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Attention all Bad Boy Blog readers in the Los Angeles area: Bad Boy has kindly offered us 20 tickers for the Janelle Monae show on May 6 in Los Angeles at The Key Club. Doors open at 6:30 PM local time and the show will begin at 7:30. You must be 15 or older for entry. The Key Club is located at 9039 Sunset Boulevard and Diddy will be hosting the show. You can see the flier for the show below.
Do you want a ticket? It's very simple. Just e-mail me and give me your name (first and last) and say that you'd like one. Include something about Janelle Monae in the subject line of the e-mail, if you can. And that's it. The first 20 people to e-mail will get in to see Ms. Monae for free. The deadline for e-mails will be Monday, May 5 at 9:00 AM ET.
Diddy will be presenting a performance by Janelle Monae at The Key Club at 9039 West Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA. The performance is at 7:00 PM. Tickets are only $10 and you can get them from Ticketmaster.
According to the video below, from Janelle Monae's recent showcase performance in New York, Janelle Monae's EP will be released on June 24, instead of June 27, as was previously reported.
Thanks to BBB reader Bryant for pointing this out.
Watch below for some good video from Janelle Monae's Bad Boy introduction in New York last week. It features Diddy, Kevin Liles, Missy Elliott, Andre Harrell and others.
Janelle Monae has an entry on her MySpace blog discussing the partnership with Bad Boy. In it, she also implores fans to join "The Chase", though she provides little as far as further details. It's an effort to unite her fans, certainly. I've asked a rep for a preview or sneak peak to get a better idea.
Janelle Monae was featured in an MTV News segment with a super quick interview with her and Diddy. You can watch the video in the article.
The article reveals that the "Metropolis" EP will, in fact, be a re-release of "Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase" and that she is due to shoot a video for "Many Moons" soon.
"I think it's something that I needed to do to show my level of creativity for my legacy as an executive producer and as a label owner," [Diddy] said of bringing her onboard. "I was looking for things that were different and innovative. Because if you're a leader in this industry you want to be helping to push it forward, and she's an artist that would help to push it forward. ... It's so good that it's not a risk. It's not about the sales, it's not about one particular thing."
"Wow," Monáe exclaimed, seated next to Diddy.
HipHopDX and Billboard have reports from Janelle Monae's performance at the Blender Theatre last night.
“I’ve been blessed with artists like Jodeci, Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige in the past, but this artist right here—you’ve just got to see it to believe it. I don’t know if you ever felt the Holy Ghost, but that’s the only feeling you’re to feel tonight,” Diddy said to a capacity crowd.
Monae -- decked out in her staple black slacks, white dress jacket with black lapel, oversized black bow tie and black and white wingtip shoes -- performed a five-song set that included the guitar-laden "Smile," "Letting Go" and "Violet Stars/Happy Hunting," which finds Monae singing, "I'm an alien from outer space / I'm a cyber girl without a face," over thumping drums.
They both mention that her September album title will be "Metropolis".
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