Erykah Badu: C /D, S&D

ha deej was just coming here to say i really like master teachers

lolz @ lounge breakdown

I actually think "Master Teachers" might be my favorite song on the album. I'm loving whoever the other singer on it is.

it's georgia anne muldrow (and bilal)

why can't you people just let other people enjoy things.

-- The Brainwasher, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 12:33 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ive been unreserved in my the-dream praise!! anyway whatever i still think this album rules

its funny how the ilx-consensus on erykah has changed so much from the beginning of this thread to now (and just cos a lot of neo soul sucked/sucks, doesnt mean the first wave of artists werent good - dangelo, erykahs first album, maxwell, groove theory - all classic IMO).

i still think the highpoints on baduzim and mamas gun definitely are better/more rewarding than those on the new album but its a different, denser, more difficult sort of album.

i dont like master teachers either. i hate georgia anne as a vocalist.

i'm still not freaking on it, but some stuff is growing on me. it seems like every song is about two minutes longer than i think it's going to be, and at that point either it switches up into something different or just keeps going and i get bored.

btw that whole quote about garage band sounds like she just used it to write/demo songs, not actually produce the record?

Yea, because she was then going into Electric Lady Studios.

And working with Madlib, 9th Wonder, and Sa-Ra

Chaki, why do you not like this album again?

i like it but its no mama's gun. tracks 9 and 10 are the best. alot of it has that dilla feel that is just plain tired to these ears.

honestly guys, she sounds terrible on that vocalese that she puts down on top of roy hargrove's solo.

ok, I am totally sold on this now

"The Cell" is in my head always

I saw whatever her new video is the other day and rofld. yay vinyl fetishism

that vocalese is only an interlude, tho. one that goes on too long, maybe, but not something i'll get in a fit over.

the album's biggest weakness imo is the call-to-ceremony RAMP ripoff, really.

amerykah promise is good i think, but it would be more effective if it was replayed rather than just looped up. its a bit lazy.

can't stop listening to Master Teachers

Ms. Badu-Badu-Badu's touring (and ridiculously good live if you have not yet had the opportunity...).

Touring with The Roots (in Boston and D.C. anyway), that is.

05/08/2008 Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
05/10/2008 Pier Six Concert Pavilion, Baltimore, MD
05/14/2008 Dar Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
05/15/2008 Dar Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
05/28/2008 Orpheum Theatre Memphis, Memphis, TN

oh snap

all you jerks need to do is have one listen to 'mamas gun.' track one alone is better than anything in the world.

this applies to 'amerykahn promise' right now

http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/assets_c/2008/02/badu_nigeria-thumb-200x305.jpg

http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/erykah_moscowposter-thumb-200x313.jpg

http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/e_badu_poster.jpg

Дyo!

hahaha

btw DO WANT moscow poster

still loving this

surprised there's no pitchfork review

i too have love for this

Still loving the 4th World War, not to mention this:

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2008/03/31/p233/080331_r17243b_p233.jpg

way better than i expected (the record, not her legs)

her legs, too

I get the impression that I'll never in a million years wrap my head completely around this record. Too many multitudes and shit.

Дyo!

-- The Reverend, Friday, April 11, 2008 10:49 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

amerykah promise... would be more effective if it was replayed rather than just looped up. its a bit lazy.

-- titchyschneiderMk2, Monday, March 10, 2008 12:12 PM (Monday, March 10, 2008 12:12 PM) Bookmark Link

This is completely wrong. It's totally Pretty Toney-style songjack awesomeness.

songjack it is. i just dont think its awesomeness. id prefer it if they did what they did on didnt cha know on mamas gun.

Well, you're entitled to your own rong opinion.

it's just a neat looped sample with all this cool intro stuff going on over it. doesn't need anything else.

"THAT'S NOT SCIENCE"

as are you. despite being rongER.

her legs look nice up there. but her butt is even better.

"my ass and legs have gotten thick" indeed

Still on heavy rotation, and maybe always will be.

keep us informed.

This is the definitive album of my young adulthood.

stfo

Still on heavy rotation, and maybe always will be.

I'm still kinda weirdly ambivalent about this album, hoping Part Two grabs me more. I guess that's still due out in July?

haven't listened to this in weeks

thx 4 update (< playful snark)

havent listened to this in awhile since it came out but i have fond memories and im afraid they're rong so i'll wait a lil bit longer

'honey' is definitely a classic single tho

haven't listened to anything else in weeks*

* except kerri chandler

i still haven't listened to mama's gun (hangs head)

:(