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You Gotta Love Raphael Saadiq's 'Staying' Power

Every time we think Raphael Saadiq may be just about done promoting last year's winning LP, The Way I See It, he comes back with yet another video, or performance, to support the effort. It's almost unheard of these days,...

Harlem  |  11/12/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

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Reminder: Janelle Monáe Can Sing. Well.

Though getting new material from Janelle Monáe is wholly satisfying when it happens, it isn't happening very often. Fortunately, Cindy Mayweather stays on her performance hustle. In this great video, Monáe sings her beautiful rendition of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile." There...

Ro  |  11/06/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Janelle Monáe Comes 'Alive'

"Come Alive (War of the Roses)" is the newest single from music's most unique, pompadour-sporting cybergirl from outer space, Janelle Monáe, and when I say it goes hard it's an epic understatement. The track, recorded at Monáe's Wondaland recording...

huny  |  10/06/2009 at 3:30 PM  |  Comments (11)  |  Permalink

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Jaspects 'Beat It' Up At Joe's Pub

We know you've seen us write about them before, and even featured some of their music on the site, but seriously, if you haven't seen Jaspects in person, you are just plain missing out. On life. The sextet from the...

Harlem  |  09/17/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

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Janelle Monáe Joins The Roots For 'Sincerely, Jane'

Still going strong and performing on tour with the likes of Erykah Badu and No Doubt, Janelle Monáe continues to impress. This video is of a performance she gave at The Roots Jam Session in NYC. Beautifully shot by Melo-X,...

Ro  |  08/10/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

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Jaspects Make Those Without Talent Look Suspect

Jaspects, an Atlanta-based sextuplet, has been defined in the past as a Jazz band with futuristic overtones. On their newest release, The Polkadotted Stripe, it is obvious that they have seen both the birth of cool as well as the...

ill Mami  |  05/26/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Listicle

November's 10 Soulful People, Places & Things

Yes, clearly the month of November is almost over, but we're not psychics! If this feature takes off (as in, you love it) I'll try to get around to doing them mid-month, every month. Consider it a rundown (in no...

nOvaMatic  |  11/18/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Over, Sideways and Under On a Magic Carpet Ride

Janet Jackson has a lingerie line aptly named "Pleasure Principle" in the works with a wide range of sizes planned. [WWD]Janelle Monae's EP didn't do too well on the charts. [BBB] Estelle's brief guide to the UK. [BV]Keyshia Cole...

Butta  |  08/21/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Diggin' in the Crates

(Re)Visit Metropolis

With the recent Bad Boy release of Janelle Monae's Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) zooming to the top of the iTunes R&B Album list, it seems a bit more possible for us to relax into their uncomfortable pairing. Somewhat....

Ro  |  08/15/2008 at 2:10 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

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The Long, Tortured History of Bad Boy Signees, by Maronzio Vance

This is a damn shame. Even though we've all had this conversation in barbershops, blogs, and on front porches getting wasted, it still isn't any less true. At this point, anyone tripping over themselves to be an artist on Bad...

nOvaMatic  |  08/05/2008 at 12:44 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Interludes

Notorious B.I.G. Reveals There's 'Life After Death' & Janelle Monae Won't Stop Paging Him

It's a no-brainer that we love to wax nostalgic here on SoulBounce, and Stevie Wonder's Sesame Street performance was a testament to this fact. But when we hipped you to Notorious B.I.G.'s reappearance from the grave on Twitter, most of...

ill Mami  |  08/04/2008 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Looks Like Janelle Has A Reason To 'Smile'

Despite the fear that being signed to Bad Boy Records would somehow turn Janelle Monae into a hip hop-soul pop tart (à la Cassie), she is back with some new material from her forthcoming Suite I: The Chase EP. The...

ill Mami  |  07/31/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Burn Some Candles

Don't put Janelle Monae in a box. [AHHA]So what does Steve Harvey have to say about the future of Black radio? [BE]Diddy's new Burger King commercial was directed by Spike Lee. What a waste of talent. On Spike Lee's...

Butta  |  07/30/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Janelle Monae Looking for La-La Land Lookalikes for New Short Film

Here's the best part about posting on East coast time: we always give our West coast readers something to wake  up to in the morning. And this morning, if you live in L.A., you still have time to get up,...

Harlem  |  06/20/2008 at 11:00 AM  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Badu ♥ Monae. Monae ♥ Badu.

Recently on the OKP boards, "analoguegirl", who you may otherwise recognize as one Erykah Badu, expressed her diggery of Janelle Monae. "ALL i got to say is I N S P I R E D! love her. kinda remind me...

nOvaMatic  |  05/19/2008 at 4:30 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Shoot 'Em Up

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are engaged. Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are engaged? [AH]Wanna see Janelle Monae in LA next week for free? [BBB]Check out Musiq Soulchild coming to a city near you this summer. [SR]Hil St. Soul...

Butta  |  05/01/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Seeing Red

Toni Braxton is on sick leave for the rest of April. [People]Eminem is in negotiations to perform at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party. I don't get it either. [SSU]Foxy Brown will be a free woman come Friday. [MTV]Show of...

Butta  |  04/15/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Janelle Monae Eases Our Minds. We May or May Not Drop the Issue.

The uber-talented and so not Kelis-ish Janelle Monae has been extremely diplomatic on the matter of her partnership/deal/signing with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records which, if you ask most people, is the sort of thing that would normally cause...

nOvaMatic  |  04/10/2008 at 3:34 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

For Janelle, a 'Partnership'. For Diddy, a 'Signing'.

Perhaps the most interesting if not glaring thing about the Janelle Monae on Bad Boy "nontroversy" is her approach to the topic as opposed to Diddy's. As seen previously, Janelle often immediately refers to her Wonderland Arts Society when asked about...

nOvaMatic  |  04/09/2008 at 3:10 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

Diddy Keeps 'Presenting' Janelle Monae; We Keep Trying to Wake Up From This

Last night in NY Dr. Klaw Diddy, once again, introduced Janelle Monae to some people, but this time, to record industry and media types. You know, those people that are usually about 10 steps behind blogs, the pulse of the...

nOvaMatic  |  04/04/2008 at 3:04 PM  |  Comments (13)  |  Permalink