Telephone
― LIL HOOSANE (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 26 October 2008 05:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know why, but nothing on the album has grabbed me yet -- I think my ears are so conditioned to track-only, singles listening that stuff just blows by if there's not a hook (i.e. I'd vote for "whole album" too). Looking for "Real Thang" now -- on the version I have there's a track just listed as "Bonus Track," but that appears to be "Honey"
― mitya, Sunday, 26 October 2008 06:01 (fifteen years ago) link
this album is great... i voted for "soldier," though it was really a tie between it, "the healer" and "the cell"
― Professor Respect, Sunday, 26 October 2008 06:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Me was a close 2nd
― LIL HOOSANE (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 26 October 2008 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
'real thang'
― lex pretend, Sunday, 26 October 2008 09:32 (fifteen years ago) link
― Pottie Skippen (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 26 October 2008 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link
hip-hopis bigger than religion
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Sunday, 26 October 2008 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
master teacher pt 2.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Sunday, 26 October 2008 13:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Right I just listened to this to decide. It's Me, The Cell or 2nd part of Master Teacher... or Telephone.. one of those anyway.
― mmmm, Sunday, 26 October 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
cell is way overrated. it sounds like something from 91.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm compelled to admit I prefer the tornadic first half of "master teacher," just to balance the scales.
― Eric H., Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
cell nu amerykah pt. 1 is way overrated.― titchyschneiderMk2
I think this is what you meant to write.
Plus, sounds like 1991 sounds like awesome.
― Eric H., Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
yep
― Cittaslow Mazza (blueski), Sunday, 26 October 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Cell" sounds like something from 1973, specifically, something by Stevie Wonder.
― R$ (The Reverend), Sunday, 26 October 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
stevie wonder was using lightweight breakbeats and blanded out synths in 1973?
― titchyschneiderMk2, Sunday, 26 October 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
the whole album sounds like it wishes it lived back in 1973. is that good or bad? i dunno. but that doesn't mean i wouldn't take Call Me and Fresh (and Burnin') over this had ir been released then.
― THE TOWER OF HUMANOID ANTIBODIES!!! (Ioannis), Sunday, 26 October 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
there are about 3 or 4 tracks tops that sound like they could have been made back then. even then, only amerykahn promise sounds *properly* retro, everything else in that old school soul/jazz/funk vein sounds like its been made recently.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Sunday, 26 October 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
The Cell has synths?
― Cittaslow Mazza (blueski), Sunday, 26 October 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
The wobbly bassline and finger snaps in "The Healer" set an incredibly nice vibe in the room everytime i put this on, so I'm going with that. I must say, I don't really like the first track, though. I think it's a little too aggressive sounding, and seems out of place with the rest of the album.
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 October 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 30 October 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 31 October 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i am pretty cool with these results, aside from "Honey" getting shafted
― some dude, Friday, 31 October 2008 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah wtf?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 31 October 2008 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
well i'm not saying that's surprising, generally i think people who know an album won't vote for the single in a poll like this even if they like it
― some dude, Friday, 31 October 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, "Honey" kind of feels like an addendum to, rather than a component of the album.
― Gene Amondson (The Reverend), Friday, 31 October 2008 06:46 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf, people; this is the only thread where we can specifically talk about this album!!?
anyhow, i din't want to sidetrack the whatcha listening to thread any further... so i'll post this here instead: "New Amerykah makes me think of something Matos told me about Sign O the Times: "You will never get to the bottom of that album." It is the meatiest album I've heard in a long time."
sure. but so what? the main difference between the two, for me, being that SotT has at least ten GRATE songs on it; whereas, New Amerykah... has what esactly??? i mean, i keep waiting for the damn songs to sink in, but it just ain't happening. yet.
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
SotT has at least ten GRATE songs on it; whereas, New Amerykah... has what esactly???
11.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean, i keep waiting for the damn songs to sink in, but it just ain't happening. yet.
I don't know how long you've had it, but it took me about 3 months to realize this album's greatness.
― The stic.man from the hilarious 'Dead Prez' albums (some dude), Thursday, 13 November 2008 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha--now if only i could remember any of them...
xp
i've had it since March. :(
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
took me 1 listen
― Thematically it's like a queer-Pipecock (blueski), Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
well yeah, it sounded good right off the bat for me as well; i just don't get any of this "album of the year" nonsense.
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Album of the year nothing. This is an all-timer.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
gah! the love you guys express for this makes me feel like i'm listening to an entirely different album. hey, maybe that's it...
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i loved Mama's Gun, btw.
