Erykah Badu: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@nprmusic]

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[@jeromejerome3086]

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]

Tiny Desk is our era's MTV Unplugged

[@IamJoshuaElijahReese]

Faaaaacts.

[@yvngrizzy1111]

ion know why this made me feel good

[@demonet2928]

Actual factual

[@andrea-ns6vq]

oh absolutely

[@HearingCrystalClear]

Facts! Who are you, brilliant soul? We honor you sis.

[@ghostbit2108]

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

[@Elle-uj7wn]

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

[@AlisonWild]

I can aspire. She's the One.

[@ghostbit2108]

@@AlisonWild Nothing wrong with that. Bless.

[@sweettrippy]

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

[@oak360]

True

[@oluwadaraakinbola1194]

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

[@NP.TRU.09]

It just played that part

[@socal2909]

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

[@kyo04687]

8:34 for anyone wondering

[@KennySanzYT]

BARS

[@benmay138]

two of the best lines in modern music

[@j2daps]

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

[@LacklusterOfficial]

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

[@ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE]

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

[@ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE]

@@soda4638 u dont k know Monica?😳

[@maxwellsamuel3255]

@@ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDEyou spelled brandy wrong

[@ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE]

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

[@crystaliss]

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

[@RaychealWinters]

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]

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

[@Mr.Monta77]

Not really.

[@myajanette]

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

[@aliyahholloway422]

Well put lol

[@macarim1748]

I'm deeply concerned for the people who disliked this

[@paulobastos1774]

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]

@@paulobastos1774 lol what?

[@exlipse_lxve]

fr, they need evaluation.

[@luiscuesta0719]

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

[@SweetPappyJones]

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

[@minisun7410]

I love that Erykah Badu only sounds like Erykah Badu.

[@cupidsiza]

Right!

[@kingkelly3794]

No in lady sing the blues them records sound like Badu

[@FlyRoni]

And Billie Holiday...

[@vroomik]

that's the marking of true artist...

[@teejordan5699]

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.

[@muhalaakamau8224]

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]

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

[@ProdTheDragon]

Here & amazed.

[@eduardomoralesloya]

Yea baby

[@gee1gee1gee1]

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

[@ChloeRaeofSunshine]

Yep still here

[@mochamommyATX]

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

[@reelala4114]

CD M AMEN! 😍

[@castielspn.7928]

Every woman*

[@BreMS513]

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

[@shylo9776]

How many baby daddy's y'all got?

[@shylo9776]

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

[@theinfamouspokeinrichmondc3543]

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]

Same to u luv and thank u💛

[@NMLeptz]

I receive that. And the same to you

[@JessicaRuiz323]

Right back atcha!

[@GreenUptowner]

To you as well!

[@supremesorcerer4670]

Thanks; may you too & stay blessed

[@myc.o.484]

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

[@selalewis9189]

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

[@sherine202]

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

[@araweelospirit4180]

I want you is a fabulous companion piece for green eyes

[@jamie9726]

@@selalewis9189 😂

[@jamesdixon2338]

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

[@georgeanthonypratt7918]

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]

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

[@prettyawesomejm]

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]

Yesss

[@NOHSAL]

Yesssssss! 💐

[@JBurney]

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]

@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]

@@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]

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

[@feliciasmith1910]

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

[@tonygajate5780]

heard that Raymond, have a good one

[@vinniequakennedy222]

Yesssss

[@mitmo03]

Totally agress

[@cameo6796]

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]

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

[@tiasmith5728]

Cause it is

[@sORrYiMLaTe_wHAtdiDiMisS]

Moira Russell Ain't it though!! Awesome.

[@deutaj8586]

🤔😂🤣

[@Noemyskillz]

Moira Russell right

[@YveRich]

Beautifully said ❤️

[@jillnolan8686]

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

[@k.johnson2722]

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

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Amen!

[@dethotgirl2]

Truths!!!!

[@baldheadfresh]

Facts

[@MissJade777]

Word

[@babyleafsaladd5322]

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]

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

[@glamslamr]

Facts.

[@annettekamau2590]

@@illitrait They usually are divinely good.

[@Kalik8000]

AND dried herbs 😍🍀 I love that 🤗

[@daughterofthesun3531]

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

[@MsBlack-ks6wx]

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

[@tco6390]

Indeed!!

