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Badu: To 'Kahba' or Not
Erykah Badu, reigning queen of SoulBounce, recently chatted with the good folks over at SOHH about her forthcoming Kahba, or is it Kabbah or The Kabbah? And like, what does it mean, Stimpy?!
"It has multiple meanings. You know how you come up with something and it means so many things? I always come up with a lot of sh*t because it has to mean something to me.
"As I started to record, I don't know what it is. As my music belly gets bigger, as the date comes closer to delivering this baby, I figure it would be a little more fair to name it when it's done and I can see it. Sometimes I have in mind exactly what I'm doing and I have a clever name -- like Mama's Gun. I just knew I was gonna name my album Mama's Gun and I made the music to fit that title. In this case I'm creating as I go so I think it's only fitting and fair that I give this title when it comes."
She's totally joshing us, which isn't unlike Badu. Hopefully the thing that won't change is the album's release date, which is February 26, also Badu's own birthday. Fingers and toes crossed, she'll keep the promise she's made to herself and her hungry fans.
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Comments
I'm with Ill Mami, Worldwide Underground is my joint. She had some banging beats on that CD and "I Want You" is one of my all-time faves of hers. When she does this live in concert she kills it.
Butta | November 21, 2007 4:51 PM | Permalinki don't understand the hate behind WU...i like it...MG is an underrated classic though...i hope it doesn't sound like MG though...i like how she changes up her style everytime she drops...at least i know it will be substance...patiently waiting for kabah:)
Jennifer | November 21, 2007 12:24 AM | PermalinkI actually loved Worldwide Underground. "I Want You" was bananas!
Ill Mami | November 20, 2007 6:28 PM | PermalinkIf this new Badu CD comes anywhere close to Mama's Gun, it will be a good record. Hopefully, she got off that herb she was smoking when Worldwide Under-whatever dropped.
JW Richard | November 20, 2007 12:41 AM | PermalinkBadu is a freaking goddess to me...my fave singer of all time...she'll always have a fan in me...love that woman...can't wait for the album...
Jennifer | November 19, 2007 8:33 PM | PermalinkI love Erykah's music and will buy just about anything she puts out.
rkj | November 19, 2007 4:47 PM | PermalinkBut really, she's not that deep.
I hope she's tongue in cheek during these interviews... I think she has a pretty good sense of humor.