CONCERTS: R&B LIVE PRESENTS JANELLE MONAE
Thursday, January 31, 2008

( Photos: Nunez/ Wireimage )
Janelle Monae performed at Spotlight in NY on Tuesday, presented by R&B Live.
Headliners Cheri Dennis, Mario Winans and MTB4 also performed live. Guests included Missy, Diddy, Naughty By Nature, Ray J, Mario, and Angel Lola Luv.









75 Comments
1.
Genius Hates Company
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I love Janelle…glad to see more of her…she’s working her way up there.
2.
liz
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
JANELLE IS MY GIRL!!!!!
3.
shelby
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
looks like fun
4.
GeyonceIrene
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
IS THAT THE GIRL WIT THE FAKE BOOTY?
5.
GeyonceIrene
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
IM AN ALIEN FROM OUTTA SPACE…THATS MY JAM!!! WHOO WHOO!!!!
6.
What it DO?!?
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
quick ?…does she always wear the same thing?(janelle)
7.
Ms. Bmore
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Janelle is one talented chica!! I tried buying her album on her website..but the link is broken. I’m like “Damn, girl, I try to support you but you need to fix that website”. I want to see more of her. I like her personality, and she’s not BORING like. hmmm..that .Leona Lewis chic….snoooooooore. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
8.
melisus
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Why is Angel Lola fake ass there? Sorry but I just do not see the hype about Janelle.Ray J looks pissed off about something.Cherri Dennis………yawns………….Treach looks,how can I say this delicately different.
9.
mike simon
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
to see janelle perform and dope interview from nyc go to www.gakcity.com
10.
blkvixon
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Not gay , but I was kinda hoping there was a backshot of ANGEL LOLA>.lol I want to see if it still looks funny…lol
11.
calmsensual1
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
gosh angel looks like a porcelain doll. very cute, but plastic
12.
Ms. Bmore
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
LMAO @ #10. No homo over here either, but I also wanna see what Angel’s backside looks like. I also wanna know how she fit into non-spandex jeans. lol.
13.
and they luv it...
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
i love janelle, she is so cool. her album is on itunes if that link is broken. I love her album, she’s so cool, i love her to life.
14.
prettygirl
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
i just clicked on the link #9 put up…and watched that janelle chick perform
that mess sounded like hot garbage to me….i couldnt even listen to the whole thing……she was like a female version of andre 3000….singing..
whats all the hype about?
15.
wordblaze
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
@#6
Good question…but something tells me it’s smart marketing on her part. You remember her….she has a style you dont see often….its like Amy Winehouse and that beehive…branding, I guess..or signature style…not to say she cant change it up a bit…but i get it…its almost like flipping out a postcard from another era…the image is seared in your mind….
16.
HDIZZLE
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I wish chick’s would stop saying that nohomo shit. Thats shit sounds funny , a chick can give another chick a compliment damn, turn down the testosterone.
I dig Janelle hope she blows up so I can here more from her. Treach is starting to look like an alien the older he get’s or that old dude who worked behind the cafeteria on A differen’t world.
17.
dyshea
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
ray look bout as nasty as he actually is, black ass lips..
and wth is wrong w/ andre harrell and them glasses surely he got enough sense to know when he look in tha mirror that shit is NOT cute
trench look old as hell didnt age well at all but no surprise
18.
carmool
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
i’m just happy that the making the band dudes outfits match an are they ever gone get a name or is that against the rules??
19.
augusta
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
angel looks like she could be related to meagan good.
20.
augusta
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
wait aminite, who is angel again?
21.
Bobbito
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Mario looks a mess. What’s with his facial hair?
22.
Ms. Bmore
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I wasn’t giving Angel Luv a compliment @#16. I just wanted to see what her lopsided ass looks like these days.
23.
FreshFromTheStreetz.blogspot.com
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Janelle is the truth! And Angel looks beautiful as usual!
24.
kyandi
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
janelle monae is going 2 flop and she has just signed with bad boy so u know she is going 2 flop hard
25.
(_!+0
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
i just pictured her to be prettier……& she NOT! lol.
26.
STUPID PEOPLE
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
WILL THAT HOE GIVE IT UP ALREADY. IF SHE GETTIN MAKE IT WITH OUTKAST SHE SHO IN THE HELL AIN’T GON GET NOWHERE WITH DIDDY. NOW, PUT THE FUCKED UP OUTFITS BACK IN YOUR GREAT AUNT’S CLOSET AND GIVE IT UP!
27.
STUPID PEOPLE
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
*COULDN’T, NOT “GETTIN”
28.
SHESOCRAZY
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Angel is beyond gorgeous. Surgery or not.
