Janelle Monae "The Electric Lady" Color:2xLP CLEAR The result was not only

The result was not only one of the best rock albums of the era

After the Party ultimately proves to be a wistful but life-affirming reflection on getting older but not quite growing up

"The Vancouver Sessions" takes one new song ("How Long") and four older songs from the band's extensive library and revisits them in a totally different way

with lyrics that shine a spotlight on younger generations social and economic struggles in pursuit of The American Dream

Janelle Monae "The Electric Lady" Color:2xLP CLEAR The result was not onlyAs she began the audacious task of following up on her acclaimed debut LP The ArchAndroid an album that topped critic's lists in 2010 all over the world she took along some trusty, brave companions: the original music producers of The ArchAndroid, Nate "Rocket" Wonder and Chuck Lightning of Wondaland Productions. And together they crafted a new strain of jamming music they called "ish." In the hip hop community, "ish" is a euphemism for the profane