drake impersonator is hilarious, wtf is going on there
― marcos, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
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
So this really is a whole album about phones, isn't it?
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Friday, 4 December 2015 04:34 (eight years ago) link
i don't understand why either of those are in this thread. what does Adele have to do w/ Erykah. (xp)
― just knocked me cold and left me on the sidewalk (some dude), Friday, 4 December 2015 04:34 (eight years ago) link
just songs about phones you know
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 December 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link
'erykah makes a phone themed mix tape' why are you guys side-eyeing the one gift god has given us in these rotten daysjust seeing the words 'erykah makes a phone themed mix tape' gives me hope
― social justice warriors... come out to play (Abbott), Friday, 4 December 2015 05:17 (eight years ago) link
^
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 December 2015 05:27 (eight years ago) link
abbott otmmmmmmmmmm
― marcos, Friday, 4 December 2015 07:09 (eight years ago) link
i kinda dig the slapdash vibe of this but i hate how everything in this modern world of ours has to be to goddamn Drakey
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 December 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
also ^especially, not in spite of the fact that it's not real drake!hello feels like a legit top 10 single tho add in "phone down" "cel u lar device" "mr telephone man" and this could easily fit into my fave albums of the year, skits and drake-a-like notwithstanding
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 December 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
:D
― bloat laureate (schlump), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 16:33 (eight years ago) link
erykah could release nothing but these kinds of things for the rest of her life and still be the goati have no interest in listening to this a second time though
― een, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
Erykah Badoulah
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 16:42 (eight years ago) link
idk, i welcome this phase, that you could term the mixtape/beat tape phase, and yes i am including nu amerykah in that, but i do hope it doesnt last too much longer. id like to hear her get back to writing 'straighter' songs again. if she can tear herself away from her phone that is. in some ways id prefer if she just became a luddite.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 10:56 (eight years ago) link
My favorite twenty, and I could swap half of it for another gathering of awesome.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
That's an awesome list. "The Cell" is such a good intro choice. Dre's remix of Bag Lady is all time FWIW.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Thursday, 29 December 2016 05:23 (seven years ago) link
I feel the gauntlet laid down.
― ILXorcist 2: The Heretic (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 December 2016 05:40 (seven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08g47rk
thought this was pretty shambolic and solipsistic (how much do i need to care about how this affected gemma cairney? or at least, i can care, but not when its the bulk of her insight on the album, and despite the numerous times she talks about how influential the album and erykah are, we never hear from these artists she influenced, or learn much of the context around the album at the time), like something that should be on 1xtra (ie for a younger audience) than the old indie dads listening to 6music.
baduizm is def not her best album btw.
― StillAdvance, Sunday, 12 February 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
Definitely not. New Amerykah Part One is the clear winner. I prefer Mama's Gun and New Amerykah Part Two as well.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 12 February 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
Mamas Gun/New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), Worldwide Underground, Baduizm, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh).
i need to spend time with her more recent stuff.
― StillAdvance, Sunday, 12 February 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
NuAm Pt. 1Mama's GunNuAm Pt. 2BaduizmWorldwide UndergroundBut You Cain't Use My Phone
She really needs to make more albums.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
Eric and I have finally something in common besides lenses and artichokes.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
A milkshake?
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
A salted peanut.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/erykahbadu/videos/10155152043886554/
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
world tour = no Bay Area dates FUCK THIS SHIT
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
So, for whatever reason, I never checked out But You Caint Use My Phone. Listening first time now, and wow, it's pretty great.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 10 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
are any of her albums as good as the first? I love the first one but I've never given the rest enough time
― akm, Friday, 10 November 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
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.
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Friday, 10 November 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
Yup, there's not a bum album in the whole lineup. (I might not be the control group on this question tho.)
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 10 November 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
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.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 10 November 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
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).
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 November 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
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).
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 10 November 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
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
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Friday, 10 November 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
Her debut is still only her third or fourth best.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 November 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
Weather Underground meanders, but it's worth it for "Back in the Day" and "I Want You" alone.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 10 November 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
oops