Janelle Monáe A Great Singer and Performer If Not One of the Best, but What is She Really Saying?

Same Old Illuminati, New World Order, Themes as Usual, Nothing New Here Thought it is Presented in a Creative Way .

Christopher
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There is a new artist on the scene, Janelle Monae, who appears to be incredibly talented and has a soulful voice that takes you right back to the era a lot of her songs evoke. She brings back great memories of sixties soul music. Some would say she is eccentric because she looks as though she really wants to be part of the sixties, but that is neither here nor there. Most of us who had never seen her perform before did not know what to think of her performance on BET's Rip The Runway show nor her video for the song Tightrope. In fact a lot of that happened on that show, that was supposed to be about fashion,involved the latest eccentric personalities like those of Janelle and Nicki Minaj and appeared to be about getting us to accept the new direction music is going in under the guise of a fashion show, but that is for another article. People described her on Twitter as a female Andre 3000. It seems like a joke, and it is funny now, but there is something a lot deeper than just being weird or strange when you watch the latest music videos these days. I will say this much, her songs are as addictive as anything that was put out on Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. But I noticed that Janelle Monáe offers a little something extra with her work. Check out her video for the Tightrope song and then listen to Metropolis towards the end about half way in. You will notice some strange things about both songs.

In fact if there is another agenda to Janelle Monae's work, she doesn't hide it all. The video for Tightrope starts out well but is a bit unsettling as she is followed throughout a building by two faceless individuals wearing Black robes with nothing but a glass mirror for a face. The song Metropolis not only romanticizes the themes in the movie, but talks about living on the wired side of town, being a robot, neon slaves, one nation under a microchip, and a chariot arriving. Anyone that knows anything about the true meaning behind the movie Metropolis has to see what is at play here.

I must admit I am conflicted. Janelle Monae has a beautiful voice and it is difficult not to listen to her work but I do not want to be programmed anymore than I already am with the music I listen to. With songs like "Many Moons", and albums such as Arch Android and Metropolis I already know what it is. Why must talented recording artists give into the agenda of this industry? When do I get to listen to music with a clear conscious as even a lot of so called gospel artists are coming from a different place that does not have anything to do with what we are supposed to be concerning ourselves with as Christians? Janelle is a great artist and I am sure that she will get a lot of attention because her songs make you think and challenge your viewpoints, but just thinking is not enough when you aren't sure exactly what it is that you are thinking about ...

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  • you can't listen to anyone anymore without having thoughts implanted in your head
  • i should probably just go to classical music and call it a night

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  • Elise2/14/2011

    I'm not quite sure what you are saying but if you are saying that Janelle Monae has "sinister" motives with her music, I completely disagree with you. If you would pay attention to her lyrics....if anything you would realize that she's trying to warn people as well as motivate people. She is not just the regular mainstream puppet as you say. I hate how people keep branding almost everyone in the music industry as "puppets"...

  • D Mo Be12/31/2010

    I noticed the symbolism too and it is sooo boring. I wanted to keep an open mind about whether or not she was conscious of what she is promoting so I wiki'ed her and sure enough she was quoted as sharing similar political views with Fritz Lang the maker of the classic Sci Fi movie Metropolis which is about a NWO anti christ world where humans are below slaves. The Eugenicists behind all of this main end is to depopulate the earth of Black folk and God which are interchangeable. This message of one must merge man and machine is just a subliminal toward a paperless (money) society,once Blacks make micro chipping "Cool" out will come the firing squads. In a dumbed down visual society the video is always where the message is NOT the lyrics.

  • Christopher5/24/2010

    You do not address any of my points at all. Those lyrics, as good as they are, do not address what I speak of in this article. No one ever accused Janelle of not being conscientious. But that isn't enough for me because it is still a question of what are you getting me to think about, not the fact that you are getting me to think.

  • Val5/24/2010

    Are you on something? I guess we are really brainwashed if one can't see that the world she talks about reflects our own society. People still don't get that, apparently. If you listen to her song, "Locked Inside", this lyric stands out: "The writers and the artists are all paid to tell us lies, they keep us locked inside". I can't believe this girl is out there singing stuff like this and I am a big fan of hers, but I don't think her material will be taken in by the mainstream at all.

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