[@Ifelovv]

you just said something very important!!!

[@vegbird1]

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]

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

[@MsShati21]

my favorite song by Badu.

[@getinvolved2058]

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

[@ChynaOthaYT]

The best one ever

[@pinkobreftempsla]

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

[@adrienneb9358]

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

[@TheValad]

YESSSSSSSSSSS

[@shanthemusickid]

my soul is growing

[@jakoby757]

shanthemusickid 🖤

[@mrfunky1768]

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

[@tuna-2779]

fuck you on about

[@tsmiles27]

Yassss

[@jakoby757]

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

[@rceeezy]

We had a great time playing this set!

[@akeemwoods5322]

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@tavaredixon7874]

Mini jazz concert 👏🏿

[@kristrinity9429]

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

[@salvie777]

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

[@movimentodoscacos]

bro come to Brazil!!!!!

[@tonysizemore689]

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]

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]

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

[@dekariussmall6832]

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]

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

[@demondburgess7514]

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

[@edugarciamartinez626]

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

[@yahneyoung5505]

Doesn't it?👌🎶🎵🎤👂

[@alikaan5968]

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]

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

[@lexxx9695]

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

[@m.waymire]

Reminds me of a Billy Holiday song

[@SunkissNia]

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

[@shawandajones8000]

Gordon Payne really

[@shawandajones8000]

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

[@shawandajones8000]

Gordon Payne Thank you 😊 Stay Grounded

[@elijahmoody5134]

Bigger than Starbucks ☕️

[@lorih2568]

They do. They're in Brooklyn.

[@LanaDelGuey]

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

[@toddm6049]

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

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

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

[@matusharky]

looks awesome :D

[@LanaDelGuey]

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

[@tikab7051]

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

[@countryboyred]

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]

I love her

[@receptieletoile7595]

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

[@ivatorres]

Is an spiritual thing

[@RaychealWinters]

She’s the most beautiful person inside and out

[@Fe302011]

Omg me too❤️❤️

[@danieldominguez4241]

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

[@amaure216]

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]

i’ve never related to a comment so much.

[@lucyk8935]

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

[@exlipse_lxve]

yes ✨✨

[@mikedeveau7075]

One of the most important comments on KZbin. This Green Eyes is incredible.

[@Ingrid85_]

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

[@KatGlo]

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

[@linguisticanthropology8422]

yes, a masterpiece Kat

[@matufeliciano8273]

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]

Matu Feliciano get some help.

[@latashadavis5440]

@@matufeliciano8273 what????

[@PrinceIndra9000ngz]

Matu Feliciano you’re on the wrong video buddy

[@BreakTheStereoRadio]

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

[@iamknifeedge4550]

Did he smoke after? Lol

[@yanikeonpurpose]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@superiorvessel3121]

jenn thor l wonder that too🤷🏾‍♀️

[@ms.bubs4fun506]

Gotta love her! lol

[@ephascus8974]

BreakTheStereoRadio would be a crime if he kept smoking afterwards

[@pkattgalorejc]

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

[@famousx]

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

[@bridgetmunoz4646]

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

[@loveablearies]

Somebody needs a raise at npr

[@dontealmighty9517]

Definitely ‼️

[@girlmusician24]

loveable Aries amen to that.

[@franciscobello1519]

So donate to your local public radio station sucka! Hahaha

[@LetsBeClear87]

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

[@YveRich]

FACTS

[@jamecalozano-lott2538]

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

[@jamaljohnson7102]

😢❤

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

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

[@coilytextured9374]

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

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

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

[@chozen_juan]

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

[@acaldwe1174]

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]

"But I'm your FRIENNDDDDD"

[@thab9929]

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

[@aysitumari1064]

💜💙💜💙💜💙😊🤗😁

[@BryanTheeStallion]

Factz

[@maguffle]

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]

Explain

[@maguffle]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@joaquinillo_]

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

[@tinarjackson9844]

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

[@audiovisualproof5407]

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

[@alexandriahaynes1695]

Audio Visual Proof shes upthere with michael for me

[@93yes]

N E V E R R R

[@bensfranklin5933]

Nina simon

[@93yes]

@@bensfranklin5933 ima check nina out

[@xLukeJx]

But criminally underrated in the modern age

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

Erykah is Mystery personified

[@DoubleDrastik]

😉

[@nohatenohypenohatenohype9779]

Yes , you nailed it !

