In other pseudo-Outkast related news, Janelle Monae covered Prince's still astonishing "Let's Go Crazy" on the BET Awards. I didn't even realize BET was still around, but then again, I haven't seen "Hell Date" in a while. The cover's pretty spot on and works Monae's flair for the theatrical along with her ability to take R&B chestnuts like James Brown and now Prince and pull them off surprisingly well. It's ballsy that's for sure. I mean, who covers "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" (besides Phish)? Ok, so bad example. But, you get what I'm saying. Not only that, but she does that IN FRONT of Prince! If for nothing else watch for the cut to Prince in the crowd. It looks like he just puked in his mouth.
Head over to YANP for the mp3.
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