The RnB Messiah
The first decade of the 2000s is very paradoxical for all lovers of music urban. Also talk of a genre that I like, GNI. On the creative side in the first instance, we see that the border with Pop was clearly dissolved. The Rnb mainstream in its purest form is a machine for creating dolls "Made in MTV " which have no ill will hold the plastic instead of innovative sounds and worked. A valid point for male artist of course. After all it is surely time that unbridled wants it but what Marvin Gaye needed to show her body to express its sensuality in his music?
The Rnb women come in, now we finally have the right to Bimbos which although very nice looking, vocally providing the bare minimum (Cassie, Rihanna). Let's be clear, since "Crazy In Love " Beyonce and "One Thing " of America. Is there a song Rnb mainstream which can boast of have a lasting impact on people's minds? (The one that cites as Rihanna ...). Alarmist enough time on the creative side. She is a woman, as the peaceful Christmas Gallagher, who came to offer us an oasis in this arid desert and poor. Her name: Janelle Monae . His album: The Archandroid . The Chronicle is here and now.
native of Kensai and identify by Big Boi of Outkast , Janelle Monae is a darling of the net for his performance on the soundtrack for Idlewild . After we have put in the mouth with a short but correct EP Metropolis: The Chase Suite released in 2008. Archandroid released in 2010 was undoubtedly the album The most anticipated for any fan of the genre. Justified expectation, this first official album released on the label Bad Boy crystallized a lot of waiting. Waiting rewarded with a flamboyant personality, innovative sounds, a bit elitist at times. Elitism that is taking shape in the very concept of the album, insofar The Archandroid recounts the misadventures of an android named Cindy Mayweather on the planet Metropolis ( The Case Following is the prelude as you can imagine). Monae we then account the vicissitudes of his alter ego as background sounds very refreshing.
On this first album a bit complex and wildly eclectic, is drawing a great kaleidoscope that mesmerizes us through. Sometimes Funk / Rock on "Dance or Die " feat in with Saul Williams, then pop on "Make The Bus", "Michael Jacksonian" to "Locked Inside " atmosphere on Black Cabaret " BaBobByeYa " , Rhythm and Blue on the single "Tightrope . Difficult to identify the beautiful, as she seems to have several strings to his bow. Also difficult to store it alongside other artists Rnb as it seems to be above the basket oysters. His excellent stage performances will not make me change my mind.
album without waste, with a high production level and down to the last detail. As evidenced by " Mushrooms & Roses" and its clever use of vocoder and a guitar, " Wondaland " and his trip Nu Soul, " Come Alive" 60's Punk and its share of overdubs treated. The work done on the album is that we avoid the effect of "catch all" of the vast majority of albums that claim eclectic (Those MIA for example). Over the tracks, the feeling of having a new artist to the ear is working. Probably because of the many inspirations Monae: David Bowie (on Make The Bus), James Brown , Prince, Michael Jackson in mind. However, at no stage did the monkey artists mentioned. Quite the contrary, she manages to get the best result for a novel to date in terms of entertainement.
The result is final, The ArchAndroid is a classic Contemporary. Smart Album, tonic, eclectic, sexy and sophisticated. It is stored alongside album of high caliber such as Worldwide Underground, The Miseducation of Laurynn Hill or Words & Sound Jill Scott. Janelle Monae Rnb where the mainstream as it should be just.
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