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ERYKAH BADU.
Illustrated + Animated + Liberated.
(Various Artists)
Got an extra 20 minutes to spare this afternoon before the VMA's madness? Spark some incense and get into this. After giving a brief rundown of all her aliases Erykah Badu chopped it up with Out Da Box TV on a range of topics including balancing her career with life as a mother, defying industry stereotypes, the deeper meaning behind shedding her clothes in the "Window Seat" video and more.
Magic Genitals (Part 1: Erykah Badu)
by Dopegirlfresh on 8.9.2011 · 9 comments
in Celebrity,Family,Guest Blogging,Music,Popular Culture
(or: She'll Make You Change Gods!)
I am, to the untrained eye, a hippie-dippy, no-relaxer-wearing, Whole Foods shopping afro pixie faerie princess. I research traditional African spiritual practices, keep florida water and incense on hand, I bathe with Dr. Bronner's soaps, I eat vegetables some folks have never heard of (kale, daikon radishes, red leaf lettuce), and I don't shop at Wal-Mart unless it's a matter of a medical issue (it never is). By some standards, I am simply progressive and/ or bourgeois. By the standards of some other folks, I am Most Likely to Work A Root On You or Most Likely to Make You Watch a Documentary on Orgasmic Birth Despite Neither of Us Expecting a Baby (Or both. At the same time. So I can have a baby with you.) I suppose that drinking coconut milk kefir & wearing/ stringing strands of waistbeads make me more different than some folks can fuck with. Fine. Whatever. But, it wasn't until I was about 25 or 26 that I'd heard this from a paramour: "You gonna try to Badu me? Make me worship my ancestors or somethin'?" **record scratch** "Badu" him?
Girl Thank you. Because all I could let out is an #ummp. and a #ummhmm.
#ummp.
I don't really know what to say except I love the expressions. I like to think in the bottom picture Tyler is thinking "Damn. I'm a fucked up mysogynist. I can't believe I'm standing next to Erykah Badu! Look everybody! I'm standing next to Erykah!"
and her expression is all like. "Yeah. I'm standing here but that's not a co-sign on your fuckery."
[image description: four pictures of Erykah Badu and Tyler the Creator of Odd Future seemingly delighting in each others company. He more so than she I'd say. End image description]
Erykah Badu Releases Her First Mixtape in July
So summer is officially here and good music will be coming out from a range of artists. My eyes, ears and attention will be towards Erykah Badu, as it has been said that she will be releasing a free mixtape for her fans in July. Looking forwards to hearing some good music from the songstress.
Source: Hypetrak
Erykah Badu in Studio
Erykah serenades a studio audience (including a jetlagged Jay Electronica and Supanova) with a rendition of, "Fall in Love (Your Funeral)," off New Amerykah Part Two.
I'm feeling it. What do you think?
Here's a snippet of Ms Badu's performance;
Hey Natural Girl! has a listing of natural hair at Coachella (all photos courtesy of FashionBombDaily.com) check it out here.