Janelle Monae - TOO HOT FOR TV!

Watching this performance actually brought tears to my eyes. This girl is damn talented. Now let's all pray that Diddy doesn't destroy her career.



COP THIS ALBUM!

May Shopping List

Go and do yourself a favor and pick up these two albums

click on the cover to stream the respective album via myspace, but trust ,
these are both great solid albums and you wont regret your purchase

Well, Janelle...

So I heard Tightrope by Janelle Monae a few weeks ago and had to say I wasn't that impressed. OKSG sent me the video this morning and it definitely perked me up. But I still have to repeat what I said to OKSG....

"Look, I know Janelle can do this shit to death but she needs to show me she can do other stuff too. It's like the NCAA, "yeah we know you can ball, but you need to get your overall grade point average up or else your scholarship is revoked."

Janelle & Erykah - Too Much Talent!

Just wanted to post this picture of these two ladies who are some of the biggest talents on the scene right now. Janelle Monae has been grinding as Erykah Badu's opening act on tour. I'm jealous of those who get to peep these shows! Come to Europe, ladies!

Erykah Badu and Janelle Monae

Just went to this AMAZING concert this weekend, Janelle Monae opening for Erykah Badu - 3 and a half hours of black music at its best!!! Janelle Monae is an amazing performer (do see her live if you get the chance)and Erykah Badu is the queen of this, yall already know.

Best Ofs - 2008 (Camille's favorite albums)

This was tough to do. I'm still kinda uncertain....so I'm not explaining anything. Check out the tags, we've written up most of these artists in the past.

Camille's Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Babyshambles – Shotter's Nation
2. Black Milk - Tronic
   
3. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah
4. Janelle Monae- Suite
   
5. Jose James – The Dreamer
6. Jamie Lidell – Jim
7. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
   
8. Beck - Modern Guilt
9. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
10. Daedelus - Love To Make Music To
    

Photocredits: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10

Best Ofs - 2008 (Camille's favorite songs)

I've been reading everyone's Best Of lists for weeks now and churning mine out in my head. So I figure now is a good time to start hammering them out.

Here are Camille's ten favorite songs of the year in no particular order (with corresponding videos/links):

1. Exile - In Love (actually I think this is my hands down favorite song of the year. so simple and earnest. i usually have to listen to this song two times in a row, at least)




2. Erykah Badu - Healer





The Healer/Hip Hop - Erykah Badu


3. Sam Sparro - American Boy (cover of Estelle track done on BBC)




4. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (bringing disco house BACK. i MUST see this group live)




5. Jose James - Park Bench People


6. Santogold - Starstruck (Diplo Remix)




7. Jamie Liddell - Little Bit of Feel Good


8. Erykah Badu - Soldier
(this album is HEAT and the TRUTH)



9. Janelle Monae - Violet Stars Happy Hunting




10. Joel Alme - The Queen's Corner

Janelle Monae is Cooler Than You

I am sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but Janelle Monae just got here and she is pretty much cooler than most of the kids on the schoolyard. She is endorsed by the cool people (like Erykah Badu and Outkast) and signed to the label of some pop music bigwig. She is a fanciful mix of such beloved artists as Erykah Badu, Andre 3000, Elvis, (Jackson Five era) Michael Jackson, Grace Jones, James Brown, Prince...and then there are so many pieces of her that can only be credited to her own creative mind. And to top it off she is ridiculously cute.

I think she is only going to rise higher on her cool game.

Check out this live performance: