If anyone should know how to sell her body to create publicity, it’s Erykah Badu. Badu has been charged with public indecency for showing her azz in a music video that was taped as she allegedly walked butt naked in historic Dealey Plaza in Dallas last month.
Back in 2006, Badu considered herself above all that.
But she didn’t mind dispensing tongue in cheek advice to trollops in this video shot back in 2006. In it she explains just how to get that much craved attention. “Create your own publicity. Do some ho sh*t… You got to do some ho sh*t,” said Erykah then.
Is that the same ho sh*t that she displayed in Dealey Plaza — but now she wants to call it art? I call BS on Erykah and her shameless attempt to sell records.
Sandra y do you hate Erykah??
Creative and eclectic is what Erykah is. She’s right in her assessment too about how to make it…..
#NakedBodysAreLikeOpinionsAndAs.sholes
Hello All. Years ago, Madonna stood along side a busy highway, buck naked, with her thumb out, like she was hitching a ride. She called it art and lots of other folks did likewise, and she is an icon. (You can find this photo in her bestseller.) Such a shame that we’re so caught up in nakedness. There’s so much more important stuff happening in the world without bashing Badu. You Go Badu, you a bad bish and a talented one at that, a bit eccentric but very talented. I guess black folks can’t be eccentric only crazy. Peaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
@ PAHairston
Oh Sandra…
Stop being such a prude. If Rihanna had did it, you’d have been running behind her on the street trying to get a 10x zoom shot of her anus. But dare it be somebody with real talent, ability, and *gasp* intellect who’s trying to illustrate a point….and you want her head on a platter.
Miss me with all that, please.
Sandra, you know that is not hardly what she is talking about in this video. She is talking about the constant attention wh*ring of the likes of Bey and Rih Rih and Ga Ga.
This is not the norm for Erykah and you know it.
If one momofuku comes in here talking about groupthink
I hate Erykah Badu for this reason alone.
Sandra, are you angry bc the scene was real unlike you said… which then makes her butt real that you also said was fake.
you can’t be right all the time. 
Sandra, why can’t you let Erykah be great
Team e badu
I think she will still sell about the same amt of cds she typically sells.
Her new cd is FIYAH
#groupthink (waves at Karaz)
KaraZ Says:
If one momofuku comes in here talking about groupthink
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i just wanted to say one thing: groupthink.
But you said that she taped it all on a green screen?
Daisy you know where the hell you can go with that shyt, use groupthink correctly in a sentence, that Erykah Badu didn’t give you on twitter
Haven’t seen the video and don’t really care too, but I can already tell you that I would rather see her bucked azz nekkid than some of the stuff Lady GaGa does….that ish she did at the MTV awards was gross and I am a pretty outside of the box/liberal minded person…..
If this was Lady GaGa…people would be saying how original and artsy it was…. I guess Kanye’ is right..
****Even if you in a Benz, you still a nygga in a coupe [coop]*****
Not saying if the concept is right or wrong, don’t care either way- not for me to judge, but I always find it funny, that what one person can do and it be not only accepted, but applauded and when the next person does it, they are chastized and scolded…people do that in jobs and even in their own families sometimes…what one child does and get away with, if the other does the same exact thing, they are punished
*meant it’s not only accepted, but applauded*
KaraZ Says:
use groupthink correctly in a sentence, that Erykah Badu didn’t give you on twitter
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ok, here goes…
the groupthink we should go for pizza instead of wings.
**DING! DING! DING! DING!**
@karaz
Well please explain to me why she spelled that out at the end of the video. I took it as thinking outside of the box. Not following the masses. Using your own mind no matter what people feel.
I hope her cd does well this week. I am really feeling it.
Can we just let this whole situation die?? Her CD is pretty damn good
I think Sandra doesn’t like Erykah because she and Andre 3000 had some words. At least that is what I remember reading.
It’s onething for every blog to recycle the same story, btu damn, is it necessary to take it this far and re-post the same old video?
This is getting old.
