The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe looks like Grace Jones, dances like James Brown and flits from pop to hip-hop to funk like she can't make up her mind. Her debut — a sci-fi concept album about an alien robot — veers from the fantastical to tracks like "Tightrope" that evoke good old-fashioned '60s soul.

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