...besides Rhondab and me?

Just wonderin. When her next album (FINALLY) drops...will it do well or has her heyday come and gone? I know some people consider Mama's Gun a flop, but "Bag Lady" was a HUGE hit and then "Love of My Life" got her back in good graces with radio, reaching even the POP top 10 (technically her biggest hit)...but that was in 2002. WWU is considered a definite flop since it only went gold, but then there was almost ZERO promotion. so what does everyone think?

What do you mean over her? Like don't care anymore?

I know I do and I love how threads about her continue to pop every now and then as if trying to keep her from the forgotten pile until the next release.

Why do the good ones seem to take so long? Or does it just seem that way…

erykah will have her core audience always.

Hell no. I'll neva be "over" her.

Listened to worldwide underground last night and thought of you ron-dab

I don´t give a shit how good or bad WWU charted, it´s a good album . I also like Mama´s Gun very, very much, can´t wait for more Badu music.

Saw her in concert when Mama´s Gun came out.

It seems like it takes a special person to appreciate Mama's Gun. That shit has salvation written all over it and I don't understand the fans who couldn't get with it.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Mama's Gun is like water and air....

you're right brother supa....salvation

Listened to Common's 'Electric Circus' again a few days back, I think her best album is still to come, will it be a 'comeback'? Probably not, but I couldn't care less. She's like Bjork in a soulfull dress.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Time's A Wastin' is one of my favorite songs ever. She's talking to me.

Baaack in the day when things were cooool/All we needed was bop-bop-bop-bop-bop-ba-dop.....oh-oh-oh, bop-bop-bop-bop-bop-ba-dop...well, well, well..

OdysseyMiles said:

That's the fucking song...

ABeautifulOne said:

WEL WELL WHALE

so why do you still have her as your avatar and namesake?

I love her. She isn't expected to perform sales-wise like a pop artist. I'm sure she's cookin' up somethin.

JPW said:

i'm not over her. i was just wondering everyone else's opinion on the future of her career.

Badu rocks. Had me at: "Y'all feel dat?" I used to think her "schtick" was pretentious.

Now, I get it.

Sista already got my money, on the next joint. She's in that kind of exclusive musical artist club for me:

Prince
Badu
Neil Finn
Girl Bros.
Wonder
Marcus Miller

And, um, RhondaB digs her.

I hope she comes back with some strong shit. Her best album to me was her live joint. You got to see all her facets and her give and take with the crowd was great. Plus you got the uncut version of Tyrone! She still have one of the prettiest faces you'll ever see (Those eyes! Those lips!) and now she's startin' spread out a bit with them hips and now she got a little junk in her trunk, so it's all good!

I still like Erykah Badu-her song "Tyrone" was and still is the shit. Hope you come back soon Erykah .

CinisterCee said:

Been listening to Mama's Gun just yesterday. I still love it all the way through. Amazing!

ThreadBare said:

Erykah is wonderful. I dig her.

and I dig you thread baby


I really want to hear Funk Sway

I love me some Erykah Badu! I could never be "over her". Our birthday's the same day, February 26th. I understand her to the fullest. God hasn't created anything as mystical as a Pisces woman!

I liked Apple Tree and Tyrone.

I loved WWU. Play it lots still.

Lot of these artists got hyped too soon, hailed as the new Marvin's coming. D'Angelo, Maxwell, Erykah, Lauren Hill.

But marvin got Marvin cuz he had a career. Let all of these peeps have a career, y'all. Beauty will spring from people you cherish.

Love Erykah Badu, always will.

i love worldwide underground. i love mamas gun. i love baduizm.

i'm looking forward to the next brilliant release!

HamsterHuey said:

I like that...even though some people you cherish still do ugly things but I like that thought.

KoolEaze said:

People make mistakes. It is hard, being propelled into the view of an audience that puts you on a pedestal, but just as hard shoves you off it when you don't do as they expect. It's a weird world, being famous. The mistakes you make are judged harsher. It's publisiced. People you do not know have an opinion about you.

And especially being famous in the US must be screwed up; the image the US audience gets pushed onto them from such a young age certainly seems to make being famous harder. It makes young famous girls go anorexic, makes young rap stars think it's okay to advocate that all women are ho's, etc.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Yes he has.....a mystical Pisces woman trapped in a man's body