Erykah is funny as hell in this video (hypocrite or not). “Butt naked with glitter on and a beeper”!!!…Oh my lord…Too Funny!
“Butt naked Wednesdays” Lol!!!
To be honest I am surprised this Video is STILL being talked about.
Everyone talks about how artist do things just to get attention but the kick in the a$$ is those same people can’t/won’t stop talking about the artist when they do something. So you play into their plan perfectly.
It’s one of those things that people should form their own individual opinions about. Man, when Sandra hates, she hates hard!! Had it been Rihanna (who we all know Sandra seems to want to lick), it would have been tastful art. Publicity/Schmublicity… If it’s that bad Sandra, quit reporting it… Yes hun, writen hatery is a form of giving her publicity.
speakinmymind Says:
KaraZ Says:
use groupthink correctly in a sentence, that Erykah Badu didn’t give you on twitter
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ok, here goes…
the groupthink we should go for pizza instead of wings.
**DING! DING! DING! DING!**
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I meant tasteful
#individualthink ~ The CD is awesome and calming from the first to the song. I especially luv the remake or sampling of Biggie’s “Get Money.” It is my first Badu CD purchase. Hopefully, it won’t be the last.
Tiger is on.
speakinmymind Says:
KaraZ Says:
use groupthink correctly in a sentence, that Erykah Badu didn’t give you on twitter
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ok, here goes…
the groupthink we should go for pizza instead of wings.
**DING! DING! DING! DING!**
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I swear I HATECHU
How about most of her followers who are buying into her particular brand of crap believe that’s an appropriate use of the term!
I cant comment cause I’m still laughing at speakin :lolol:
Whateva Sandra, it worked and these artist today cant touch her artistry, you all jump on her for this, but what about the positive messages she creates through her music, please expand your mind and stop trying to find fault in everyone.
Another ERYKAH BADU post???!!!??? About the same subject??
Watch out RIHANNA!! Ms. Rose has a new girl crush
Hell, watch out CHRIS BROWN!! Ms. Rose has a new enemey
We might be able to kill two birds with one stone…
Thanks Ms. BADU!!!!
@Karaz do u know most of her followers personally? Plenty of ppl told her and somebody even said on here that they studied group think in college so it wasn’t anything new to them.
Clearly she is being comical and sarcastic in this video…..
@karaz
You still haven’t explained it… or given an example.
tesla Says:
Erykah is funny as hell in this video (hypocrite or not). “Butt naked with glitter on and a beeper”!!!…Oh my lord…Too Funny!
“Butt naked Wednesdays” Lol!!!
she is too much. Sandra please stop trying to start mess. You have already milked this video for all the post its worth lol.
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Erykah is a legend. :notworthy:
I don’t get why you seem to be so angry with Erykah over this. I agree that what she did was totally out of pocket, but it’s not THAT bad.
You guys are funny: Ireally expected more of “YOU” to have a more liberal mindset regarding the video..But guess what? Erykah knew you’d be swayed so she said:They who play it safe are quick to assassinate what they do not understand…..”evolve” away from that mindset.”
I can’t help but think that if the “GROUP” had louder sounding applause to Erykah’s artistic expression, than a lot of you would have as well. Groupthink…is it a pro or a con for you?
TEAM ERYKAH!! I love my BADU-ISM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972), occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment”
Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanize other groups. A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background, when the group is insulated from outside opinions, and when there are no clear rules for decision making.
Knowledge is power and we as citizens and as a nation are becoming less powerful. We face an administration that believes in operating under high levels of secrecy. The American press, especially the television news media, has let down the American people and the American people have allowed this to happen. US television news is geared more toward providing entertainment than information.
Current examples of groupthink can be found in the decisions of the Bush administration and Congress to pursue an invasion of Iraq based on a policy of “preemptive use of military force against terrorists and rogue nations”. The decision to rush to war in Iraq before a broad-based coalition of allies could be built has placed the US in an unenviable military situation in Iraq that is costly in terms of military deaths and casualties, diplomatic standing in the world, and economically.
