Erykah Badu

I guess ERYKAH BADU finally plucked up the courage to sing STAY at the Soul Train Awards then! She was part of a tribute to the legendary CHAKA KHAN and gave a fabulous little rendition of the track. I have loved this song since I first encountered it on Erykah's LIVE album ( Yeah, yeah I know - Chaka did it first) I could play this soulful jam all day long - both versions! Also part of the tribute was FANTASIA who did TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD , LEDISI who did THROUGH THE FIRE and ANGIE STONE who tore it up with AIN'T NOBODY ... Read Full Story

Continuing my current obsession with odes to the Telephone, here is the LOUIE VEGA mix of TELEPHONE by ERYKAH BADU a song dedicated to J DILLA that is from one of my favorite albums of 2008, NEW AMERYKAH, PT. 1: 4th WORLD WAR . I'm really loving this soulful mix of the track, he kept the focus on the wonderful vocals - good job Louie! In other Erykah news, it looks like we finally have a release date for the follow up record, NEW AMERYKAH, PT.2: RETURN OF THE ANKH . It should be hitting the streets on February 23rd (cross your fingers it ... Read Full Story

I'm busy trying to finish NaNoWriMo, but am taking a three minute break to post some of the music that's getting through to the finish line, for the moment, it's pieces like Erykah Badu's "Next Lifetime" and put that next to Sting's "Thousand Years" and imagine that pair in contest together. I've also been listening to Pursuit from Cirque du Soleil's Ka. Over and over and over again. Great to Read Full Story

Other Side Of The Game - Erykah BaduAnd then, Danger. Telling the story in order. Somebody should do a movie of these just to use the music.Danger - Erykah Badu Read Full Story

Singer Erykah Badu attends the 3rd Annual Black Girls Rock! Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 2, 2008 in New York City. (Getty Images) more pics » Singer/songwriter Erykah Badu really cares about her fans. Otherwise she probably wouldn't have twittered through the birth of her first child with boyfriend Jay Electronica. Thankfully, that update about naming her newborn daughter "Twitty Milk" was just a joke. Badu has gone slightly more mainstream and named her baby girl Mars Merkaba . She revealed the name on Twitter, of course. Badu seems thrilled over her new child. She wrote: her eyes are looking right ... Read Full Story