"Somebody will call me and ask me to come to a march because such and such got shot. In that situation I want to know what really happened."
So no, she wasn't talking about "marching against police killing black people". She was talking about a hypothetical yet specific killing. To me, it's weird to not want to know about that specific killing.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:45 (eight years ago)
She is clearly talking about a BLM march, GD...
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:51 (eight years ago)
because such and such got shotbecause such and such got shotbecause such and such got shotbecause such and such got shotbecause such and such got shotbecause such and such got shotbecause such and such got shotbecause such and such got shotbecause such and such got shot
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:53 (eight years ago)
good lord the things you people will nitpick, always trying to paint people in the most negative light
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:54 (eight years ago)
I would imagine if people are marching it would not be very difficult to get some info unless she needs to comb over forensic evidence or some shit
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:54 (eight years ago)
it's a dumb way to say "I'm not an activist" but are you guys suggesting she's...pro-cop? anti-black? what?
― rob, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:58 (eight years ago)
Or she could just freaking ask the person who is calling her...
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 22:58 (eight years ago)
I think she's just trying to say that she resists group-think under all circumstances, even the most obviously righteous ones.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:03 (eight years ago)
I agree. And in the process she underlines why that is a bullshit stance, imo.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:08 (eight years ago)
seems like she is saying don't just march in the street cos your friends told you do, get educated
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:10 (eight years ago)
being informed is a good stance imo
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:11 (eight years ago)
I'm still not understanding your outrage?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, January 24, 2018
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:46 (eight years ago)
Before I interrupt a recording session or, god help me, my laundry, I'd like to know facts. Glad to know many of you white people wanna revive a thread to discuss banalities.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:47 (eight years ago)
erykah rules
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 25 January 2018 03:14 (eight years ago)
I’m on the side of I don’t see what was so bad abt this interview
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 25 January 2018 04:55 (eight years ago)
It’s a good interview, and she makes a lot of sense.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 25 January 2018 06:40 (eight years ago)
revive a thread to discuss banalitiesnbd
― niels, Thursday, 25 January 2018 07:09 (eight years ago)
"Is anything being lost in how younger people absorb music?
You can’t roll a joint on the cover of a digital download."
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 25 January 2018 08:13 (eight years ago)
Group-think isnt a bullshit stance?!
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:18 (eight years ago)
it is if I like it, it isn’t if I don’t
― k3vin k., Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:59 (eight years ago)
So there must be some offshoot of Godwin's law, wherein one cherishes an artist's work so much that not even their carelessly invoking the name of Hitler can alter one's affection.
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:47 (eight years ago)
some Nazis are good people
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:53 (eight years ago)
even Russians love their children too
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:53 (eight years ago)
They’re not, but Hitler was a better painter than I am.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:54 (eight years ago)
People are in real pain. So I understand why my 'good' intent was misconstrued as 'bad'. In trying to express a point, I used 1 of the worst examples possible, Not to support the cruel actions of an unwell, psychopathic Adolf Hitler, but to only exaggerate a show of compassion.— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 25, 2018
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:11 (eight years ago)
Let’s be honest, anyone who doesn’t like Erykah Badu is, in fact, a Nazi
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 January 2018 16:14 (eight years ago)
there's so much going on in the world right now, honestly i can't imagine caring about this
i'd never checked out hitler's paintings before, they were better than i thought they would be
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 January 2018 18:11 (eight years ago)
what she said about cosby is pretty fucked
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:32 (eight years ago)
to me the ideology of her comments is strictly "i'm too rich to care about any of this shit" which might make them easier or harder to swallow depending on your mileage
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:34 (eight years ago)
whoooo carressssssss
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:45 (eight years ago)
what? since when are we not caring about celebrities saying and doing stupid shit ? it's done all the time here and because so many of us like Erykah she gets a pass.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:51 (eight years ago)
i mean i don't really care that much either but the stanning here is weird to me.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:54 (eight years ago)
never forget "“John F Kennedy was a revolutionary; he was not afraid to butt heads with America, and I was not afraid to show America my butt-naked truth.”
― marcos, Thursday, 25 January 2018 21:14 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZQMqp7Wz3s
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Friday, 26 January 2018 03:37 (eight years ago)
i caught that the first time she did the music and yes, he really does look like the mouse
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 26 January 2018 18:47 (eight years ago)
otm about flintstones here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVzEOvb5lrg
― kolakube (Ross), Friday, 26 January 2018 19:14 (eight years ago)
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/638483063/erykah-badu-tiny-desk-concert
Green Eyes is so fantastic.
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 15:53 (seven years ago)
fuck yeah!
― Ross, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 15:54 (seven years ago)
Gorgeous. Drummer rocking that upside-down snare.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 18:53 (seven years ago)
but you cain't use my phone was four years ago.
anytime now, erykah. anytime.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 14 October 2019 22:06 (six years ago)
I guess I always sort of figure Erykah Badu (and Andre Benjamin) will never release another full-on album again, mainly just to keep from wishing it weren't so. But the day I'm wrong will be a good one.
― Soundslike, Monday, 14 October 2019 23:59 (six years ago)
https://www.bet.com/music/2020/05/01/erykah-badu-jill-scott-verzuz-battle.html
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:19 (six years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Erykah_Badu_-_Live.jpg
Just here to say I don’t take this record for granted…it’s v v great
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:16 (five years ago)
sure!
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:39 (five years ago)
She’s having fun in those Met Gala photos
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 September 2021 03:50 (four years ago)
I just found out there's an album called Worldwide Underground in-between her four classics. I feel stupid but I kinda have a fresh new Badu album to listen to. It's good and fun too.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 18:58 (four years ago)
I know some people who would call that her best.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 19:05 (four years ago)
A dull cliche!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 19:06 (four years ago)
As always with women who want to find out things, she told more than she learned.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 19:08 (four years ago)
Erykah Badu is among the most commercially successful R&B artists of her generation and artistically the most promising. Eric, dear, this is Alfred.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 19:11 (four years ago)