, not good! That may sound a little childish of me but I just don’t like her image or music. Too MUCH!

Um, didn’t anyone notice that Jamrock’s face and neck are 2 different colors? Ease up on the Fashion Fair, ma!

It sounds very musical-esque, not really the type of stuff I’d sit down and jam to… but I like that she is taking a different approach. I’d probably check her album out though. Much success to her.

i love violet stars happy hunting i love her whole style it’s so refreshing…i most def have to get her cd

I agree her voice is nice but that song is a little WEIRD

YEAH, I LIKED IT WHEN BJORK DID IT 10 YEARS AGO…

NOT NECCESSARILY THE VOCALS BUT ART CONCEPT AND MUSICAL DIRECTION HAS MOST DEF. BEEN DONE BEFORE.

It desperately needs a video. Kind of like Outkast’s Hey Ya. It could be a hit.

Is it me, or didn’t I hear something from my childhood?

“1,2,3, fo, fiiive, 6,7,8,nay, teeen,11,12?

Exactly what do I need to drink or smoke to like this?

# 16 I CO-SIGN THAT, IT WAS A’IGHT BUT I GOTTA HEAR MORE FROM HER TO SEE IF SHE GOT HER OWN SOUND.

I like it, like ten seconds into the song I was moving. The whole sound of the song is hot to me. I might have to get her album, I need to hear more though before I make my decision.

I think you need to be on X to understand this song…lol.

But other than that, I had a compliation of Janelle’s older songs that I really liked so I guess I’m just gonna have to wait for the next single to come out to be judgemental.

This is Song is HOT!

Finally, its always nice to see a young black women doing something a lil different.

i liked it.

but im low-key scared.
lol

@ KMNILES # 45 it’s 1,2,3,FOUR not fo, 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12…and yes you did hear the counting of numbers from sesamestreet. Moving on this song is mediocre at best..the beat is ok..and her voice is nice..but those damn gay guys in the background have got to go! Other than that, I give it a 5/1/2 on a scale of 1-10. Besides I have never heard of this chick anyway..so I need to see more from her.

This is hot! Brian you finally did something right for a change.

LOL@ jewel and Bill good one!

ok…… i phucking looooooooove this song. It’s weird. It’s different. It’s refreshing. It’s completely crazy.

I PHUCKING LOVE IT!

CONCRETE YOU NEED TO KEEP BREAKING NEW ISH’ LIKE THIS EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE!!!

I don’t even know who this chick is, never heard of her. I love that pic the song, however, I can do without. Peace

@ LUCA

Can’t believe Bjork got a shout! Loves me some.

Oh snap, I just figured out who she is. She’s the chick that worked with Outkast on their last album, right? I’m still not feeling it.

I actually like janelle song and voice. Although I do think at times on her myspace bulletins she goes overboard with this outerspace/1950’s stuff. Other than that her voice, talent, and enthusiasm alone she could possibly be a female Andre 300 mixed with Lauryn Hill if she gets into some neo-soul.

SHE IS DEFINATELY TRYING TOO HARD.

SHE’S NOT THE FEMALE ANDRE 3000…KELIS IS.

AND I AGREE WITH ONE OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS….BJORK DID THIS ISH SO MUCH BETTER IN 1997.

NOT A GOOD LOOK.

@ 53

I know it’s four sweetie…I was just trying to put emphasis on how it was placed in the song. Thanks for the look out tho.

(I mispelled that on purpose, lol)

She’s pretty cool. She reminds me of Res and Prince mush together. I like the whole quirky, space wars type of sound.

I like the “Lettin Go” Janelle.
I can dig the different sound that she is bringing but at the same time, kinda like what #35 said.. is it from her heart? I love the face that her writing skills are sick but these lyrics are a little to “Atlanta” for me…

NEXT SINGLE?

THIS SONG IS FIRE!!! ITS DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I HEARD BEFORE. I SERIOUSLY DID NOT EXPECT THIS FROM HER. IF HER 2ND SINGLE IS AS HOT AS THIS ILL DEFINITELY COP HER ALBUM. THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IN AN ARTIST, SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE NORM & THIS SONG IS DEFINITELY THAT. WHO WRITES SONGS ABOUT THIS? LOL SERIOUSLY, THE GIRL IS SICK!!!!

I dig her…I like Letting Go & Peachtree Blues more than this one…the Cyber-Hop mix is better.

Wonder what ever happened to Kina (from Brownstone) who made steps into the rock arena a little while back. Like Res, this sister was giving it original, but didn’t really catch on.

I guess it’s hard to break out the black alternative with the current state of black radio.

