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Reply #60 posted 07/03/13 11:06am

Graycap23

mjscarousal said:

shorttrini said:

cindymay said: When I see her,I just see somebody trying so hard to be different and stand out, that she ends up looking the same as those who she is trying to separate herself from.... [Edited 7/2/13 18:30pm]

Who exactly does she look like?

She doesnt look like Rihanna, Beyonce, Gaga, Perry, Adele and so forth. She doesnt make the type of music that they make as well. She doesnt perform or sound the same as them. She doesnt wear her hair or clothes the same as them. So how exactly does she look similiar to them?

Did you ever stop to think that maybe Janelle is different because she simply is and not necessarily because she is trying to be?

If you watch her interviews where she talks about her influences, her childhood, her creativity, inspirations, music, etc you can clearly see that this girl is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the rest of the other female artists out today. She actually has her head on right and seems to sincerely enjoy making creative music. She has alot of wisdom despite her age. She is also very articulate unlike her other female peers. Dont see how anybody can get a contrived nature about what she does. She is a very fun loving, strong and intelligent woman from what I see

........quite fine.

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Reply #61 posted 07/03/13 11:06am

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shorttrini said:

NaughtyKitty said:

I like it lol Fun video, I was entertained. And the song is super catchy! Has great big-hit potential thumbs up! I like that she changed up her look for this video too.

Straight rip off of, OutKast, "Hey Ya"... Maybe, this is the issue I have with her. It's one thing to have then as one of you look up to, it's a totally different issue to copy their style...

Well I gotta admit it did remind me of the "Hey Ya" video too, but still a fun video I enjoyed.

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Reply #62 posted 07/03/13 11:06am

CarolineC

mjscarousal said:

Did you ever stop to think that maybe Janelle is different because she simply is and not necessarily because she is trying to be?

If you watch her interviews where she talks about her influences, her childhood, her creativity, inspirations, music, etc you can clearly see that this girl is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the rest of the other female artists out today. She actually has her head on right and seems to sincerely enjoy making creative music. She has alot of wisdom despite her age. She is also very articulate unlike her other female peers. Dont see how anybody can get a contrived nature about what she does. She is a very fun loving, strong and intelligent woman from what I see

I completely agree. If you listen to her interviews, you'll see how smart Janelle is and what a clear vision she has.
"Dance Apolcalyptic" is cool, and I hope it will be a hit for Janelle, but I acually prefer Q.U.E.E.N. There is nothing wrong with trying to have a hit record every once and a while, though. Janelle has done a ton of more experimental stuff and I'm sure will continue to do it.

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Reply #63 posted 07/03/13 11:54am

mjscarousal

Graycap23 said:

mjscarousal said:

Who exactly does she look like?

She doesnt look like Rihanna, Beyonce, Gaga, Perry, Adele and so forth. She doesnt make the type of music that they make as well. She doesnt perform or sound the same as them. She doesnt wear her hair or clothes the same as them. So how exactly does she look similiar to them?

Did you ever stop to think that maybe Janelle is different because she simply is and not necessarily because she is trying to be?

If you watch her interviews where she talks about her influences, her childhood, her creativity, inspirations, music, etc you can clearly see that this girl is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the rest of the other female artists out today. She actually has her head on right and seems to sincerely enjoy making creative music. She has alot of wisdom despite her age. She is also very articulate unlike her other female peers. Dont see how anybody can get a contrived nature about what she does. She is a very fun loving, strong and intelligent woman from what I see

........quite fine.

That too and she is also very talented. If people would stop being so judgemental and just appreciate the fact that she is different and creative unlike 95% of what is being shoved down our ears they might find the beauty that is... Janelle Monae.

Mind boggling how some here criticize her but then turn around and defend the trash on the radio, turn around and make a bunch of threads about the crap out now but then trash a strong, beautiful, intelligent, intellectual and talented woman who dares to make artistic music in this washed up industry... just dont get it.

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Reply #64 posted 07/03/13 11:59am

Graycap23

mjscarousal said:

Graycap23 said:

........quite fine.

That too and she is also very talented. If people would stop being so judgemental and just appreciate the fact that she is different and creative unlike 95% of what is being shoved down our ears they might find the beauty that is... Janelle Monae.

