Erykah Badu: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • @nprmusic
    @nprmusic  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

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    • @jeromejerome3086
      @jeromejerome3086 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Q¹@jeromejerome540:nuh wat about dat last balloon 🤣🤣🤣 💣💥💥Only thang im worried about is grtn this job getn cigarettes and sumthing to sip on

  • @OMGitsAthina
    @OMGitsAthina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17663

    Tiny Desk is our era's MTV Unplugged

  • @ghostbit2108
    @ghostbit2108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12553

    No matter how cool you are. You will never be as cool as Erykah Badu. Mic drop.

    • @Elle-uj7wn
      @Elle-uj7wn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      I could live with that.....haha. She's too good!!

    • @AlisonWild
      @AlisonWild 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      I can aspire. She's the One.

    • @ghostbit2108
      @ghostbit2108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@AlisonWild Nothing wrong with that. Bless.

    • @sweettrippy
      @sweettrippy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      i was about to like but its at 420 noone else better like

    • @oak360
      @oak360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True

  • @oluwadaraakinbola1194
    @oluwadaraakinbola1194 ปีที่แล้ว +3723

    "Silly me I thought your love was true, changed my name to silly E. Baduuu" I LOVE HER

    • @NP.TRU.09
      @NP.TRU.09 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It just played that part

    • @socal2909
      @socal2909 ปีที่แล้ว

      She's great, but when she speaks politics, I hate her guts. The bytch is crazy at but talented. Libtards are idiots

    • @kyo04687
      @kyo04687 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      8:34 for anyone wondering

    • @KennySanzYT
      @KennySanzYT ปีที่แล้ว +12

      BARS

    • @benmay138
      @benmay138 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      two of the best lines in modern music

  • @j2daps
    @j2daps ปีที่แล้ว +1832

    Her runs are like no other. She sings like she’s not even trying

    • @LacklusterOfficial
      @LacklusterOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +58

      i keep coming back to this performance. she sounds so effortless. amazing stuff.

    • @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE
      @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      nah, monica got the best runs. no disrespect to erykah.😁

    • @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE
      @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@soda4638 u dont k know Monica?😳

    • @maxwellsamuel3255
      @maxwellsamuel3255 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDEyou spelled brandy wrong

    • @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE
      @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@maxwellsamuel3255 i never spelled "brandy." LOL!

  • @myc.o.484
    @myc.o.484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2935

    Has anyone realized that in Green Eyes, Erykah wonderfully flows through the stages of grief?

    • @selalewis9189
      @selalewis9189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      Yea, anyone who has ever heard it would say that.

    • @sherine202
      @sherine202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      I played this for months when my ex and I broke up in college

    • @araweelospirit4180
      @araweelospirit4180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I want you is a fabulous companion piece for green eyes

    • @jamie9726
      @jamie9726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@selalewis9189 😂

    • @jamesdixon2338
      @jamesdixon2338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      This is a coping mechanism for me...Ms. Badu has provided this gift.

  • @crystaliss
    @crystaliss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5526

    She's like a beautiful, jazz fairy. Her music is magical.

    • @RaychealWinters
      @RaychealWinters 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      I was trying to describe her to my sister the other day (she’s had not previously been graced with the pleasure of knowing Erykahs music) and I ended up going with “the fairy goddess queen of jazz” and I don’t regret it

    • @lilnetti9242
      @lilnetti9242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Literally our generations Billy Holiday with a perfect blend of Chaka Khan.

    • @Mr.Monta77
      @Mr.Monta77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not really.

    • @myajanette
      @myajanette 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Why is this the most accurate description of Erykah Badu?😭

    • @aliyahholloway422
      @aliyahholloway422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well put lol

  • @macarim1748
    @macarim1748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6788

    I'm deeply concerned for the people who disliked this

    • @paulobastos1774
      @paulobastos1774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Who Erykah Badu?... a bit banal in need of a dyslexic show off (that's why the outfit is "ethnic" Cindy Lauper)... but nothing really new here. Terrible dejá vu over and over.

    • @erictim9052
      @erictim9052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      @@paulobastos1774 lol what?

    • @exlipse_lxve
      @exlipse_lxve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      fr, they need evaluation.

    • @luiscuesta0719
      @luiscuesta0719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      @@paulobastos1774 were your trying to sound smart there bud 😕

    • @SweetPappyJones
      @SweetPappyJones 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      If there is a person that can’t get down with this, I sincerely question their humanity.

  • @muhalaakamau8224
    @muhalaakamau8224 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +277

    Anybody still here in 2024? This is one tiny desk I keep coming back to again and again...I don't feel like her albums showcase her vocals quite like this concert...love it! 💃🏾

    • @amelief19
      @amelief19 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      In need of a boost this week, came back here for an audio hug 🔥

    • @ProdTheDragon
      @ProdTheDragon หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Here & amazed.

    • @eduardomoralesloya
      @eduardomoralesloya หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yea baby

    • @gee1gee1gee1
      @gee1gee1gee1 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Me, I'm here, Green Eyes is to me is such an amazing ride of emotions. Love it so much.

    • @ChloeRaeofSunshine
      @ChloeRaeofSunshine หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep still here

  • @minisun7410
    @minisun7410 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15154

    I love that Erykah Badu only sounds like Erykah Badu.

    • @cupidsiza
      @cupidsiza 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Right!

    • @kingkelly3794
      @kingkelly3794 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      No in lady sing the blues them records sound like Badu

    • @FlyRoni
      @FlyRoni 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      And Billie Holiday...

    • @vroomik
      @vroomik 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      that's the marking of true artist...

    • @teejordan5699
      @teejordan5699 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      BILLIE HOLLIDAY, LISTEN TO HER SING GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE, GOD BLESS THE CHILD THAT'S GOT IT'S OWN, AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO. SEE DIANE ROSS STAR IN 1978 MOVIE DEPICTING BILLIE'S LIFE----LADY SING'S THE BLUES. EXCELLENT MOVIE......MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018 TO ALL.

  • @mochamommyATX
    @mochamommyATX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4489

    This woman changed my life. quirky, hippie, lovely, and conscious and edgy all the different energies that a black woman can possess

    • @reelala4114
      @reelala4114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      CD M AMEN! 😍

    • @castielspn.7928
      @castielspn.7928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Every woman*

    • @BreMS513
      @BreMS513 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That's why I can relate to her so much. I'm literally all these things molded into one 😊.