I am totally into different types of music especially trip hop/down tempo (Masssive Attach, Zero 7, BJORK ), but this didn’t catch my ear at all. As a visual artist, I think she is stunning, but I haven’t heard anything of hers and moves me. When I first saw that poster the first thing that I thought of was Bjork (All is full of love video) I think she wants be be the black bjork.

yeah her and kelis are both different but janelle can actually blow and even though i love kelis she is not as good of a singer as janelle…love this song…it sounds so much better in the car.

This was ok, I wasn’t thrilled by it at all. I did actually like the Sesame Street line though. That was very catchy.

I believe this girl is very talented and has a beautiful voice, but this song is not her. It seems like an Andre 3000 song or something.

Ohh she’s dopeee.. this is my jam. Janell Monae is different and fresh and that’s exactly what music needs today.It’s too many damn duplicated females in the industry. They all look the same and sound the same and sing about the same damn thing.. She’s different, her hair, her style, her voice.
She’s dope.

Lmao at Jewel I agree. WTF at her cd titld to out there for me

If I was contemplating suicide, I would listen to this record to get me in the mood.

This sounds like the type of music gay people like to listen to.

I really like her & she has a great voice!

O trynna step his vocal game up mannnnn thats whats up!!! I accidentally cut Bow’s part off, but I guess he was hot as well…………..

I like it and her album was sick I bought

I think that Janelle Monae is great, I 1st heard her on the Got Purp? LP and have been waiting on her alblum to drop ever since. I was going crazy looking for her stuff on every website I could think of. Now that it’s out I can relax am wait on my boy Scar to show himself. Purple Ribbon is going to take over really soon and I can’t wait for the world to get onboard. By the way her music isn’t going to be for everyone but I don’t think anyone can deny regardless of what she sings about she has one of the most beautiful voices out right now.

NOT feelin it!

Why are you Americans comparing her to me? I like her, I think she’s hot! Rock on!

ok, i c her

kinda reminds me of kelis, the 2nd album Wanderland.

very outside of the box

she’d definitely be a star overseas…i hope the people feel her in the U.S.

strangly i like it… the lyrics are way too confusin cuz i dont kno what the fuck she talkin bout but the beat is hot and her voice is iight… but umm, i’m scared 2 buy the album cuz i don’t wanna be confused when i listen 2 it… but do yo thang!

@ #40

Watching me kind of hard aren’t you..stalker! It’s an ego boost too because out of all the people on here you choose to watch me and that’s flattering but I’m no into women..so no thanks!

# 79 BJORK IS THAT REALLY YOU???

(IF I’M GETTIN MY CHAIN PULLED YOU GOT ME) BUT YOU GOTTA ADMIT THIS LOOKS LIKE “ALL IS FULL OF LOVE” VID.

(HEY, IMAN & KANYE READ GOSSIP BLOGS, IT COULD HAPPEN)

I can’t believe I keep hearing this Kelis thing, she is CRUSHING Kelis. Here’s a crazy idea…why don’t we appreciate people for what they do and stop looking for comparisons? I’m just happy there are still people willing to take the time out to come up with something new and stick by it. I’ve been following JM since the AUC…haters get lost! You go girl!

where is R.K.J VILLE when u need him?

he gives me my life

#84

people have to make comparisons becuase some negroes can’t comprehend anything out of the relm of songs like “same girl”. and they get all confused and scared when something new comes along and they cant wrap their mind around it. Its like a defense mechanism that some black folks use to justify liking it . These are the same people that consider T-pain an r&b artist.

@ 73- The kind of music gay people listen to?

WoW! I’m not gay but that has to be one of the most close-minded things I’ve heard all day.

i like it, it’s so different from what’s out now

it’s on some gnarles barkley stuff and i like it. i didn’t like everything on that gnarles barkely but “crazy” and some of the other tracks on that album more than made for some of the bad ones. i see where she’s going with it and i like it. we say we’re tired of beyonce (and yes i brought her name up, since she’s supposedly what’s wrong with music today) but when this girl attempts to bring something different to the table y’all won’t even give her a chance calling her a wannabe andre3000, well what’s wrong with a female andre3000? she can do the same stuff he’s doing but do it from a female perspective. again, i like this and would buy the album once i heard some more cuts from the album. i’m just now starting to buy cd’s again, and i refuse to buy an album i haven’t heard in it’s entirety, so keep posting her songs up brian so i can know all of what to expect. take care y’all.

I really like it. I was kind of surprised.

I like this! Very fresh.

Hmnn. Different and refreshing, but this particular track does nothing for me. Does she do trance music too? That would be hot.
My little one certainly likes it– she can’t stop twisting and shaking behind me now.

I thought of Japan as soon as the music played.