29.
Tamara
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
@ 12…You buy a bigger size then take them to a tailor or the cleaners and have them taken in. So you get the fit you desire. A little pricey but worth it.
Her face is just not cute. She needs to go to the MAC counter and learn proper make-up application because that shit is tacky.
30.
2 FOR $5.00
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
TIANNA CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE?
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT
31.
tanya
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
lmao@ #16 u talkin bout Mr. Gains lmao!!! that age is catch up wit his fugly butt!! he just swears hes god’s gift trying to be the darkskinned version of LL..give it up treach..but i think he looks more like russell simmons in that pic lol
32.
Ladyssolady
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Mario, so sexy!! I see my baby Willie from ‘The Band’…getting tired of tying ‘The Band’, get a name already! I love Cherri’s new song ‘Portrait of Love’!!! Can’t believe they invited whining Mario Winans! Sit down, Treach! He was sexy when he was married to Pepa and doing all them bootleg, straight-to-video movies, but not so much now.
33.
happyface
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
love janelle, shes soo talented!!! cant wait for her new album
34.
Dame
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
@6 I was going to ask was this an old pic? She is worst than Robin Thicke lol. The show look like it was go tho. Mario love ya boo Angel what happen with the interview.
35.
reesseyy-babiie
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
….looks like kelis in that first pic…..
36.
♥Chelly♥
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Janelle Monae is …very strange. I do not understand people’s fascination with her. I mean look at her? WTF??!!
Angel being there is random as hell…..
Wonder what crazy ass name Diddy/Devil gonna give the dudes from MTB4?
Wow @ treach being there
37.
sexsee
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Stay positive sometime people please. We should uplift people, they are doing what they love to do. Don’t you wish you were doing what you love to do? If your not already!
38.
What it DO?!?
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
@ the close up Lola looks like she might have a penis and is trying to pull off the old “tuck”…seriously something looks quite strange in the crotch area :/
39.
Double J
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I get CHERI DENNIS & Keri Hilson mix’s up they look alike to me.
Angel is a very gorgeous to me. but her body is tooooooooooo fake
40.
CapCityChick
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
@#6..I was gonna ask the same thing..maybe this is her stage look…but if it is..she should at least do different colors or something..
nonetheless I can dig her music
41.
HR DIVA
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
MMMMMM……Willie looking delicious as usual. That’s a fine specimen there…
42.
Deanna
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Angel is gorgeous.
I like Mario! But Ray J, he’s just a man whore in my book!
43.
kimwill02
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Looks like it was lots of fun, Mario looks handsome.
Janelle can wear what she wants, only the voice matters!
44.
Forest
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
So are the rumors of Janelle signing to Bad Boy true? Brian? Somebody? Hook us up with some info.
45.
JUST ME
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Janelle stay wear that shit..this is like her 3rd time first at howard university fashion show..then again at this concert n dc.now again lol the whole bad boy family n there
46.
sdotcarter
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Jonellle is a good look! Diddy you doing good, stick to it! Cheri looks like she is trying too hard, and I dont like her hair, its dead. Ray J…ugh, next! Angel…umm who are you??? stay home. Mario, has no career…Missy..can’t wait for her new album!…wow…NO CASSIE???? OH YEA, SHE CAN’T PERFORM SO SHE HAS NO BUSINESS BEING THERE……ITS NOT ABOUT HER SO SHE CANT GO AND SUPPORT BADBOY ARTISTS….WAS RYAN LESLIE THERE??? BADBOY WAS THERE WHEN HE PERFORMED AT SPOTLIGHT THE OTHER WEEK..WHERE WAS RYAN LESLIE FOR SUPPORT???? ANYWAY…IM FEELIGN JONELLE..SHE IS LEGIT! LOVING IT DIDDY!!!
47.
DejaStar7
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Yevytimr I see Janelle she looks like she has on the same outfit lol! Hey my myspace friend Angel!
48.
Too-Life
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I don’t care wat anyone says, ANGEL IS FINE!!!
49.
myghettopoplife
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Didn’t Janelle just sign to Bad Boy? I still haven’t listened to her music to be honest…I will get round to it! I wonder if Diddy will commercialize her by hooking her up with B. Cox and stuff, that would actually be quite interesting…I digress…
50.
nollle
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
ok diddy making the band was hot no lie, and cheri is smokin…. she hot
51.
nollle
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
angel body like whoa and janelle is nice
52.
ANGEL_MINDED
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I’m just not feeling Janelle Monae
53.
grl86
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Angel reeeeks of plastic surgery or botox or chemical peels or…. something.
she looks plastic-y. (im not talkn bout her ass either)
its almost creepy-scary.
