3:AM: A Conversation With Erykah Badu

[@charlarobinson3216]

"Evolving involves elimination." Erykah Badu

[@natashahubbert4438]

🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽

[@PriestlyEdits]

was just abt writing same thing... yeah we got that straight on...

[@nolancrawf]

I love the way this was filmed.

[@VisionLiving360]

“Change the something happened to me… to something happened FOR ME.” ~Erykah Badu ✨✨✨

[@natashahubbert4438]

🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽

[@tiaeshalucas2832]

That hit me in my stomach and moved up to my throat 😩

[@natasha007]

@@tiaeshalucas2832 And will feel all the better when you exhale. ✨

[@Leahevonneosman]

Yes

[@tracystruths1762]

Women must learn to love themselves first before anyone else and boundaries are a MUST in all relationships.

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

Women must only get ofishal BBL'S done the right way

[@AwakenedAvocado]

​@@CHEEKSWHITE what's is a BBL' s?

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

@@AwakenedAvocado big black lover 💦

[@lonestarrmuzik]

Growing hurts so much

[@DeChirany]

It's refreshing afterwards tho. I agree with you. Especially growing outside of a cramped box.

[@Klissaura]

As a woman/man growth is the number 1 thing in life. We have to, to continue a healthy life with mother earth.

[@As_above_so_below1111]

Resonate ✨

[@natasha007]

Allowing oneself to grow is one of the best most beneficial things one could ever do.

[@teresmitch88]

Yes

[@SunshineHuggins]

to leave a situation that you're enjoying that you know isn't fruitful. it's okay to feel bad about doing the right thing because that means you were loving genuinely. - Erykah Badu I love this so much.

[@shannonpaul-pascal9582]

Erykah's question "What makes you happy?" was intentional. Alchemizing and focusing on the good.

[@MarchMusicCollective]

"I didn't know Love until being a mother" - Erykah Badu

[@oluscircle4978]

Erykah Badu wiping Rhapsody’s tears was such a priceless moment, I felt that sweet bond of sisterhood… Powerful 🙌🏾✊🏿

[@fearlesschildofgod7147]

I felt it too 🤍

[@bridgetsieger2261]

If I had a few hours to speak with her… life changing.

[@melissabuckley3796]

Same!!! PROFOUNDLY powerfully loving!!

[@hellojovoni]

It made me tear up a little bit. It was so kind!

[@Tre_ThePanda]

Seeing artists talk to each other is important. The well is empty but the water is unlimited.

[@vietjoii]

11:50 "It's okay to feel bad about doing the right thing." This hits me deep and it hurts.

[@hassanbey1]

Badu should have a podcast like this.. w both male n female artist n non artist it's so needed.. Doula

[@cousinblvck]

Its refreshing to see two black women talk about love.Seems like love doesn't exist in our culture anymore these days.Salute

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

Stop simpin champ

[@theTrend7]

It does,but all that seems to get posted is negativity,and we tend to get caught up in what's constantly put in front of us. Love is still alive.

[@cousinblvck]

@@theTrend7 word is bond thats why I stay off social media.Thats where all the noise is that doesn't mean shit

[@brandongaskins9045]

Yea, your a big Ole happy simp.

[@reefb4364]

@@theTrend7damn you read my mind ✅

[@bronzecigar]

You know what I love? I love how visibly human Erykah is and so honest about it.

[@rissilient85]

She really is. When people judged her for all her children’s fathers she faced it in truth.

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

I love how u need a BBL dome fast 🏃‍♀️ the right way

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

@rissilient85 how's that bbl doing riss, u might need a lift check up

[@DeishaGuy]

When Erykah brought up the invisible umbilical cord. Wow. Powerful. Always connected. Rap sharing she had a chance to be a mother & decided not to. What a vulnerable moment. ❤🥺

[@melissaevans4015]

I'm almost 50 years old and I was like the young lady in this video. Always giving and being nice and would get tooken advantage of. I never knew that people treated Kindness like sex. I didn't know that people had to "earn" it. But looking back, when I gave it freely most people didn't respect it.

[@latoyaamb3r]

Kindness is a fruit of the spirit. We are to love each other like we love ourselves and to be kind to others regardless of whether they respect it or deserve. It’s not for them but to please God. We should have boundaries of course but also grace and forgiveness. I think we often lose sight of who and what we do it for.

[@bridgetsieger2261]

Age 47.. just leaning this, this very month! And it has to stop. I have become a doormat.

