Cinnie said:

I don't agree with the writers block moments because she has had alot of free jam type songs since she first came out, just like Maxwell.


She suffered from writers block. She said so herself, and it shows in her last three albums.

I feel she has at least branced out more than her peers in the genere. I do enjoy Pt. 1 of this set more so than the new album because of all the hidden themes elements and layers on top of layers to dissect.

Branched out more does not make something good. prince branched out into hip hop, how was that? Pt1 is somewhat better, I do agree. The album would have served better as a double album release.


She LIKE ME has said in the album she lives inside of her mind and that's where alot of her anxiety comes from..that hit the nail on the head and I GET her...you may not be someone like that however those are the types of people that have too much to say and don't express it often or enough; so when I hear these albums and people calling her self indulgant or "fake-real" I understand where THEY are coming from however because I just about have the same ideals in personality I understand hers too.

Sure like alot of neo-soul artist they have alot they want to express, but the lack the musical skill sets to do so. See badu the last three albums, Dangelo 1000 deaths, Maxwell's latest album. O

This indeed is not her best in my opinion..Im still going with Pt. 1 as my favortie album; however I dont believe this one should be overlooked..its just not easily accessible...and was Erykah ever easily accessible? Really?

2freaky4church1 said:

For real in this cell phone camera age how it is that when Erykah Badu walks naked down the streets of Dallas and NOBODY takes a picture. NOBODY!! The fuck Dallas? The fuck? You dropped the ball. New York, Los Angeles they be on top of it. For shame big d for shame....

PricelessHo said:

That was a funny interview.

P2daP said:

one take, sure. no actors/extras, i doubt it. i know her camp is saying this was guerilla style with no extras or actors but i don't buy it. when she takes off her clothes, nobody is even looking at her. they're acting like they don't see anything out of the ordinary, lol. add no leaked naked images from a phone or camera and i think its obvious this was arranged.

paisleypark4 said:

It has nothing to do with being accessible.



People have forgotten how to compose songs, make grooves, make melodies and tell stories.



But we get instead phony political bravado such as badu's who just read a book on groupthink last week. LOL






Instead songs are dressed up with distractions, and all of a sudden they are out the box. What's out the box is composing a song with a melody and a groove.

Alamine said:

If the mainstream is all you listen to however I found that in ALL areas of music there are plenty of un melodic tunes in every genre of music. I just believe that in the top 50 songs of todays era there is a little less; however there are plenty of melodic songs in my opinion out in the mainstrem and underground. Im not sure if Erykahs vision WAS to compose a straight melody or contructed song; and that is what I believe most fans who has been following her kind of expects...smooth grooves and mellow moods from Ms. Badu. She actually sounds happy on this record in my opinion.

paisleypark4 said:

She sounds phony, contrived and forced. She sounds as dumb as she looks in the video with a ton of half baked ideas and themes. The album is not that good at what it is trying to do as an album. Windowseat is a hot song, but her music is being overshadowed by her attention whoring.

No one cared about Badu until she made a dumb selfish video and disgraced herself, her music, her community, other "progressive artist" and tried to hide behind some shit she pulled off the internet three weeks ago about groupthink.

As far as the video, what do you expect from a person that got two baby daddies, and trys to hide that behind some neo soul bullshit.

Alamine said:

While agree that I believe she did it for the attention; the video itself for what it is still is one of the best of the year so far I admit. Very suprising. And she got what she wanted; everybody talking about her now. I do not believe she has "disgraced" herself because she has been much more experimental than her former neo soul crowd and their bland r&b creations. Saying nothing; albums with no theme or stories to tell.

She herself has discarded herself from being called "neo soul" on the cover of her own album Worldwie Underground.

Aight, I do have one beef. How dare Ms. Badu steal my sure fire party starter, "You Can't Turn Me Away" by Sylvia Striplin. That's the song that when played at a party would always separate the hipsters from the posers. And now, and now everyone will think it's a Badu cut.

And then she got the nerve to put her name first on the songwriting credits. She copies anything and everything from Sylvia's delivery, the originals arrangement...Sure there are a couple new adlips here and there but nothing that warrants Badu to receive songwriting credit (let alone first placement).

rant ova.

sosgemini said:

As much as I ADORE Ms.Wright, and as much as I secretly hoped that she would cover that song(If she added something to Atlantic Starr's song, I thought she would do this justice), it really didn't need any modification, it was perfect the way it was. But then again, I thought it was part of the Roy Ayers theme she kept on 'Amerykahn'. The previous was RAMP, and the present is Sylvia Striplin.

I still like the Get Munny song though,,,but now that my curiosity is over, I can go back and enjoy to the original.
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I love Erykah to death, but I was kinda annoyed at that sample too. There are other Sylvia Striplin songs...why do people always sample the same shit? Same with the Intimate Friends sample...it's been done to death! You'd think it was the only song Eddie Kendricks ever recorded.

If she really wanted to did deep with her Roy Ayers samples, she could have used Ethel Beatty's "I Know You Care" or "It's Your Love."

http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

http://www.youtube.com/wa...7MPbK9EEVs
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She sounds phony, contrived and forced. She sounds as dumb as she looks in the video with a ton of half baked ideas and themes. The album is not that good at what it is trying to do as an album. Windowseat is a hot song, but her music is being overshadowed by her attention whoring.

No one cared about Badu until she made a dumb selfish video and disgraced herself, her music, her community, other "progressive artist" and tried to hide behind some shit she pulled off the internet three weeks ago about groupthink.

As far as the video, what do you expect from a person that got two baby daddies, and trys to hide that behind some neo soul bullshit.

Graycap23 said:

yeah

Damn she got charged! She tweeted this a few minutes ago

"fatbellybella charged on good friday .....return of the ankh"

The fine: $500.

The publicity: Priceless.

Or did Erykah get the exclusive treatment just because the media decided to selectively bully somebody?

I wonder, did the strong feelings in this thread were equally targeted at this woman when she released this video..


Or did Erykah get the exclusive treatment just because the media decided to selectively bully somebody?

With that said, I still love the Window Seat video.

Harlepolis said:

She got naked, without a permit, in front of a nationally treasured historical site *and* simulated assassination similar to the way one of the most beloved american presidents was. you didn't expect this result?

Harlepolis said:

Wasnt Alanis video was a video shoot on a closed set, as opposed to a renegade shoot in front of a national landmark?