That I don’t want to get scared into not thinking for myself. I think I follow, but can you tell me more about how that parable applies here? Some people started yelling, “Barabbas! Barabbas! Barabbas!” Then so many people were doing that that the others found safety in numbers, and they also started yelling, “Barabbas! Barabbas! Barabbas!” People walked up who didn’t even know what was going on and they also started yelling for Barabbas to go free. Jesus is standing on one side, Barabbas is standing on the other side, and the people have to choose which one of them could go free. It takes me back to a story my grandmother told me about Jesus and Barabbas. What’s your opinion on this larger discussion happening now about whether we can separate the art from the artist, be it XXXTentacion or Fela or Louis C.K. Terry Gross on the Art of the Q&A and the Guest That Most Surprised Her I would never suggest that I have the popular opinion on this. XXXTentacion is another one.ĭo all the allegations against XXXTentacion affect how you think about his music? Or similarly, you just curated a great box set of Fela Kuti albums, and he’s someone who it seems had retrograde attitudes about women. I’m listening to new things I’ve recorded - seeing if they might lead to bigger ideas. You can’t roll a joint on the cover of a digital download. Is anything being lost in how younger people absorb music?
Everything has sped up and recalibrated the children are vibrating faster. But when my children are sitting with me trying to watch it, the whole frequency is too slow for them. Here’s how I think of it: My favorite cartoon is The Flintstones. People acted out in new ways when rock and roll first came out, and the blues, and bebop. Without even trying, he’s an improvement on his father’s design. I’m seeing him evolve into this creature that I never thought I could create. How has hip-hop changed in the two decades since Baduizm?Īs much as the people have changed. That thinking becomes a collective thing, something that comes out of a need, and that exchange is a vibration, too. Kendrick getting his thoughts out plays a big role in other people’s thoughts. People pray for that kind of movement, they pray for a Kendrick. It goes to where the people go, and part of what moves people is vibration. You named a hip-hop artist and hip-hop is the people. So what accounts for the success of someone like Kendrick Lamar? The kids need vibrations, because their attention span is about three seconds.ĭoes that mean lyrics are less important than they used to be? People talk about “ mumble rap,” but that’s because they don’t understand that the important thing is the vibration, not the words. What’s interesting to me about music and the younger generation is that what we hear on the radio is more about frequency and sound than words. If it’s anything, it’s that I understand where young people are coming from. How much of that that is because you’re good on social media? You’re one of the rare musicians who manages to stay relevant with listeners younger than themselves. I want to help my children with their dreams.” But for now, she’s “happy to be here talking with you in the present.” She gives a knowing smile.
“I want to get my midwifery certification in direct-entry midwifery. “I want to have a variety show,” she muses.
And anyway, it’s what she might do with the other four months that’s most interesting to her lately. Her old ones are still making the rounds: The R&B singer’s debut album, 1997’s Baduizm, is tentatively slated for reissue as a set of vinyl 45s in February, and she performs live around the world eight months out of every year. “I’m uploading.” Badu, in a baggy sweater, oversized eyeglasses, and giant fedora, is talking about why she hasn’t released an album of new material since 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two - and why she isn’t particularly concerned about it. Talking and expressing my life dreams, expressed through Art, Fashion, Music, Interiors, Politics and Spiritual insights held dear opening up the world around us from A unique artist view point.“I’m gathering ideas,” says Erykah Badu, talking over dinner at a vegan restaurant in midtown Manhattan. To the reader as an artist on Google + I took time to cultivate what I hoped to be lasting relationships with my readers, on A daily basis.
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