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Janelle Monae and the Wondaland camp are using their platform to do much more than drop tunes that rock a party. Today, the collective released “Talmbout,” a derivative of the ongoing discussion about racial injustice and police brutality in America.

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Syd tha Kid‘s soul collective,  The Internet, has announced a new album slated for release later this month. To set the mood, Syd, Matt Martians and the rest of the crew debuted a new track, “Special Affair.” 

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Allow us to right a wrong that continues to baffle yours truly. Over the weekend, Chance The Rapper continued his string of amazing visuals with a Broadway-themed visual for “Sunday Candy.”

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Janelle Monae hit NYCs Best Buy Theater last night (March 26) for a special concert for Samsung users. Attendees got their tickets by bringing their phones to the Samsung store in Soho, but Monae put on a show worthy of whatever price she could have felt like charging.

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Janelle Monáe teamed up with Pepsi’s Real.Big.Summer program to surprise a crowd of fans at McCarren Park in Brooklyn, New York.

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Janelle Monáe rarely misses in the visual department, and today, she knocks another out of the park for “Electric Lady,” the some-what title track from her 2013 LP, The Electric Lady.

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Each summer, The Roots curate one of the more underrated festivals around with their Roots Picnic. This marks the seventh year the show will invade Penn’s Landing in the group’s native Philadelphia, and today, ?uestlove unveiled a brief video to announce the performers.

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As fans continue to praise Janelle Monáe‘s new album, The Electric Lady, she returns with a remix for the Solange-assisted title track.

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While somewhere in America, Miley Cyrus was angering the FCC and the Parents’ Television Council, an estimated 30,000 people turned out for the 8th annual AfroPunk Fest.

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Well, this is exciting. Two of R&B’s top talents in Janelle Monáe and Miguel connect on a new track called “PrimeTime.”

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Goodie Mob have never rapped for the sake of rapping. Rather, their intentions have always been to enlighten and that is clear in their new visual for “Special Education,” featuring Janelle Monáe.

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Robin Thicke and Janelle Monae are a pair of the hottest artists in the game. So it’s no surprise that VIBE magazine has placed the edgy crooners on the cover of its summer 2013 issue.