Mind boggling how some here criticize her but then turn around and defend the trash on the radio, turn around and make a bunch of threads about the crap out now but then trash a strong, beautiful, intelligent, intellectual and talented woman who dares to make artistic music in this washed up industry... just dont get it.

Folks are conditioned into the cookie cutter mind set.

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Reply #65 posted 07/03/13 3:10pm

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Can't believe a talented, breath of fresh air artist like Janelle is getting hated on recently on this forum.

Video and song is dope.

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Reply #66 posted 07/03/13 4:11pm

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Ma babe Janelle is slaying cool ! I can't describe the feeling of seeing my favorite female artist doing such creative videos, having such great reputation among other female singers... I hope The Electric Lady is going to bring her to Official top (u know).. I think Janelle equals quality simply, quality everything (music, taste, videos, look, overall!) biggrin I'M JUST PROUD!

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Reply #67 posted 07/03/13 4:24pm

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Can't believe a talented, breath of fresh air artist like Janelle is getting hated on recently on this forum.

Video and song is dope.

It's usual, people HERE hate everyone who's famous or mainstream... Even if he/she makes actually GOOD music.. and they OVERhate good artists who are more famous than other good artists who aren't well known lol Just like Carousal said, too judgemental. And there's two kind of listeners in this world: Listeners who know quality music (which is old music) and THEY STILL stick to new music and give new GOOD artists a chance and maybe follow them, and there are listeners who just stick to the same artists and hate anything new.. Unfortunately they're missing out a whole new generation of great musicians; Janelle, Bruno, mybe Adele and guys like these... (I can't honestly pick other artists, you know, the Lauryn Hill type is not in the scene anymore, Winehouse died.. who have left from QUALITY people? So it's maybe me who doesn't know other great pop/soul/r&b solo artists or it's just the truth; Real musicians are 6 or 7 today... So this ridiculously has to do with Janelle Monae's matter: We really have to appreciate the fact that she's active in this very decade and she's releasing her stuff soon because she's an artist to trust and to follow, and we shall never be disappointed. biggrin

[Edited 7/3/13 16:25pm]

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Reply #68 posted 07/03/13 4:58pm

IIAGY

Just because you like Janelle doesn't mean you know "quality music" either. Music snobs make me sick.And I bought Janelle's EP (which I love) and her first album (which is extremely overrated) so no hate from me, just an observation from watching her career. She was a "breath of fresh air" when she debuted but she's being doing the same mess since then IMO.
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Reply #69 posted 07/03/13 5:11pm

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IIAGY said:

Just because you like Janelle doesn't mean you know "quality music" either. Music snobs make me sick.And I bought Janelle's EP (which I love) and her first album (which is extremely overrated) so no hate from me, just an observation from watching her career. She was a "breath of fresh air" when she debuted but she's being doing the same mess since then IMO.

Yeah, that's it, I like Janelle, she's quality for me... that's the greatest thing a listener could ask for! Satisfaction and not being disappointed!.. cool

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Reply #70 posted 07/03/13 5:51pm

cindymay

I agree that she is the TRUTH we should be grateful to have some great real talent like janelle in this insipid and plastic generation of music...

and how is she making the same thing over and over if she didn't pulished her second major lp yet and basically every song she wrote sounds different from one another?sorry but I find this laughable you can say you don't like her style probably because it changes a lot from a song to an other or 4 other reasons but you CAN' T say about Janelle Monae that her songs are similar..you can't.. eek she is probably the most versatile artist out there...she does funk, r&b, soul, jazz, pop, rock, rap, classical, etc all blend in a sound that is Janelle Monae's sound.. wink

[Edited 7/4/13 17:27pm]

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Reply #71 posted 07/03/13 5:56pm

cindymay

plus can we start a very serious conversation lol and start speaking about how hot she is? biggrin

[Edited 7/4/13 17:28pm]

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Reply #72 posted 07/03/13 6:04pm

Graycap23

cindymay said:

plus can we start a very serious conversation lol and start speaking about hot she is? biggrin

4 sho..........

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Reply #73 posted 07/03/13 6:07pm

cindymay

mjscarousal said:

Graycap23 said:

........quite fine.

That too and she is also very talented. If people would stop being so judgemental and just appreciate the fact that she is different and creative unlike 95% of what is being shoved down our ears they might find the beauty that is... Janelle Monae.