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
It's been my experience here on ILX that those most strenuously resisting this album are also those who can't get beyond Mama's Gun (which I love also, but I've moved on).
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
but i'm not resisting it, strenuously or otherwise; it just doesn't seem to want to sink in for me. also, after eight months of trying to “get it”, i figure the problem must be with the album itself, and not with any unwarranted expectations i may have brought to the tale.
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Look, if you don't like it, it's all good!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
don't get an aneurysm forcing yourself to like it.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
believe me, I felt the same way the first few weeks I was listening to it and not understanding all the crazy praise. I think it clicked one day when I had it on in the car. but yeah, like Alfred said, not worth forcing it if it's not happening.
― forkslovetofuk (some dude), Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, no. i'm just surprised with all the love it’s been receiving 'round about these parts. for me, it seems like the kind of record people will be denouncing five years (or so) down the line.
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
And won't you be really happy when that happens.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe it will be seen as overblown and slightly embarrassing in place but it's nowhere near as much those things as, say, The Love Below and probably better written and produced than that too.
― Thematically it's like a queer-Pipecock (blueski), Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost Anyway, no need to pull this misunderstood minoritarian act. The anemic results of this poll bear out the fact that you're hardly alone in not being moved by this record.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
just put soldier on your headphones and bop around the streets to it, you'll love it. mmm, telephone, too, when it's early.
― schlump, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
no. honestly i'm glad that people reaqlly love it, i just wish i understood why is all. no big deal. this too shall pass.
xxxp
― Ioannis, Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
anemic? 30 votes for a poll about an album that's only a few months old ain't bad.
xpost
― forkslovetofuk (some dude), Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Everything that falls short of the Now! poll results numbers is pretty anemic to me.
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 November 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
The Healer is a highlight but i don't think of it as being as much of a standout as these votes indicate. the main reason it's my year favourite is because i don't think there's a real dip and every track has some distinct value and power thru various means.
― Thematically it's like a queer-Pipecock (blueski), Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
the main reason it's my year favourite is because i don't think there's a real dip and every track has some distinct value and power thru various means.
O! T! M!
― slap bass: the ungentle art (stevie), Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Did we ever poll the second? We should. (Or both together, even.)― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, February 17, 2012 4:08 PM (3 years ago)
Nu AmErykah, Poll 1 + 2 (4th World War + Return of the Ankh)
― Eric H., Friday, 6 March 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
I had no idea until Al's rundown that Master Teacher had spawned a popular hashtag
― the saer returns (Drugs A. Money), Friday, March 6, 2015 7:36 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
stay woke, dawg
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Friday, 6 March 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
for the "That Hump" fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMpSpWeYRPA
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Friday, 6 March 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
Thank you, Paul McCartney for writing "Arrow Through Me" so Badu could pilfer it.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 March 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
xp Lol I always thought that that "day and night, night and day..." part in That Hump was a callback to Didnt Cha Know
― the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 6 March 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
No votes for honey is insane, song's pure joy
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 3 March 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
What a perfect album this is. Can't believe it has already been 10 years!
― kitchen person, Saturday, 3 March 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
damn I just realized "Twinkle" uses the drum pattern from "Sucker MCs"
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Friday, 26 October 2018 02:28 (five years ago) link
this album is thirteen years old (!)
HOW DOES IT STILL SOUND SO CONTEMPORARY???
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 10 July 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
She should make another album
― burnt hombre (stevie), Sunday, 11 July 2021 11:09 (two years ago) link
fr.
and since we're on the subject of things that will never happen: the world needs that erykah / andre3000 duets album more than ever at this point.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 11 July 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
"me" is my jam, love that tune so much
― marcos, Friday, March 6, 2015 9:23 AM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is what i wdve voted for
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 11 July 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
i don't think we'll ever hear the badu/andre3000 album but I think we could definitely hear a new album from her at some point
I still think her Tiny Desk show is one of the greatest things I've seen in years - the only real competition is other online shows she's done - and I do wish she'd press it up on vinyl and sell it me
― burnt hombre (stevie), Sunday, 11 July 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
you speak truth, stevie. good man.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 11 July 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
+1 for "Me"
― J. Sam, Sunday, 11 July 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
Best album ever recorded.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 July 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
nothing long form since the phone ep, right?
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Monday, 12 July 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
Which itself is like 8 years old now too, right?
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, 12 July 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
OK, I guess only 6. Point is, every year without a new Badu album feels like an eternity.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Monday, 12 July 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
WILL THEY EVER FIND THE VACCINE??
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Monday, 12 July 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link