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EVENTS: JANELLE MONAE’S SHOWCASE IN NYC

Friday, April 4, 2008

DIDDY & JANELLE MONAE ON STAGE
( Photos: Johnny Nunez / Wireimage )

Diddy hosted a Janelle Monae showcase at the Blender Theater at Gramercy on Thursday in NYC. If you’ve been reading CL since the get go, than you should already be familiar with Ms. Monae. She is definitely another rising star too look out for this year. Very refreshing! Guest included: Tyra Banks, Bryan Barber, Q-Tip and more.

JANELLE MONAE SINGING TYRA BANKS TERRENCE & ANTHONY ANDERSON

JANELLE LACING THE KICKS UP
JANELLE & BRYAN BARBER AMANDA DIVA & Q-TIP SWAY

JANELLE & HER BAND

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76.

li

Friday, April 4, 2008 /

fucking love janelle she’s amazing!

77.

li

Friday, April 4, 2008 /

to everyone dissing janelle, SHE’s AMAZING, have you ever seen her perform??? I bet not, I love her and at first I was very very skeptical, i LOVE HER!!! LMAO I Havent felt this way since Aaliyah and trust me she’s totally different from Aaliyah, she can sing her ass off!!!!! and she’ll never change her outfit so stop tripping.

78.

BEEFHOP.BLOGSPOT.COM

Friday, April 4, 2008 /

BEEFHOP.BLOGSPOT.COM THIS IS FIRE…………..

79.

REDHEADMC

Friday, April 4, 2008 /

I actually spoke with Ms. Monae the night before the show and had a very brief discussion. She’s very intelligent, friendly, and business minded. I spoke to her about the same things that you guys were complaining about (except the outfit stuff, I’m a dude so I don’t care, haha) in relation to the Bad Boy situation. She actually has 2 release dates this year, the earliest being June. Wondaland is their own record label, and Bad Boy helps in marketing/pushing the product. For those that don’t know, Bad Boy’s distribution comes from Atlantic Records. So that’s 2 companies pushing Janelle Monae product. It’s all in the contract, and I’m pleased on that level. I personally see her as a great artist and I hope that she goes far in what she’s doing ’cause I’m getting a little uneasy seeing grown ass men crankin their soulja boys around me…shit ain’t cool, son. Word up.

Let me find out what ConcreteLoop gotta say about others in the future…hahaha

- Redhead

80.

STUPID PEOPLE

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

JANELLE MONAE PROBABLY THINKS SHE DOING IT BIG SINCE SHE FINALLY GOT OUT OF ATLANTA AND IS PERFORMING IN NYC NOW. WOOPTY DOO JANELLE, DIDDY JUST DID THAT TO THROW YOU OFF. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU…YOU’RE IN THE SAME BOAT AS THE REST OF OTHER BAD BOY ARTISTS. PRETTY SOON, YOU’LL PROBABLY BE WORKING AT THE TWINS’ NANNY!

81.

hellrandom00

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

P diddy needs to FALL BACK, like waay baack. I cnt stand his ass. Never heard Janella Monae but I might need to listen to her, I hear a lot abt her.

AMANDA DIVA!!! SHE IS SOOO PRETTY AND A DOPE ASS MC/POET/SINGER!!

I will always and forever love Q-tip! I lost my wallet in el segundo haha :D

82.

shelby

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

If Tyra dont Stop it wit that damn baby hair!!

83.

shelby

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

If Tyra dont Stop wit that damn baby hair!

84.

dctriigyal

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

SHE NEEDS TO CHANGE CLOTHESSSSSSSSSSSS….CAUSE SHE WEAR THAT ALL THE DAMN TIME. I MEAN COME ON NOW…GEEZ

85.

Sharonda

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

She wasn’t even like that in the beginning that’s why I said what I said.Be yourself.

86.

GreatestLoveOfAll

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

i like her. WAY more interesting and original than Diddy’s gimmick bands Day26 and Danity Kane. Cmon DK’s album is called Welcome to the Dollhouse how appropriate, since they’re as fake and manufactured as dolls lol!

87.

blackisbeautiful

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

@ 85

I knew someone was going to bring that up lol. Well to be honest the style she had before was not really her. Janelle was going to placed into doing Neo-soul and she would not have stood out but would blend in. The style she has now is more her than the original style. Janelle’s music is very animated however, before she officially became a recording artist, she was broadway singer/actress. So she tried to bridge together a style of broadway singing to an music artist. That’s why when you listen to her music it sounds like show tunes but with a funky flare. Broadway singers sing and bring out their character such as Janelle Monae with Cindy Mayweather. It make more sense for her to do this than to do the Neo-Soul style because that’s too safe and plus she wouldn’t stand out lol. However I can see why you would think that.

