yeah, same here. this is the smoovest shit
― stephen juaquin (The Reverend), Friday, 26 March 2010 06:26 (sixteen years ago)
the badu album this sounds most like (so far at least) is Worldwide Underground! that's the one where she did all these early-80s funk jams before, except on this one they're way more focused
― stephen juaquin (The Reverend), Friday, 26 March 2010 06:28 (sixteen years ago)
gone baby, don't be long is beautiful
― Violent (J0rdan S.), Friday, 26 March 2010 06:44 (sixteen years ago)
when she starts riffing on biggie lyrics its like me singing in the shower
― deej khalifa (deej), Friday, 26 March 2010 06:44 (sixteen years ago)
I notice she does it twice over the course of the album
― stephen juaquin (The Reverend), Friday, 26 March 2010 06:46 (sixteen years ago)
what's the other -- i'm reading & not really paying attention to lyrics atm
― Violent (J0rdan S.), Friday, 26 March 2010 06:47 (sixteen years ago)
theres gonna be a lotta slow singing and flower bringin if my burglar alarm starts ringin
― deej khalifa (deej), Friday, 26 March 2010 06:51 (sixteen years ago)
I think "Turn Me Away" and "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" are my immediate faves
― stephen juaquin (The Reverend), Friday, 26 March 2010 07:03 (sixteen years ago)
gone baby, gone baby, don't be looooong
― stephen juaquin (The Reverend), Friday, 26 March 2010 08:25 (sixteen years ago)
there's some great theremin-esque action on this record btw
prob that kaos pad she always is messing with live
Nope, it's a theremin.
― Please Do Not Swagga Jack Me (Matos W.K.), Friday, 26 March 2010 08:43 (sixteen years ago)
you sure? its not a theremin she uses when she plays live...
― Wat ho, goatee'd man? Thy skinnee jenes hath byrn'd my corneyas. (stevie), Friday, 26 March 2010 08:55 (sixteen years ago)
ok i KNOW there's an uncensored version of "you loving me" because they played it to us, so it had better find its way to me at some point
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 26 March 2010 10:04 (sixteen years ago)
Out My Mind, Just in Time ... just ...
Out. My. Mind. Just. In. Time.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 26 March 2010 11:46 (sixteen years ago)
Overall, settling into this one. It doesn't instantly hit me like the last one did, but it's gonna grow on me. The "Intimate Friends" riff is probably the weakest joint. Also not quite taken with the Madlib one yet, either.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 26 March 2010 11:49 (sixteen years ago)
No one is credited with theremin. My guess is that it's the moogerfooger.
― Andy K, Friday, 26 March 2010 12:42 (sixteen years ago)
She's definitely returned to the pre-New Amerykah ethos on this one.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 March 2010 12:46 (sixteen years ago)
"PREE-pare to have your shit rearranged"
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 March 2010 12:48 (sixteen years ago)
Pre-AmErykah ethos, but post-AmErykah production. Not necessarily "best of both worlds," but I'm glad to at least hear it's not simply another Mama's Gun.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:00 (sixteen years ago)
Obligatory posthumous Dilla jam is fantastic.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:01 (sixteen years ago)
The love songs have the floating-underwater vibe in which she specializes; when expressing affection it's more like she's testing phrases and the limits of her feelings than aiming them at someone concrete.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:03 (sixteen years ago)
Article in latest EQ magazine suggests that's because she (like Marvin Gaye) sings out a melody and then eventually works up lyrics to match those phrases.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:05 (sixteen years ago)
we do not have confirmation that (like marvin gaye) she records her vocals sitting down smoking weed with her friends though, which would also add to the vibes
― egregious apostrophising (schlump), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:34 (sixteen years ago)
yes, we don't*
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:39 (sixteen years ago)
Can't get around the fact that I'd like this album waaaaaaaaaay better if it didn't have the umpteenth reiteration of "Intimate Friends."
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:17 (sixteen years ago)
Erykah told me it was a theremin, but who knows.
― Please Do Not Swagga Jack Me (Matos W.K.), Friday, 26 March 2010 17:56 (sixteen years ago)
matos be pullin trump cards
― stephen juaquin (The Reverend), Friday, 26 March 2010 21:49 (sixteen years ago)
oh i see how it is
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Friday, 26 March 2010 21:53 (sixteen years ago)
UM YOU GUYShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fld7YmVpymY&feature=player_embedded
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Saturday, 27 March 2010 18:50 (sixteen years ago)
is that ass real
― hipster puddy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 18:55 (sixteen years ago)
things i do not expect to see in erykah badu video #1: "Inspired by Matt and Kim"#2: TITTAYS
(B I gotta say she gotta BANGIN body)
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 27 March 2010 18:56 (sixteen years ago)
i spelled booty wrong btw
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 27 March 2010 19:49 (sixteen years ago)
O__________O
― 51ocki (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 19:59 (sixteen years ago)
btw yall are forgetting
http://www.youtube.com/v/OvwuVdffvO0
― 51ocki (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 March 2010 20:04 (sixteen years ago)
NEVER FORGET
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Saturday, 27 March 2010 21:45 (sixteen years ago)
i'll be forever in love with this lady, to me she can do no wrong.of course this is the dope shit!
― Aerosol, Saturday, 27 March 2010 23:48 (sixteen years ago)
What is up with the Rick James/ Patrice Rushen/ Peaches & Herb beads she's been rocking lately lol
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 27 March 2010 23:50 (sixteen years ago)
video is slightly corny, but it's earned since there are very few albums less revealing than Mama's Gun...what word does the purple blood spell out?
I'm definitely thinking now that Badu is a high priestess of Funk. (Here is a handy link to a thread where Mark Sinker explains how George Clinton used The Process Church of the Final Judgement as a sort of template to turn Funk into an alternative system of faith and beliefs.)
― don't let it rest on the President's desk (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 March 2010 14:24 (sixteen years ago)
*there should actually be the word 'possible' in front of the word 'alternative'...nothing was ever actually set in stone...
― don't let it rest on the President's desk (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 March 2010 14:28 (sixteen years ago)
what word does the purple blood spell out?
GAPDY
― mdskltr (blueski), Sunday, 28 March 2010 14:39 (sixteen years ago)
that's what I thought!
― don't let it rest on the President's desk (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 March 2010 14:39 (sixteen years ago)
ditto!
― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 28 March 2010 14:59 (sixteen years ago)
lmao @ assassinated nudist
― ruh roh I'm having a scooby snack (some dude), Sunday, 28 March 2010 15:00 (sixteen years ago)
actually it's GROUPTHINK. also how is Mama's Gun not revealing, esp "Green Eyes" and "And On".
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Sunday, 28 March 2010 15:00 (sixteen years ago)
god I love mark sinker.
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Sunday, 28 March 2010 15:03 (sixteen years ago)
less = more, my bad
― don't let it rest on the President's desk (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 March 2010 15:48 (sixteen years ago)
get munny is da jam all over again
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 29 March 2010 18:17 (sixteen years ago)
sounds like a jax 5 joint imo
― 51ocki (k3vin k.), Monday, 29 March 2010 19:43 (sixteen years ago)
sounds like the song its obv interpolating imo
― The BoyBoy Big HOO$ (deej), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 00:35 (sixteen years ago)
right, hence "all over again"
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 01:21 (sixteen years ago)
yes im responding to k3v
― The BoyBoy Big HOO$ (deej), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 01:43 (sixteen years ago)