[@lazylion420]

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

[@indrinita]

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

[@planetzoot7410]

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

[@Lostcause1974]

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

[@treemarie3080]

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

[@BettyblacksS]

Me too

[@leahyates5759]

Right when I read this comment she sang that

[@TheMonalisa804]

Bruh! Smh...🖤 *8:17**-**8:48*

[@2552644]

me too 😂

[@Tandy_N]

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]

In joburg and enjoying the vibes once again

[@susanaserau7499]

Listening in from Fiji 8 Dec,2024

[@tonyawright950]

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

[@Tandy_N]

​@@TheeTage What's the weather like?

[@Tandy_N]

​@@susanaserau7499 what's the weather like?

[@plantpadre6333]

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

[@aimanbinmustafa]

this comment >>>

[@meek2312]

@@aimanbinmustafa 🤩

[@plukiesboo83]

🤲🏾

[@plukiesboo83]

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

[@plukiesboo83]

@Mr King okay

[@JML1987]

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]

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

[@adamgetz]

What!? Those bangles tho

[@grittykitty50]

SHE is the weapon

[@sasori8555]

Shes a pisces ☺ all pisces can be very mysterious

[@FeelingFitFabFun]

Lol!!

[@martinleblet]

commenting with my foot because my hands are applauding

[@rebuffmcluff81]

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

[@kt42071]

😂✔️

[@LatiMatjeni]

Hihihi 😂 you're funny

[@qwmaverick50]

U sir are talented

[@brandyspain7125]

😂😂😂😂

[@yes-cr4ql]

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

[@igisingorsomething]

"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.." 😭

[@dianawinda4061]

i love it

[@angielopez8016]

If only you knew the meaning

[@rachelb1874]

game of thrones reference

[@dontworryaboutit6649]

She -ill

[@sda1225]

Badu-Khaleesi 👑😊

[@nrl3000]

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

[@dawng5890]

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

[@danavixen6274]

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

[@dennamorgan2119]

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]

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

[@jae-keirajemane1825]

real

[@aharper12]

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

[@mysteriousfun4759]

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]

Erykah Badu’s voice is so timeless...

[@hoc1992]

SpraggieEdits YES

[@PowerOfSoulx3]

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

[@busisiwemthembu3384]

How were your hairstyles?😊

[@joshhernandez6068]

Answer the question please

[@yoshubrown8132]

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

[@tsmiles27]

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

[@sharondalewis1620]

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

[@TLPhiily]

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]

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]

Ellis Gill okkkaaaayyyy I’m in a zone.

[@honestybrodis4312]

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

[@ellisgill1337]

@@honestybrodis4312 lmfao

[@sugasweet5704]

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]

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

[@oluadesina1575]

So true! voice is amazing

[@Facepalm710]

Evening commute tho

[@Gabriela-me7ns]

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

[@sugasweet5704]

G Marm Thanks 😊😘

[@nightnurse1178]

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

[@kristsheldunn7331]

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

[@mr.c3rtifi3d23]

I Can see & Hear Me Singing With Eryka & Them

[@ericrichard4940]

Absolutely !

[@Tadaia]

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

[@itsjustmedeedee6978]

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]

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

[@milliewillie795]

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

[@blainegarcia2503]

🙌

[@emptyglass5230]

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

[@femilicious]

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

[@Opshun1]

"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]

thank you for admitting that. helps me understand compassion.

[@LaShandaVRealtor]

Exact same feelings here

[@netiii]

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

[@cushanmanson9813]

Me too I feel u on that one

[@hyasmine7336]

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

[@augost1]

Accurate!

[@josemoya8]

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]

i felt you

[@kalyns7198]

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

[@megajames3000]

Badu is an alien that our planet is lucky to have

[@Tessy.santily]

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

[@matufeliciano8273]

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.

[@ooocean111]

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

[@Tryme3fiftyseven]

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

[@domnel3981]

Badu isn’t human. That was sonically perfect.

