The uber-talented and so not Kelis-ish Janelle Monae has been extremely diplomatic on the matter of her partnership/deal/signing with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records which, if you ask most people, is the sort of thing that would normally cause the Earth to speed directly towards the sun in order to destroy itself. But Jane feels your pain, and has offered up reassurance in bloggy form. She's gentle and firm all at once and it makes us want to swoon: 

Our new partners and colleagues at Bad Boy/Atlantic Records are excited about this joint venture as well. They strongly support my message and music. They are also quite aware of my core values and understand that they must be maintained and upheld at all costs... there may be times when I disagree with some of the ideas of my partners, friends or supporters, but rest assured that my core values will not be broken or compromised. I will stick fast to these ideals and will not allow the divisive policies and ideas of the past to marginalize or further segregate music lovers and true supporters of my music.

So there. We have it on record, nicely cached in Google and re-posted here just in case there's some litigation confusion later on. I'll take a wait-and-see approach, but best believe my face will be tight and the slightest infraction will cause my eye to side-eth with the quickness.