Erykah Badu: C /D, S&D

https://www.facebook.com/erykahbadu/videos/10155152043886554/

world tour = no Bay Area dates FUCK THIS SHIT

So, for whatever reason, I never checked out But You Caint Use My Phone. Listening first time now, and wow, it's pretty great.

are any of her albums as good as the first? I love the first one but I've never given the rest enough time

Well then I know what you damn well need to do with your weekend, friend.

And the answer is a resounding yes. As good and even better. She's amazing.

Yup, there's not a bum album in the whole lineup. (I might not be the control group on this question tho.)

Mama's Gun is fantastic. It's probably on my shortlist of all time favorites, honestly.

The only one I'd say is an outright misfire would be Worldwide Underground. But I haven't listened to it in a decade, so my mind could be changed on the matter.

It's not a misfire, but it's her most ephemeral (i.e. I look at song titles and don't remember how they go).

I still love WU and looking at the titles brings back instant hooks (esp. Back in the Day, The Grind, Danger, and especially the jam that is Love of My Life Worldwide).

are any of her albums as good as the first? I love the first one but I've never given the rest enough time

This is legit one of the most baffling ILM questions I've ever read. I don't mean to yell but YES THEY ARE, LISTEN TO THEM

Her debut is still only her third or fourth best.

Weather Underground meanders, but it's worth it for "Back in the Day" and "I Want You" alone.

oops

lol

Yeah, I'd wager the general consensus is that Worlwide Underground is the least essential but it's still pretty damn good.

When I heard Wings' "Arrow Through Me" a decade ago, a friend and I wondered who the first R&B or hip-hop act would sample its magical hook.

uh, it came out garbled, but you know what I mean

I still haven't warmed to the mixtape tbh, but I know someday it'll click like the rest.

Mama's Gun is fantastic ... The only one I'd say is an outright misfire would be Worldwide Underground.

^^this

Worldwide underground is a lot of fun.

Top 3 imo

NA PT 2 - mamas gun - NA 1

i LOOOOVE the Caint Use My Phone mixtape!

All her albums are brilliant. Even WU has I Want You, which is sublime

i've been listening to NA 1 and 2 nonstop recently. "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" hasn't been mentioned in 6 years ott, somehow. it is one of the best songs OF ALL TIME

i really liked But You Can't Use My Phone a lot, i should listen to it more. great rainy night album.

there've been surprisingly few Erykah polls it seems.

My top 3: amerykah pt. 2, amerykah pt. 1, worldwide underground

Probably the #1 artist in the world who needs to make more music

Amerykah Part 1 is probably the best album of the 2000s that isn't Voodoo imo.

Worldwide Underground is her party album, which means that from some angles and in certain contexts it’s actually her best album.

love of my life IS a party jam

erykah hasn't released a bad album or even one that's less than great iirc

but you can't use my phone is great

It probably shouldn't (because its sentiments have never not applied really) but 'Twinkle' does feel tangibly more prescient nine years later.

Worldwide Underground is a bit of a step down from the rest of her discog, but everything else is straight-up classic, particularly the New Amerykahs.

Cain't Use My Phone was awesome, if a little slight, with more obvious filler than any of her proper albums. But the great stuff was totally amazing.

I've always thought D'Angelo was a bit overrated (still great!) and Badu consistently underrated. Particularly, yes, the two New Amerykahs. People lose their shit over Voodoo, but these albums are just as ambitious and successful. And Mama's Gun, for that matter.

oh I'll say it:

Badu >>>>>>>>>>>> D'Angelo

That said, I saw a Badu show once where she spent an eternity rolling around on a pilates ball.

I don't see that as a mitigating factor

Badu = Bjork >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anyone else, basically

Say what u must. Dialogue is cool . I invite it. But please do me a favor if you can , Black & Jewish Twitter, just don't use the word "problematic " any more. 😂Y'all using that too much . 🙄.. oh and read the article.

— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018

erykah otm

the article is awful tho

call out culture is bullshit and yes people should stop calling things problematic on twitter but if you can read that interview and not come away from it never wanting to hear anything erykah badou says ever again then youre nuts

the interviewer was dumb i thought

erykah was erykah

the little annotations they did were really stupid

idk what was different about her in that interview compared to any other interview she's done in the past 20 years?

btw i think about when she said "u on twitter tho, oppressin me" all the time

following up a bit about her support for farrakhan and accusations of anti-semitism with "hitler was a wonderful painter" while speaking to a jew is a bit gauche

STFU erykah and make some good new music

hitler had real issues with perspective, unsurprisingly

i thought it was funny tbh, esp when she immediately follows up w/ "okay, he was a terrible painter"

In general, Erykah Badu has given more to me in my lifetime than the entirety of social media comment threads.

I thought the article was great and the interviewer came off much worse than she did.

following up a bit about her support for farrakhan and accusations of anti-semitism with "hitler was a wonderful painter" while speaking to a jew is a bit gauche

If you claim to see some good in every human, Hitler is logical person to mention as an extreme you go to. She wasn't thinking of the larger scope or people cherry-picking this bit. Just backing up her claim.

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