Janelle Monáe The Age Of Pleasure Album

Age of Pleasure‘s album release may have reached its maximum nipple quota. However, the “free-a** motherf**ker” has no interest whatsoever in the retaliatory pearl-clinging. The album by Janelle Monáe amplifies the freedom that the first two singles, “Float” and “Lipstick Lover,” exemplify. Age Of Pleasure is a refreshing journey through sultry, sapphic stanzas over steel drums, welcoming a new era for the 37-year-old. It combines genres and musical styles from the African, Caribbean, and Black diaspora.

As affirmed by Monáe in front of its delivery, the Age Of Pleasure addresses precisely exact thing the title signals. The Grammy-nominated performer creates a space that prioritizes self-expression and contentment across the 14 tracks that they manage to fit into just over 32 minutes. Standout songs like “Only Have Eyes 42,” “French 75,” “The Rush,” and “A Dry Red” have influences from R&B, afrobeats, Hip-Hop, reggae, and blues. Grace Jones, Sister Nancy, Amaarae, Doechii, Nia Long, Ckay, Seun Kuti, and Egypt 80 are among the features.

Monáe, like their first persona, Cindi Mayweather, is a time traveler who preserves knowledge and bears witness for future generations. They have acted in a number of films about Black freedom struggles: Harriet, Antebellum, Moonlight, and Hidden Figures They have created allegorical worlds in concept albums and short stories for more than a decade to warn against the dangers of ahistorical thought. The Memory Librarian’s main characters are: What’s more, Different Accounts of Dirty Computer, an assortment of Monáe’s tragic fiction, free themselves through an intergenerational shared perspective. Jane persuades Zen to escape by setting off shared recollections of their relationship. Their sci-fi novellas are more intricate and innovative than The ArchAndroid’s The Age of Pleasure. In the haven Monáe built for themselves, tree by tree and cobblestone by cobblestone, it’s a raucous party. Even the Lord rested.