Above: Janelle Monae (formerly of the Outkast/Purple Ribbon camp, now rolling with Diddy) performs “Sincerely, Jane.” I bought Monae’s new EP, in which she is some kind of soul-music robot from the future, at Target today. I don’t like it as much as I liked her roller skating lite disco track from the Purple Ribbon comp, “Letting Go,” which I LOVE LOVE LOVE, but at least she’s trying some shit. She sings a bit like Kelis, if Kelis could sing a lot better.
Below, the official video for SugaRush Beat Company‘s “L.O.V.E.”, which is some kind of UK iTunes exclusive or something. If anybody knows anything about these dudes, loop me in, because I don’t. According to their bio, Rahsaan Patterson (US soul singer) was touring in Australia, met a producer, they met a singer from Denmark… and somehow they came out with this single in the UK. But I’m feeling it.