Music Didn't Cha Know, Erykah Badu, Mama's Gun

1. Ooh hey

I’m trying to decide

Which way to go

I think I made a wrong turn back there somewhere  : Eykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know

2. It has to start somewhere

It has to start sometime

What better place than here

What better time than now : Rage Against The Machine – Guerilla Radio 

(Excellent video that parodies GAP adverts from the 90’s)

3. I like big butts and I cannot lie : Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back

(Also an excellent video but in a totally different way )

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Carrrying on in the vein of the previous post, unlike most people, ‘Roses’ is my favourite Outkast song. It even edges out ‘Hey Ya’ which I really love and which most people think is a happy song. Listen to the lyrics. It so isn’t.

That isn’t likely to happen with this song, especially since it has the phrase ‘crazy bitch’ repeated about a dozen times in it. That ought tip most people off.

Fun Fact: André 3000 was married to Erykah Badu. Was.

Now play my tape !

Music André 3000, Erykah Badu, Outkast

Highly talented recording artist and just plain fucking cool guy, Q-Tip’s second ever studio album came out this month. It’s called ‘The Renaissance’, the first single ‘Move’ came out a while back and the video is a throw-back to MJ’s ‘Rock with You’.

You can look at the video here.

Though cool is the video better than the symphony of gyrating bodies in black&white that was Vivrant Thing? Maybe not.

Is the song as good as Breathe and Stop with its unstoppable, freight train like bass line?  Maybe not.

Will it make you get up and shake you ass? For sure.

(Q-Tip seen here with Erykah Badu, whose own excellent album ‘New AmErykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War’ came out earlier this year, but thats another blog post.)

P.S. Why talentless, tone-deaf fucks like Akon and Will.I.am ever got recording deals while artists like these two are still alive is beyond me. One less reason to listen to the radio I guess.

P.P.S. And what kind of a name is will.i.am anyway? Someone please teach that guy some grammar and punctuation. And how to write half decent lyrics while you are at it.

He should call himself LAME.i.am

Music Erykah Badu, q-tip