Erykah Badu: C /D, S&D

i'm surprised that for all the love badu gets here, i can't find a thread on joi

I had a bit of a slow uptake, too, but at this point I can't identify an album released this decade that means as much to me. I just posted this in the other thread last night.

yall have no idea how much this record speaks to me... I might even say it feels like its ABOUT me

― mr. mayan end times guy (The Reverend), Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:53 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I feel like, amazing new developments aside, this record perfectly encaptures how it feels to be black in america in 2008

― mr. mayan end times guy (The Reverend), Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:55 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The album it reminds me most of is Curtis. While the makers of both records are quick to detail our social ills, neither sounds, for even a second, like they don't believe we can overcome them.

― mr. mayan end times guy (The Reverend), Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:35 AM Bookmark

Another thing is, despite all the social commentary, it's never didactic (not that there's anything wrong with that, I mean Public Enemy were didactic), the whole thing feels so personal at every level.

damn, wrong thread

Yeah -- she can't be didactic because she's still sorting out politics and her own artistic growth (which is what the album chronicles). The record's more mixed up in a thrilling way than anything I've heard in recent memory.

i can imagine someone maybe not being totally taken by the album, because they're not into her particular methods of expression or her take on soul just isn't their thing, but even in that case, surely the sheer depth and breadth of what she's trying to do (and succeeding at) would be impressive? the scope of this thing is immense.

alfred otm

so 4th World War is a lock for #1 in the upcoming 2008 albums poll, right????

Madvillainy is my album of the decade, and this is second...I like the former a little more, but this last month has done a lot to close the gap between the two...I just recently how astoninshing that three-song sequence (Soldier-The Cell-Twinkle) really is, and then The Healer is even better....

I just recently how astoninshing that three-song sequence (Soldier-The Cell-Twinkle) really is, and then The Healer is even better....

yeah i think i really started to feel this album hardcore when that run you're referring to hit me for the first time. then, of course, i fell in love with every other song too

I know that tardiness is all part of the Badu mystique, but damn I wish she'd stop even pretending with these release dates. It should just show up in stores one day.

her twitter feed is as entertaining as you might imagine, i highly recommend it.

I know that tardiness is all part of the Badu mystique, but damn I wish she'd stop even pretending with these release dates. It should just show up in stores one day.

― Nurse Detrius (Eric H.), Sunday, February 8, 2009 11:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

this is like 90% of the hip-hop/r&b industry fwiw

that new album isnt coming out for a long while. shes just had a baby.

I love her Twitter feed. It's reorganizing my understanding of communication.

she's playing some festival in a few months. just saying, it might not be the whole year or whatever that people expect.

http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-03-05/music/r-amp-b-queen-erykah-badu-s-egyptian-mystique/

YAMASUKI SINGERS SAMPLE!!!!

guess i'm gonna see erykah at jazzfest this year, should be fun.

fatbellybella
sylvia called yesterday... gave me an album release date. i always cringe at the thought.
about 4 hours ago from web

fatbellybella
... i love pt 2 . feels good . but not sure its what i want to say right now .
about 4 hours ago from web

guess we won't be seeing pt 2 any time soon

;_____;

kudos to matt c for getting an erykah retweet though

I'd rather she got off the Tweet and back on the spliff.

i heard pt 2 was december. but getting a release date might be more like july/august?

also this thread/board way undervalues WORLDWIDE UNDERGROUND, particularly as a stepping stone between mama's gun and the last one.

eh. WWU isn't that bearable as a whole, but I gotta make caveat that "I Want You" just might be the best jam she's done

yea i don't remember liking WWU that much. i worked in a record store in college and a co-worker played it all the time. part of the reason why i barely noticed when NA pt 1 came out and didn't get around to hearing it until a couple months ago. but i should give it another listen

Everything up through "I Want You" is great.

'danger' is def one of my favourite erykah trax ever. and yeah 'i want you' is great too.

i've been on a WWU kick lately, i love it

my post was meant to liberate you all from your hazy recollection that it isn't that good: it turns out that it is instead pretty good. i want you's something else completely.

she sounded good at jazzfest btw, band is tight. she had them breaking every four bars more or less.

is it her and the laptop guys?

no, full band, chris dave on drums.

playing a bunch of shows in august

link?

this is the only thing i've seen http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Photos-Erykah-Badus-4th-World-War-Tour.html

and this says release date of aug 18th??? http://www.rap-up.com/2009/05/08/erykah-badus-part-2-gets-release-date/

believe it when it happens

that's also from a month and a half ago. thx for the tour info tho

Not interested in seeing her tour, really. I saw her at SXSW in March and she was over an hour late to her set, then played two half-assed songs and left.

Possibly the worst live show I've ever seen.

She's doing NYC on Governors Island in August.

:(

I understand when she's on, tho, she's really on.

She remains one of the few artists I'd travel out of my way (say, to Chicago) to see in concert.

xxpost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvwuVdffvO0

it probably won't be like that though? i don't know. (also hadn't she just got like stalked at her home) i am doing that thing of transferring quiet solitary communion with records -> live acoustical experience but i am gonna spend money i don't have on going.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/06/concerts_on_the.html#more
is the link - i'm sure there was more before, like uhh atlantic city a coupla days after ny

a ws for the ages

^^^^^
this

oh my

her live set on paladia was pretty awesome, had a great band behind her.

aah i only see one badu date on that link and a bunch of b-52s dates

New York!!!! Automatic Slim ( also known as e. Badu ) is back in your area! In the Badudio on a stormy night ...
about 7 hours ago from Tweetie

automatic slim!

she's been a+++++ mindblowing both times i've seen her live btw

I saw her at SXSW in March and she was over an hour late to her set, then played two half-assed songs and left.

isn't this a problem w/ festival shows in general tho? haven't been to one in a while but imo they're kind of the worst place to get excited about seeing a specific artist. lots of sets tend to be short and half-assed and u can never tell when the band u really want to see is going to bring it or not

Yeah, you're right and I'd probably go see her again...