uuuugh
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/01/erykah-badu-accused-of-supporting-swaziland-ruler-king-mswati-iii
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
"all the money that I got from the trip I gave to all the servants in the house."
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
i am reminded of an ancient tradition, going back to plato
in which artists are crazy idiots
who you should never assume have any idea about anything
even if their art makes them sound like they do
― j., Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
...
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:08 (ten years ago) link
well it's either that or moral monster dazzled by proximity to power and wealth, take your pick
― j., Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
celebs are dum dums but are you suggesting we shouldnt call tehm out for it
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
no, just that we be less sad about it
because damn
― j., Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
we can't decide how we feel.
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
"U on Twitter tho, oppressing me"
okay lol
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
that's the part where i was just like
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
it's funny in itself but as a response to "I'm a Swazi and directly affected by mswati's oppression" it's even better
― marcos, Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
marcos you are a true badass
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:05 (ten years ago) link
The things humans do when they realize they've done something wrong are amusing and pathetic even when not in the public eye.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/fatbellybella/status/461898793374728192wooooof
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
yeah i unfollowed erykah over this. not the swaziland thing, but how dumb she seems about everything else
― k3vin k., Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
ugh
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
PUT DOWN THE VINE TWITTER AND RELEASE A NEW ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Tuesday, December 10, 2013 5:54 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
:( at all this
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 1 May 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
I saw the initial wave but surprised to see she kept going w/ all this
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 May 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
ugh wtf Erykah
― horseshoe, Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
it's always seemed to me like she's only on twitter to zing people
― some dude, Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
she's only on twitter to zing victims of human rights abuses
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 2 May 2014 13:02 (ten years ago) link
tbf that's why everyone is on Twitter
― chillin' on an "awesome pretzel" hoagie (DJP), Friday, 2 May 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
http://www.vocativ.com/culture/celebrity/ultimate-tyrant-tour-africa/
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 May 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
You don't say.
http://www.facebook.com/erykahbadu/posts/10152510846441554
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
she really should!
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
x 2
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 May 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
Among other more obvious things, a manager would make sure albums get out a little more often than once every 5 years.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
What was that? It's down now.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
Bragging about never having had a manager in her whole career (which I don't even know if I buy but).
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
got a ticket to see her with pharrell
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Kedar surely played a manager-type role circa Baduizm
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYjuEPYzdgU
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 June 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
loooool
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 30 June 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
http://lh3.ggpht.com/q36NimezZvrJmsO4UT6qNoeUWDaYHaanX97BTbNFJoDQox6aOWQo-mdLFSN4_VX7m7Ne4-wYk1BTNN217hI=s996
― schlump, Monday, 30 June 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Fuck Jill Scott. She's the smiling, fat black lady that sings about love and non threatening things.
― chaki, Friday, July 20, 2001 8:00 PM (13 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 October 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
yeah, fuck black artists who arent edgy or scary!
― StillAdvance, Monday, 6 October 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
she should be skinny and angry
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 October 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
"she should be Michelle Obama"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
Wait, was that chaki post a surprise?
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
don't unban chaki
― Mordy, Monday, 6 October 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
Ha, someone just posted this on my feedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jObonJzJZG0
― tsrobodo, Monday, 6 October 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
I feel like that's pretty much the same critical argument I've read time and again about artists like Corinne Bailey Rae. It's okay to just dislike someone's music without expressing your dislike in terms of how that artist failed to live up/down to some nebulous cultural expectation you harbor in your bigoted mind. It's exceptionally gross.
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
All of those critiques/complaints read to me like some people are PISSED that there are black middle-class musicians
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
reminder of how many ilxors used to love chaki and would never ever ever call him out
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
what a fucking cunt who needed a severe beatdown tho, right? i hope he got it.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP)
This was a repulsive strain in a lot of eighties criticism of black pop (Vandross, Baker, Jackson). They couldn't be Prince hence were suspect.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
it's still pretty common now!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
jill scott is terribly underratedlong as we're on this diversion, i barely remember this entering the conversation but one of the fappening pics was hers and her response was impressively above the frayhttps://twitter.com/missjillscott/status/507503268541394945more discussion here (and in a too much time on ilx double header, this article is by the jazzsplaining guy)http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/05/after-naked-photo-hack-white-feminists-ignore-jill-scott/
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link