    • @shylo9776
      @shylo9776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      How many baby daddy's y'all got?

    • @shylo9776
      @shylo9776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Moon Rise You must be looking for a stepfather. How many baby daddies you got?

  • @theinfamouspokeinrichmondc3543
    @theinfamouspokeinrichmondc3543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2038

    I have been watching this at least once a day since August 22, 2018. May everyone reading this be blessed with good health, wealth, and happiness.

    • @HUSTL3BUNNI
      @HUSTL3BUNNI 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same to u luv and thank u💛

    • @NMLeptz
      @NMLeptz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I receive that. And the same to you

    • @JessicaRuiz323
      @JessicaRuiz323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right back atcha!

    • @GreenUptowner
      @GreenUptowner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To you as well!

    • @supremesorcerer4670
      @supremesorcerer4670 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks; may you too & stay blessed

  • @georgeanthonypratt7918
    @georgeanthonypratt7918 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +238

    I come back to this performance often. Erykah is literally an embodied corpus of aesthetic knowledge and black music: funk, jazz, soul, blues, hip hop, etc (all of which emanate from the same form of sacred expression). The categories of creative, cultural worker, theorist, vocalist/musician, and storyteller converge at her art. She knows no bounds. Blessed be Queen Badu.

    • @amyh.b.khalil8519
      @amyh.b.khalil8519 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She my sister. In heart soul and music. Been to her performances. I'm the white bean . I DONT SEE SKIN COLOR.

  • @prettyawesomejm
    @prettyawesomejm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3188

    I’ve seen Erykah Badu live more than a few times. Her voice is clearer and stronger than it was 20 years ago. She really is a fairy godmother unicorn ethereal majestic fairy goddess.

    • @its_m333
      @its_m333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yesss

    • @NOHSAL
      @NOHSAL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yesssssss! 💐

    • @JBurney
      @JBurney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How are her shows? Is each one pretty much the same as the one before it? Or do they change it up a good bit?

    • @JBurney
      @JBurney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @jayel7570 thats good to hear. I had a chance to see Maxwell this fall but didnt go, but everything i saw online about the tour made it look like more or less a nostalgia act. But if badu comes to town im going.

    • @prettyawesomejm
      @prettyawesomejm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@JBurney I’ve seen several Badu shows and I agree with the above descriptions, minus starting late. I haven’t experienced that. I’ve seen Maxwell before and it’s definitely a nostalgia show-a good time but once is enough.

  • @raymondsanders1143
    @raymondsanders1143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3914

    The only thing I don’t like about Erykah Badu is the fact that her songs eventually ends.

    • @feliciasmith1910
      @feliciasmith1910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      BEST COMMENT EVER!!!! 100% agree with you the ending hurts

    • @tonygajate5780
      @tonygajate5780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      heard that Raymond, have a good one

    • @vinniequakennedy222
      @vinniequakennedy222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yesssss

    • @mitmo03
      @mitmo03 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agress

    • @cameo6796
      @cameo6796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      you have me afraid for a minute with the " only thing I don't like about Erykah" but you saved the day with the ending

  • @MoiraRussell
    @MoiraRussell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1293

    she goes from breathing to speaking to singing like it's all the same, so gorgeous

  • @jillnolan8686
    @jillnolan8686 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    "Green Eyes" still hits hard after all these years. For all of us that have loved and lost. This was beautiful.

  • @k.johnson2722
    @k.johnson2722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    npr should be winning all kinds of awards for these concert series

  • @babyleafsaladd5322
    @babyleafsaladd5322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4018

    she reminds me a of a forest enchantress/fairy who lives in a beautiful hut filled with sparkling bottles of potions and dried herbs.

    • @illitrait
      @illitrait 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      ...a *good* forest witch-fairy, though.

    • @glamslamr
      @glamslamr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Facts.

    • @annettekamau2590
      @annettekamau2590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@illitrait They usually are divinely good.

    • @Kalik8000
      @Kalik8000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      AND dried herbs 😍🍀 I love that 🤗

    • @daughterofthesun3531
      @daughterofthesun3531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She was that in blues 2000 but without the fairy part and beautiful hut 🌝

  • @MsBlack-ks6wx
    @MsBlack-ks6wx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2097

    This song Green Eyes is what each stage of heartache feels like

    • @tco6390
      @tco6390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Indeed!!

    • @Ifelovv
      @Ifelovv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      you just said something very important!!!

    • @vegbird1
      @vegbird1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      100% This song helped me through my very first breakup. Listened to it for months and months on end. I still like to have a great sob every now and then when I hear it...

    • @MsBlack-ks6wx
      @MsBlack-ks6wx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@vegbird1 Yup, this song turned up, some candles, the house to yourself is absolutely cathartic.

    • @MsShati21
      @MsShati21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      my favorite song by Badu.

  • @getinvolved2058
    @getinvolved2058 ปีที่แล้ว +495

    The choice to perform GREEN EYES is a HUGE GIFT. This song is so DOPE. Many Tkx.

    • @ChynaOthaYT
      @ChynaOthaYT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The best one ever

    • @pinkobreftempsla
      @pinkobreftempsla 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      agreed. Green Eyes is one of my favorite tracks of her catalogue.

    • @adrienneb9358
      @adrienneb9358 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Green eyes is like a trip through black musical styles plus a love song plus Erykah being her. It’s ❤❤❤

    • @TheValad
      @TheValad หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YESSSSSSSSSSS

  • @shanthemusickid
    @shanthemusickid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2034

    my soul is growing

    • @jakoby757
      @jakoby757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      shanthemusickid 🖤

    • @mrfunky1768
      @mrfunky1768 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Mine just opened and sparkled as it did.......and coasting

    • @tuna-2779
      @tuna-2779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      fuck you on about

    • @tsmiles27
      @tsmiles27 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yassss

    • @jakoby757
      @jakoby757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      tuna - "if you know you know" type of thing

  • @rceeezy
    @rceeezy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5336

    We had a great time playing this set!

