“R&B art-freak Janelle Monae rocks a cartoon-huge pompadour and writes concept EPs about robot revolutions (or something), but on "Tightrope", she backs all that space-talk up with serious old-school entertainer bona fides. The sped-up alien backing vocals are the only thing about this song that screams sci-fi; instead, the track is a vicious, greasy, clattering old-school funk workout along the li”
