A blissfully poppy follow-up to the all-obliterating Erykah Badu team-up Q.U.E.E.N, Janelle Monae elevates her first album’s battle cry to Dance Or Die into biblical proportions on Dance Apocalyptic. Its greatest triumph is just how damn effortless it feels, imbued with timeless, trend-defying class. Janelle is so next level that it’s ridiculous, and the fact that she isn’t regarded as one of the biggest superstars on the planet right now is one of the great injustices in the music world. Hopefully that will change with new LP The Electric Lady, out this September.
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