Emancipation and empowerment through an epic sci-fi adventure. In The Archandroid, Janelle Monáe presented a sprawling work of sci fi drama. A true musical journey that sizzles with blood-pumping ...

Was it cerebral hip-hop? Freaked-out funk? Or an updated Innervisions? There is no point trying to pigeonhole the Guardian's favourite album of 2010 – just sit back and enjoy Some years the most ...

Prone to psychobabble about "connecting energies" and "internal compasses", it's difficult to dissect Janelle Monáe. She's certainly sombre and takes her art seriously, rarely cracking a smile, ...

Janelle Monáe is walking through midtown Manhattan on the day before the release of her second album, The ArchAndroid. Barely five feet tall, dressed in all white and wearing her hair in her usual ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. On Janelle Monae’s major-label debut, the 24-year-old, ragingly talented ...

Last year, after taking in a [a]Grizzly Bear[/a] show, [a]Jay-Z[/a] said indie could teach hip-hop a thing or two. It was a pivotal moment, but for the wrong reasons – the pathetic fervour around his ...

Noted R&B eccentric Janelle Monae has long been praised for her original style—Those black-and-white mod tuxes and androgynous looks? Legendary.—but today, we celebrate her music. Her sophomore album, ...

As her cyborg alter-ego Cindi Mayweather, eccentric 24-year-old singer Janelle Monáe embarks on a sprawling journey of futuristic pop marked with the wonderment of a Pixar epic on her latest… By ...

Janelle Monáe has no desire to define her sound. By Mariel Concepcion Janelle Monáe has no desire to define her sound. “It’s genre-less, because it has an energy about it that genres can’t really live ...