It was a stormy night, you know the kind where the lightning strikeAnd I was hangin out with some of my artsy friends
<3
― daria-g, Thursday, 16 June 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
One of these five:
On & OnTyrone (live)Didn't Cha Know?Back In The Day (Puff)Gone Baby, Don't Be Long
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Thursday, 16 June 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
Guess I don't have much time to deliberate. Decisions, decisions.
didn't cha know vs gone baby vs bag lady (cheeba sack) vs window seat vs tyrone vs soldier
fuck idk... i'm gonna vote didn't cha know, tho could be soldier depending on how i'm feeling
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 June 2011 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
y'all are underrating "Honey" imo
― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
maybe that's nothing new
"honey" is amazing, yeah - i think all the singles off the last two albums work best as part of their parent albums though
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
most of her singles do!
― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 07:11 (twelve years ago) link
poll was inspired by hearing "Tyrone" on the radio recently and god it is just perfect, the way the audience is hearing the song for the first time and reacting to every line, and then is singing along by the 2nd chorus. that and Jodeci's "Lately" are probably the only live recordings that are R&B radio perennials, says a lot.
― some dude, Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
Oh god, I've been putting this off because every time I look at the thread I want to vote for something else.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
for me this is "Otherside of the Game" vs "Healer"
― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
what a fucking astonishing stretch of songs, tho
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Good spread.
Jump Up in the Air (Stay There) 4
Rilly tho?
― 51 suggest gang (The Reverend), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
WTF
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
i voted jump in the air. poll again in a month and my answer will change.
― bnw, Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
I'll do a tiebreaker poll in a month
― best way to stop identity theft is bad credit (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
WHAT THE FUCK
HATE YOU ALL
― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh mani would have voted 'didnt cha know' & broken the tie if i saw this thread earlier
also yeah eff 'jump'
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
and to think i added "jump" to the list from wikipedia as a halfhearted gesture towards completism
― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
oh well, its still better than 'love of my life'
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
lobotomized com verse aside i like that song -- cool production, sneakily catchy melody
― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Friday, 17 June 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
i don't how the fuck you can have been alive in the late '90s and not have some serious love for the Baduizm singles and "Tyrone" though
― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Friday, 17 June 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
"looking for cheese, that don't make her a hoodrat" is one of my favorite awful common lines
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 17 June 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
ha and the way she ad libs "rat" in the background
― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Friday, 17 June 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
― The Brainwasher, Friday, June 17, 2011 12:01 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
poll
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Friday, 17 June 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
too many options!
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 17 June 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yall better check out "Hydraulic Pump" by the P-Funk All-Stars if you love "Jump Up in the Air and Stay There" so much. All 4 of you, I mean. Source material for both "Jump Up" and the Coup's "5 Million Ways to Kill A CEO." Features both George Clinton AND Sly Stone (give it up for freebase cocaine). The line swiped by Badu was originally sung by ex-Spinners singer Phillipe Wynne, who collapsed and died while performing with P-Funk two years later. Anyway, bonkers song. Make sure it's the 12" version you're listening to, not the edit that appears on the Urban Dancefloor Guerillas album.
― thewufs, Friday, 17 June 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Could be that those voting for "Jump" actually have familiarity with (and love for) "Hydraulic"? I didn't vote for it, but I'm amused at the results here. Thought I was seriously the only one on ILX who actually liked "Jump" better than "Window Seat."
Seriously, tho. Fuck the fact this poll didn't have 100 votes.
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Friday, 17 June 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
i probably should have voted "tyrone"--i put it on every mix i made for like five years--but i voted "cleva" bc i wore mama's gun out
― horseshoe, Friday, 17 June 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
surprised window seat got 0 -- im guessing thats just bcuz of burnout?
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Friday, 17 June 2011 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
"jump up in the air" IS great, but...
