The Audition, or
Metropolis: Point Zero, is the first unofficial
studio album by American recording artist
Janelle Monáe, released sometime in 2003. The album features thirteen songs and one
instrumental song, "I Won't Let Go". Before signing with
Bad Boy Records, she self-distributed the album under the Wondaland Arts Society label, out of a boarding house she was living in at the time. There are fewer than 500 physical copies in existence. The EP features a cover of
DeBarge's "
Time Will Reveal", which was later featured along with "Lettin' Go" on the
Purple Ribbon All-Stars' 2005 studio album
Got Purp? Vol. 2.