Amy Winehouse, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Janelle Monáe and even Grimes have all, at some point, referenced or collaborated with her Barack Obama included her on one of his summer 2015 Spotify playlists Givenchy c hose her as the face of its spring-summer 2014 campaign. Name a hugely successful R&B star of the past decade and it’s more than likely there is a touch of Badu in their work. It makes a fitting start to a conversation with one of pop’s most eccentric and influential figures. After a couple more attempts to get through and a few texts, the phone does get picked up.
I don’t really do voicemail.” It’s part practical joke, part album skit, part self-deprecating indulgence. “If you’re asking for tickets to a show, but know I don’t really fuck with you like that, press six.” And on it goes, ending with: “You should probably send me a text. “If you’re calling to wish Erykah happy MLK day, Kwanzaa or Juneteenth, press one,” it begins. You dial her number, the phone rings through and an extravagant list of options greets you. E veryone should call Erykah Badu at least once, if only to hear her answerphone message.
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