Source: http://clutchmagonline.co...lle-monae/

(Interview conducted by Keith Murphy @ Vibe)

.....VIBE: "What was the most memorable aspect of recording The ArchAndroid?"

Janelle Monáe: We traveled to Prague and to Turkey… I had a lot of the songs come to me in my dreams. I had my recorder next to me in my bed and I was able to record everything that I could make of the dreams, thank God. We dealt with the music first. I write music for the people because I come from a working family. My mom was a janitor and my father drove trash trucks, and my stepfather actually works at the post office. I’m very connected to that society. That’s where my uniform comes from…I’m paying homage to that working class who turns nothing into something.

How does a song like “Tightrope” play into your homage to the working class?

So many people deal with so many obstacles everyday that they need to relieve some of that stress. So “Tightrope” deals with balance and not getting too high or too low. So I just really focused on creating art, songs that I felt would connect to people. I let all my fear go on whether people were going to like it or not.

VIBE: It seems you’ve gained some famous fans. Can you talk about the experience of hanging out with Prince at his Paisley Park studio?

[b]Janelle: He is definitely a huge supporter of what I do. I shared with him The ArchAndroid and he loved it. He has given me lots of advice. He is even encouraging everybody to go and get ArchAndroid because he was moved and touched by it. It’s very inspiring just to watch him. I heard his new album and its really going to be great."

The link came up as harmful on my puter

It's a long article, so I posted only a short portion of it. To read more, click on link:

A Long Convo With… Janelle Monáe
Tuesday May 11, 2010 – By Clutch

To read more....click on above link
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2elijah said:

"I heard his new album and its really going to be great."

Does that count as confirmation?

2elijah said:

"I heard his new album and its really going to be great."

Does that count as confirmation?

torahwarrior said:

she mentioned the new album before on twitter. yeah seems like its coming soon

TrueFunkSoldier2 said:

See http://prince.org/msg/7/336135

luv4u said:

I just clicked onto it with no problem. That article was linked to the ebonyjet.com site at http://www.ebonyjet.com/

The Janelle interview is listed at the far right bottom of the ebony site. I had no problem linking to it. I remember orgers questioning Janelle's response when she tweeted about listening to some new music of Prince's, when she and her band visited Paisley, and she said after listening to it, they "fell on the floor", so-to-speak. Some orgers here, didn't know what she meant by that comment, and thought she meant something negative, when in fact, if you read her comment in the "Clutch magazine" article, she pretty clarifies that previous tweet comment, by saying something positive about a new Prince album, that she obviously listened to, when she recently visited Paisley Park a few weeks ago in April. Quite frankly, in that interview, it pretty much sounds like she just confirmed a new Prince album is in the works. Interesting, don't you think?

I mean, lawd have mercy, amazing what good news you can come across on a site, when you're looking for something entirely different, but sheesh, I'm not complaining, just sayin'..ya know..
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2elijah said:

I actually found it quite...incredible that her tweet was taken the way it was by quite a few here. That was the day I realized that the org had jumped the shark.

I now just lurk to see if any pertinent news comes up. Like this. I am now going to itunes to preorder her new cd.

2elijah said:

I actually found it quite...incredible that her tweet was taken the way it was by quite a few here. That was the day I realized that the org had jumped the shark.

I now just lurk to see if any pertinent news comes up. Like this. I am now going to itunes to preorder her new cd.

Thanks again 2Elijah, you are the best
I dig the Tightrope song I wanna hear more stuff on youtube before I buy though.

I can't scan etc but in the recent issue of the Dutch "Jazzism" (a big focus on the North Sea Jazz festival where also Larry Graham, Al Green and many others are playing) there is also a mention of Prince on page 16.

The page is about Ana Moura. It explains how Prince saw her in concert in Paris, her visit to MPLS and she says quote " he seemed to know all my records and played my songs for me on the piano. It was great! But more I can not say at this moment in time." Hint hint!

I wonder if they recorded something together for the new album! Now he must also get to hear Ceu from Brazil. Or maybe he has already. A friend of mine gave me one of her cds, a blend of samba, jazz and soul.
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2elijah said:

I actually found it quite...incredible that her tweet was taken the way it was by quite a few here. That was the day I realized that the org had jumped the shark.

I now just lurk to see if any pertinent news comes up. Like this. I am now going to itunes to preorder her new cd.

I saw her for the first time at a Grammy event 2 years ago. I was there taking some pictures that she was the last to perform. She started jumping on tables and dancing all over the place and I was blown away. I went out and bought her album that day. I will post a couple of pix as soon as I learn how to do it.

Interesting Well, we know she can't keep a secret

tinetime said:

Thanks, that would be nice. I had her on my myspace page since 2006, and used to listen to some of her music, and thought, "How different". Good to see an artist that is not your manufactured type, plus it was my son who first told me about her. His friend interviewed her in 2008, while my son filmed it.

If you look at the footage in the "Tightrope" video. She has a bit of James Brown going on in her dancing, and you can compare that to James Brown's "Out of Sight/Night Train" video from the 60s. Starting from the 2:25 mark in the video, watch his dancers to the left. Now doesn't that part remind you of some of the steps Janelle and her dancers are doing in a part of the "Tightrope" video? A lot of James Brown influence there for sure.


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2elijah said:

Here are a couple of the pics I shot.

Cant effing wait...for her album too!

She's hot, thanx for sharing pix.

Interesting pics

nursev said:

Actually those were a couple of the tame ones. She's a very dynamic performer.

-Tine

tinetime said:

Very nice pics. Thanks, you could basically see how flawless her skin is in those photos, and how the camera naturally captures her expressions.
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