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It's been a long time coming for rising Atlanta star Janelle Monae! From her roots at Purple Ribbon, to her recent deal with Bad Boy, this eclectic artist is gearing up for an unstoppable run at everbody's i-pod and cd player. Tomorrow Monae is releasing a special edition EP, "Metropolis: The Chase Suite", her first joint venture with her label, Woodland Arts Society and Bad Boy, which hopefully will be a good look for everybody. Diddy certainly pushed Cheri Dennis and a few other artists on his roster to the side when he 1st signed Monae, so hopefully she will remain a priority as she offers the world a little insight into her world of Metropolis. We are excited to see Janelle continue to do her thing as she has honestly grown to being one of our favorite entertainers to watch. If you've never seen Monae live, you want to run out and cop tickets to the first venue you can catch her at; not only is she a spark of energy, she is a breath of fresh air on stage..."Metropolis: The Chase Suite" reperesents that and much more, so make sure you go out and support the album tomorrow.

BRiSON gladly got the chance to attend the BIG Ballet which went down at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, but should be coming to HBO very soon. The event was awesome, and we were excited to get a chance to chop it up with Purple Ribbon's finest Janelle Monae. Check out our EXCLUSiVE THOWBACK and see what Janelle's mental was going into the BIG production, and what else she has coming up.

April 10-13, 2008
6 performances only at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia

Prepare yourself for an event like you've never experienced before - big, the groundbreaking collaboration between Atlanta Ballet and Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton of OutKast. This innovative World Premiere fuses the visual experience of Atlanta's professional ballet company with hip-hop music, perfomed live by Atlanta's own Grammy Award-winning visionary. Choreographed by Lauri Stallings, joining Big Boi and Atlanta Ballet's exquisite dancers onstage will be talented voices such as Sleepy Brown, Janelle Monáe, Joi Gilliam, Scar, Big Rube, Rock D, and members of the musical group Konkrete. Don't miss out on this daring performance that is sure to tantalize the senses and leave you wanting more!

Audiences can expect to hear some of these artists', as well as Big Boi's, most popular hits:

- "Morris Brown" from the Idlewild soundtrack

- "Church" and "The Rooster" from Speakerboxxx

- "Bombs Over Baghdad" from Stankonia

- "Kryptonite" from Big Boi Presents...Got Purp? Vol. 2

- Sleepy Brown's "I Can't Wait" featuring Big Boi from his Mr. Brown album

- Janelle Monáe's "Sincerely Jane" and "Metropolis" from the newly released Metropolis album

SOHH.com is reporting that Janelle Monae, a former Purple Ribbon Allstar (now-defunct label run by Big Boi of Outkast) is now Bad Boy Records' - aka the house that Diddy built - newest princess.