[@yakiraalynn]

This video made me so emotional. Our culture is starved of conversations like this and it feels like a relief to hear this 🤍

[@dtoussaint0615]

Same. I’m think to myself why am I so emotional? This is what’s missing in our culture 😢

[@LadyBADD]

The, "I would" and "why wouldn't they" was so POWERFUL bc truly, why wouldn't someone suck up all the happiness and love you're giving espically when theyve never experienced love like that before?! Or just when it's a "good thing," why wouldn't they absorb allllllll of it for as long as they could

[@RealRachetteRubies]

“Evolution involves elimination” 🔥 those necessary endings are critical to our spiritual, emotional, personal, and financial development!

[@niahnicole]

"Really be dedicated to getting Your lessons as opposed to feeling like a victims; Changing the 'Something happened TO me' to 'Something happened FOR me.'" May all who come across this vid and message be well and remember it's all on Divine purpose, Asé. Sending You all LOVE 🌿

[@rissilient85]

🖤

[@VaneRo-e5p]

This video was literally God sent to me. I had to pause it and cry because I heard exactly the words, I needed to text my 20 year old son.. "I love you unconditionally" Thank you for this video

[@courtnmoopsmama]

I have a 20 yr old daughter and these moments hit me randomly and often.

[@ms_steph_ree]

Erykah was able to express ALL those things I feel and felt but couldn’t put into words….especially the being a mom part. 💜

[@VaneRo-e5p]

For real!!

[@CarterKeither]

I could listen to these two artists talk about life for hours ngl

[@ms.s8718]

I don’t know love without motherhood. I felt that in my soul. Motherhood healed me and every day I am so thankful to be her mom ❤.

[@Surrender_all_2Yah]

Facts I feel you on that

[@TheChrissybabe92]

This and this again! Idk where id be without my babies

[@ShareefahSullivanakaDragonwolf]

Yes. With my daughter and possibly twins or triplets it is beautiful. Amazing. ❤ I love being a mom. My babies saved my life. God has helped me to. ❤

[@NovaGrey1221]

I love the intimacy of the older & younger intertwined of love. Our colors of growth 💜

[@FaithRichards]

the calming energy they both radiate is so refreshing and inspiring

[@metajafar]

“Love is the drum” 💗 words to live by

[@RoyalDx]

This broke me down yall. I’m grateful to be allowed in this experience. As someone who is learning the big lessons of letting go and mastering how to be the beat of my own life… this sounds like wisdom for me to keep growing even if the unknown is scary yet to see and hear Badu remind us the fullness of infinite possibilities. This feels like the sisterhood I needed and a mothering ear. Thank you Yah and everyone involved to get me to break down like this lol soul freedom for real!

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

That bbl broke me down u got smh 😪

[@wynterseymour1471]

15 seconds in and I’m balling because I just realized I don’t have unconditional love for myself 😢

[@nmgoya]

8:45 I LOVE the way Erykah provides an eye-opener without being rude or condescending. She invites Rapsody to view her situation in a different light - what if you could look at it like this? Healthy relationships require a blend of giving and taking that works for you both - it’s your life. Speak up about what you need and the right ppl will provide 💟💟💟

[@GutCheck1111]

I'm South African and in my home language, sisXhosa, we have a word for the invisible umbilical cord. It's called "inimba". 🥰

[@Eastpointe]

This was simply a real authentic woman to woman, heart-to-heart life conversation. And I 100% related to it! ❤️

[@Quandryification]

As a long time fan of Rapsody im happy to see this side of her. Loving these conversations.

[@tracysimon7972]

Isn't it beautiful?

[@Quandryification]

@@tracysimon7972 indeed it is.

[@lalaslife4747]

Badu gave me a green heart. Rapsody gave me poetic justice.

[@dezzyduke6963]

Ms badu is such a sage 🩷

[@jordonbriggs1]

If someone keeps giving you don’t have to take. Love is seeing that the person isn’t aware that they could be taken advantage of through continually giving and then helping them see that they can have boundaries with you and others. Protect them and show them that they can treat themselves well and with respect until they can do it on their own. Then you love the person they become if it’s healthy for you.

[@yazoo213]

❤️👏🏼

[@catregime]

Agreed

[@InvisibleButterflyy]

I love pure, open and vulnerable conversations. This was beautiful!!!

[@SincerelyKee]

This was a beautiful conversation that was very fruitful and spoke to my soul. The way that you both listened and not listened to only respond was everything. Rapsody, your vulnerability and honesty is beautiful. Erykah, the space you hold for those who want to learn and the way you take them by the hand to guide them on their journey is what we need from our elders. Thank you both for sharing this convo. It was needed on a soul level💛✨🤍

[@musicenlightened2055]

14:19 “your were like my second adolescence”. As a man my mom used to play her music consistently when I was younger boy. I always thought her music was good but I was not old enough to understand but as I get older, I play her music again and realize she reach a spiritual peak in her music most won’t understand. I also realize my mother was playing her music because the pain she was going through something in her life I couldn’t understand . Erykah badu, the Mother Nature of music ignited me to chase my zenith in music, thank you Gawd❤.

