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We come in peace, but we mean business.
For years, Monae let the grace notes in the story speak for her.
She could be opinionated without defining herself.
Some fans felt she could get more back from giving more of herself.
!and Locked Inside to imaginary set pieces like Neon Valley Street and thePhilip K. DickthemedElectric Sheep Nightclub.
Dirty Computercleverly arranges these performance vignettes as flashbacks, memories being scrubbed from Janes circuit boards before reassignment.
The time-travel conceit separatesDirty Computerfrom the more dreamlike and impressionistic staging of recent visual albums like BeyoncesLemonade.
Openness does not require full disclosure.)
As a stand-alone album,Dirty Computerdramatizes these issues as sharply as Monaes speech at the Grammys did.
The message is that youll die stressed and unfulfilled if you blow your life waiting on other peoples approval.
Screwed is joyous funk-pop in spite of the disorder in its lyrics.
Its time for new legends.
