Erykah Badu - Hotline Bling Remix

Badu taking a cue from Drizzy Drake who in turn took a cue from D.R.A.M. 

Love how one creation influences and informs another and so on and so forth.

BINKBEATS Beats Unraveled #1: The Healer by Madlib/Erykah Badu

Flying Lotus "Until the Quiet Comes" [stream]

Flying Lotus delivers another great album, "Until the Quiet Comes" feat. Erykah Badu, Thom Yorke, Thundercat and Niki Randa, which you can go and stream in its entirety at the NPR First Listen site. Support the album when it comes out Oct. 2nd

Badu Interview

Here is a nice lengthy interview by Out the Ox TV with Erykah Badu. You already know I'm a big fan.

Stellar video for an already interstellar song, Flying Lotus at the director's helm and Special Problems knocked this one out the park..kudos!! The video continues where the "Mmmhmm" video left off. And overall, I feel like this is taking over from where the Soulquarians left off.

Featuring Bilal, Erykah Badu, Shafiq Husayn and Thundercat

FULL SCREEN
The Sounds of VTech / Bilal Levels   

Windowseat Live

Loving the back up church style supporting vocals on this live rendition, go and cop that new Badu New Amerykah Part 2 - Return of the Ankh

New Erykah + inspiration

Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Vol 2 drops on Tuesday (3.30.2010) but the video for her single Window Seat is already upon us



Here is the Matt & Kim video it was inspired by

Erykah Badu ft Lil Wayne- Jump in the Air and Stay There (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Badu & Weezy!!! Powers Combine

So just like a second ago, OKSG wrote me to tell me that somewhere there was a new Erykah Badu & Lil Wayne track floating around somewhere. A bit of quick sleuthing proved that there was a very rough rough bit of this awesomeness. It's called "Jump in the Air and Stay There" and there are (according to the ever-reliable Okayplayer crew) ten different versions featuring ten different MCs and it's uncertain whether the track will make the album. Well, I, for one, can't wait to hear all ten, but a muffled version of one works for me for now. Hope it makes the cut.



This news comes on the heels of the glorious news (via Pinboard blog)that Miz Badu's album is pretty much "in the can" and will be dropping early next year. 2010 is already looking like fi-yah!

Janelle & Erykah - Too Much Talent!

Just wanted to post this picture of these two ladies who are some of the biggest talents on the scene right now. Janelle Monae has been grinding as Erykah Badu's opening act on tour. I'm jealous of those who get to peep these shows! Come to Europe, ladies!

Erykah Badu and Janelle Monae

Just went to this AMAZING concert this weekend, Janelle Monae opening for Erykah Badu - 3 and a half hours of black music at its best!!! Janelle Monae is an amazing performer (do see her live if you get the chance)and Erykah Badu is the queen of this, yall already know.

Best Ofs - 2008 (Camille's favorite albums)

This was tough to do. I'm still kinda uncertain....so I'm not explaining anything. Check out the tags, we've written up most of these artists in the past.

Camille's Top Ten Albums of 2008

1. Babyshambles – Shotter's Nation
2. Black Milk - Tronic
   
3. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah
4. Janelle Monae- Suite
   
5. Jose James – The Dreamer
6. Jamie Lidell – Jim
7. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
   
8. Beck - Modern Guilt
9. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
10. Daedelus - Love To Make Music To
    

Photocredits: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10

Best Ofs - 2008 (Camille's favorite songs)

I've been reading everyone's Best Of lists for weeks now and churning mine out in my head. So I figure now is a good time to start hammering them out.

Here are Camille's ten favorite songs of the year in no particular order (with corresponding videos/links):

1. Exile - In Love (actually I think this is my hands down favorite song of the year. so simple and earnest. i usually have to listen to this song two times in a row, at least)




2. Erykah Badu - Healer





The Healer/Hip Hop - Erykah Badu


3. Sam Sparro - American Boy (cover of Estelle track done on BBC)




4. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (bringing disco house BACK. i MUST see this group live)




5. Jose James - Park Bench People


6. Santogold - Starstruck (Diplo Remix)




7. Jamie Liddell - Little Bit of Feel Good


8. Erykah Badu - Soldier
(this album is HEAT and the TRUTH)



9. Janelle Monae - Violet Stars Happy Hunting




10. Joel Alme - The Queen's Corner

Karriem the Dream

Not often do I return to podcasts after listening to them for the first week or so, the majority of them seem to be made with an invisible expiration date. But once in a while, a podcast really pulls me in and i continue listening again and again.

Such is the case with the Stones Throw Karriem Riggins podcast(recorded live at Miami's Winter Music Conference). Here in this 40 minute podcast Karriem Riggins, a jazz/ hip hop drummer, producer and emcee, starts off with some great soul/ jazz selections before getting into his own beats (which are completely and ridiculously off the hook) at around the 7 and a half minute mark. The fact that he is a drummer definitely leads to some head nodding funky productions that have incredible swing.

listen/download it here (direct link)
or subscribe to Stones Throws podcast here

and if you want an idea of what you are getting into, take a listen to Erykah Badu's "Soldier" produced by Karriem Riggins, enjoy:

check it out :