[@khismet]

Thank you... I couldn't hear what she said at that precise moment. The background noise overlapped her words.

[@Tre_ThePanda]

The real women have entered the chat.

[@thatsmytay]

Real tears…just a beautiful conversation. This literally fell in my lap at the right time. Thank you queens!

[@SumthinAboutAce]

Same ✨✨

[@Scoop-x8]

Badula ! How can you NOT love her. One of the most non judgmental spirit of our time! Peace Queen

[@afroprince5262]

2 of my favorite artist having a honest raw conversation Is perfect for tonight’s sesh. I relate to rapsodys tendency to give , hoping that it would get me someone’s love. But nothing leaves you empty like pouring into empty cups.

[@artistmakani5979]

Elimination was never a negative thing

[@theTrend7]

Elimination had always kept our bodies healthy and in balance when you think about it

[@DivineVibrations9]

@@theTrend7 simply put, yet so powerful

[@kyrooo0072]

Elimination Realizing what’s wrong for you allows more space to flourish.. grow

[@Findingbliss969]

This collaboration was beautiful, the way they flow and the vulnerability & gentleness between the 2 is true love.

[@Krizaire]

"saying something happened for me instead of something happened to me." 💯

[@ZumbaandDanceFitness23]

This is a very loving and endearing conversation! When I speak to younger people they always thank me for not judging them. When you are older than someone that does not mean you get to talk at them. We all can learn from one another. When you speak through love a natural healing process happens. This is a beautiful exchange of respect and love.

[@williamyoung617]

Greatful For the Lessons That I've learned. From The People that I've Loved And Have Loved Me.

[@oschaerosemary5392]

The conversation is so colorful and beautiful , ....deep in this black and white show....

[@LindokuhleRadebe-n9v]

Grateful to have lived long enough to experience this greatness.

[@L.A.1978]

My heart is so full after watching this! I want all my conversations with Black women to sound and feel like this. ❤ Thank you for sharing your space and time with Badu with us. Thank you for the music !

[@celestegetscrafty9761]

I’m finna go DJ, you wanna come? Hell yeah! 🔥

[@crystalhijar8007]

Such a beautiful communion between two beautiful souls sharing life's joys, memories, and experiences amongst each other. Pouring into one another. Sharing with the collective is so timeless and grateful to be a part of. Ase🌹

[@precise27609]

Vulnerability! Rap looking so good! Cant wait for the album!

[@alwyslet]

Love is the drum... You gotta get on beat. Thank you for this conversation. It's such a reflection of my life right now and it felt like I was there with y'all. You two are my favorite female artists and this is definitely a dream come true. It makes me more confident to pursue the direction I'm going with less apprehension and fear. The possibilities are more exciting to me now! I love you both soul much. Thank you both for contributing to my life with your music and wisdom! Blessings! - Tizzle

[@natashajohnson2258]

Love This Exchange. The Vulnerability.The Wisdom. Thank You Queens for the Energy.✨️

[@222sick]

two beautiful & gentle souls

[@doloresreddicksluckett3685]

Love: kindness, gentleness, consideration 💕

[@maynardplastic]

11.50 in and I’m shedding tears to this. Thank you both.

[@3rdCoastBamnBigDog]

Erykah is a Pisces so I always feel connected with her. If you know u know

[@forwholenesssake9605]

I appreciate you sharing this moment with us. Thank you. 💛

[@user-xm6mb9jo6w]

I love everything about this convo so much peace, love, light and dope energy 🫶🏾🌺🙏🏾

[@ej2925]

Two of my favorite artists. Better than majority of these artists out today. Especially the little so and so's, and such such's.

[@_klovely_]

I enjoyed this conversation. Yall are both such beautiful human beings!!

[@yanababy0592]

The way this interview touched my soul in the deepest way… the sisterhood.. I’m in tears . I’m so touched! Thank you for this ❤

[@misterjahi]

This is everything. I feel like these conversations are primary and the music compliments the conversation. Beautiful

[@faithmhln]

this found me. i definitely needed to hear this. and i might’ve cried 🤍 my two favourite women together is beautiful to witness.

