Erykah Badu: C /D, S&D

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

gone baby, don't be long is beautiful

when she starts riffing on biggie lyrics its like me singing in the shower

I notice she does it twice over the course of the album

what's the other -- i'm reading & not really paying attention to lyrics atm

theres gonna be a lotta slow singing and flower bringin if my burglar alarm starts ringin

I think "Turn Me Away" and "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" are my immediate faves

gone baby, gone baby, don't be looooong

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.

you sure? its not a theremin she uses when she plays live...

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

Out My Mind, Just in Time ... just ...

Out. My. Mind. Just. In. Time.

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.

Nope, it's a theremin.

No one is credited with theremin. My guess is that it's the moogerfooger.

She's definitely returned to the pre-New Amerykah ethos on this one.

"PREE-pare to have your shit rearranged"

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.

Obligatory posthumous Dilla jam is fantastic.

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.

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.

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

yes, we don't*

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."

Erykah told me it was a theremin, but who knows.

matos be pullin trump cards

oh i see how it is

UM YOU GUYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fld7YmVpymY&feature=player_embedded

is that ass real

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)

i spelled booty wrong btw

O__________O

btw yall are forgetting

http://www.youtube.com/v/OvwuVdffvO0

NEVER FORGET

i'll be forever in love with this lady, to me she can do no wrong.
of course this is the dope shit!

What is up with the Rick James/ Patrice Rushen/ Peaches & Herb beads she's been rocking lately lol

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.)

*there should actually be the word 'possible' in front of the word 'alternative'...nothing was ever actually set in stone...

what word does the purple blood spell out?

GAPDY

that's what I thought!

ditto!

lmao @ assassinated nudist

actually it's GROUPTHINK. also how is Mama's Gun not revealing, esp "Green Eyes" and "And On".

god I love mark sinker.

less = more, my bad

get munny is da jam all over again

sounds like a jax 5 joint imo

sounds like the song its obv interpolating imo

right, hence "all over again"

yes im responding to k3v

no shit deej, hers is a completely different tone of voice tho