Then she performed these other songs in a dazed chronological order: “Love of my life”, “Apple Tree”, “Umm Hmm”, “I want you”, “Danger”, “Next Lifetime”, “Soldier. Erykah Badu Live From VH1 Soul Stage (2008). The first song she finished was “Out My Mind, Just in Time.” Then, she sang “On and On” and “… & On” and I quickly zoned out, enchanted by the groove of the bass and the magic of Badu’s voice. She opened with the melody of “Tyrone”, but didn’t finish it and gracefully transitioned to “Hello”, which she also didn’t finish. She doesn't give a sh** and being around that energy is so empowering.īadu’s set was a beautiful sonic hodgepodge of some of her hit songs.
She owned her eccentricity, reminding me that it’s alright to be who you are, even if that means you don’t fit in a pack, even if society doesn’t get you. But she was so comfortable and confident with this ambiguity. Badu’s too black to be white and too white to be black. Part of her 20th anniversary tour, the concert was sweet, soulful, mystical and gangsta all at once. Annie Ilonzeh - New Charlies Angel Annie Ilonzeh would probably make his ex Cameron Diaz, a former Angel, jealous.(Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images). Because music was never about limiting oneself with just one genre, or hanging out with the cool kids, or belonging to a clique. I felt like a glitch.īut on Saturday, at the last stop of Erykah Badu VS Everythang Tour 2017 A.D., I realized, I was alright. There came a point when I felt like I had a serious identity crisis. There were discriminating stereotypes and I never quite fit into any of the labels. I didn’t think it unusual to be able to vibe out on different things, until high school defined the hierarchies of cool. Growing up in the ‘90s, I liked and listened to a lot of genres and artists – Spice Girls, Bred, Deftones, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Lauryn Hill, Erkah Badu, FrancisM.
It’s hearing an artist take a piece of their soul and you, the listener receiving it. It sounded like a prayer, and I felt: This. After zoning out, watching, dancing, and vibing it out to the neo soul goddess singing her classics “On and On…& On”, “I want you,” Love of my life”, and “Tyrone” to name a few, I stood still entranced as she closed the concert with an acapella of a poetic mishmash. x badu custom collab 2015 (badu bumble bee lip cuff in ceramic.Last Saturday, at Erykah Badu’s concert, a few loose personal ends finally got tied up. ****Note: though some of our best work comes out of adrenaline driven excitement, if we are always in a state of anxiousness we forget to enjoy the present moment of creation. We know that we are not vibrating at our highest rate in the third chakra when we are threatened by the work of others, or find self in a "race" to create instead of just letting the "life force " be our guide. Annie Dont Wear No panties is slang for a person that writes bad checks on their checking account all the time Also explains why Erykah Badu is wearing. Here in this chakra we know when we are vibrating at our highest frequency when we can create with no boundaries and celebrate the creations of others with no comparison to self. Propelled by a need to create for self and to actually create SELF (through the process of elimination ), we move away from needing Validation from a partner or 'permission' to be great.
where we hone our ELECTRIC CREATIVE POWER. 3rd Chakra : and the color is Yellow.? The third chakra is SOLAR PLEXUS.