Erykah Badu: C /D, S&D

Musically it's a watered down version of her last album (and that was five years ago), plus it's basically erykahraoke and while her voice is still great it's all a bit ehhhhhh.

nu amerykah was basically a mixtape anyway, so im surprised this is her first proper official Mixtape.

i think shes not that interested in writing songs how she used to. she might want to get off the internet a little bit longer. cos it sounds like shes pretty addicted to it.

obviously this is a tossed-off minor work by design

yeah, I presume she rushed to record it in the past two months after her Drake remix got such a good reception. it's a fun trifle tho.

the upside of never really giving hotline bling much of a chance is that when i listen to this, i can pretend it's the canonical version and like it unreservedly

its what mixtapes are meant to be though, i think, i.e. not virtual albums, just covers, some demos, some experiments, kind of like an odds and ends thing, that shows a side to someone you wouldnt get on their album.

drakes version of HLB is still king though - erykahs version is very much in her manner, but it lacks the lilt and playfulness of drake's.

nu amerykah was basically a mixtape anyway

come again?

presume they meant Worldwide Underground?

yeah that was a bizarre statement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeCB7Kn-VE

http://www.vibe.com/2015/11/dawn-richard-transforms-adeles-hello-on-latest-cover/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePoi0_zSnYk

So this really is a whole album about phones, isn't it?

i don't understand why either of those are in this thread. what does Adele have to do w/ Erykah. (xp)

just songs about phones you know

'erykah makes a phone themed mix tape' why are you guys side-eyeing the one gift god has given us in these rotten days
just seeing the words 'erykah makes a phone themed mix tape' gives me hope

^

abbott otmmmmmmmmmm

i kinda dig the slapdash vibe of this but i hate how everything in this modern world of ours has to be to goddamn Drakey

also ^
especially, not in spite of the fact that it's not real drake!
hello feels like a legit top 10 single tho
add in "phone down" "cel u lar device" "mr telephone man" and this could easily fit into my fave albums of the year, skits and drake-a-like notwithstanding

:D

erykah could release nothing but these kinds of things for the rest of her life and still be the goat
i have no interest in listening to this a second time though

Erykah Badoulah

idk, i welcome this phase, that you could term the mixtape/beat tape phase, and yes i am including nu amerykah in that, but i do hope it doesnt last too much longer. id like to hear her get back to writing 'straighter' songs again. if she can tear herself away from her phone that is. in some ways id prefer if she just became a luddite.

My favorite twenty, and I could swap half of it for another gathering of awesome.

That's an awesome list. "The Cell" is such a good intro choice. Dre's remix of Bag Lady is all time FWIW.

I feel the gauntlet laid down.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08g47rk

thought this was pretty shambolic and solipsistic (how much do i need to care about how this affected gemma cairney? or at least, i can care, but not when its the bulk of her insight on the album, and despite the numerous times she talks about how influential the album and erykah are, we never hear from these artists she influenced, or learn much of the context around the album at the time), like something that should be on 1xtra (ie for a younger audience) than the old indie dads listening to 6music.

baduizm is def not her best album btw.

Definitely not. New Amerykah Part One is the clear winner. I prefer Mama's Gun and New Amerykah Part Two as well.

Mamas Gun/New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), Worldwide Underground, Baduizm, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh).

i need to spend time with her more recent stuff.

NuAm Pt. 1
Mama's Gun
NuAm Pt. 2
Baduizm
Worldwide Underground
But You Cain't Use My Phone

She really needs to make more albums.

Eric and I have finally something in common besides lenses and artichokes.

A milkshake?

A salted peanut.

https://www.facebook.com/erykahbadu/videos/10155152043886554/

world tour = no Bay Area dates FUCK THIS SHIT

So, for whatever reason, I never checked out But You Caint Use My Phone. Listening first time now, and wow, it's pretty great.

are any of her albums as good as the first? I love the first one but I've never given the rest enough time

Well then I know what you damn well need to do with your weekend, friend.

And the answer is a resounding yes. As good and even better. She's amazing.

Yup, there's not a bum album in the whole lineup. (I might not be the control group on this question tho.)

Mama's Gun is fantastic. It's probably on my shortlist of all time favorites, honestly.

The only one I'd say is an outright misfire would be Worldwide Underground. But I haven't listened to it in a decade, so my mind could be changed on the matter.

It's not a misfire, but it's her most ephemeral (i.e. I look at song titles and don't remember how they go).

I still love WU and looking at the titles brings back instant hooks (esp. Back in the Day, The Grind, Danger, and especially the jam that is Love of My Life Worldwide).

are any of her albums as good as the first? I love the first one but I've never given the rest enough time

This is legit one of the most baffling ILM questions I've ever read. I don't mean to yell but YES THEY ARE, LISTEN TO THEM

Her debut is still only her third or fourth best.

Weather Underground meanders, but it's worth it for "Back in the Day" and "I Want You" alone.

oops

lol

Yeah, I'd wager the general consensus is that Worlwide Underground is the least essential but it's still pretty damn good.

When I heard Wings' "Arrow Through Me" a decade ago, a friend and I wondered who the first R&B or hip-hop act would sample its magical hook.

uh, it came out garbled, but you know what I mean

I still haven't warmed to the mixtape tbh, but I know someday it'll click like the rest.