Most female R&B stars can be lumped into two categories. There’s the warblers with the big entourages and earnest sounding heartbroken ballads. See Mary J.Blige and Whitney. Then there are the sassy queens with their finger wagging, ice cool pop, like Beyonce and Ashanti. And occasionally there the ones who come seemingly from outer space with music that sounds like nothing else. These artists include Lauren Hill, Erykah Badu and now Janelle Monae.
“Cold War” is taken from her album “ArchAndroid” which is an album inspired by the 1927 film Metropolis. It tells the story of Cindy Mayweather, a messianic android sent back in time to free the citizens of Metropolis from oppression. Sci-fi inspired R&B soul sounds awful, this isn’t, it’s wonderful. Gloriously catchy, full of life and verve.
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