Erykah Badu: C /D, S&D

i'm loving umm hmm actually, tho all this talk about samples makes me feel a little guilty about it -gulp!-

someone please explain to me why it's okay for, say, every other R&B/soul singer under the sun to sing over samples but when Erykah Badu does it, ppl start rending their garments

because the stuff without obvious samples feels so original and homemade i guess? tbh most modern R&B doesn't have a lot of samples anymore anyway, and when it does it's more like a 2 bar loop with hard drums, hip hop-style, than the kind of vamping she's doing, but yeah we might be getting into a silly double standard here.

if anything "Get Munny" has to get past a wall of "this just reminds me of that Biggie song and you're not adding that much to it" resistance from me because of Ashanti type jacks.

because people hold Erykah to a higher standard and regard her as an artiste? cause she seems like one of the few RnBers capable of--and willing to--creating something fresh and new?

it's 2010 this argument is retarded i'm pretty sure the people who are bothered by badu's use of samples are aware of how silly they're being and will just will themselves into getting over it

This self-integration into her own favorite tunes has been going on since the Live disc. Not sure why it would be treated as anything new here.

+ she sampled Wings and jacked David Sancious. Not exactly business as usual move.

yeah, "umm hmm" is great!

I gotta be honest though...this album is not quite as good as Mama's gun or 4WW...I love that it's funkier, but Out My Mind Just In Time clinches it... it kinda pales in comparison to Green Eyes...I still love you Erykah!!!

i never feel like listening to 'out my mind', it's nice but kinda boring. i'll give it some more shots but i was hoping for more since i've really liked what i've heard from georgia ann muldrow, beat-wise.

So weird. It's one of the two tracks on the album I can't skip over when listening on random.

(The other being "Love," obv.)

i still like the album though...half awesome + half okay = very good. Just like everybody's been saying...

tell you what would be a great compilation - one of all the original songs badu's sampled

ayooooooooooooooooooo

yes

wow this album is a dissapointment. so half hearted. sounds like shes barely bothered. nice grooves but NO songs. not even the green eyes-ish closer is that good. this is like an album of outtakes. is she trying to get out of her contract or something? cos this seems like one of those albums.

theres some nice moments, some cool lines here and there, some nice melodies, but she sounds like she can barely be arsed to get through this.

http://www.outmymindjustintimetour.com/

No Mpls. date and the Chicago ones don't work for me! :( :( :(

Definitely going to one of the Chicago shows!!!! So excited.

No Austin date, either, sadly.

xp

Badu/N*E*R*D/Monae sounds like an awesome show, but no way I'm paying that much money.

No MTL, Toronto or any East Coast of Canada shows. New York or Boston are my best (not good at all) options.

oh fucking awesome yay.. w/janelle monae too!!

ugh $70 for a good seat, n/m

I'm 20 feet tall.

I think "Turn Me Away" is so bubbly and happy that it will be one of those songs that can never NOT put me in a good mood.

back and forth like lightning hopkins

"Love" is growing on me a lot

I'll just toss this in here
http://thequietus.com/articles/04143-twenty-thoughts-about-love-erykah-badu-s-new-amerykah-part-two
and wait for the whingeing (too long/where's the review? etc)!

‘This Ain't A Love Song’? Too fucking right. You cunts couldn't write a love song. It's too serious for you.

what did bon jovi ever do to you?!

I was referring to Scouting For Girls. On a sidetrack - Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits was the only CD (apart from The Best Of Sting) that my local poolhall used to play so consequently in the 2 years where I pretty much did nothing else with my time I picked up a fascination, then fatigue, then finally detestation of The Jovi. A process that happened alot quicker with Sting i might add.

Really want to go to the Houston Badu/Monae show, but $95 = :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I'll be the one backstage

!!!!

que?

(cause munny i want you bad la lalala lala)

just an interesting line I never caught before

NY Times feature today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/arts/music/09badu.html?ref=music

Baduizm

^ black metal band name up for grabs

hahaha

"20 Feet Tall" is such an inspiring song imo.

Anytime I have obstacles in front of me now, I got to be like "Rev, you are 20 feet tall. Step over that shit!"

You're 20 feet tall? O_O

metaphorically

"20 Ft Tall" and Damian Marley/Nas's "Strong Will Continue" are my big inspirational songs this year.

i love "20 feet tall" but "jump up in the air" is my go-get-em inspirational-motivational erykah track of choice this year.

haha me too. i made myself an inspiraysh mix and put jump up in the air on it.

anyone see her in new york on monday? was in town but could not get tix...

No, but I saw her in Chicago last week, it was an amazing show.

benji b played this at sónar and i was like "omfg i did not know there was a house remix of 20ft tall!!!!!" and when i got back yesterday one of the first things i did was go a-hunting for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HQb22pPX_U