― Jay K (Jay K), Monday, 8 September 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jay K (Jay K), Monday, 8 September 2003 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)
and why's there hate for erykah? her last album was a masterpiece fer shure
― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 9 September 2003 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)
No joke! Oh, the glares I weathered suggesting that it was better than Stankonia.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 September 2003 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)
this is fallacy
And on the other point...HOLY SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE HAD A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT! (ps I hella love her first two albums)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 9 September 2003 03:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Cuz She's Cleva
I regret to inform you that you're not Erykah Badu. Got it? You don't have the chops to pull off this sort of conceit. You can't start your show an hour and a half late, then draw out your intro for three minutes while your backup singers croon your name ("Badu, Badu"). You can't sport gold fronts and an Afro wig with a black-power pick nested inside. You don't have the skills to saunter onto the stage at S.O.B.'s, never smile, and turn your back to the crowd like Miles Davis. You need a voice from God to blunt all those pretensions. She has it. You don't.
At least one person in Badu's band must have dreads. Badu must refer to herself in the third person at least 20 times for a show to be complete. The Most High must be thanked. Everyone in the crowd must be brother or sister. But most importantly, Erykah Badu must blow like a woman twice her size. She must have an awesome catalogue to pull from. Her band and backup singers must be tight as a knot. It's easy to forget the last part. And each time she steps on stage with her shenanigans, another neo-soulite reaches for a head-wrap and forgets their voice.
Erykah Badu is a trap, you hear? Only she can raise her hands in front of her and spread them like she's parting the clouds for the sun of her face and exclaim, "Wooooo!" You want to move crowds like Badu? Get a perm, a long dress, and a Bible. Head down to church, join the choir, and never speak of Baduizm again. --Ta-Nehisi Coates
― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Tuesday, 9 September 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jay K (Jay K), Tuesday, 9 September 2003 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 17 September 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sonny A. (Keiko), Saturday, 20 September 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)
Is Raheem DeVaughn neo soul or RnB?
Also, is the song B.O.B about a woman addicted to her vibrator or a beef track with B.O.B himself? It's really been troubling me.
― bigjoemuzz, Monday, 7 June 2010 08:32 (fifteen years ago)