    • @akeemwoods5322
      @akeemwoods5322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🔥🔥🔥

    • @tavaredixon7874
      @tavaredixon7874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Mini jazz concert 👏🏿

    • @kristrinity9429
      @kristrinity9429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      You were brilliant bro. Fantastic work. Hope to see yall live soon

    • @salvie777
      @salvie777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      you all tapped into the same energy- this is more than just musical harmony

    • @movimentodoscacos
      @movimentodoscacos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      bro come to Brazil!!!!!

  • @SunkissNia
    @SunkissNia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7607

    She need to open a coffee shop that plays music like this all the time

    • @shawandajones8000
      @shawandajones8000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Gordon Payne really

    • @shawandajones8000
      @shawandajones8000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Gordon Payne she way too Beautiful come on now appreciate the authenticity in her

    • @shawandajones8000
      @shawandajones8000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Gordon Payne Thank you 😊 Stay Grounded

    • @elijahmoody5134
      @elijahmoody5134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Bigger than Starbucks ☕️

    • @lorih2568
      @lorih2568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      They do. They're in Brooklyn.

  • @edugarciamartinez626
    @edugarciamartinez626 ปีที่แล้ว +671

    Green eyes sounds better and has more feeling than the recorded version. Amazing

    • @yahneyoung5505
      @yahneyoung5505 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Doesn't it?👌🎶🎵🎤👂

    • @alikaan5968
      @alikaan5968 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Most of her songs are like that. Her live performances are one of the best I have seen. For simple example go watch her performance on chappelle show

    • @yahneyoung5505
      @yahneyoung5505 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alikaan5968 I Saw That!!She did "Sugar Free" with "Back In The Day"👌

    • @lexxx9695
      @lexxx9695 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alikaan5968 i went to see been a trance ever since 💯

    • @m.waymire
      @m.waymire 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Reminds me of a Billy Holiday song

  • @tonysizemore689
    @tonysizemore689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +683

    Erykah doesn't get the credit she deserves for creating the Neo Soul genre, she kicked the door in for so many artists like India Arie, Jill Scott & Algebra and so many more.

    • @dekariussmall6832
      @dekariussmall6832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      She def didn't create Neo Soul. I'd argue that artists like D'Angelo, Maxwell paved the way for Erykah to do her thing. She actually rapped before she went full singer.

    • @Rachy007
      @Rachy007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dekariussmall6832 She did & continues to make a huge mainstream impact for GREAT soul music that doesn't get nearly enough radio play.

    • @dekariussmall6832
      @dekariussmall6832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Rachelle Margaret Turple but D’Angelo released his first album two years before her. Brown Sugar is DEF neo-soul. That’s not saying that Erykah isn’t a greater influence...

    • @Rachy007
      @Rachy007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@dekariussmall6832 Erykah just got that "thing" about her that stands out from everyone else and she's *never* fallen off...

    • @demondburgess7514
      @demondburgess7514 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      By way of Roy Ayers and Michele Ndegochello... 💯

  • @LanaDelGuey
    @LanaDelGuey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7235

    Can someone please cast Erykah Badu as Mother Nature already?!?!

    • @toddm6049
      @toddm6049 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      ha! this made me think about her performance in the upcoming "what men want."

    • @JaesadaSrisuk
      @JaesadaSrisuk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      CAST her as Mother Nature? She’s held that position since like 2005.

    • @matusharky
      @matusharky 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      looks awesome :D

    • @LanaDelGuey
      @LanaDelGuey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Todd M Damn sis! Thank you for the heads up! Im totally gonna watch that movie!

    • @tikab7051
      @tikab7051 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It wouldn’t be fair cause she is Mother Nature 😍😍😍

  • @countryboyred
    @countryboyred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2798

    I literally could listen to Erykah Badu for hours. Her voice and personality are so captivating. She is a truly special artist. Once in a lifetime.

    • @majekgyrl348
      @majekgyrl348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I love her

    • @receptieletoile7595
      @receptieletoile7595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I think many people take at least 1 hour when they listen to Erykah Badu. One song and then you want some more.

    • @ivatorres
      @ivatorres 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is an spiritual thing

    • @RaychealWinters
      @RaychealWinters 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She’s the most beautiful person inside and out

    • @Fe302011
      @Fe302011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg me too❤️❤️

  • @danieldominguez4241
    @danieldominguez4241 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    You never knew what a friendship was. Never knew how to really love.

  • @amaure216
    @amaure216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1740

    I'm absolutely responsible for approximately 100k of the views and I don't apologize for my behavior. This performance of "Green Eyes" is of the caliber that only Erykah can deliver. And that black FLUTE! I will forever Stan.

    • @jada2288
      @jada2288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      i’ve never related to a comment so much.

    • @lucyk8935
      @lucyk8935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same!! I'm desperate to know what make that flute is 🖤

    • @exlipse_lxve
      @exlipse_lxve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes ✨✨

    • @mikedeveau7075
      @mikedeveau7075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      One of the most important comments on TH-cam. This Green Eyes is incredible.

    • @Ingrid85_
      @Ingrid85_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't wanna ruin the 555 likes your comment got, so here is a like for your comment and thoughts on this one 😊🙏😊

  • @BreakTheStereoRadio
    @BreakTheStereoRadio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8790

    Erykah Badu signed my friends cigarette pack. She wrote that he was too beautiful to be smoking....

    • @iamknifeedge4550
      @iamknifeedge4550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +374

      Did he smoke after? Lol

    • @yanikeonpurpose
      @yanikeonpurpose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @superiorvessel3121
      @superiorvessel3121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      jenn thor l wonder that too🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @ms.bubs4fun506
      @ms.bubs4fun506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Gotta love her! lol

    • @ephascus8974
      @ephascus8974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +354

      BreakTheStereoRadio would be a crime if he kept smoking afterwards

  • @KatGlo
    @KatGlo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2898

    Green Eyes is a masterpiece. It has So many layers and takes you through so many emotions. It will never get old.

    • @linguisticanthropology8422
      @linguisticanthropology8422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yes, a masterpiece Kat

    • @matufeliciano8273
      @matufeliciano8273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's evil and that's not a happy life. especially if you sold out and drink Adrenochrome. Layers of BS, it's all to capture your mind and leave you in a state of helplessness. they love to see you suffer. Satanic lover's/ How is it you don't know this?

    • @KatGlo
      @KatGlo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Matu Feliciano get some help.

