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Fresh off the success of her But You Cain’t Use My Phone mixtape, Erykah Badu sat down for a rare interview with Reddit. The resulting AMA is one of the most spiritual, enlightening, and hilarious Q&A’s we’ve seen in recent memory: Badu tackles everything from life lessons to her surprising favorite album of the year, and how Childish Gambino smells.
Check out some highlights from the session below, and read all her answers on the original thread.
Do you get scared before you release a project about if people will like it or not?
Naw. I never ask people if they like my work. It’s already done by then. lol I just wanna know how it makes them feel. What does it inspire them to do. Hopefully if they hate it enough they’ll be inspired to protest about it… or do their own.
What is a typical day in your life like?
I take kids to school when I’m home. I hustle on something, marketing or music… I cook dinner… I try to meditate with some tea in a bath of sea salt.
Do you use bar or liquid soap?
NO SOAP… better to use the funk.
How has your work around women, birth, and babies affected you, your philosophy, your creative energies, and your music?
I am inspired to be compassionate when I see new life come in to the world all vulnerable and good.
“child is born with a heart of gold, way of the world turns his heart so cold.”- EWF
What do you consider to be the most important message in your music?
Be you.
Are there any artists who you’ve planned to collab with but just haven’t got the chance to?
I never really think about that. But when someone comes along with something in my lane I might hop on.
What’s your favorite album of this year? From any genre.
YOU know what, I’m really digging what KID CUDI just put out. Courageous.
What are your thoughts on Tyler, the Creator?
Tyler is a genius. period.
What does Gambino smell like?
He smells like a comic book store.
Do you think mermaids and mermen are sexy?
Absolutely they are sexy.
Erykah, are you, Chappelle, and the gang going to get together for a reunion and Block Party II?
I really hope so. That would be fun as hell.
When did you realize you had magical powers?
When I was about 4 and realized that I could make the sun follow me while riding in the car with mommy.
Thoughts on Young Thug?
I love thugger a lot. He grown in his art in his own lane.
What kind of tea did you make for Drake?
I made Drake my cinnamon / lime surprise… stirred it in the direction of the planet’s rotation.
Have you ever done LSD? Or any other psychedelics.
Nope. But I get the same feeling when I bite into a veggie key lime pie… I’m going to go get a veggie key lime pie.
