Just listening to Janelles Monae's 2003 album The Audition and just thinking how it really deserves an official release.

Does anyone know more about the background of this album, who it was recorded with and why it was never released?

Thanks in advance.

The album was recored at a friends studio in Atlanta, GA. It was only sold by Janelle Monae her self out of a boarding houes she was living in with 5 other girls. She go around to college campus and open night mics and what not in Atlanta peforming the songs and selling the cds afterwards... She ended up selling several thousands copys of the CD just by doing it her self. After that she started her own label (Wondaland Arts Society) and starting working out the Metropolis EP which was orginally released in 2007. Then re-realsed in 2008 when she partner her label with Atlantic/Bad Boy

P2daP said:

The album was recored at a friends studio in Atlanta, GA. It was only sold by Janelle Monae her self out of a boarding houes she was living in with 5 other girls. She go around to college campus and open night mics and what not in Atlanta peforming the songs and selling the cds afterwards... She ended up selling several thousands copys of the CD just by doing it her self. After that she started her own label (Wondaland Arts Society) and starting working out the Metropolis EP which was orginally released in 2007. Then re-realsed in 2008 when she partner her label with Atlantic/Bad Boy

Excellent information, thanks P2.

So copies of the cd do exist, chances of finding one seem very slim.

Oh well, will have to make do with the download, i love it.

Do you have a copy P2?

MikeyB71 said:

P2daP said:

The album was recored at a friends studio in Atlanta, GA. It was only sold by Janelle Monae her self out of a boarding houes she was living in with 5 other girls. She go around to college campus and open night mics and what not in Atlanta peforming the songs and selling the cds afterwards... She ended up selling several thousands copys of the CD just by doing it her self. After that she started her own label (Wondaland Arts Society) and starting working out the Metropolis EP which was orginally released in 2007. Then re-realsed in 2008 when she partner her label with Atlantic/Bad Boy

Excellent information, thanks P2.

So copies of the cd do exist, chances of finding one seem very slim.

Oh well, will have to make do with the download, i love it.

Do you have a copy P2?

No...

I didn't find out about her til 2007. So I just have the downloaded version.... Some fans have said they've seen the hard copy on ebay before

btw. I'm AnalogB over on neonvalleystreet.com who are you on there?

thanks for the tip, i didn't know about this album yet

been listening to it yesterday and today and i like it

a lot.

such a beautiful voice

IstenSzek said:

thanks for the tip, i didn't know about this album yet

been listening to it yesterday and today and i like it

a lot.

such a beautiful voice

It is interesting that even back in 2003 she was singing about androids and stuff.

I would love a cd copy of this, or a download in Flac. Better still, an official release.