Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu created quite a buzz this week, unfortunately not about New Amerykah Part 2 (Return of the Ankh) which was rumoured to be coming out July 29th. No, the latest attention is focused on her third pregnancy with her third baby daddy without a marriage ceremony. I thought we lived in a more progressive age where this kind of thing would hardly be newsworthy, or at least an age of nuclear families that make Erykah look like the model parent that she actually is. I... MORE

This lady is without question among the best of female artists in her genre. She does what she wants to do, and keeps her own eclectically cool style.Every time I see her in somewhere in media, be it Chapelle's Block Party (which you should see if you haven't), one of her albums, or one of her music videos... she is simply... divine. And in her music, what she sings about, she seems like the type of person who just loves people. She's humble, I don't think she'd ever "sell... MORE

The lovely Eykah Badu announced an extensive list of tour dates on her myspace today. Most of these shows are with The Roots! Erykah Badu Vortex Tour Dates: Sat April 19 Moscow, Russia B-1 MaximumFor More Information: http://www. b1club. ru/Sun May 04 Detroit, MI Fox Theater w/ THE ROOTSMon May 05 Toronto, Canada Massey HallTue May 06 Montreal, Canada Jacques Cartier Parkw/ THE ROOTSThu May 08 Boston, MA Orpheum Theater w/ THE ROOTSFri May 09 New York, NY Radio Ci... MORE

Cool track off her latest album, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War). Funky. Kinda has the There's a Riot Goin' On Sly vibe.

It was a dark and stormy night...actually it was only windy, but ominous clouds were in the air,whenThe Roots and Erykah Badu were set to take stage in Norfolk, VA.
The show started at 8, and I arrived sometime around 8:30.
The Roots had taken already stage, and had enlisted one hell of a sousaphone player, "Tuba Gooding Jr." to join the crew.
The highlight of their set for me was a take on "You Got Me", with a duration somewhere along the lines of fifteen minutes. Now, being... MORE

Universal Motown uploaded a short video interview with Erykah Badu discussing her new single "Honey." The single was released November 20th and the rest of the album will be released on Badu's birthday: February 26th. The album is tentatively being called Nu AmErykah and 18 songs were previewed for a small circle of music press recently, but it is unconfirmed whether all 18 will make the final cut onto the album. Tentative Tracks included on Nu AmErykah: "American Pr... MORE

Damn it! Damn it to hell! I HATE when I have to eat my words. But at least I'm man enough to admit when it's happened. And Erykah Badu & My Morning Jacket make the words at least taste great. I had told a certain someone, mainly Amber & the Coachella crew, that I didn't care much for MMJ after the rave-a-thon over their live set. In fact, I went so far as to nickname them My Morning Jackoff, hehe. But then Ms. Badu & MMJ had to go & change the game, being the movers & sha... MORE

I was going to wait until Funky Friday to post this video, but decided to jump the gun.

Received an email today from Erykah Badu's myspace page today informing of a new single to be released Nov. 20th, '07. The new single is entitled "Honey". The new album is set to be released February 26th, 2008, Erykah's birthday. According to an interview link I went to from her website, they were planning to release the first of three cds this past September '07. There was no word until today about when the first cd was to be released and I've been going crazy try... MORE

As the opener to her fourth studio album New Amerykah, Pt. 1 (4th World War), “Amerykahn Promise” encompasses the full flavor that Erykah Badu has to offer this time around. Without much singing from Badu, the song brings us a 1970s funk vibe, complete with wailing police sirens and an announcer’s voice promising “more action, more excitement, more everything.” Just as the music dies down, we hear a short dialogue between the announcer and a computerized voice much like, o... MORE

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The sassy Miss Badu giving her soon to be ex-boyfriend the news that he needs to "call Tyrone".