TAG: Bad Boy

Feb15

Janelle Monáe – Cold War (MP3)

Janelle Monáe fans, despair no further. It’s been two years since Metropolis: The Chase Suite dropped and “Sincerely, Jane” had the number one spot on my iTunes. In anticipation of her album The ArchAndroid dropping May 18th, the bubbly and imaginative Monae has released her latest single, “Cold War.” What I love about Monáe is how completely weird she is– she has this undeniable quality to her voice and an eccentricity that’s all her own, complete with her structured pouf and androgynous black-tie ensembles.  She owns it on-stage and she belts it out in her songs. This track is no exception.

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Jan27

Jim Jonsin: Songs for Girls

Grammy Winner Knows What You Like 

It was the summer of 2008 and two of rap music’s elite–that is, two individuals from a genre of alpha male ethos– dropped a pair of bangers, which heard T.I. and Lil Wayne crooning rather than ripping rhymes, “Whatever You Like” and ”Lollipop,” respectively.  Since concocting the sound of said-quasi-romantic classics, producer Jim Jonsin’s production resume has begun to inflate rapidly, prolifically making dirty songs for girls and the boys that love them.

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