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"The ever-unclassifiable Janelle Mon&amp;#xE1;e has shared the music video for her funky single, &amp;quot;Electric Lady.&amp;quot; In the futuristic clip,&amp;#xA0;Mon&amp;#xE1;e hits up an &amp;quot;Electra Phi Beta&amp;quot; sorority house party, which erupts into choreographed dance routines (complete with lightsabers), marching band guest spots and cameos from musician friends T.I., Estelle, Esperanza Spalding, Monica, TLC&amp;apos;s T-Boz and Kimbra.\r\n50 Best Songs of 2010: Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi, &amp;apos;Tightrope&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe video even features an opening appearance from&amp;#xA0;Mon&amp;#xE1;e&amp;#x2019;s real-life mother, who asks with concern about her daughter&amp;apos;s social life (&amp;quot;I ain&amp;apos;t never heard of no sorority called Electrifying Ladies&amp;quot;) before the singer leaves her house.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe song itself, from 2013&amp;apos;s&amp;#xA0;The Electric Lady, is a perfect showcase for Mon&amp;#xE1;e&amp;apos;s&amp;#xA0;eclectic talents, as she praises the mythical title woman over soulful horns and a shapeshifting groove. Midway through, Mon&amp;#xE1;e even demonstrates her underrated rapping skills: &amp;quot;Whether in Savannah, K-Kansas or in Atlanta /&amp;#xA0;She&amp;apos;ll walk in any room have you raising up your antennas,&amp;quot; she rhymes. &amp;quot;She can fly you straight to the moon or to the ghettos /&amp;#xA0;Wearing tennis shoes or in flats or in stilettos.&amp;quot;\r\nBack in May,&amp;#xA0;Mon&amp;#xE1;e shared the inspirational clip for her cover of David Bowie&amp;apos;s rock anthem &amp;quot;Heroes,&amp;quot; which features a group of young outcasts battling school bullies and finding shelter in the pages of a superhero comic book named JANELLE!&amp;#xA0;The song was recorded for Pepsi&amp;apos;s&amp;#xA0;football-inspired LP,&amp;#xA0;Beats of the Beautiful Game, which was released in June.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe multi-talented singer recently appeared alongside the Roots,&amp;#xA0;Busta Rhymes, DJ Premier and a full orchestra for one date of Dave Chappelle&amp;apos;s three-night stint at Radio City Music Hall.&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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