Mind boggling how some here criticize her but then turn around and defend the trash on the radio, turn around and make a bunch of threads about the crap out now but then trash a strong, beautiful, intelligent, intellectual and talented woman who dares to make artistic music in this washed up industry... just dont get it.

preach mjcarousal preach! ( in janelle's voice electric ladies will you sleep or will you preach? apparently a lot of people like to sleep )...janelle said she divides the world in 2 categories people who like to judge and people who like to jam...she's totally right..

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Reply #74 posted 07/03/13 6:12pm

cindymay

Graycap23 said:

cindymay said:

plus can we start a very serious conversation lol and start speaking about hot she is? biggrin

4 sho..........

and she also seems extremely intelligent, classy, funny ( this video shows a funnier side of her)...and talented in her work of course..

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Reply #75 posted 07/03/13 7:07pm

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Graycap23 said:

cindymay said:

plus can we start a very serious conversation lol and start speaking about hot she is? biggrin

4 sho..........

nod nod nod

"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #76 posted 07/03/13 8:51pm

CarolineC

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...janelle said she divides the world in 2 categories: people who like to judge and people who like to jam...she's totally right..

I never heard that quote before. I like it!

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Reply #77 posted 07/04/13 7:01am

EddieC

Okay--I've now heard something by Janelle Monae. No judgment on her as a whole, but that was certainly fun. A fine little poppy tune. I certainly won't change the station if it comes on over the next couple of months, and I won't skip it if I buy the album, and I'll probably go out of my way to listen to it. It's possible I might choose to listen to it quite a lot. It's still in my head, so--there ya go.

Thumbs up.

eek I started this comment the day the thing first came out and just now noticed that I apparently never posted it. Oops.

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Reply #78 posted 07/04/13 7:06am

EddieC

Now I think I'll watch the video--but the song itself made me think of "Hey Ya," and I haven't even seen the video yet. biggrin

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Reply #79 posted 07/04/13 7:26am

EddieC

Okay, there's obvious similarities in the videos. What's really weird to me is--as far as I can tell, I never actually saw the video for "Hey Ya" before (I had to look at it after the Monae), just a little bit of close-up on Andre as lead vocalist.

So--good song, it didn't appear out of nothing but has a history in both sound and visual, like absolutely every other song for the last several thousand years. Cool.

There is nothing new under the sun... but that doesn't mean there isn't good under the sun.

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Reply #80 posted 07/04/13 7:45am

EddieC

I mean (coming back to a subject I can't seem to leave alone):

The "Hey Ya" video borrows from countless others already, including (probably) both Nirvana's "In Bloom" and Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover."

Why isn't it enough to like or dislike a song, instead of trying to argue about whether or not the performer is earth-shatteringly "different"? I mean, we're on a Prince site, for God's sake, and for a lot of people out there he's nothing but a hodgepodge of Hendrix, Sly, Little Richard, and some random half-good early seventies white rock band (it doesn't matter which). You can trace things in anyone's music, and in their image. That doesn't mean they're "inauthentic." Being "different" doesn't mean you're "authentic" either--people can choose (and many have chosen) "difference" as a promotional image (again, we're on a Prince site, and he's pretty much copped to that in interviews).

But being "authentic" doesn't mean you're good, either.

I like the song. I'm almost certainly going to get the album. I have no idea if Janelle Monae is "being herself" in making it--and I can't know that. But I don't care. And if you like the music, I'm not sure why you do, either. And if you don't like the music, I really don't know why you would care.

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Reply #81 posted 07/04/13 2:02pm

mjscarousal

Everyone doesnt have to like her music. Just like how everyone doesnt like Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye... thats fine. However, dont sit up here and call her Rihanna, Beyonce, Katy Perry, etc when she is clearly different from them.

Janelle at 2013 BET awards red carpet

Front and back view of Janelles fabulous hair at the BET awards 2013

Jimmy-Choo-Lance-Sandal- Janelle design shoe for BET awards 2013

Janelle performing at 2013 BET awards

Janelle and Erykah 2013 BET awards

Didnt watch the BET awards but just watched Janelles performance and she killed it!!!

