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Getting arrested three times in one day? That's the shit we don't like. Getting a feature placement on Kanye West's new album is a great look—Being behind bars isn't. Haven't we seen this movie before? This Chiraq MC and trouble are synomnous. Drive slow, young homie.
The whole 2 Chainz robbery fiasco. The culprits. Tit for initially denying it and you fuck boys on the Internet who made him feel like he should. Ain't no shame in defending yourself by fists or by feet. It ain't safe in these streets.
The notorious Janelle Monaé and her accomplice Badoula Oblongata officially launch their Q.U.E.E.N. project in their brand new video. The Electric Lady coming soon.
With Erykah Badu’s assistance, Janelle Monaé helps the ladies take a stand on her brand new groove from her forthcoming album, The Electric Lady. Bow down or get on down.
During yesterday’s Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park, Ms. Badu brought out Yasiin Bey during her performance of “Love Of My Life”. Here’s what Pow-TV caught on their cam.
Gentlemen’s Quarterly has named Eminem and Lil Wayne “Gods Of Rock” for the print’s “The Survivor” November issue. The two share the cover with Keith Richards and 43 other artists are featured in the music package inside including Raekwon and Erykah Badu. Issue on newsstands October 25, but the online interviews will be available October 18. Photo shoot below.
Picking up where she left off, Erykah Badu keeps the movement going with the second installment, directed by Creative Control. Ms. Badu, the floor’s yours:
“The first movement is called ‘Recovering Undercover Over-lover.’ It actually sums up the whole album, because I’m talking about love and emotion – ‘I need you to do this,’ ‘I want you to do this,’ ‘You make me feel like this,’ ‘Why don’t you feel like this?’ It’s typical of how you feel in relationships. The second movement is called … ‘Easier Said Than Done,’ and it’s about how hard it is to change after you’ve been in a relationship for so long. And then the third movement is called ‘But Not This Time,’ because even though I’ve done things a certain way for so long, I won’t do that this time”.
Off her New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return Of The Ankh album.
We gotta have that funk. Well after DJ Lance Rock’s tribute to the late Sylvia Robinson last night, Jimmy Fallon invited the cast of Yo Gabba Gabba! to debut their new song with Ms. Badu, Biz Markie, Bootsy Collins and the Roots’ assistance.
Erykah Badu sat down with Fuse for a look back at her debut album. She also discusses the two tracks that didn’t make the final cut. Catch her perform the LP live at Rock The Bells.
Previously: Nas l Cypress Hill l Lauryn Hill l Raekwon l Mobb Deep l Common
The D.O.C. better call Tyrone. A few weeks ago, he said in The Dallas Observer that he planned on marrying and launching a reality show with ex-Erykah Badu. The singer issued a statement denying the claims.
Erykah Badu and The D.O.C. share parental responsibilities for their daughter and their relationship as it regards that aim is very good. However, that is the full extent of their personal involvement and no romantic dynamic exists between the two. Moreover, Erykah has no plans to marry or have any sort of courtship with the D.O.C. Ms. Badu has no plans to allow a reality show to be filmed in her private Dallas residence or to include any of her children in the filming…The D.O.C.’s comments were either taken out of context, improperly interpreted, or reflective of his now, not-so-secret desires. Whatever the case, Erykah wishes D.O.C. well both spiritually and professionally.
The Dallas Observer recently caught up with Mr. No One Can Do It Better himself, D.O.C. Since injuring his voice in a car accident two decades ago, he’s been out of the spotlight, ghostwriting mainly for Dr. Dre. The entire feature is available to read online, but below are a few excerpts.
On Dr. Dre
More recently, something else fortuitous happened to the ghostwriter — he received a call from Dr. Dre, who invited him to come back to California. Snoop was brought back into the fold as well, and the trio resumed work on Detox at Dre’s Burbank studios in late July.
D.O.C. says he feels reinvigorated creatively, and that he brought Dre ideas to help “get that core audience back, with those types of songs, and that California vibe from the Chronic album.” Don’t scoff: D.O.C. insists that the album really is coming soon.
On Music:
He’s in the process of training a handful of potential rap stars, including a genteel white 19-year-old Texas rapper named Mike Bond. These unknowns will perform lyrics he has written, and their verses will be paired on tracks with urban superstars in D.O.C.’s rolodex — a group that includes Snoop, Andre 3000 and Badu. D.O.C. says he’s in talks with production companies for the program, which he plans to title I Got My Voice Back.
On Erykah Badu:
After falling out with Dre, he moved back to Dallas and began living part-time with the stunning and iconic R&B singer Erykah Badu and their 7-year-old daughter, Puma. Also in the house are Puma’s well-pedigreed half-siblings: 13-year-old brother Seven, whose father is OutKast’s Andre 3000, and 2-year-old sister Mars, whose pops is venerated New Orleans rapper Jay Electronica.
With all of these musical legends coming in and out, it’s quite a scene. Badu’s Dallas home is a “beautiful house right off of a really nice body of water,” D.O.C. says of the singer’s home overlooking White Rock Lake, while adding that he remains very much enchanted with her. In fact, he hopes to film a reality show before long about the goings-on in her house, ending with a wedding between him and Badu.
