Janelle Monae: QUEEN video

A week later, the Janelle Monae single, Q.U.E.E.N.,continues to be amazing - my new favourite lyric is "I'm tired of Marvin asking me what's going on?"

The video "dropped" (was put on YouTube) last night and it's everything you could have hoped for. A Monochrome choreographic blockbuster set in a museum of cryogenically frozen musical rebels, or something. The best bits look like this...



Janelle had an irrational fear of giant invisible chickens.


Attention: I want me this record player.


This would be a good opportunity to calibrate the horizontal hold on your monitor.


Janelle's backing band were fatally injured in a freak talcum powder accident.


Dancing in a chair: Lazy but impressive.


CHAKA KHAN!


Children, remember to take your Vitamin D supplements.


"You gotta testify / Cause the booty don't lie"

It's better in full, though. If you've got six minutes, press play. If you've got five minutes, press play and skip the nonsense preamble.

Janelle Monae ft Chaka Khan Erykah Badu - Q.U.E.E.N.

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Mark Ronson & pals: A La Modeliste

How about this for Friday afternoon - Mark Ronson produces, The Dap Kings give it some horns, Erykah Badu sings, Mos Def raps. What could be better?

Mark Ronson - A La Modeliste


This is all part of a project called Re:Generation, which is ostensibly a documentary about hip-hop producers investigating other genres of music (DJ Premier delves into classical, Skrillex remixes 60s rock with The Doors, etc). Of course, it all turns out to be a huge advert for a car but that is the nature of things these days, I suppose.

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