    • @latashadavis5440
      @latashadavis5440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@matufeliciano8273 what????

    • @PrinceIndra9000ngz
      @PrinceIndra9000ngz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Matu Feliciano you’re on the wrong video buddy

  • @pkattgalorejc
    @pkattgalorejc ปีที่แล้ว +66

    The fact one song was long enough for the whole show is ICONIC

  • @famousx
    @famousx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +675

    When she said “hey mom” and smiled. So sweet 🥺

    • @bridgetmunoz4646
      @bridgetmunoz4646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know right. I’m reminiscing the passing of my Mom this day 6 yrs ago. “Hey Mom”❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @loveablearies
    @loveablearies 6 ปีที่แล้ว +994

    Somebody needs a raise at npr

    • @dontealmighty9517
      @dontealmighty9517 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Definitely ‼️

    • @girlmusician24
      @girlmusician24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      loveable Aries amen to that.

    • @franciscobello1519
      @franciscobello1519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      So donate to your local public radio station sucka! Hahaha

    • @LetsBeClear87
      @LetsBeClear87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      EVERYBODY needs a raise at npr lol they’re the best

    • @YveRich
      @YveRich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FACTS

  • @jamecalozano-lott2538
    @jamecalozano-lott2538 6 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    20+ years and E. Badu still sounds exactly like her first album. Much love and respect to this queen!!

  • @noneofyourbusiness1114
    @noneofyourbusiness1114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    This version of green eyes honestly makes me cry.... Its so beautiful.

    • @coilytextured9374
      @coilytextured9374 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      none of your business that version is on her Mama’s Gun album.😊

    • @noneofyourbusiness1114
      @noneofyourbusiness1114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@coilytextured9374 im aware it just sounds so beautiful more so live.

    • @chozen_juan
      @chozen_juan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The trumpet player plays the trumpet even when he's not playing the trumpet. ;)

    • @acaldwe1174
      @acaldwe1174 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      none of your business my 1st time hearing it. I thought I wasn't going to like it. Wrong! Wrong! (In my Charlie Murphy) voice. Been on repeat.

    • @nca4794
      @nca4794 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "But I'm your FRIENNDDDDD"

  • @thab9929
    @thab9929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    It's impressing how she barely opens her mouth and her voice simply takes all the space around, this woman sing as beautiful and as soft as a bird

  • @maguffle
    @maguffle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1423

    When "Green Eyes" came out, I was in high school and didn't have the maturity to really get it. But now that I'm older, I realize just how amazing that song really is.

    • @ShesRYRY
      @ShesRYRY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Explain

    • @maguffle
      @maguffle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      @@ShesRYRY Green Eyes is flowing opus of emotional, musical storytelling. When I was in high school, my attention span for music was around 5 minutes and I wasn't a big fan of non-repetitive ballads. Back then I felt slow songs were only good for slow dancing at school dances. I didn't have the emotional maturity to appreciate what Erykah was doing. But now I'm older and have experienced more...and I can appreciate the brilliance of this song

    • @deandrajohnson-barrett1364
      @deandrajohnson-barrett1364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@ShesRYRY lol I'm still confused but thank you.. its not your fault its me lol.. I just love Erykah I don't get everything she does..

    • @bl757
      @bl757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @@deandrajohnson-barrett1364 I kind of feel like green eyes is the story of being jealous told from three different perspectives

    • @joaquinillo_
      @joaquinillo_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@maguffle 5 minute attention span? No need to flex like that...

  • @tinarjackson9844
    @tinarjackson9844 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Pure vocalist! No one can ever copy her style! I just love her!

  • @audiovisualproof5407
    @audiovisualproof5407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    Erykah Badu is one of those once in a lifetime talents that will long be remembered and never forgotten.

    • @alexandriahaynes1695
      @alexandriahaynes1695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Audio Visual Proof shes upthere with michael for me

    • @93yes
      @93yes 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      N E V E R R R

    • @bensfranklin5933
      @bensfranklin5933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nina simon

    • @93yes
      @93yes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bensfranklin5933 ima check nina out

    • @xLukeJx
      @xLukeJx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But criminally underrated in the modern age

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3734

    Erykah is Mystery personified

    • @DoubleDrastik
      @DoubleDrastik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😉

    • @nohatenohypenohatenohype9779
      @nohatenohypenohatenohype9779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes , you nailed it !

    • @lazylion420
      @lazylion420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      she's definitely ignorance personified... ask her how she feels about R Kelly or Bill Cosby lol

    • @indrinita
      @indrinita 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lazylion420 exactly, isn't she a hertep?

    • @planetzoot7410
      @planetzoot7410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lazylion420 enlighten me I don’t have her number

  • @Lostcause1974
    @Lostcause1974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +597

    "Silly me. I thought your love was true. Change my name to silly e badu." Love this lyric!

    • @treemarie3080
      @treemarie3080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Before I heal it's gonna be a while... I know it's gonna be a while chile... dumdeeee dumdeedeeedeeeeee 🎶🎶🎶🎶

    • @BettyblacksS
      @BettyblacksS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

    • @leahyates5759
      @leahyates5759 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right when I read this comment she sang that

    • @TheMonalisa804
      @TheMonalisa804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh! Smh...🖤
      *8:17**-**8:48*

    • @2552644
      @2552644 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too 😂

  • @Tandy_N
    @Tandy_N หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    First of all, who is here on Dec 4th 2024??
    It's almost summer in Cape Town, South Africa and this is my vibe... I've got my bubbly 🥂 and I'm preparing a lite dinner for the family....

    • @TheeTage
      @TheeTage หลายเดือนก่อน

      In joburg and enjoying the vibes once again

    • @susanaserau7499
      @susanaserau7499 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Listening in from Fiji
      8 Dec,2024

    • @tonyawright950
      @tonyawright950 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      12/10/24 enjoying Ms. Badu from the south side of Atl, Ga

    • @Tandy_N
      @Tandy_N หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheeTage What's the weather like?

    • @Tandy_N
      @Tandy_N หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@susanaserau7499 what's the weather like?

  • @JML1987
    @JML1987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5816

    She lookin like a some mysterious lady you find playing an RPG and she's about to send you on some long quest for some exotic weapon to save the realm.

    • @co5miccharli356
      @co5miccharli356 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      She actually is the one at the end of that RPG mission, that hands you the weapon to save ALL the realms.

