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Dirty Computer album cover

Studio album 2018

Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer

Billboard peak
No.6
Released April 27
2018
Runtime
48:47
Tracks
14
Label
Bad Boy Records
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Janelle Monáe's 2018 breakthrough: Make Me Feel, Django Jane, and Pynk on a queer, political pop-R&B album that made her a mainstream awards fixture.

Dirty Computer loosened the Metropolis android mythology for something closer to autobiography—pride, desire, and surveillance anxiety over brighter pop and funk. Make Me Feel drew Prince comparisons; Django Jane and Pynk with Grimes sharpened the political edge.

Screwed with Zoë Kravitz and the Brian Wilson–touched title track widen the guest palette. The album hit No. 6, earned major Grammy nominations, and became the Monáe record most people outside the cult arrived through.

Track list

Production Nate Wonder 12 Janelle Monáe 11 Chuck Lightning 8 Nana Kwabena 3 Roman GianArthur 3 Jon Jon Traxx 2 Jon Brion 1 Mattman & Robin 1 Organized Noize 1 Wynne Bennett 1

  1. Dirty Computer 1:59

    Feat. Brian Wilson

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning

  2. Crazy, Classic, Life 4:46

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning

  3. Take a Byte 4:07

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning, Jon Jon Traxx, Nana Kwabena

  4. Jane's Dream 0:18

    Prod. Jon Brion

  5. Screwed 5:02

    Feat. Zoë Kravitz

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning, Roman GianArthur

  6. Django Jane 3:10

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Nana Kwabena

  7. Pynk 4:00

    Feat. Grimes

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning, Wynne Bennett

  8. Make Me Feel 3:14

    Prod. Mattman & Robin

  9. I Got the Juice 3:46

    Feat. Pharrell Williams

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning, Nana Kwabena

  10. I Like That 3:20

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning, Organized Noize

  11. Don't Judge Me 6:00

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Roman GianArthur

  12. Stevie's Dream 0:46

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Roman GianArthur

  13. So Afraid 4:04

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe

  14. Americans 4:06

    Prod. Nate Wonder, Janelle Monáe, Chuck Lightning, Jon Jon Traxx

Artists on this release

Lead and guest artists, from the credits

  1. Janelle Monáe Lead artist Atlanta, Georgia