Groupthink is referenced in most college psychology classes.
@iscream,
Personally, I think she’s a farce. But here goes: she spelled out group think with her “blood” (blue blood at that) to show that her true self (in her naked form) and individuality was murdered by the masses and their inability to think individually and attack as a group… that’s not really all what the group think theory entails but whatever Supreme Baby Mama of Easy Dallas with a head wrap & incense, you deep.
I mean really, people know Badu is weird
Always has been. So why is what she does such a surprise and so shocking? If she were like Gaga and Beyonce manufacturing mess every 3-5 days, I wonder if we would be more comfortable with her actions?
I like her sporadic expression – it works for her.
@ KaraZ
i couldn’t resist! and you know that’s how most people would use that in a sentence
Lmao @ KaraZ that last part was mean.
Now I have a question. Can religion fall under the term groupthink?
I know the KKK sure as hell does.
(Not that I’m comparing the two)
shoot. How do you do the coffe drinking smiley?
@karaz
Did Erykah steal your goat because you are taking this way too serious? LOL j/k.
@iscream, don’t be mad, I was dealing with Comcast over the phone and was too busy ripping someone a new one, had to focus on that task first
@Daisy
You trying me. Look up the hash tag and see the rabid followers RT @fatbellybella & their responses.
@Sandra, someone on Twitter with the name @Sandra Rose_ is harassing me. I know it isn’t you. At least, I hope it is not you. I really think it is Charles, but you … Never mind.
isc, I certainly think it can. Especially when you consider that a lot of us go along with traditional religion without researching for ourselves.
Religion, and their books can be weapon of mass destruction
great point Iscream (kkk)
Attymom, Sandra probaly doesn’t care. why don’t you notify twitter, instead?
They’ll probablyshut down all accounts associated with that persons e-mail.
@speakinmymind, I suspect you sneaked out of the korna! But why is that the way I’ve heard it used Post Erica’s nekkid azz.
@crzasallgetout
I HATECHU TOO!… besides that’s a shank-able offense. Don’t fcuk with my goat meat, ITS NOT A GAME!
She traded in the head wrap for a Dr. Seuss hat. Green eggs and ham. Remind me of Jody Wotley (sp.) dayz.
Seriously @attorneymom, you seek for too much attention, Sandra’s email address is listed on the side of her blog, so if you really wanted to reach her versus crime victim (as per your usual modus operandi) you’d have just emailed her or blocked the person
Love Erykah because I feel like she is a true artist, she writes/produces her own music and the majority of it is good music, I gotta respect her for that. HOWEVER, they say there is a thin line between brilliance and insanity. Most artistic people generally teeter this fence and tend to be way out there. She is no exception.
To be honest I just don’t take her that serious beyond music. Sometimes she will say something profound but most of the time she is on some sun, moon and quasars stuff and I just let it go.
I am very familiar with the groupthink concept but how about I didn’t know what the heck she was spelling in her psychedelic blood
@ReadABlog, I thought perhaps Sandra would want to know someone is impersonating her on Twitter.
I told the person that I will let them get their rocks off for one week before I block him/her. He/she is obviously disturbed and need an intervention.
anything to stay relevant!!!
@RTB
I also think religion falls under this heading…
@iscream,
I think perverted religion could show signs of groupthink, but I think the world’s traditional religions allow for questioning and diversity in thought
Karaz, what’s a perverted religion?
