![]() So I was actually speaking to me in a secret, coded language that only this generation could understand,” Badu explained. ![]() “I was pregnant with my son, Seven, who was born in 1997, and my album came out in 1997 too. “Ok, I’m going to be honest with you: I wrote Baduizm for the ‘90s babies.” ![]() Just as one would hope, Badu performed many songs from Baduizm such as “On & On,” “Apple Tree,” and “Next Lifetime,” but not before prefacing an album dedication to the past two decades of fans: “Where are my ‘80s babies? Where are my ‘90s babies running around?” Badu asked the crowd. Just before walking on stage, Badu’s band warmed up the audience with a rendition of “Rimshot” using the opening time signature of “Window Seat.” Once she appeared on stage, the audience stood and cheered as she stood front and center and began with the song “Hello.” To be fair, I did overhear two security guards discussing how Badu was in fact in the building getting ready and that she had missed her flight to Portland. ![]() She was there, we were there, and the music was amazing-that’s all we really came for anyway. If you’re questioning the legitimacy of this statement, look no further than the fact that she was an hour late to her own performance, promised the audience free alcohol when the bar was closed and refused to do an encore. You can’t fuck with her because she’s Erykah Badu. Seldom has any woman within the mainstream music industry been able to hold down an individual, opinionated identity and remain so respected and untouchable. Not only is Glasper a legend in his own right, adding to the madness of how incredible the evening’s music would be, but Glasper was scheduled to play his own headline the next night at the Roseland Theater as well.Īnyone who grew up in the ‘90s with an appreciation for R&B music knows-if not adores-Badu’s music, and this is especially true as a woman. Robert Glasper’s super jazz group R+R = Now opened the performance-which is insane. Erykah Badu kicked off Portland’s Annual Soul’d Out Music Festival on Wednesday, April 18 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
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