JANELLE MONÁE – Q.U.E.E.N. FT. ERYKAH BADU (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

ON tHE ROAD WITH tHE NPG

Behind the scenes and RARE exclusive backstage footage documenting the highest grossing tour of 2004 Prince's Musicology 2004ever Tour.

ViDEO: RED BULL ACADEMY PRESENTS: ERYKAH BADU (LECTURE)

Lecture: Erykah Badu (Madrid 2011)

2 hours of Erykah Badu talking about her artistry, music, her career, her process, why she works with certain artists/producers, running her own record label (Control FreaQ) and more.

Miss Badu takes you to school. Take your time with this one, let it soak in...and learn.

ERYkAH BADU MUSES OVER "BADUiZM"

I find it fascinating to hear artists discussing their work – outside of promotion, with the clear objectivity only years passed can bring.

And so it’s with pleasure I share with you Erykah Badu’s ‘episode’. Here she reflects on her game-changing first album Buduizm – without question one of the most important contemporary Soul albums of the past 10+ years. Along with D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar, this was the birth of “Neo-Soul” and all it’s future forms & derivatives. Listen as the self proclaimed ‘Analogue Girl in a Digital World’ delves into the why her debut sounded the way it did, what her mind state was during that time and recalls her first encounter with The Roots & D’Angelo. 

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ERYkAH BADU

Erykah Badu indulges in an in-depth conversation with the good people at MADE about her creative process–part of the series they call Visions of Visionaries. Badu is definitely that and–unlike some artists–it is always illuminating to hear her talk about her work and unique perspective on things in general.


VISIONS OF VISIONARIES WITH ERYKAH BADU from DatKid187

Artistic collaborations the benevolent geniuses behind the MADE space in Berlin invited Erykah Badu to come perform live with Miki’s String Quartet and visual artist Jaybo. And it’s pretty freaking amazing. Great concept.

MOMENTS at MADE I CHAPTER TWO with Erykah Badu, Jaybo & Miki´s String Quintet - The Film from MADE Blog on Vimeo.

ROLLiNGStONE - tHE PLAYLiSt SPECiAL - ERYKAH BADU

Growing up in the Seventies, I was a child of the funk," says Dallas-bred Badu. "My favorite songs were happy, funky love songs: They made my heart burn, they moved me, and they made me want to boogie, too."

1. "Don't Ask My Neighbors" The Emotions, 1977
   The singer has this voice that sounds like a primal wail, but it's very gentle and very romantic.
2. "Natural High"Bloodstone, 1972
   This is a sweep-you-away type song. I used to hear the chorus and imagine Prince Charming. It makes me feel like spinning around and around, looking up at the sky and hoping I never get dizzy.
3. "Aqua Boogie" Parliament, 1978
   They laid so far back on that bass. This song is some project shit, you know what I'm saying? It reminds me of pink rollers in your hair and Mama yelling, "Don't slam my screen door!"
4. "As" Stevie Wonder, 1976
   When I hear this song, nobody else exists. The shyest person, if they got any kind of taste, will be up on the floor.
5. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" Prince, 1979
   Radio used to play all six minutes, because it's perfect. PERIOD.
6. "Groove With You" The Isley Brothers, 1978
   That's the barbecue jam! As a kid, it made me want to groove with somebody when I heard it — a teddy bear or something.
7. "Mary Jane" Rick James, 1978
   Of course, I didn't know what "mary jane" referred to back when I first heard this. I thought that he was just talking about some chick! That's the beauty of allegory. Rick James has this voice that almost sounds operatic, but he uses this very simple phrasing. It's an example of a song where it doesn't take a lot to make you feel good.
8. "Free" Deniece Williams, 1976
   Oh, my God. This is my theme song. Every summer I would go to a recreation center where we did musicals and one-act plays and such. I choreographed a dance to this song and performed it wearing a black leotard and tights. What made it great was Williams' amazing vocal range — she sang like a bird.
9. "Our Love"Natalie Cole, 1977
   Every girl in second grade sang this at the talent show. It starts out, "You're my morning star, shining brightly beside me." It's such a sweet song, and it was so sincere, the purest song I'd heard up until that time as a child.
10. "That's the Way of the World" Earth, Wind and Fire, 1975
    When I heard this, it was like there was something that burst out of the ground and surrounded me — like children and flowers and Africa were appearing out of nowhere. And those horns! When Maurice White's voice comes in, it sounds like the voice of God.