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What, oh what could prompt me to write a post while back on campus? I'm certainly too busy to do this & am missing an episode of sytycd (a complete no-no in my book). But I just had to let you know about this beast of a girl that I've added to my collection.

Her name is Janelle Monáe & she's epic. I was perusing Twitter, came across her page, & watched the video it linked to & was immediately infatuated. She's thoroughly unafraid of expressing herself & being bigger than life. Not only can you get into her music passively, but she's also a poet & her lyrics are deeply penetrating... even though her recurrent theme is being an android in the city Metropolis. She does what Lady Gaga wishes she could (& was doing it before her).

The entire EP, "Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase" is awesome. It's the old-school sort of album where the entire thing has a level of coherence that mainstream artists no longer worry about. I've got three tracks that I'm big on... her big hit, "Many Moons"; "Sincerely, Jane" which poetically addresses urban city life for girls like her; & an android aria called "Cybertronic Purgatory." She's just awesome (in the old, careful, un-watered down sense of the word). Suite II is scheduled for 2010, & I can't wait. Sallamomo alayhi wa sallam. [MdG]