[@kennethsemienjr7470]

Awwwe. Love you Rhapsody!!!!!! Thank you for sharing your vulnerability on camera. You are amazing. 😘🤗

[@ShareefahSullivanakaDragonwolf]

Alot of good women. Not good wives. Not one life lives all. This whole conversation I need for me as a woman who grew up without this deep thoughts and wisdom except very few in my village. Always loved Ms. Badu. Her wisdom is true and much needed. Amen. God bless you beautiful strong and independent black woman. Be a healed and woman, mother, daughter and someday wife with peace. And God show me which way to go with ms. Badu wisdom. Love it. ❤ Love how I'm working on loving myself with God and my sisters. The few misters. I let it be known exactly how important our growth needs to be. These two woman I hope to talk and work on music with. ❤

[@whoiskatlady14]

This was so beautiful 🥹 as humans we just want to been seen and hearing relatable stories makes us feel seen. So many gems within a short watch.

[@allNyoMouf]

This was so beautiful to see, to hear, to receive. I thank you both, dearly God is the Greatest

[@markstrevione]

I waited a month to watch this and it seems like even when I avoid things.. it always hits right on time Thank you both and your contributions to music 🎼 timeless conversation

[@rdcrews]

Feels like a historic personal conversation like if Nelson Mandela would have sat down with Martin Luther King Jr. Very deep🤗💪🏿🤗

[@JusFeel1]

Lmfaooo this comparison wild

[@AeiTri]

“When you’re responsible, love grows from that.” 😮‍💨💗

[@frankcarr7625]

More dialogue like this please, I don’t know WHATS happening to US, but we need more of this

[@xanii2892]

I needed this! I haven’t been watching much, but everything that I have…. Has fed my soul. Thank you so much for the love, knowledge, POWER, and light. The gift of this conversation will forever be necessary. I’ve collected rocks and shells from all over the world! Thank you again.

[@yolandawebster1039]

"I appreciate time so much more now..." This resonates deeply with me presently because my comprehension of all relationships are and haven't been along my journey. The vulnerability these two share with us, precious... Which relates to the interactions we share with others along our path... 💛💛💛

[@ChampionshipBallin]

Yo Rapsody! I love your work! When I seen you perform at this Grammy party LIVE, I was locked in. You’re the greatest female MC idc 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@carlcampbell1045]

This is beautiful.

[@nicollehardy5022]

That what sisters are for love ❣️ and wisdom.

[@222sick]

“we always continue to evolve in Love”

[@mimirose3009]

Erykah has on her bells iykyk 🥰 love these queens having meaningful conversations

[@sincerelylatasha]

this was such a beautiful and relevant conversation--thank you for sharing! 💛💛

[@hopeamen3929]

Being seasoned for your journey in life and your God sees that you’re ready for the fry you come out golden and all so good and pleased with your journey that you had taken to be were you are and complete with the process of getting to know You are a spirit that has a soul that is essential in the world and the unverses known and unknown to man Grown up and knowing you grew up in a way that you can see yourself for the rest of your life laughing smiling loving holding weaving in your best self marvelous self-love ❤️ Ms. Badu you have exemplified your journey well when two humble souls meet their extraordinary selves and see them harmonize in a special rhythm beautiful Spirits 🌸🌺💕💕Free😊

[@taykendall910]

This was beautiful!! I love BOTH of these women!! Their energies were so pure and full of love for one another throughout this conversation. Thank you for sharing!! ❤️🖤💚

[@LucysprayLucyspark]

Ty for this medicine. A salve to my soul.

[@vonklutch2817]

I love it!!!!! 2 Beautiful Queens!

[@kincamell2]

Stellar. My neighbor just pulled up playing Mama's Gun. Peace to Sankofa.

[@tracystruths1762]

Great dialogue. Love Badu

[@butterflykisses4u]

I was led here I needed to hear this. What a beautiful interview between two beautiful souls 💗

[@yunglordkami]

Beautiful Convo. Beautiful People.

[@dardeedeals]

I needed this today and everyday. Thank you both. 🥰✌🏾🤓

[@malcolmwayne8457]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯💯💯💯

[@KarenLloyd-v4u]

I would love to see a conversation between Lauren Hill and Erykah Badu. I bet it would be an extremely intelligent and insightful conversation.

[@ajthegoatduh]

I love the b&w with the outside noises🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@LadyBADD]

I can relate to going against what you said you would never to do to protect the other person.. that part hit me like some bricks dropping from the sky

[@NoahBility]

🫂...Sinop said this album is incredible I can't wait to hear it...

[@LorenaJackman]

❤so much love strong woman with soft beautiful hearts

[@victoriamakoeng4833]

Marlanna...Damn...No wonder you named the album: Please don't cry...Truly profound....You got me crying over here queen damn

[@EloquentlyErica]

This was so beautiful, magical and therapeutic 💖✨

[@bigway23505ify]

❤❤❤❤I needed this food....Thank you Queens❤❤❤❤ many blessings