I love her music - a little Kelis-ish but I guess that’s WHY I like it. I just Pre-Ordered her CD, it’s only $5!

awful

I absolutely love her! she is definitely a great artist and she can sang!!!!!!!!!! peach tree blues is a true testament to that.
I hope the public accepts her! I love violet stars so much that it’s on my myspace page!
I am anxious to see what else she has in store for us!

http://www.myspace.com/browne_sugar

sorry but kelis wishes she could shine as brightly as janelle monae…this is girl is dope…she judt didn’t comeout with a neptunes beat as her first single….thats why her name isn’t “house-hold” yet!

Wowwwwwwwwww! did I just step into the wizard of OZ.
Oh! I thought I was asleep. Ummm… Next.

ummm…my ears have just been raped!! but i sort of like it. i think? lemme listen to it again…

dis song goes sooo hard n so many ways!
it kinda freakd me out at first but i got into after listenin to it for awhile.
if u high n drunk n listenin to dis it will hav u goin crazy lol

I like it, it different form the carbon copy boing pop shi*t that’s on everybody’s joints right now. And one more thing Brian, proof read please.

Ooo look at me talking

Her

FYI don’t eat fried chicken and try to type at the same time. Never mind Brian.

I like the song. Its different.

This bitch is ill

I really like this song. I haven’t really been into some of the other stuff you posted from her, but I’m totally diggin’ this! I would never know about this girl if it weren’t for your post Brian. I hope she appreciates all the love CL gives her

niggas always tryna be different….it usually fails. lol!

Do not like this song at all. Just not my style but I guess it’s good if you’re into that type of stuff??

I ALSO CAN’T STAND HER ELVIS - AFRO!!!!!!!!!!!

Her vocals are definitely stronger than Kelis’ but the sound in general is the same. coming out with an Outkast beat is just as successful as a Neptune one. Janelle just hasn’t had as much advertising.

i dont know y but i love the ” they’ve come to destory me” part

Her voice is SO pretty! This is a very high energy song… I had a good little aerobic workout going on listening to this. I like it because she’s different from any other black female artist out now. Big ups to her:)

The more I listen to it, the more I’m loving it!

i see she’s also using the Metropolis concept that beyonce used for her “get me bodied” BET award performance. she’s alright,definitely a better vocalist than kelis.

Actually I’m kinda diggin it too. The song makes a lot more sense when you take into account this is her interpretation of the movie “metropolis” which is about a cyborg that is hunted down and destroyed . There’s more to the movie of course but that’s a part of it.

Janelle Monae is the truth, the realest, and the future of music…..It has just begun! She is on some new, out the box issh with her sound. It’s only obvious that it will take more than one shot for the squares to catch up to her. I trust shes well aware of that….

This Sound like Kelis
Has she worked w/ Kelis?

I’m dizzy

SHE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VOICE. IM NOT FEELING THIS STYLE OF MUSIC THOUGH. ” IM A ALIEN FROM OUTTA SPACE” IS SHE HIGH ?

I remember her with letting go. She is unique and different. I love that song violet stars happy hunting. I’m a alien from outer space. A cybergirl without face, a heart, or mind…yeah….I’ll will get her album

I love her she is the hottest thing right now.

I’m not really into this type of sound. I wish her the best though.

wow….this is definitely some left field type shit. It’s strangely interesting and I kind of like it.

LOVES IT!

i can dig it

why does that picture remind me so much of kelis, especially from her video “get along with you”

She has a nice voice but I don’t get the concept, mabye it’s to out there for me.

Anything creative. I can respect.

I dont know about the song, sounds abit contrived…BUT her voice is definetly whats up. Plus if Gwen, Nelly, and Fergie can sing about retarted stuff then so can she!

Oh and here is Ciara’s official cant leave em alone remix.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/32363721dcfbde/

Its aight, sounds like a early 90’s song or something, and she added some add libs
And atleast 50 aint in it.

She’s dope & her voice is really beatiful. But she’s gonna have a heard time breaking into “urban”. Hopefully, she can do what Kelis did and develop a strong Euro base and then slowly break into urban.

She’s too talented to go unnoticed though.

LMAO @ # 12. Ok, nice concept.

It’s different. I want to hear more.

I liked the song she did last year (it was posted on CL), can’t remember the title.

I’m……….um….kinda….speechless.

I LIKE ALL TYPES OF MUSIC BUT AINT NO WAY IM CONVINCED THAT THIS ISHT IS GONNA BE HOT FIRE…LOL

KELIS IS THE SH!T. SHE’S HOT, FRESH, AND DARING.
I LIKE JANELLE MONAE BECUZ SHE’S DIFFERENT. BUT KELIS WAS THE FIRST SISTER WITH THE OUTER SPACE SH!T (”MARS”, “SHOOTING STARS”, “TRIOLOGY” , ETC. ) THE CYPERHOP REMIX IS BETTER THOUGH. AND YEAH HER GOT PURP SONGS ARE STRAIGHT TOO.