    • @adamgetz
      @adamgetz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      What!? Those bangles tho

    • @grittykitty50
      @grittykitty50 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      SHE is the weapon

    • @sasori8555
      @sasori8555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Shes a pisces ☺ all pisces can be very mysterious

    • @FeelingFitFabFun
      @FeelingFitFabFun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol!!

  • @plantpadre6333
    @plantpadre6333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1208

    Aphrodite isn’t keeping up her disguise as well as she thought, this is too beautiful

    • @aimanbinmustafa
      @aimanbinmustafa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      this comment >>>

    • @meek2312
      @meek2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aimanbinmustafa 🤩

    • @plukiesboo83
      @plukiesboo83 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤲🏾

    • @plukiesboo83
      @plukiesboo83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Mr King it's about her being envious of her ex lover and his new girlfriend, basically.

    • @plukiesboo83
      @plukiesboo83 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mr King okay

  • @martinleblet
    @martinleblet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2198

    commenting with my foot because my hands are applauding

    • @rebuffmcluff81
      @rebuffmcluff81 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      martin leblet - I like your style .. this made me chuckle..

    • @kt42071
      @kt42071 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😂✔️

    • @LatiMatjeni
      @LatiMatjeni 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hihihi 😂 you're funny

    • @qwmaverick50
      @qwmaverick50 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      U sir are talented

    • @brandyspain7125
      @brandyspain7125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂😂

  • @yes-cr4ql
    @yes-cr4ql ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Just left her concert, shes even more pretty irl and her voiceee omgg its out of this world i love herrr.

  • @igisingorsomething
    @igisingorsomething 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4151

    "My name is Erykah Badu- also known as she- ill, also known as fatbellybella, also known as Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the unburnt queen of the Andals and first men, the breaker of chains, mother of dragons, and the true heir to the iron throne.." 😭

  • @nrl3000
    @nrl3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    This album came out 20 years ago but still sounds so innovative. Classic E. Badu

  • @dawng5890
    @dawng5890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1206

    The lyrics to Green Eyes are genius and so raw...a true rollercoaster of emotions. It was so beautifully written and relatable.

    • @danavixen6274
      @danavixen6274 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What a genuinely profound description. The rollercoaster ride of emotions when I endure heartache is summed up in this beautiful piece. 💔🎢😔❤️🙏🏾

    • @dennamorgan2119
      @dennamorgan2119 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Each musical movement represents a stage of denial/bartering/acceptance/moving on in a healthy way. Lyrically and musically, the whole song shows the stages of grief of mourning a relationship that is done but you can't bear to let go of. It's brilliant.

    • @nikkia5399
      @nikkia5399 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This song is amazing- it is so intricate, delicate, difficult yet exquisite- love it doesn’t do it justice.❤❤❤

    • @jae-keirajemane1825
      @jae-keirajemane1825 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      real

    • @aharper12
      @aharper12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts and the stamina to perform it the way she does is just epic!!!

  • @mysteriousfun4759
    @mysteriousfun4759 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    She really does feature a signature jazzy tone and notes are hitting the sweet spot every time. Her band also is slaying with this good earthbound beatnic smoothness.

  • @SpraggieEdits
    @SpraggieEdits 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Erykah Badu’s voice is so timeless...

    • @hoc1992
      @hoc1992 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SpraggieEdits YES

  • @PowerOfSoulx3
    @PowerOfSoulx3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    I use to go to a hair stylist in a really rural area of Japan, and my stylist only played Erykah Badu.... loved going there

  • @yoshubrown8132
    @yoshubrown8132 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I just wasn't expecting to hear "Green Eyes" tho!!! My Goodness!!! This rendition gets you in your SOUL. YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!

    • @tsmiles27
      @tsmiles27 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes. You never know how music in the words makes the feeling oh so real.

    • @sharondalewis1620
      @sharondalewis1620 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yoshu Brown right, I'm listening now, and I get that tingly feeling

  • @TLPhiily
    @TLPhiily ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Green Eyes will forever be the true testament of Love, Loss, Acceptance, Denial, & Pain all wrapped up in a 10 minute song. There will be no other true essential neo soul song. ❤

  • @ellisgill1337
    @ellisgill1337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Not Green eyes. Lawd I wasn't ready. Most favorite song of hers. Gal broke my heart and I felt every verse of that song lmao.

    • @talkthattalkmo6009
      @talkthattalkmo6009 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ellis Gill okkkaaaayyyy I’m in a zone.

    • @honestybrodis4312
      @honestybrodis4312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      when i heard the first few notes of green eyes i almost burned my food on the stove.

    • @ellisgill1337
      @ellisgill1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@honestybrodis4312 lmfao

  • @sugasweet5704
    @sugasweet5704 6 ปีที่แล้ว +897

    One of the few artists who's voice sound exactly the same whether on radio or in person 😍 Thanks NPR for this nice addition to my morning commute 😘

    • @simbaryan4144
      @simbaryan4144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      LADY K nah. It’s tons of artist that sound like their actual songs. Step outside main stream beloved

    • @oluadesina1575
      @oluadesina1575 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So true! voice is amazing

    • @Facepalm710
      @Facepalm710 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Evening commute tho

    • @Gabriela-me7ns
      @Gabriela-me7ns 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LADY K you leave great comments! Just liked your comment on the nicki vs cardi b video! :)

    • @sugasweet5704
      @sugasweet5704 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      G Marm Thanks 😊😘

  • @nightnurse1178
    @nightnurse1178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    Her musicians are amazing. I could listen to them play for her all day.

    • @kristsheldunn7331
      @kristsheldunn7331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      On Point, They Are Indeed And Sounds Amazing ❤💖❤💖

    • @mr.c3rtifi3d23
      @mr.c3rtifi3d23 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I Can see & Hear Me Singing With Eryka & Them

    • @ericrichard4940
      @ericrichard4940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely !

  • @Tadaia
    @Tadaia ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Green Eyes has aged so beautifully. I was in tears watching. MASTERPIECE!

  • @itsjustmedeedee6978
    @itsjustmedeedee6978 6 ปีที่แล้ว +717

    1. I did not expect her to sound that good out the gate!
    2. Her starting with Rim Shot slapped me all the way back in time and had me playing the whole first album!
    3. She is still as beautiful as she was 20 years ago!

