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Janelle Monáe - 'The Age of Pleasure'


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All my expectations went down the drain :(

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Looking at her other album covers lined up with this... unreal :rip: 

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... did everyone try the The ArchAndroid? I thought the The ArchAndroid was lovely.

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5 minutes ago, Ewan Chaos said:

... did everyone try the The ArchAndroid? I thought the The ArchAndroid was lovely.

PREACH!

 

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Y'all this is just a fun project for the summer.

 

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Cindi Mayweather did not die for this

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Lipstick Lover is very mediocre, and I actually did like Float, not her best, but still cute.

I'm gonna wait for the whole thing, but my hype is gone :(

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Love how people call this a sellout album, while Float hasn't even reached five million streams. If this is her sellout era, it isn't working :deadbanana4:

 

Float is cute, new song has to grow on me, but I agree it's not the music I hope to get from her

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5 hours ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Let's allow the girls to sell out in peace! I mean, Ed and Cardi both flopped, Atlantic had to take Charli and Janelle off the shelves and put them to mf work

 :jonnycat: Come thru sell-out era!

When? I know we are not comparing a single to WHOLE eras that flopped. 

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I’m all for artists having some fun and making music that’s not super serious but like… Janelle doing music with frivolous meaning and stupid hooks like this just seems forced. It’s not why I got into her that’s for sure but hey :foxaylove2:

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was anyone able to find the uncensored cover in hq

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11 minutes ago, kyliefever2002 said:

was anyone able to find the uncensored cover in hq

I think I saw it on her website. Not sure, though.

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Yeah this is gonna be my least fave album of hers lol.

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okay just got home so i'm listening to Lipstick Lover

 

not bad!! :jamming:

 

however... why is this album reportedly 32 minutes??? that's so short

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Janelle is usually a very cerebral and conceptual artist. This is different. It makes me think she tried to challenge herself to just chill and create something in a different headspace or that maybe it's a case of jamming the writers block away lol I will still check the record out. It might work as a whole listen

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2 minutes ago, liquiddiamonds said:

Janelle is usually a very cerebral and conceptual artist. This is different. It makes me think she tried to challenge herself to just chill and create something in a different headspace or that maybe it's a case of jamming the writers block away lol I will still check the record out. It might work as a whole listen

This makes sense tbh

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4 hours ago, CottageHore said:

I’m all for artists having some fun and making music that’s not super serious but like… Janelle doing music with frivolous meaning and stupid hooks like this just seems forced. It’s not why I got into her that’s for sure but hey :foxaylove2:

It’d be one thing if these were bops, but it’s like she just wanted to make background music for an episode of Insecure where they’re going on a friend trip to Jamaica. 

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I guess I’ll be the only enjoying both artsy and generic Janelle. 

 

I like Lipstick Lover. It’s a jammy jam. 

 

she deserves to let her hair down and make some avg music. 

 

I liked dirty computer but I thought it had its corny moments. Float does too, but this might be her least corniest, basic bop attempt since “I Like It”.

 

im over these short length albums though. That’s not making much sense to me and I can’t defend her there. Lol 

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even pynk and screwed had more summer vibes than this mess here 

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Dirty Computer as a whole was a summer vibe without actually needing to be. This is just a bit too on the nose and boring. And I usually am fine with generic n

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Of Charlie Chaplin's era, to... omg lol

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not the op still saying 6/30 and no cover or tracklist in the first post,,,, @Supervillain:bird:

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Why Lipstick Lover sounds like an Alicia Keys song? :redface:

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12 hours ago, liquiddiamonds said:

Janelle is usually a very cerebral and conceptual artist. This is different. It makes me think she tried to challenge herself to just chill and create something in a different headspace or that maybe it's a case of jamming the writers block away lol I will still check the record out. It might work as a whole listen

This is how I feel. My hypothesis is that this album is helping to allow Janelle to explore more and more of her personality now that she's explored more of her sexuality and gender identity. Like she's only recently came out as non-binary and has only recently identified as pan iirc. Basically, I think The Age of Pleasure is meant to explore more of who she is and what she likes now that she's been free to explore her sexuality and gender identity more over the past few years. 

 

9 hours ago, ThaInfo1 said:

I guess I’ll be the only enjoying both artsy and generic Janelle. 

 

I like Lipstick Lover. It’s a jammy jam. 

 

she deserves to let her hair down and make some avg music. 

 

I liked dirty computer but I thought it had its corny moments. Float does too, but this might be her least corniest, basic bop attempt since “I Like It”.

 

im over these short length albums though. That’s not making much sense to me and I can’t defend her there. Lol 

All this. Down to not ******* with these short albums lol. Ima be right there with you jamming to this :jamming: I quite Lipstick Lover (much more than Float and I even liked that).

 

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