From Metropolis to Dirty Computer: A Guide to Janelle Monáe's Time-Traveling Musical Odyssey
When you play one of Janelle Monie's albums, you aren't just taking a winding tour through the musical influences that have shaped the artist's intoxicating, soul-piercing voice. You're tapping into a part of an expansive Afrofuturist saga about identity, revolution, time travel, and (of course) androids.