    • @survivingyoutoday8519
      @survivingyoutoday8519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She is very beautiful... I doubt that she is human.

    • @milliewillie795
      @milliewillie795 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yess Rim Shot got me like WHAAAT go head girl. I love her music

    • @blainegarcia2503
      @blainegarcia2503 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      🙌

    • @emptyglass5230
      @emptyglass5230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AGREED on all counts. That first sound bitch slapped me with silky smooth pleasure.

    • @femilicious
      @femilicious 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Has it been 20 years🤤...takes me back to a beautiful part of my life...young love 💔

  • @Opshun1
    @Opshun1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    "Green Eyes" still makes me feel a dull but persistent ache in the lower chambers of my heart. When it originally released I had just suffered my first heartbreak. This song helped me acknowledge those feelings, understand that they did not make me a lesser man for feeling them, and helped me move on by holding on to what was good in that failed relationship. Thank you Erykah.

    • @mochamommyATX
      @mochamommyATX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thank you for admitting that. helps me understand compassion.

    • @LaShandaVRealtor
      @LaShandaVRealtor 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exact same feelings here

  • @netiii
    @netiii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2743

    Honestly feel like I should’ve paid good money to see this...

    • @cushanmanson9813
      @cushanmanson9813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Me too I feel u on that one

    • @hyasmine7336
      @hyasmine7336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Same. Feel like I'm at an exclusive concert in a rooftop lounge on a beautiful summer night staring at the stars.

    • @augost1
      @augost1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Accurate!

    • @josemoya8
      @josemoya8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I’m glad that I’m not the only one that felt like this so what I did was that I google some of the charities that she supports and I donated to them what I thought I would’ve paid

    • @Missmmmmmmmmmm
      @Missmmmmmmmmmm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i felt you

  • @kalyns7198
    @kalyns7198 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Erykah Badu is the most gorgeous woman on earth, and I hope she’s living her very best life.

  • @megajames3000
    @megajames3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Badu is an alien that our planet is lucky to have

  • @Tessy.santily
    @Tessy.santily 5 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    Can we just talk about this whole performance , how comfortable she is , that’s stage presence is 🔥 af !!

    • @matufeliciano8273
      @matufeliciano8273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Demons do that. Especially since she drinks Adrenochrome, which is babies blood. Soon all will know that satan has a strong hold on people who sold their souls. Prison is coming up for Badu and Jill, both are going down the drain of satan worshippers. It's the time of the great Awakening. It's the time of transparency, all of the darkness will be exposed. Badu's time is up.

  • @domnel3981
    @domnel3981 6 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    Badu isn’t human. That was sonically perfect.

    • @william4661
      @william4661 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty sure making music like that means you are most definitely human.

    • @linuxafrica2584
      @linuxafrica2584 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      smh thers always this guy ↑

    • @Legpierna
      @Legpierna 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wasnt sonically perfect in the slightest lmao thats part of what makes it more heartfelt

  • @Azand3
    @Azand3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I fall into depressive episodes weekly. The past few weeks haven’t been easy. A lot has happened. I’m so grateful for this channel for creating a space of love and peace even if it’s just for a few minutes. It means the world. Whenever I feel down I find myself back here. My safe haven.

    • @lai_raw
      @lai_raw ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hang on, everything passes :) hugs

    • @eatrawskin
      @eatrawskin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I relate to this very strongly. I hope on your low days you can find at least ONE thing that makes you happy. You can wait for the storm to pass, or you can become the storm, a force of nature, surviving despite yourself. All the best to you, stranger.

    • @lelle1068
      @lelle1068 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hugs to all of you ❤

    • @janeyallen1510
      @janeyallen1510 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope your great 😊❤

  • @ooocean111
    @ooocean111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Her voice live sounds crisper than the recorded version. She never stop touring. A true wonder 🙏🏾

  • @dwiggles1
    @dwiggles1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    Green eyes is one of the most painful yet beautiful songs at the same time.

  • @chrystalcinnamon
    @chrystalcinnamon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1476

    I listen to this set frequently. She’s amazing.

    • @nicolasmariotti3534
      @nicolasmariotti3534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      same 🙂

    • @theoaniketos
      @theoaniketos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      2 or 3 times per week, precisely speaking...

    • @kresivarivkah612
      @kresivarivkah612 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely. 🤗

    • @russca67
      @russca67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same... and you are absolutely correct: AMAZING

    • @Wbajus
      @Wbajus ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I watched it when it was first released and haven't stopped even into '23

  • @Tryme3fiftyseven
    @Tryme3fiftyseven 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This performance got me through a rough time in my life in 2023. I was evicted, homeless. Listening to this everyday gave me strength to deal with it

  • @matteatane
    @matteatane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1877

    rimshot 1:25
    green eyes
    movement 1 (denial) 3:13
    movement 2 (acceptance) 5:28
    movement 3 (the relapse) 9:31

    • @willarroz6703
      @willarroz6703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Just discovered the difference of the "movements" 😂

    • @matteatane
      @matteatane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @@willarroz6703 yes! if you buy physical copies of mama’s gun, the lyric booklet will show the three different movements🤲

    • @WhiteBird338
      @WhiteBird338 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      omg what are those three different movements?🧐

    • @chaytonmullinax1783
      @chaytonmullinax1783 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🙏🙏thank you currently on the journey of discovering more music

    • @fricktiba8288
      @fricktiba8288 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@matteatane Does it say more about the different movements? I'm doing an English essay on green eyes, but its quite hard finding anything about the movements so could really any some help !💐💐

  • @NobleLumpy54
    @NobleLumpy54 4 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    Someone in the audience said "wow" at the end of Green Eyes. I would say that perfectly summed up that entire performance.