That uniform outfit is a way to prevent people from getting distracted by her looks and play attention to music. Also to have people not compare her dress attire to other women. Come on now folks lets be real. I read the comments on CL daily and there are alot of folks that are quick to put down other females and say that they look lile another artist. So she wears a uniform to prevent that chaos. Also she is dresseed head to toe to prevent females from saying that she is objectifying to selling sex. A uniform is just a uniform. It’s not for you to love or hate it’s just a uniform. People get distracted by other things and do pay attention to her essential purpose and that’s her music and tha’ts not just Janelle that’s every artist. I say that’s a very ingenious idea.

88.

SoupaStar

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

*Ignoring all the negative comments* I LUV Janelle Monae and I respect her choice to showcase her voice not here tits and ass! O and btw i like her “uniform” I think its cute,she looks like a babydoll : )

89.

"Ya'll Betta Shut Up!"

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

Thank you, BLACKISBEAUTIFUL for breaking it down.

Janelle’s hot, and can’t nobody bring the fire like she. Can’t wait for the re-release of Suite I and II on 6.6.08.

Long Live The Wondaland Arts Society!

90.

Jennifer

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

janelle is that real chick! i hope puffy does right by her

91.

gigi

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

she is such a sweet person..we did an interview with her before the show..man i was soo excited..people were really feelin her in the place..and as far as how she looks..i could give a rats ass as long as she keeps putting out amazing music with a message i could care less..SUPPORT THIS ARTIST..she is gonna be huge!

92.

SAxlerod

Saturday, April 5, 2008 /

Baby grrrl is tiny but has a very unique look and sound. I appreciate that. This is Diddy’s first true artist. That other crap you can keep.

93.

JStreet

Sunday, April 6, 2008 /

I go to Morehouse and have had the pleasure to see her many times in the AUC…she’s so damn beautiful

94.

realistic

Monday, April 7, 2008 /

We live in a very shallow society. Especially, us young black folks. Janelle Monae is wonderful.

95.

milah.b

Monday, April 7, 2008 /

yo, i remember when janelle had straight hair and she wasn’t even tryin to be a singer.
when the hype was about scar and getting him out there
craaazzy!

go janelle monae

96.

blackenese

Monday, April 7, 2008 /

That chick is weird, i don’t care what anyone say, she’s a weird one

97.

SweetThang729

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 /

I wish she would buy a new outfit…pretty girl though

98.

Alexis

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 /

I agree with number 85
I’m SOOOOOOOO tired of seeing half naked “singers” and “dancers” get all this praise when they can’t even sing or dance! People pay attetion to they Beyonces and Rihannas because they are barely dressed and barely have talent(to me). Janelle Monae wants you to pay attetion to her for her music and voice, not for her “amazing legs” or “bootyliciousness” and I LOVE that about her. She will get far.

99.

MUSICISMYGIRLFRIEND

Saturday, April 12, 2008 /

um can I just say first of all Janelle Monae has several other looks. Google her. There are pictures of her rockin color. If Mariah Carey can wear short skirts every day then why can’t Janelle wear whatever she wants to. And she actually has alot of different styles of singing. As far as diddy goes. So the fuck what she got a distrubution deal with bad boy. Any new artist would have taken it. Plus there logo is black and white too lol. Anyway. Janelle is absolutely a genius and I admire her for being herself. We dont bash Andre 3000 for his wacky wardrobe. Why should we persecute her. I really dont get it. And on top of that Id much rather hear janelle monae at a mic with a band then hear cassie with one. No female r&b artist in the game right now can even sing half as good as her vocally. Keisha cole with a mic and a band HELL NO. Ciara with a mic and a band HELL NO. Maybe beyonce but there aint many that can do it why because they put on easy clothes they see in a magazine to hide the fact that they are not really talented. All the haters who cant get with it please stop commenting because I bet you dont know the first thing about real music. and by the way janelles wardrobe is mad sick and stylish

100.

KJJ

Sunday, April 20, 2008 /

YOU PEOPLE ARE NUTS! EVERYONE OF YOU WHO HAVE SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO SAY YOU GUYS ARE VERY SMALL MINDED AND MISERABLE. IF YOU CAN’T SEE JM IS TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE THROUGH HER UNIFORM AND MUSIC! FYI SHE DOESNT WEAR THE SAME THING JUST THE SAME COLORS! JANELLE MONAE IS WHATS HOT AND SHE WILL BE AROUND FOR AWHILE SO YA’LL WATCH OUT!!!!!! I LOVE YOU JM!!!!!!!!

101.

bigpaper

Saturday, June 7, 2008 /

all i have to say is that Diddy dont put up with any bitch assness the only reason them other niggas didnt last was because artist think when they (make it) they dont have to work hard but if u continue to work hard while ur on top you should have a problem with being on bad boy people always make it and then forget what it took to get them there …… i should know i intern at bad boy holla at me on the myspace.com/bigpaper

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