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 June 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Thursday, June 16, 2011 8:04 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
real niggas is hard to find like a remote........................................CONTROL
renders poll unnecessary i think
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 June 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
i bet we can find something worse
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Friday, 17 June 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
*flounces to ohhla*
lol before i even load ohhla I think
"my daughter found nemo i found the new primo"
should rank
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Friday, 17 June 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
Standin in front of the judge with no honorBarack stick, knight the people like Obama
what does this mean? am i missing something
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Friday, 17 June 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
is there a drinking game in chicago for whenever common says something stilted and awkward
― Mr. John Scatman (some dude), Friday, 17 June 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
how else do they keep warm?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 June 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
I still love "Window Seat"
</ /3
― best way to stop identity theft is bad credit (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 17 June 2011 04:29 (twelve years ago) link
"jump up in the air" is really great, i don't begrudge it its position here, especially as its absence of the album means it'll probably end up relatively forgotten
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Friday, 17 June 2011 08:29 (twelve years ago) link
surprised that on & on only got 1 vote
― just sayin, Friday, 17 June 2011 09:02 (twelve years ago) link
1!
on & on is really great yah
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Friday, 17 June 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
Poll idea: On & On vs. ... & on
― best way to stop identity theft is bad credit (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
The overall number of votes on this poll dissapoints me. Also thought On & On was an iLM staple.
― Moka, Friday, 18 April 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
Yep. If Nu AmErykah can top the half-decade poll, then this should've gotten at least 50 votes.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
"jump up in the air" should not have co-won this but i'm still annoyed it never got a proper release (or even a HQ mp3 out there)
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 April 2014 08:09 (ten years ago) link
How are you supposed to only choose one. I would have been stuck between Danger, Get Munny and Soldier
― jay., Friday, 18 April 2014 10:12 (ten years ago) link
For me, it would've been a contest between:
Didn't Cha KnowThe HealerTyroneTurn Me Away (Get MuNNY)ClevaSoldierOn & OnBack In The Day (Puff)Gone Baby, Don't Be LongWindow Seat
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 10:22 (ten years ago) link
Good list.
― Tim F, Friday, 18 April 2014 10:44 (ten years ago) link
Bag Lady. I once drunkenly attempted this song at karaoke. Unwise.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Friday, 18 April 2014 10:47 (ten years ago) link
all the Baduizm singles are a must, "Next Lifetime" and "Other Side of the Game" are amazing
― posi riot (some dude), Friday, 18 April 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link
srsly weighing whether to put my name in to run an ballot poll on her
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link
Back in the Day is such a jam
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 18 April 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link
there isn't a song on this list (with badu as lead artist) that i don't consider essential
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 April 2014 10:50 (ten years ago) link
and yet thinking about badu singles still seems to barely scratch the surface of her discography
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 10:52 (ten years ago) link
badu deep cuts pox:
the cellout my mind (just in time)green eyescertainlytelephonebootytwinklepenitentiary philosophythat humpi want you
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 April 2014 10:58 (ten years ago) link
a.d. 2000master teacherthat humpcellmeumm hmmthe grindtwinklemy lifeorange moon
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 18 April 2014 11:09 (ten years ago) link
xp Most of that list matches mine.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 11:09 (ten years ago) link
The CellGreen EyesLoveI Want YouMaster TeacherThat HumpOut My Mind, Just in TimeMy LifeMy PeopleA.D. 2000
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 11:31 (ten years ago) link
Change in ...& On for The Grind. Not sure why I put a Dead Prez song on there, even tho it works great on Worldwide
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 18 April 2014 12:18 (ten years ago) link
The CellBag Lady (Single Mix)Umm HmmNext LifetimeClevahMeDidn't Cha KnowGone Baby, Don't Be LongOn and OnMaster TeacherTyroneDramaGreen EyesKiss Me On My Neck
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 April 2014 13:23 (ten years ago) link
definitely. for me, she's an albums artist, inasmuch as if I hear a song of hers I want to hear the whole album, the context matters, the standard of material is dizzyingly high.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
You all better be around when the ballot poll I just volunteered to run kicks off in 3 years.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
my top 5 in some order are probably
tyrone, clevah, bag lady, window seat and next lifetime
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
shit, in 3 years we may even have another Badu album, if we're lucky
― posi riot (some dude), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
I was thinking the same thing.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Friday, 18 April 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
Supposed to be one this year isnt there?
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 18 April 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
I was not looking for no love affair
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
My eyes are green.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 3 March 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
Window Seat
― JayYinyue, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 04:27 (nine years ago) link
how did "next lifetime" not receive any votes???
― j. winters (josh), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 07:48 (nine years ago) link
i ran something about erykah for her birthday last week :)http://www.complex.com/music/2015/02/the-best-erykah-badu-songs/
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 09:40 (nine years ago) link
kudos for the high placing for i want you
― IHeartMedia, the giant broadcaster formerly known as Clear Channel, (stevie), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 09:49 (nine years ago) link
That is a rad list right there, some dude
― the saer returns (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 11:34 (nine years ago) link
thanks!
― some dude, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link