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Thread started 01/08/19 6:32am

TrivialPursuit

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New Janelle Monae video for "Screwed"

I'm lovin' it.




Thoughts?

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Reply #1 posted 01/08/19 9:36am

MoBettaBliss

dig it

i fucking love her

i watched some of the golden globes and she came out to present an award.. she has that real presence ... like there's her, then there's everyone else in the room

a true artist's artist imo

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Reply #2 posted 01/08/19 12:52pm

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For the record, I'd be perfectly happy with her uncovering her areolae.

"Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin
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Reply #3 posted 01/09/19 1:57am

gandorb

Loved the song immediately when I first heard the album. Nice video. Janelle hits the spot!

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Reply #4 posted 01/09/19 4:49am

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Not new it's pulled from the emotion picture that aired right when the project dropped.
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Reply #5 posted 01/09/19 5:36am

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deebee said:

For the record, I'd be perfectly happy with her uncovering her areolae.

What I was thinking wink. Fine song, haven't really listened 2 this album much since it first came out, I will sometime soon. Maybe 2morrow yawn.

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Reply #6 posted 01/09/19 12:15pm

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Honestly cannot get on board with this song, I find it cringy as hell, and I think she's an incredible talent.

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Reply #7 posted 01/09/19 4:15pm

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jaawwnn said:

Honestly cannot get on board with this song, I find it cringy as hell, and I think she's an incredible talent.

That's how I felt about a lot of this album to begin with. I'm enjoying it now, especially the live versions I've seen, despite still feeling that the lyrics are a bit cringey in parts. I like the groove of this one, though, which has a nice flow to it - even though it seems to me to reference Madonna's 'Get Into The Groove' almost as consciously as 'Americans' references 'Let's Go Crazy'.

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Reply #8 posted 01/09/19 9:58pm

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getxxxx said:

Not new it's pulled from the emotion picture that aired right when the project dropped.


We know that. It's just about celebrating the song and video itself.

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Reply #9 posted 01/12/19 6:32pm

luvsexy4all

shouldnt she be now called Janelle Money' ??

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Reply #10 posted 01/12/19 6:47pm

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luvsexy4all said:

shouldnt she be now called Janelle Money' ??


She's greedy because she's making a living? Stupid ideology.

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Reply #11 posted 01/12/19 6:51pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

luvsexy4all said:

shouldnt she be now called Janelle Money' ??


She's greedy because she's making a living? Stupid ideology.

no because her music is geared towards commercialism

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Reply #12 posted 01/12/19 6:56pm

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luvsexy4all said:

TrivialPursuit said:


She's greedy because she's making a living? Stupid ideology.

no because her music is geared towards commercialism


So she should make weird music that no one wants to hear?

Your logic is incredibly unstable. Did you piss on Prince's music when "Let's Go Crazy" hit #1? Or "When Doves Cry", "Kiss", "Batdance"? Did you get butthurt when he played MTV US or MTV Europe or Arsenio a few times, to large commercial audiences? Were your standards abused when he made a highly commercial album like Musicology, or a song like "Cream" which was all over the place? Did you get to puff up your pretend-fringed chest when he partnered with a retail corporation like Target and made commercials for Lotusflow3r? No? Thought not.

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Reply #13 posted 01/12/19 7:00pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

luvsexy4all said:

no because her music is geared towards commercialism


So she should make weird music that no one wants to hear?

Your logic is incredibly unstable. Did you piss on Prince's music when "Let's Go Crazy" hit #1? Or "When Doves Cry", "Kiss", "Batdance"? Did you get butthurt when he played MTV US or MTV Europe or Arsenio a few times, to large commercial audiences? Were your standards abused when he made a highly commercial album like Musicology, or a song like "Cream" which was all over the place? Did you get to puff up your pretend-fringed chest when he partnered with a retail corporation like Target and made commercials for Lotusflow3r? No? Thought not.

he had big make-up bills to pay....but he went back and forth with his music

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Reply #14 posted 01/12/19 7:26pm

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Looove it.
Time keeps on slipping into the future...


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Reply #15 posted 01/12/19 8:23pm

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luvsexy4all said:

TrivialPursuit said:


So she should make weird music that no one wants to hear?

Your logic is incredibly unstable. Did you piss on Prince's music when "Let's Go Crazy" hit #1? Or "When Doves Cry", "Kiss", "Batdance"? Did you get butthurt when he played MTV US or MTV Europe or Arsenio a few times, to large commercial audiences? Were your standards abused when he made a highly commercial album like Musicology, or a song like "Cream" which was all over the place? Did you get to puff up your pretend-fringed chest when he partnered with a retail corporation like Target and made commercials for Lotusflow3r? No? Thought not.

he had big make-up bills to pay....but he went back and forth with his music


And Janelle is getting things for free? JM changes with every album. Is that not growth or back n' forth, as you describe it? Your logic is so flawed, it's not even logic.

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