Dewrede said:

Oh well.

shorttrini said:

LOL, I can tell you haven't listened just by this comment. Sounds NOTHING like what everyone else is doing. Actually the general concensus from her long time fans was that the album was too weird. Keep listening to your Janet Jackson and MAriah Carey dude.

I always dug Erykah... I think she can be if she hasn't already.

One thing I really wish she would do is a rap song. She could probably do a whole album but I'd take a song or two.

larksanders said:

My taste in music is allot wider than most. I listen to everything that is out there. In my opinion, her new stuff, just does not move me. It sounds unfocused with no direction. This is what I mean when I say that her music sounds like everything else out there. Most of today's R&B as well as "Neo-Soul",(with the exception of Maxwell), is beginning to sound the same. If you're a fan of her's then good for you. In your eyes, she cannot do any wrong. I'm just not a fan of her current material.

I share shorttrini opinion. Erykah kinda has gotten in a rut like so many artist, their music material was fresh, different at the begining but after the 1st, 2nd, or maybe 3rd Cd, there's nothing different or new. At that, I wouldn't considered Ms. Badyu as one of the greats anyway, a talented good performer/musician. I'm willing to stick around and see if Badyu can regain her focus and be a bit more musically adventurous.

No, I don't. I'm not saying she doesn't have talent because she does, but she will never be "one of the greats".

I understand the hatred of her but I could just care less She reached HERO status with Mama's Gun. That album has redemption written all over it.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Dislike? Sure.
Hatred
Hero? Mos def.


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She is already a great in my book.

Harlepolis said:

wow, that was great but who the hell let fantasia up in that mix? :whofarted:she was straight up rot.

sosgemini said:

Really? I thought she was the most intersting one of them,,,,she sure kept everybody on their feet.

My fave segment is Angie's though esp when she handed Ms.Stevens the mic

Harlepolis said:

oh I looooove when she sings Stay on her live album

I could play it all day long... and I have.
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I sorta liked Fantasia when she first started the song but then she started screaming and it became all too much.

Harlepolis said:

What jackieblue said. and she kept everyone on their feet cause she demanded it.

I did like Angie's the best too though...class act. I must confess to thinking she was Jennifer Hudson when she first walked out...i had forwarded past the nightmare that was fantasia and missed them say Angie's name.

shorttrini said:

When was the last time you listened to Badu?....lol

murph said:

With every CD she brings out, I get them a few listens. My hope is that she does something new with each one, to MY disappointment, she doesn't. But, I am just speaking for me.

shorttrini said:

The problem with your statement is the her last two projects have been totally different from her previous work....It's one thing to say you don't like the music because we all have our musical likes and dislikes...But to say she's been the doing the same thing over her last few albums is kinda perplexing...

In short, it aint the case...
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murph said:

It is different....but it does NOT sound good.

murph said:

They may have been totally different from her previous work, but STILL not as good as her previous work, especially her debut. There was something special and fresh sounding about "Baduism", that has to me, has been missing from everything that she has released since. I feel the same about Jill's work as well. Jill Scotts' first CD was the bomb and parts of her second. Everything that they have put out has been stale.....The same ole same ole.

shorttrini said:

Ah...now this sounds more like it.....You just don't like the more avant garde direction Badu has gone in....See, I can respect that...But I just had a hard time understanding how you could say she has been doing the same old style of music...But it really comes down to you not "liking" her new style....

I for one am glad she has left the whole Neo Soul thing behind and gone to some more adventurous sounds...And for me at least, she still sounds musically strong doing it...

murph said:

Is that what you call what she is doing? avant garde? I would only reserve such a term for Miles or Billie. None of the music that is being done today's performers can be classified in such terms. For one thing, they have not been around long enough to pay their dues. Erykah has become just like the rest of today's artist, talking but not saying very much.

shorttrini said:

Seriously ... I can't fathom how you can compare a tune like The Healer to "everything else that out there" with dark chanting and changing keys and sections, backwards pieces of music and chimes to be contemorary r&b. Really?

So you can compare her lastest work to an album by Ne-Yo or Rhianna? Two r&b artist that have produced "like everyone else" music. Her experimentation goes places that alot of soul artists never do.

Your thesis on the state of r&b is almost irrelivant to this conversation...it's like saying the album 1999 is just like Jay Z's The Blueprint...Apples and Oranges dude.....you are seriosuly not making sense to me and I cannot further entertain this.

After listening to these records:



and watching her fantastic concerts too many times to name.. you can debate her albums all day if you wish, but if ANYONE dares to say her shows are not amongst the top notch... I've giving you the C'mon Son, gethtefuckouttaherewiththatbullshit.

I feel her best is yet to come artistically, but I'm going to bet on yes.

she lost me after her debut. just because someone or something appears to be different dont make it good,

Im agreeing with Scarluv and Superfunk....you guys really are missing out on Erykah and maybe your musical background in Soul Music is very limited.

hell no lol. i find her so annoying. i liked her debut then she just got annoying ever since.

mimi2 said:

can you explain your foundation of the subject please

shorttrini said:

Nah...I think it comes down to Badu not following the original sound of her debut album...But it really doesn't matter why you dislike Badu's more recent music anyway..

My underlining point was the fact that you said she's been doing the same ol' thing for several years...Which wasn't the least vaild...

And whether you like the music or not (again, different strokes), that's totally different than saying she's been playing it safe or that she's been on the same musical formula...

That's all homie....Of course, no disrespect...

paisleypark4 said:

What u ^^^^said...I'm thinking the same thing....