0_o
but anyways….I
54.
Krayzee
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
i LOVE JANELLE!!!! =] she’s soo unique and different.
55.
Ayoka
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Does Janelle ever wear anything different than a bowtie and a cumberbund? Unique–I get it….but–just a little tired of seeing her in the same getup….use some of that famed creativity on your wardrobe, mama…
56.
GHO
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
OHHHH JANELLE…GIIIIRL! CAN WE PLEEEASE GET A NEW OUTFIT UP OUT U! I KNOW TIMES AINT THAAAAT HARD! THAT LOOK IS LATE!
57.
Reccy
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Me no likey Cherri Dennis’ get up
58.
Meat
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Angel has a strange looking growth on her belly button!
59.
RomeGeez
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Lookie here…If that juicy booty is fake then so be it. We’ve had fake breasts on the market for years. I don’t think a little silicone has ever stopped anybody from enjoying a nice set of chesticles. Now granted, that butt is hanging low like the yin yang twins but that doesn’t mean it’s not the real McCoy. The bottom line: I don’t care if that chick is an android with a dookie cutter like that…..I’d still hit. Wakka, Wakka, Wakka
60.
RomeGeez
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I like some of Janelle’s joints…sis can sing. But damn if she don’t look like she getting ready to cast a spell in that top pic. Look like she’s getting ready to shoot lighting bolts out of her fingertips and fuck some fool’s world up.
61.
blackisbeautiful
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Janelle to me is what I’ve what have been interested to see everyone else I dunno lol
62.
blackisbeautiful
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Miss Monee also needs to realease Suite II already lol i’m getting impatient
63.
vexxed
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I like Janell, want her to switch up the show outfit once in awhile though. Cheri, look a mess. Shoot the stylist. She has a lot more to offer than the Key Key, Neffi, and ‘nem look. Angel is a gorgeous girl but the makeup is a little Lil’ Kim-ish (read: waaaay too much). Who is Valeisha (or whatever) Butterfield? And lastly 9with good reason) so, they are really gonna stick with the name MTB4, like some Diddy streetwalkers in Sean John. Seriously? No really?
64.
Amaria
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I see you Mario!
Missy give us some music already!
Angel is a gorgeous girl, dnt care wat anybody says
Never listened to Janelle’s material, she just doesnt interest me….
65.
MISS LADY
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I’m glad to see Janelle Monae doin her thing. I haven’t heard anything from since “Letting Go.” It’s good to know that she is starting to get the exposure she deserves.
And of course my boo Mario is looking good
66.
irrational rationalist
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
janelle is weird…hence why i love her and GO CHERRI DENNIS!
67.
irrational rationalist
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
angel………
68.
1 with the Answers
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I am very happy for Janelle Monae now that she has major label distribution with BadBoy. She’s a breath of fresh air for the music industry. Some of her music might be hard for a lot of people to swallow, but they will come around just like they did with 3stacks! If any of you skeptics care to listen you will find that she has classic voice, better than most of those in the industry. Its beautiful. Try “Its not Fair” or “Peachtree Blues”. Her being about to put out those tracks as well as “Many Moons” shows her versatility. She’s doing big things and im excited!
She’s also got a signiture look–another thing that makes her memorable. She does switch it up with little touches here and there, she’s got style!
Here’s to Diddy investing in TALENT (The Band, and JM!)…..he’s trying to get that good-music paper, instead of bullshit like Cassie.
69.
Randall
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
I like Cheri Dennis back from We Invented the Remix album in 2002 but is it me but on the one pic. it looks like she is holding a d!&k instead of a mic check it out if you don’t believe me.
70.
UM...I GUESS
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
i love love love her style
looks like it was fun.
ps UGH RAY J
71.
its me bitches!
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
angel is beautiful but if i was a dude and i were to hit that from the back…i’d be scared of her implants exploding or some shit…
72.
ajizzlerealnigga
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
angel , cheri could get the dick quick
73.
FRESHOPOLY.com
Thursday, January 31, 2008 /
Don’t know if yall heard…but Janelle rocked Spot Light…industry buzz is crazy right now…she performed today in the Lobby at Atlantic…killed it again
74.
aleasha
Friday, February 1, 2008 /
wow I love this girl…. I have as much respect for the wicked Korean band Big Mama making a breakthrough.
If you all get the chance go to youtube and type in Big Mama ‘break away’ best song, nice harmony
75.
Barack the VOTE!
Friday, February 1, 2008 /
Janelle Monae was the best artist at that damn showcase. PERIOD.
Suite I & II will be released together for those wondering. When? As of yet, that hasn’t been clarified.