Cool. For once something different and fresh in this industry.

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lol @ 45 … I thought I was the only one who caught that.

I’ve been a fan since “Letting Go”. I love. love, LOVE her voice as much as this one, too.

Does anyone else wanna watch Jem! now?

I like her hair better when its in the fro but her voice is special. I hope she avoids the Lauryn Hill/Badu syndrome and doesn’t lose her mind.

we *heart* jane!

I am a fan of alternative r’n'b (remember Kelis’ first release?) but this does NOT do it for me. She’s trying to be all things to all people without being a Cassie or Yucky Yaki Beyonce.
I admire her drive but won’t be picking this up (or even downloading) anytime soon.

i love her style. this song is wild. if you like this style of music, you’ll like this artist named res. she’s very different too. but this woman here is amazing. she’s like an female andre 3000….and i love me some outkast…church…..

# 10 and what singers are you talking about??? Beyonce, Nicole (whats the hell. who cares about her name) Mya, please, Ciara, she has 50 following her, so her career is doomed, it seems that real singers ae in short supply. I think she reminds me of 3000, his style is so different and people took a little time to get use to it, but great music either way, but #10 you live in a free country and you thoughts are yours and respected. sorry if i came across hard.

This sounds like that wierd off the wall shit (album having a futuristic theme) like songs that Bjork has done. I love Bjork’s randomness so this chick might be worth checking out. I have to hear other songs from her first.

she is talented and adorable. i went looking for pics and videos of her and found this animation on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHa6y9S4jGE

too perfect! can’t wait until she blows the eff up!!!

Wow… I youtubed her and found this video. She is the shit! They cut her mic off and she keeps singing! http://youtube.com/watch?v=sn5gppUyXSc

this song is actually pretty good!!

her music is creative and inventive. sounds better than 90% of the cookie cutter R&Bish songs on the radio now. Too bad she prolly won’t sell well though, to many people still caught up in the matrix of black radio.

janelle monae IS the shit! Al cyberdogs or whatever she calls them, lets unite!

I love Janelle Monae she is the best her music is different and that’s why I like it she has so much energy and everything she does just seems so real you can tell she loves what she does and she has fun with it already bought the album can’t wait for the next one and the next one after that!

Yo this is FIYAH! I love the whole concept album idea of basically telling a tale through different chapters and songs. This particular song is so hot to me though. I have been listening to this track back to back. Get into it!

this song is very different…i like more of her stuff from idlewild and the song she did with the jaspects called “peach street blues”…she has an amazing voice and i would much rather here her sing stuff more along those lines.

Well to the ones who are like, “She’s weird; this is wat kids listen to these days?” Yes it is wat we listen to. why? because we’ve obviously evolved from th 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, & 90’s. We’re in a new era and to me Janelle Monae is introducing that new era to the world. Her voice is beautiful, her image is different from other typical artists now-a-days. Also to # 35, you can tell this music is completely Janell’s style and from the heart; way more so than the noise Kelis makes. OPEN YA MINDS PEOPLE. TIMES ARE CHANGING!

I think that Janelle Monae will change the world of music. This is the first song/single in her conquest to do so….

I cannot get enough of this…..why why why do we have to wait so long for the next part….I NEED IT NOW!!!
Her range and talents get better and better every time I listen to it.

Janelle ROCKS FACT!!!!!!!!!!

I like it. There is also a song by her called YOU that song is gonna kill the R&B charts when it’s released I like the fact that she is different and not conforming.. SHE HAS A FAN IN ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, she works with Big Boi? Hmm I guess that explains why she sounds like the female carbon copy of Andre 3000. DOn’t believe me, check out Andre 3000’s cartoon soundtrack. I still like the song tho. Lol, maybe because I like Andre 3000 and his soundtrack…

I think this will be one of the artists that either does very well commercialy (meaning they’ll Brand the crap out of her because she’s cute and different) or we won’t see at all in 3 three years. Let’s be honest she doesn’t have a great voice, it’s ok to say the least, it’s not that different than most singers on a stage show in college. The style is basically Andre 5000 from outkast put in a girl. True she says some outspoken statements to match her over the top character, but that doesn’t make it original. I’m not sure if people are just so use to seeing what we think is normal on tv so when an artists steps onto it that they find unique for one second they start calling them ORIGINALS, this girls is not an original, she’s a make up of several strong factors in the entertainment industry, Grace Jones, Andre 5000, and James Brown’s dancing (not by any means her singing) still vocally she doesn’t compare to any great singers, and thats just being honest.