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Reply #82 posted 07/04/13 5:02pm

babynoz

Very rock and roll-ish, catchy and fun. cool

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #83 posted 07/04/13 5:11pm

cindymay

mjscarousal said:

Everyone doesnt have to like her music. Just like how everyone doesnt like Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye... thats fine. However, dont sit up here and call her Rihanna, Beyonce, Katy Perry, etc when she is clearly different from them.

Janelle at 2013 BET awards red carpet

Front and back view of Janelles fabulous hair at the BET awards 2013

Jimmy-Choo-Lance-Sandal- Janelle design shoe for BET awards 2013

Janelle performing at 2013 BET awards

Janelle and Erykah 2013 BET awards

Didnt watch the BET awards but just watched Janelles performance and she killed it!!!

she is stilish, cool, classy, creative, (just beautiful to watch and hear) ...and if someone here compared her to beyonce, rihanna, katy perry and similars needs to be slapped in the face...smh.. confused and this performance was powerful those verses and how they finished with the black power fists in the air...most powerful ending for an award show since forever..

[Edited 7/4/13 17:16pm]

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Reply #84 posted 07/04/13 5:14pm

cindymay

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Very rock and roll-ish, catchy and fun. cool

right? wink heavily inspired by 50's rock and roll..with a jackson 5 splash

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Reply #85 posted 07/04/13 5:16pm

babynoz

cindymay said:

she is stilish, cool, classy, creative, (just beautiful to watch and hear) ...and if someone here compared her to beyonce, rihanna, katy perry and similars needs to be slapped in the face...smh.. confused



She is a breath of fresh air with her own style, thank goodness!

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #86 posted 07/04/13 5:32pm

cindymay

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I mean (coming back to a subject I can't seem to leave alone):

The "Hey Ya" video borrows from countless others already, including (probably) both Nirvana's "In Bloom" and Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover."

Why isn't it enough to like or dislike a song, instead of trying to argue about whether or not the performer is earth-shatteringly "different"? I mean, we're on a Prince site, for God's sake, and for a lot of people out there he's nothing but a hodgepodge of Hendrix, Sly, Little Richard, and some random half-good early seventies white rock band (it doesn't matter which). You can trace things in anyone's music, and in their image. That doesn't mean they're "inauthentic." Being "different" doesn't mean you're "authentic" either--people can choose (and many have chosen) "difference" as a promotional image (again, we're on a Prince site, and he's pretty much copped to that in interviews).

But being "authentic" doesn't mean you're good, either.

I like the song. I'm almost certainly going to get the album. I have no idea if Janelle Monae is "being herself" in making it--and I can't know that. But I don't care. And if you like the music, I'm not sure why you do, either. And if you don't like the music, I really don't know why you would care.

[Edited 7/4/13 7:46am]

you're right wink

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Reply #87 posted 07/04/13 9:17pm

GeorgieAto

thank god music is showing some hope will Bruno Mars on the male side and Janelle on the female side

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Reply #88 posted 07/04/13 11:38pm

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EddieC said:

I mean (coming back to a subject I can't seem to leave alone):

The "Hey Ya" video borrows from countless others already, including (probably) both Nirvana's "In Bloom" and Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover."

Why isn't it enough to like or dislike a song, instead of trying to argue about whether or not the performer is earth-shatteringly "different"? I mean, we're on a Prince site, for God's sake, and for a lot of people out there he's nothing but a hodgepodge of Hendrix, Sly, Little Richard, and some random half-good early seventies white rock band (it doesn't matter which). You can trace things in anyone's music, and in their image. That doesn't mean they're "inauthentic." Being "different" doesn't mean you're "authentic" either--people can choose (and many have chosen) "difference" as a promotional image (again, we're on a Prince site, and he's pretty much copped to that in interviews).

But being "authentic" doesn't mean you're good, either.

I like the song. I'm almost certainly going to get the album. I have no idea if Janelle Monae is "being herself" in making it--and I can't know that. But I don't care. And if you like the music, I'm not sure why you do, either. And if you don't like the music, I really don't know why you would care.

[Edited 7/4/13 7:46am]

It would be very nice if this could be posted everywhere.

And I see all of your creations as one perfect complex
No one less beautiful
Or more special than the next
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Reply #89 posted 07/05/13 3:58am

cindymay

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thank god music is showing some hope will Bruno Mars on the male side and Janelle on the female side

nothing against bruno mars but she is a better artist in my humble opinion.. wink

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