
Never loses its importance or its effect on the audience either. How do you feel about returning to old material for the shows to The band and I are becoming one organism with it and we aren't even thinking. It just keeps getting better as we go, it's perfected as we go. New Times: How did you decide to put Miami on the agenda?Īfter reading about your surprise show in Los Angeles last week, it seems you've already connected with your new album in a performance setting. Mentioning the "Window Seat" controversy during my brief chat with the She has since been charged with disorderly conduct for that day of guerrilla filming in Dallas, but kept on tweeting anyhow.Īfter the jump, read New Times' exclusive Q&A with Badu, and get some answers as to why she chose to make the "Window Seat" video.Īlmost as bizarre as the video itself was that Erykah Badu's publicist strictly forbade me from For the uninitiated, the clip basically ensured that every Internet perv cruising for "NSFW," "naked" or "JFK assasination spot" items joined the many ecstatic Badu fans who scratched (and nodded) their heads as the bizarre scene unfolded.

Somehow, an entire paragraph passed without mention of that little "Window Seat" video ( streaming on her official site) she released a little over a week ago. That, coupled with some dates on the Lilith Fair 2010 tour, is a heap of items for Erykah talk about. Not only did Pitchfork give her latest album, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh, a glowing, and well-deserved 8.0, but she's on the impressive slate of performers just announced for Lollapalooza 2010.

Erykah Badu has had a busy couple of days leading up to her performance Thursday at American Airlines Arena in Miami.
