erykah badu - mamas gun - classic or dud?

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i say all time classic soul/funk/jazz album, better than d'angelos voodoo overall.

― splooge (thesplooge), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

I said at the time that it was the best album of its year. A lot of people made fun of me. I haven't changed my opinion though.

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

God I really need to get this, it's the only Badu I don't own. Thanks for the reminder!

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Classic.

Seeing Badu and her band perform Mama's Gun at Montréal's Métropolis, however, added a great deal to my appreciation of the album (and Mlle. Badu).

Note to iTunes users - use the "Join CD Tracks" function to enhance the listening experience. (I've encoded it twice - once as separate tracks, and a second time seamlessly.)

Sometimes I feel tracky, sometimes I don't.

― Sometimes I Rhyme Slow, Sometimes I Rhyme Quick (nader), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

"Bag Lady" is my favorite Badu song.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

Classic!! My favorite Badu. It's no Voodoo imo, but it doesn't have to be (although ?uestlove on Voodoo > ?uestlove on Mama's Gun).

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

Awesome awesome awesome.

But her best album (and her most underrated) is Worldwide Underground.

― ffirehorse (firehorse), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

I love the hip-hop 1-2 punch in the middle of Worldwide Underground, that might be her best shit ever, but I can rarely sit through the jammy bookends.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Worldwide Underground is the sort of album only Erykah could have pulled off for me - ten songs, most of which are extended 'jams' which sound like they were improvised in a haze of weed with Erykah herself wandering randomly in and out of the studio, and only a couple of which are actual songs... and yet she holds it all together without ever appearing to try to.

It had some ace UK bonus tracks to, I'm thinking of "Love Of My Life" in particular.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, mine has that too, it's fun.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

i liked worldwide when it first came out, but i brought it into work and my boss asked me to turn it off because she was just gargling into the mic for an hour. i haven't listened to it since.

i agree whole heartedly with the sourpuss regarding Mama's Gun

― JaXoN Hole (JasonD), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, she's stoned out of her gourd throughout the whole thing.

That's the beauty of it!

― ffirehorse (firehorse), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

"gargling"!!!! Madness!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

this is my vanilla boss talking, not me

― JaXoN Hole (JasonD), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Your boss is ONE STEP BEYOND vanilla, it seems.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Mama's Gun = Total classic.

This talk of Worldwide Underground reminds me of one really odd aspect - namely one of the tracks ends with a lengthy, heavily distorted bass solo that's extremely redolent of the Cliff Burton showcase 'Anaesthesia (Pulling Teeth)' from Metallica's Kill 'Em All. Anybody else notice this? I've always wondered whether this was intentional or not? I suppose it's more likely to be some stoned Funkadelic-style improvisation, but still!

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 09:03 (twenty years ago)

I don't smoke marijuana, so I still don't get Worldwide Underground. It's okay to listen to, but damn.

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Neither do I, but I luv luv luv it (& listen to it more than Mama's Gun) (when I can find it).

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

I'm probably narcoleptic, though, so there it is.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

WWU is no way a better album than MG. worldwide underground is like a stop-gap release, its like her version of nas' lost tapes.

― splooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Listened to this tonight for the first time in years, so great. "Booty" is !!!

― Jordan, Thursday, 11 October 2007 04:11 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, but does anyone know what the deal is with her new album. Lots of conflicting things out there. Wasn't she due to release two this year. The internet is confused, I need clarity.

― I know, right?, Thursday, 11 October 2007 08:57 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

she's in labor

― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 1 February 2009 15:30 (sixteen years ago)

I've listened to this album for three weeks non-stop.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 1 February 2009 15:36 (sixteen years ago)

I spent the entire month of December in the same mode. Surprise surprise.

― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 1 February 2009 16:04 (sixteen years ago)

. any day now my new project arrives . nope - not new amerykah pt 2 but new baby !! (shout out to mothers to be ) i can hardly move my hips are sooo stiff ...( i look like a duck w/ long legs) meanwhile im still working away on pt 2 . ( mind blowin) later than i anticipated , however , but frsh all the same . these days i live in headphones while poppin b vitamins and rubbing my belly down with shae butter ( plump and ripe) . im a damned perfectionist and my method is kinda weird s0 the lable just throws their hands up at me and banks on somethin else lol. ( peace to sylvia rhone ). so any way , im back in the badudio , ill pause for my home birth which is just in the next room so i promise it wont take too long . lol. (valerian and chamomile are my best friends ) been spending my days on twitter throwing out random thoughts as FATBELLYBELLA. plenty of twitty milk to go round ... i give thanks today for your love , energy , respect and feedback . on behalf of my entire family from Edith funker , nedda stella ( band), soul quarians ,jay tronic, controlfreaq records , canabinoids, b.l.i.n.d. , THE scientists ,and of course NAYROCK "HAPPY NEW YOU ." IF YOU BELIEVE IT IT'S YOURS . TRUST . all my love , ebi breezy aka fat belly bella aka loretta brown aka analogue girl aka annie aka manuela mexico aka baduizm pka e. badu..... love and light !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! p.s. im gone still do 2 mo videos for pt 1 which 2 should they be ? i was thinkin the healer and souldier...eh.

badudio

― schlump, Sunday, 1 February 2009 17:48 (sixteen years ago)

she just gave birth, i love twitter right now

― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 2 February 2009 00:04 (sixteen years ago)

lol @ badudio

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Monday, 2 February 2009 00:06 (sixteen years ago)

lol at baby as "product."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 2 February 2009 00:12 (sixteen years ago)

lol at everything, i'm drunk

― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 2 February 2009 00:16 (sixteen years ago)

"project", not "product"

― TACO BIZZLE (The Reverend), Monday, 2 February 2009 01:04 (sixteen years ago)

forget the baby project. she needs to get moving on her next musical project. if she used some contraception, maybe that second nu amerykah would be out by now.

― p-noid (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 2 February 2009 01:50 (sixteen years ago)

wau, fuck u dude

― TACO BIZZLE (The Reverend), Monday, 2 February 2009 01:51 (sixteen years ago)

lol.

― p-noid (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 2 February 2009 01:54 (sixteen years ago)

*srsly, congrats to her and jay electronica, but im guessing this means no new album for about a year.

― p-noid (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 2 February 2009 02:00 (sixteen years ago)

nah

― k3vin k., Monday, 2 February 2009 02:01 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, she's delaying yet again. :( :( :( :( :( :(

― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Monday, 2 February 2009 04:09 (sixteen years ago)

shit was supposed to be out 2/17. i feel like it must have been really close to done?

― k3vin k., Monday, 2 February 2009 04:14 (sixteen years ago)

jay electronica
jay electronica
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jay electronica
jay electronica
jay electronica
jay electronica
jay electronica
jay electronica

― ilxor, Monday, 2 February 2009 04:50 (sixteen years ago)

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― TACO BIZZLE (The Reverend), Monday, 2 February 2009 05:24 (sixteen years ago)

lol badudio

― xhuxk d (deej), Saturday, January 24, 2009 3:17 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol @ badudio

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Sunday, February 1, 2009 6:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

― twitty milk (deej), Monday, 2 February 2009 06:32 (sixteen years ago)

man, y'all some greedy, impatient muthafukas! congrats to mama.

― subatomic dawg (Ioannis), Monday, 2 February 2009 09:03 (sixteen years ago)

man, y'all some greedy, impatient muthafukas!

she doesnt need any more kids. albums however...

― p-noid (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 2 February 2009 10:57 (sixteen years ago)

ebi breezy aka fat belly bella aka loretta brown aka analogue girl aka annie aka manuela mexico aka baduizm pka e. badu

<3 <3 <3

― lex pretend, Monday, 2 February 2009 11:00 (sixteen years ago)

we named the baby twitty milk . about 18 hours ago from web

― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Monday, 2 February 2009 18:29 (sixteen years ago)

thirteen years pass...

Shoutout to Jeff Parker for the sample ID for 'Booty' on NTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF3W0kuBPAE

― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 22:00 (two years ago)

very classic jam, definitely approved for all audiences.

― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 23:57 (two years ago)

also here's another very classic johnny hammond slow jam that was the basis for another mama's gun deep cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-STCZcHS_I0

johnny hammond — "can't we smile" (1975)

― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 00:08 (two years ago)

Nice!

― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 17:43 (two years ago)

SICK

― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:17 (two years ago)

Always assumed that was Questlove on "Booty"

― fetter, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:23 (two years ago)

it is they recreated the groove

― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:54 (two years ago)

Did they have him play drums over the sample? That's what it sounds like to me.

― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:59 (two years ago)

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