  • @abbylanham1064
    @abbylanham1064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3160

    She ain't a person, she's a presence 👏👏👏

    • @igocamilo6203
      @igocamilo6203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      bom dia

    • @mendia9341
      @mendia9341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I been xcited since she started the aka play n namin the crew ☆☆☺

    • @kennygwalk5328
      @kennygwalk5328 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      An actual Goddess

    • @logchopproductions3421
      @logchopproductions3421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you're not a person , you're a bot

    • @abbylanham1064
      @abbylanham1064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@logchopproductions3421 no,I'm a person 🤷‍♀️

  • @Js2557ty
    @Js2557ty ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It’s a privilege to listen to her sing

  • @ejaicook5182
    @ejaicook5182 6 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Mama Badu is a blessing to the universe. I was a kid when " Baduizm " came out and it blew my 9 year old mind to bits. 21 years later now i' m reaching 30 with the same energy if not more...indeed

    • @SumumbaSobukwe
      @SumumbaSobukwe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fax

    • @bcoledoe
      @bcoledoe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yesss

    • @PePyl
      @PePyl 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      A 9 year old would get jack shit out of an erykah badu record, not sure what you're on about

    • @GoliathWarfare
      @GoliathWarfare 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Petr I definitely got introduced to erykah badu as a child too and she's one of my favorite artists into adulthood. Kids are allowed to enjoy and be effected by music too, bruh, don't be an asshole

    • @Ricaz101
      @Ricaz101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ditto!

  • @FREE_WILL_DEFENDER
    @FREE_WILL_DEFENDER 5 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    I love when an artist sounds in person how they do on cd. Nothing like the real unfiltered thing

    • @niyahnova
      @niyahnova 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      FREE WILL DEFENDER she sounds better in person then on the cd 😍

    • @carmelcapricorn7701
      @carmelcapricorn7701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, live and unfiltered.🎹🎻🎼

    • @kelvin88keyes
      @kelvin88keyes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@niyahnova Co-Sign! She's f'n dope live!

    • @titilayothegreat
      @titilayothegreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @thegenius5264
      @thegenius5264 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell me about it me too.

  • @Blakmajik78
    @Blakmajik78 6 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    The flyest chic on the planet....her voice, style and swagger is so pure and organic...I love me some Queen Badu. 1.7K musically ignorant lost youtubers that don't recognize or appreciate real musicians.

    • @edwardsimcik1606
      @edwardsimcik1606 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True story

    • @MegaHealer
      @MegaHealer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve been a fan since high school 💛 Badu

    • @angeleyes8340
      @angeleyes8340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've had love at first sight and sound sence day1.

    • @martinizaguirre
      @martinizaguirre 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      When I dislike some video it's just because it causes some kind of discomfort and sometimes it makes me angry... Believe me, it hasn't happened for me more than 10 times since the birth of TH-cam. Generally when I don't like a video of a song, tutorial, or anything else, I just stop watching it and go past it. When I see people disliking a compilation like this one or any other artist's work, I get that there are lots and lost of crazy people in the whole world just looking for attention. And to think we, the normal people are unfortunately surrounded by those assholes...

    • @angeleyes8340
      @angeleyes8340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@martinizaguirre 👏👏😂😂

  • @annaalice4104
    @annaalice4104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    yesterday I experienced my first Erykah Badu show. in São Paulo. wow! strong, firm, light, soft, psychedelic, transcendental. I cried so hard, laughed so hard. how touched Im now I can't even say. I can't believe I experienced this. despite the difficulties along the way, due to the fact that the concert hall is not fully prepared to receive people with disabilities pfff. But she sang "hold on, my people" and we held. I came back here to this video today trying to assimilate yesterday's experience. gosh... FAITH!!!!! thank you, Badu. Thank you. and thank you to the band!!! crazy

  • @SouLo_
    @SouLo_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1080

    My 2 year old loves this . Everytime we get in the car “daddy I want Badu I want Badu ?” . Okay baby

    • @matthiasmeuser2858
      @matthiasmeuser2858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He/She may be a Jazz musican when grown up.

    • @ramennoodles1343
      @ramennoodles1343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      if my kid isnt like this, i dont want it

    • @milliehayes
      @milliehayes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Raising this child RIGHT

    • @lizsmith247
      @lizsmith247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Good parenting b like

    • @ItsRyan265
      @ItsRyan265 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ramennoodles1343 😂

  • @bigboidre3001
    @bigboidre3001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    When I was a kid, I would skip past this song because I thought the beginning sounded so “corny”. One days years later I just let the album play and I was hit in the gut with the music and lyrics and since then have consistently had it on repeat. Thank God for growth. I so love Badu

    • @MrsWitherspoon
      @MrsWitherspoon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Which song? Green eyes? Lol

    • @bigboidre3001
      @bigboidre3001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nonu Frenz yes Green Eyes. I couldn’t get past the first segment of the song. I had kiddy ears 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @proverbs31kinkyandwhat72
      @proverbs31kinkyandwhat72 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol. Yes, thank u God for our continued growth.

    • @BizzyB1980
      @BizzyB1980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, this song goes through so many levels of emotions.....geese louise, one of my favs by her.....

    • @Rohan-yn2ts
      @Rohan-yn2ts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SAME, except that was me 3 weeks ago. Badu recently clicked for me, and I never noticed the twist at the end of the intro, and it really moved me when I first noticed. Mama's Gun is incredible.

  • @theinfamouspokeinrichmondc3543
    @theinfamouspokeinrichmondc3543 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Listen. First Tower Of Power now Queen Badu. Whoever is booking the artist on the NPR Tiny Desk need a raise and a free meal at Ruth Chris!!!

  • @FILLEREI
    @FILLEREI ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Hey man, she's so elegantly surfing on the notes, love it

  • @camilled3443
    @camilled3443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2009

    She’s not of this world. That’s why she is so captivating

    • @garyaugustus1009
      @garyaugustus1009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah, demonic...

    • @camilled3443
      @camilled3443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Gary Augustus The brainwashed will continue to spew their master’s truth and lies.

    • @yoyo-kl9dt
      @yoyo-kl9dt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@garyaugustus1009 hey is it true ?

    • @TheCloudPeeple
      @TheCloudPeeple 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Str8 👽... 😍😍😍

    • @bella7687
      @bella7687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I agree. She’s otherworldly.

  • @gratefuldoge8598
    @gratefuldoge8598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +870

    This is, aesthetically speaking, the coolest form I've witnessed her in.

