♫: janelle monáe (ft. big boi) - tightrope (2010)

i don't have my finger on the pulse of contemporary r&b but i know i what i like when i hear it. in that sense i'm somewhat of an authority on the subject. for instance, back in 2005 when amerie's 1 thing dropped i said to myself, i said, "this song is going to be hot." and it was. blazing. well i think tightrope by janelle monáe is also going to be burning shit up round these parts soon. or already is. i don't know. like i said i don't really know as much about contemporary r&b as i should. but this song shares 1 thing's funky, horn blasting beat and infectiously snappy vocals. also big boi stops by for a few words. so that's cool.



also just for the hell of it, 1 thing: