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- Transgender rights advocate Vita Elizabeth Cleveland recorded an answer song, "Hell Y'all Ain't Talmbout", which focuses on the names of murdered African-American trans women.
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"Hell You Talmbout" [a] is a 2015 protest song by Janelle Monáe and the members of her Wondaland artist collective, including Deep Cotton, George 2.0, Jidenna, Roman GianArthur, and St. Beauty.
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Aug 28, 2015 · "Hell Y'all Ain't Talmbout" is part anthem, part act of resistance that pays homage to some of the black trans people lost to violence, and serves as a call to action for those invested in black lives. Listen to the track below as well as catch the lyrics provided by Vita E herself! Vita E. Cleveland. Hell Y'all Ain't Talmbout. Share.
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Aug 13, 2015 · Roman GianArthur. On this re-do of a bonus track from The Electric Lady, the artists of Wondaland Records come together to protest the violence and abuses against African-Americans. The… Read...
Sep 6, 2013 · Hell You Talmbout Lyrics: Baby, ooh / Baby, ooh / Baby, ooh / Baby, ohh / Bombs on the floor / Smoke in the mirror / Girls get their hair done / In electric jungles / Drunk man comes / Stopping...
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"Hell You Talmbout" is a protest song by Janelle Monáe, first released as a bonus track from the deluxe version of their album The Electric Lady (2013). It began as a record addressing poverty, police brutality, and gun violence.
Later, she did a remake released on August 13, 2015, which featured the rest of the Wondaland Records roster (Jidenna, Roman GianArthur, Deep Cotton, St. Beauty, and George 2.0), where they chanted names of Black people killed by the hands of American police. On Monáe's Instagram, they stated:
Monáe performed the song at the 2017 Women's March in Washington D.C., on January 21. Billboard reported:
In 2021, Monáe released a remix entitled "Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout)" in collaboration with the African American Policy Forum's #SayHerName Mothers Network. It is named after the social movement founded by Kimberlé Crenshaw that "called attention to the black women who have died at the hands of US police." Monáe stated, "This work is too important to do alone and can only be sustained through our collective voices. We take up this call to action as daughters ourselves trying to create a world where stories like these are no longer commonplace. This is a rally cry." The song features vocals from Alicia Keys, Zoë Kravitz, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Chlöe x Halle, Tierra Whack, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Alicia Garza, Beyoncé, Britanny Howard, MJ Rodriguez, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jovian Zayne, Asiahn, Angela Rye, and Isis V.
In another statement, Monáe said:
Hell You Talmbout
•Walter Scott
•Jerame Reid
•Philip White
•Eric Garner
•Trayvon Martin
Taylor Weatherby of Billboard wrote, "The singer and her labelmates at Wondaland Records teamed up on the powerful chant song to accompany their efforts in leading marches in cities such as Philadelphia and New York City. As snare drums stir in the background of the track, names of victims who died due to race-related incidents — including Michael ...
"Hell You Talmbout" is a 2015 protest song by Janelle Monáe and the members of her Wondaland artist collective, including Deep Cotton, George 2.0, Jidenna, Roman GianArthur, and St. Beauty. [1] It charted at #35 in its first week. [2]
Oct 22, 2015 · The interview followed her Sept. 12 performance at southeast urban music festival One Musicfest, where Monae performed her protest song "Hell You Talmbout." "Silence is our enemy, and sound is...
