Ricky chops it up with MTV about the video for his remix to Erykah Badu’s Window Seat.
“I had to come get the queen,” Ross said about the video. “They had her boxed up.” The clip starts with Ross coming to get the Grammy-winning songstress from jail. “It was only right. I was swerving through Dallas in that Porsche Panorama turbo. I had to slide up on her, scoop her up. We got back to business. We went on another caper. It’s basically, we continuing where the first ‘Window Seat’ ended. Where she was assassinated and ultimately scooped up and arrested. We continuing from there.”
Wait… how does one get assassinated then arrested? *shrugs… anyways, as long as Ricky isn’t rein-acting the original video I’m good.
Last week I posted the extremely dope shot to Erykah’s VIBE shoot, now here’s one of the covers featuring her. Funny enough, when I proclaimed it the best cover I’d ever seen last time Sandra Rose of all people linked me back and referred to me as her “nephew.” The Internets, man…
Erykah Badu chopped it up with Gilles Peterson while she was in LDN town and talked about a variety of things including her new album, the music she’s currently listening to, New Orleans and Time Travel. She also plays an exclusive track from boyfriend Jay Electronica and speaks passionately about New Orleans, Lil’ Wayne, D’Angelo and more…
…Badu also plays an exclusive track from her super-group, Edith Funker, with ?uestlove (drums), James Poser (keys), Doyle Bramhall III (guiltar), Wendy & Lisa (rhythm and road), DJ Jazzy Jeff (turntables), Mike Elizondo (bass) and Mos Def. Badu sings live over it too! It’s pretty insane.
Erykah Badu sits down with Chelsea Handler to talk about her new album, her “controversial” video, how rappers act after falling in love with her and more.
Universal Motown, GoodWoodNYC and ThinkTank Marketing have joined forces for a special venture to commemorate the release of Erykah Badu’s new album New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh. Fans will have the opportunity to win a custom “Erykah Badu Ankh” jewelry piece designed exclusively by the masterminds of GoodWoodNYC. The light wood custom Ankh measures slightly over 2 inches with a 30 inch long dark wood beaded chain. Only 50 custom Erykah Badu Ankhs were created for special online giveaways and will not be available for retail sale.
What do you have to do to win? Simple: enter your full name and legit email in the c-section down below, and I’ll pick two random persons out of the mix as the winners. It’s not that hard, right? Don’t ever say we never do anything for you. Detailed shots down bottom, and good luck.
Soleil Shade was on hand for Erykah’s “secret show/album release party” for New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh at the El Rey Theatre in LA last night, and caught her doing everything from scatting to making beats on an MPC. Dopeness.
Fader Magazine sits down with the Queen ofSoulHip-Hop to discuss the new album (out now!), New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh, catching a case of “writer’s block” as well as her dreams and inspirations. I completely cosign Hallway’s comment on the video for Window Seat.
This version is more of a direct swack of the Sylvia Striplin classic (Meka’s Soul Mix Show reup on that one, coming soon), but still dope nonetheless. Applaud that bol Splash for this one.
Amazon has the snippets of Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh which drops March 30th. Click this link to listen to the snippets. Enjoy. Tracklist down bottom.
