Erykah Badu: C /D, S&D

"Got love for my folks/ Baptized when the levee broke."

Oh man "Soldier" is so righteous.

...and I still haven't fucking heard Mama's Gun. WTF?

-- The Reverend, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:53 AM (2 months ago)

you should definitely do this now if you haven't already.

The change in "That Hump" ... wau!

-- Eric H., Friday, February 22, 2008 8:06 PM (3 days ago)

Yes! this song is incredible.

I'm so in love with this album OMG.

I don't see how New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of The Ahnk (out in July) can top this.

this album is so great

this album is kind of bleak though, it's like a post-crack blaxploitation soundtrack or something.. "that hump" is brutal

wowowowowow loving this

you should definitely do this now if you haven't already.

-- The Brainwasher, Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

i know, right?

Yeah, this album's second half is intense and terrifying.

And then comes "Honey."

DAMN YOU GUYS WHERE DO YOU FIND THSI STUFF

glad everyone likes this so much. cant wait to hear it.

wow "The Cell."

I cannot wait to hear this tomorrow.

D5, it's as simple as a well-timed Google blog search.

man this album is good

this album is like the ultimate sum-is-more-than-the-parts and i think she deserves the credit for that

haha eric h. what do you think i've been doing for the last few days? well other than being sick as fuc and taking a shitload of ibuprofen and trying not to scream that is.

Hmm, maybe it's down already. I found it pretty quick.

yeah, search "amerykah"

does no one feel guilty that they have got this for free?

this album is like the ultimate sum-is-more-than-the-parts and i think she deserves the credit for that

yeah definitely, when I heard "Badu over Sa-Ra, Madlib,, & 9th Wonder beatz" I was like "eh....." but this is amazing.

I'm buying it tomorrow so I don't feel guilty at all. Those that aren't buying it SHOULD feel guilty and BURN IN HELL tho.

yeah definitely, when I heard "Badu over Sa-Ra, Madlib,, & 9th Wonder beatz" I was like "eh....." but this is am

ok, this makes me excited.

Yeah I'm-a hit up Target at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow.

im very excited. im gonna wait til it comes out properly though.

i havent felt a single sa-ra track thus far. hopefully this will change when i get this one tomorrow.

not even this one?

I don't feel guilty to the extent that I didn't get the review copy I was supposed to be sent.

Not that I write reviews anywhere, but ...

I'm buying it tomorrow so I don't feel guilty at all. Those that aren't buying it SHOULD feel guilty and BURN IN HELL tho.

-- The Brainwasher, Monday, February 25, 2008 11:08 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

b-b-b-but I am broke. Why are you condemning all us broke folk to eternal fire?

hay I'm a poor college student! I saved my lunch money for this. NO EXCUSES!!

you need to work harder. hahahaha.

and yeah, not that track either. i just dont understand sa-ra. they were one of those "i heard the hype long before i heard any of their music" types, and nothing has even been remarkable to me in any way. in fact, i kind of hate them. but if they bring the goods for ms badu, that's whats up.

To be clear, I will buy this one.

i love the living daylights out of this. the sleeve artwork and lyric sheet artwork is killer too.

I'm a poorer college student who doesn't have any lunch money! Prick.

no lunch money? wow :(

poor thing

literally LOLOLOLZ

wow "The Cell."

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, February 25, 2008 3:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

The breakbeat on this is suspiciously similar to the one on As One's "Planetary Folklore" (or some other late '90s Degiorgio track).

Reposting 'cause I'm more likely to get an answer in this thread:

Anyone know who's responsible for the crazy synth shit on some of those late '70s Nancy Wilson albums (one of the tracks off Music on My Mind is the root of "Honey")? Guessing it's either Larry Farrow or Clarence McDonald. Probably need to get whatever other albums this person is on -- I have "Sunshine," off another Wilson album from the same era, on a comp and love that too.

-- Andy K, Sunday, February 24, 2008 4:38 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

yeah I have no idea.. but I heard the original track for 'honey' 'i'm in love' and it doesn't have any of that awesome sythy-ness, so i'm guess 9th wonder got a live band to play over the sample or something

I know people who still refuse to listen to Badu for her plagarism of the Mizells on the last couple albums.

well, maybe not "refuse to listen," but bring it up every time they do

They might not make it past the first track of this one if they have the RAMP album.

yeah, there is that too, but i just thought of that track as a call-to-arms-cum-fakeout ... wonder if part two will open with it as well.

yeah yeah, wave of hand.

This is great.

Eric H it sounds like you need some new friends.

Clearly I made those friends up.

what do u dudes think this album will sell

Well, Clive Davis will not hear a single, that's for damn sure.