[@william4661]

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

[@linuxafrica2584]

smh thers always this guy ↑

[@Legpierna]

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

[@dwiggles1]

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

[@wanda01141]

Facts

[@chrystalcinnamon]

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

[@nicolasmariotti3534]

same 🙂

[@theoaniketos]

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

[@kresivarivkah612]

Absolutely. 🤗

[@russca67]

Same... and you are absolutely correct: AMAZING

[@Wbajus]

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

[@Azand3]

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]

hang on, everything passes :) hugs

[@eatrawskin]

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]

Hugs to all of you ❤

[@janeyallen1510]

Hope your great 😊❤

[@matteatane]

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

[@willarroz6703]

Just discovered the difference of the "movements" 😂

[@matteatane]

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

[@WhiteBird338]

omg what are those three different movements?🧐

[@chaytonmullinax1783]

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

[@fricktiba8288]

​@@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]

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

[@ejaicook5182]

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]

Fax

[@bcoledoe]

Yesss

[@PePyl]

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

[@GoliathWarfare]

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]

Ditto!

[@Js2557ty]

It’s a privilege to listen to her sing

[@abbylanham1064]

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

[@igocamilo6203]

bom dia

[@mendia9341]

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

[@kennygwalk5328]

An actual Goddess

[@logchopproductions3421]

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

[@abbylanham1064]

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

[@FREE_WILL_DEFENDER]

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

[@niyahnova]

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

[@carmelcapricorn7701]

Yes, live and unfiltered.🎹🎻🎼

[@kelvin88keyes]

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

[@titilayothegreat]

Me too

[@thegenius5264]

Tell me about it me too.

[@Blakmajik78]

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]

True story

[@MegaHealer]

I’ve been a fan since high school 💛 Badu

[@angeleyes8340]

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

[@martinizaguirre]

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 KZbin. 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]

@@martinizaguirre 👏👏😂😂

[@annaalice4104]

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

[@bigboidre3001]

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]

Which song? Green eyes? Lol

[@bigboidre3001]

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

[@proverbs31kinkyandwhat72]

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

[@BizzyB1980]

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

[@Rohan-yn2ts]

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.

[@SouLo_]

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

[@matthiasmeuser2858]

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

[@ramennoodles1343]

if my kid isnt like this, i dont want it

[@milliehayes]

Raising this child RIGHT

[@lizsmith247]

Good parenting b like

[@ItsRyan265]

@@ramennoodles1343 😂

[@theinfamouspokeinrichmondc3543]

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]

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

[@camilled3443]

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

[@garyaugustus1009]

Yeah, demonic...

[@camilled3443]

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

[@yoyo-kl9dt]

@@garyaugustus1009 hey is it true ?

[@TheCloudPeeple]

Str8 👽... 😍😍😍

[@bella7687]

I agree. She’s otherworldly.

[@gratefuldoge8598]

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

[@karlmarx809]

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

[@TW-mg3ld]

She is extremely talented and original and very pretty

[@jcquewood]

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

[@marcus.6487]

✌™

[@imdamama4905]

It's really great, for sure...but this is still my all-time favorite live performance of hers. Soooo good! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3W3nqqrjL-jgas

[@danr2652]

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

[@Breakfast_Time-r3c]

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

[@TacoCrisma]

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]

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

[@essenceedwards-burd8721]

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.

[@ApocalypseLater8]

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]

i saw it live in HOUSTON

[@Nygica05]

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

[@emanvz]

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]

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

[@emanvz]

@@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]

That’s a beautiful dream

[@merlinmediagroup]

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]

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

[@GailThornton-o3w]

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

[@laphil1969]

She sounds better than ever.

[@xewa7951]

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]

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

[@victormendes1122]

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]

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

[@victormendes1122]

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

[@abbigail3923]

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

[@kiwi-tf2cn]

RIGHT!!!!

[@jasonjosephs9140]

The best don't.

[@maggiepena7239]

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]

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]

But this song would never exist

[@firetruckboy7]

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]

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

[@Kayel_Muzik]

She needs no one

[@oldboy9267]

@@Kayel_Muzik this isn't about needs

[@LooneyJuice]

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]

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

[@padakeno]

You told the truth man

[@keefy6]

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]

LooneyJuice the sound team at NPR is awesome!

[@christinawatts1438]

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

[@zoem5869]

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

[@erikaserrano476]

Word

[@stefaniaO.8950]

@Al Marcel what?

[@stefaniaO.8950]

@Al Marcel what?

[@Will-mu2hv]

Al Marcel shush❤️

[@lyricjanel]

Al Marcel im sorry what?

[@jerryburdick8051]

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.