With Metropolis Suite I: The Chase, the first of four highly anticipated album suites (out August 24), Janelle Monáe has found a way to innovate with subject matter and sound. The suite incorporates elements of electronica, hip hop, rock and soul and concerns an android named Cindi Mayweather, who is struggling for love and freedom in the year 2719.
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