    • @karlmarx809
      @karlmarx809 6 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Erykah Badu: "This isn't even my final form"

    • @TW-mg3ld
      @TW-mg3ld 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      She is extremely talented and original and very pretty

    • @jcquewood
      @jcquewood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I am so in love with her lol **girl crush**

    • @marcus.6487
      @marcus.6487 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ✌™

    • @imdamama4905
      @imdamama4905 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's really great, for sure...but this is still my all-time favorite live performance of hers. Soooo good! th-cam.com/video/yDTmwuWZpKI/w-d-xo.html

  • @danr2652
    @danr2652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    Queen Badu doesn'tt age physically and neither does her voice or talent.

  • @Breakfast_Time-r3c
    @Breakfast_Time-r3c ปีที่แล้ว +15

    First second she began her performance i knew its gonna be gold.

  • @TacoCrisma
    @TacoCrisma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Damn, the complexity of the second song.. light and funny as in the "mask" she puts in to front that she's not jealous and hurt, then the sudden switch to those chords - just hits you on the gut. I hope this woman lives to 100

    • @corneliuswhite5139
      @corneliuswhite5139 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's on the "Mama's Gun" album :)

    • @essenceedwards-burd8721
      @essenceedwards-burd8721 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was definitely my most intoxicating song. Waiting for her second album was heavy. When she finally released Mamma's Gun I was again reborn. Love this woman strong.

  • @emanvz
    @emanvz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1188

    PLEASE HAVE SADE on TINY DESK! I will die happy if you have the beautiful talented Sade on. please please please make this happen.

    • @merlinmediagroup
      @merlinmediagroup 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Highly doubt that will ever happen, unfortunately. She's far too reclusive.

    • @emanvz
      @emanvz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@merlinmediagroup she's been making more appearances regularly. She went to see Drake not too long ago, also made a new song for Wrinkle in Time "Flower of the Universe" and she still sounds and looks exactly the same. Fans went crazy for it and if she did Tiny Desk I have no doubt it will easily hit millions of views in the first week.

    • @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154
      @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That’s a beautiful dream

    • @merlinmediagroup
      @merlinmediagroup 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Meeting Drake means nothing - her son is a fan, that's how that happened. She released one song in eight years, so what? She almost never gives interviews, so I promise you she is almost never going to do a Tiny Desk.

    • @emanvz
      @emanvz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@merlinmediagroup not with that attitude. When she does, you don't get to watch.

  • @ApocalypseLater8
    @ApocalypseLater8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    I've been waiting my whole life to see a HIGH DEFINITION live version of "Green Eyes."
    Shout out to the original SOULQUARIAN CREW circa 2000 for committing "Mama's Gun" to tape.
    *lovelovelovelove*

    • @victoriarusk5948
      @victoriarusk5948 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      i saw it live in HOUSTON

    • @Nygica05
      @Nygica05 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same. I thought i was the only one. Hands down one of her best songs!

  • @GailThornton-o3w
    @GailThornton-o3w 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm obsessed by Eryka's voice and those musicians, wow!! What a perfect musical ensemble. So powerful.

  • @laphil1969
    @laphil1969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    She sounds better than ever.

  • @xewa7951
    @xewa7951 6 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    I sent this to a friend who then watched it at work - boss walked in & instead of telling her off he sat & watched it with her. They literally bonded over this beautiful music & creative energy! 😻

    • @ladykhalia85
      @ladykhalia85 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's a beautiful story of bosses and workers bonding. Glad you shared!

  • @victormendes1122
    @victormendes1122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    THAT PERCUSSION....
    Thank God Badu or Jill Scott never abandoned the percussion in each band. It makes such a difference in the sound.
    I can't even describe how genius green eyes lyrics are.
    Badu is beyond our world and our understanding. What a woman!!!

    • @ta5393
      @ta5393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Always loved her music since the late 90's! :)

    • @victormendes1122
      @victormendes1122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      THAT TRUMPET THO.....................
      The bass, the piano
      Good God almighty.

    • @abbigail3923
      @abbigail3923 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@victormendes1122 - Yesss, I almost floated literally..lol

    • @kiwi-tf2cn
      @kiwi-tf2cn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      RIGHT!!!!

    • @jasonjosephs9140
      @jasonjosephs9140 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best don't.

  • @maggiepena7239
    @maggiepena7239 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    When Erykah talks or signs the vibe she puts out is so smooth and relaxing. The coolness this amazing artist has is like no other. Her jazzyness and poetic sounds puts you in an amazing tranz is crazy. Love 💕 her music and how it takes me back in time. Thanks Erykah B.

  • @Pedakin
    @Pedakin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    Oh how I wish Badu and Andre would have stayed together so we could have the insane power couple the world needed. They would have looked insane, and beautiful all at the same time.

    • @CleverMetaphor
      @CleverMetaphor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      But this song would never exist

    • @firetruckboy7
      @firetruckboy7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Can you believe how badass it is that their son gets to tell people his mom is Erykah Badu and his dad is Andre 3000

    • @sadra6923
      @sadra6923 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Why when I'm trying to shoot my shot!!! 🤣😂🤣😂

    • @Kayel_Muzik
      @Kayel_Muzik 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      She needs no one

    • @oldboy9267
      @oldboy9267 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Kayel_Muzik this isn't about needs

  • @LooneyJuice
    @LooneyJuice 6 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    First off, this is amazing, but also, who the hell is the witch doctor mixing the audio? Damn conga kept sounding like it was in my damn room, kept checking who was knocking on the door among everything else that's right with the audio. Please give that person a cookie!
    *EDIT:* Derp, he's in the credits. Josh Rogosin. Josh, you are a legend, and also, NPR, you are a global treasure.

    • @jonatanarevall5807
      @jonatanarevall5807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The mix is usually bulls-eye on NPR Tiny desk. Love it!

    • @padakeno
      @padakeno 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You told the truth man

    • @keefy6
      @keefy6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Props to the ENTIRE NPR production crew, but don't forget the videographer as well, always beautiful. Audio production sounds like pristine virgin vinyl to me, always a treat.

    • @venod3134
      @venod3134 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LooneyJuice the sound team at NPR is awesome!

    • @christinawatts1438
      @christinawatts1438 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes ! my little Bose mini is about to about explode . I ♥️ NPR

  • @zoem5869
    @zoem5869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +843

    When she said “I’m insecure but I CAN’T HELP IT” I felt it

  • @jerryburdick8051
    @jerryburdick8051 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My God she is amazing. Everything here is magic. The cats behind her giving her a cloud and she just takes it higher and higher. So fun to revisit this.