Electric Lady (Dlcd) 6/16/2009 Thirty years into any music

Thirty years into any music career

The resultant fusion-oriented sound is like a darker

I AM combines the underground feel of ILLMATIC with the commercial appeal of IT WAS WRITTEN

over a bumptious latin-inflected rock groove

jazzy soul-funk of "Sarah

Electric Lady (Dlcd) 6/16/2009 Thirty years into any musicPrince, Erykah Badu, Esperanza Spalding, Solange, and Miguel contribute to the fourth and fifth Metropolis suites, but it's not as if Janelle Mon? e and her Wondaland associates were short on creative energy. Equally as detailed and as entertaining as The ArchAndroid, The Electric Lady likewise is a product of overactive imaginations and detailed concept engineering, and it also plays out like a sci fi opera slash variety program with style and era