erykah busking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsQY8lqFScM
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
She's posted a soul mix over on mixcloud a couple days back here.
― Daylight M, Monday, 27 July 2015 09:24 (eight years ago) link
just came here to say that return of the ankh is amazing and is just making me feel really good right now, i love this album so much
― marcos, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
We're not officially in the longest wait between Badu albums since the beginning.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
not NOW
thx for the heads up daylight
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
We're now officially in the longest wait between Badu albums since the beginning.
:(
― Credit: howtokeepapositiveattitudedotcom (stevie), Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
she's touring tho
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
I thought she was just doing DJ tours
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link
nah full live show at the warfield coming up soon, shakey!
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link
waaaaaht
I kinda hate that place but that's tempting
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/erykah-she-ill-badu/hot-line-bling-but-u-caint-use-my-phone-mix
:D
― crime breeze (schlump), Friday, 2 October 2015 04:08 (eight years ago) link
singing colbie caillat on facebook remains the best badu jukebox moment of the past year imo
― some dude, Friday, 2 October 2015 05:02 (eight years ago) link
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
god i love erykah
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
that link is... 2 posts up
― just sayin, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
hm, thought that was something different off the caint use my phone mixanyways, it bears repeating
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
yes to the hotline bling refix (old news obv), not too sure about "phone down"
― art baengels (monotony), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
sounds like a demo -- it's missing, I don't know, a verse, middle eight?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
I did not like "phone down" at all - thin, tinny, plus autotune, not playing to her strengths
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link
jfc some grotesque shit posted itt way back, kind of fucked to know some of those people are still posting
― marcos, Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:02 (eight years ago) link
i said hella dumb shit in this thread. really stupid thinking back then.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 November 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
i love how hypnotic "phone down" is
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 12 November 2015 06:18 (eight years ago) link
i need to take some time with thishttp://blaecny.com/music/mixtapes-albums/erykah-badu-but-you-caint-use-my-phone-mixtape/
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 08:06 (eight years ago) link
SQUIRRRRRRLLLLLLLLL
― lex pretend, Saturday, 28 November 2015 09:56 (eight years ago) link
oh shit £10? itunes you are rinsing us britishers
― I don't have the time or energy to make a counterargument (stevie), Saturday, 28 November 2015 10:45 (eight years ago) link
got through it three times and this is frankly brilliant
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
i mean, as with all things, i still wish drake wasn't on itbut he's fairly benign here
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
it's not Drake, it's a Drake soundalike who is signed to Erykah's label, very weird corny publicity stunt
her voice is always a joy to hear and obviously this is a tossed-off minor work by design, but it really is little more than a "songs about phones" listicle aside from the Andre 3k song
― just knocked me cold and left me on the sidewalk (some dude), Saturday, 28 November 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
?mixtape lists tracks as "feat Drake"
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
also listicles can be brilliant too
http://pitchfork.com/news/62273-erykah-badu-mixtape-out-now-features-andre-3000/
― just knocked me cold and left me on the sidewalk (some dude), Saturday, 28 November 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
That IS weird. The guy on the track is tapping AS drake , like in persona, so I dunno what they were thinking
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
it's bizarre but pretty funny imo
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 28 November 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
this tape is super fun and great
― marcos, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
drake impersonator is hilarious, wtf is going on there
also i think her hotline bling remix is legitimately great, this kind of detached slightly melancholic spaciness intrinsic to the song just works really well in erykah's style imo
― marcos, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
not heard the new tape but i love the drake semi-remake/version/do-over/whatever. was weird to hear her on the zane lowe show though. not heard her speak for so long, so kinda shocking in a way to hear just how spaced out she is, talking about 'downloading life'.
actually more than hearing that she seems even more new agey than i remember (obviously i know this is a 'duh' moment, it was weird to think that erykah is getting *old*. i think shes on that cusp of sounding slightly out of touch. which i wouldnt actually mind. im up for hearing badu start doing standards and what not. lol.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 30 November 2015 20:34 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, she'd do a good set:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fwm5H3VpQw
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Monday, 30 November 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
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.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 30 November 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
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.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 30 November 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
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 Reverend, Monday, 30 November 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
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
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 November 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
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.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 30 November 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
nu amerykah was basically a mixtape anyway
come again?
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 November 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link
presume they meant Worldwide Underground?
― Number None, Monday, 30 November 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
yeah that was a bizarre statement
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeCB7Kn-VE
― The Reverend, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link
http://www.vibe.com/2015/11/dawn-richard-transforms-adeles-hello-on-latest-cover/
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 09:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePoi0_zSnYk
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 December 2015 04:30 (eight years ago) link