Im gonna back away from the keyboard before I pull an IM. But let me say this the cd may be good but Erykah is still dead ass wrong for getting asshole naked on the street and breaking the law to explain a concept that has been out for years. I wish people would pull their head out of her eco friendly socially conscious vagina long enough to realize this. She did nothing new except break the law in TX and garner publicity. Kudos to you Erykah, great cd but you were still dead ass wrong and should be happy I was not there with one of my children or this would’ve been a different headline not because I’m ashamed of my body, not because I have issues with a black womans body being naked in a non sexual form and definitely not because I’ve been conditioned to think public nudity is wrong or I’m incapable of thinking independently as all the supporters of this nonsense were saying this weekend but simply because my children nor I are interested in viewing your naked ass period nor should we be forced to cause you had an impulse to drop your draws and run the streets in broad daylight. And I’m not gonna touch how insensitive it was to show yourself being shot in the head at the exact location Kennedy was killed. That man still has family alive in this country and that assassination touched as many people as 9/11 gtfoh with that bullish. Same non original point could’ve been outlined in a different way that wouldn’t have screamed inappropriate controversy that was created to sell records. And as I said before, she is not the epitome of social consciousness that we should all aspire to be like but she is an extremely talented artist who in moments of extreme highness has a tendency to make bad decisions. But again great album
If you were NOT conditioned to think that a naked human body is equal to sexual imagery…why would the sight of a naked woman arouse such angst?
@Ms….I don’t want you to think I’m coming at you (I think we are past that as mature posters, but nevertheless just to be sure…)
I’m not interested in viewing men in women’s skinny jeans…so I just turn my head. No angst, uproar, or charges though…
And I agree: great album!
OMG, WOW, Please, no one have a COW today. U were not present when the lady got naked. If you were, then you could have slapped the hell out of her if u liked. That would have been more entertaining. #thatisall
KaraZ Says:
Seriously @attorneymom, you seek for too much attention, Sandra’s email address is listed on the side of her blog, so if you really wanted to reach her versus crime victim (as per your usual modus operandi) you’d have just emailed her or blocked the person
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I just don’t get it… SMH!! I just really don’t get it.
And @ iscream I gave damn near that same definition off the top of my head on some site this weekend and was called ignorant because im not pro the video
Offtopic what is the name of your book again? I keep asking and missing you
Damn, some people take it so personally as if the woman came an knocked on their front doors and stripped in front of their children. It’s not that serious, but the point of the whole thing was to magnify something so little. Oddly, the people who are magnifying it are the ones who took it more personally than they should have. Haters and sensitive folk are a PR’s dream.
@Sweet-D( I don’t like your name :))
I cosign. You would think she was fondling herself while walking down the street. It’s a naked body…..OK!! If you don’t like the video don’t watch it. I like Ms.Badu 50/11 kids and all.
Sweet-D Says:
Haters and sensitive folk are a PR’s dream.
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Are you a MAN?? If so, I love ur screen name
If not, nevermind, LOL!!
@ MS EVERYTHING
My biggest problem was the whole resemblance towards the kennedy assasination! I think that was done is poor taste and I’ve said before people know good and damn well if it were someone tryin to imitate Dr King’s assasination Al Sharpton would be callin for a boycott and a damn march somewhere and I don’t care what it represents I think it was done in poor tatse! She did not have to do it in the exact same spot Kennedy got assasinated in!
ReadTheBlog Says:
Karaz, what’s a perverted religion?
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Any religion can be perverted to further a particular agenda, that’s why they’re so many sects of Christianity with its different set of doctrines that aren’t outlined in the Bible.
Sorry I had to run out the house. @OTB I know and when it first happened I was like Erykah is weird, it was wrong but whatever and then this weekend it was everywhere and tje more I read the asinine stupid reasons given for her doing it I got pissed if for nothing more than how some people will blindly follow anyone who says they have a message if that message is accompanied by someone they like, if they feel repressed so they can blame it on the masses against them instead of taking credit for their own shortcomings but then will have the nerve to say someone with an opposing point of view is not thinking for themself. Truth be told I’m simply fed up with the topic and all of the things I said above were all things being said to me for disagreeing with the video. One person on another site said that those who don’t expose their children to nudity are harming them mentally… umm ok
Ms.Everything Says:
I read the asinine stupid reasons given for her doing it I got pissed if for nothing more than how some people will blindly follow anyone who says they have a message if that message is accompanied by someone they like, if they feel repressed so they can blame it on the masses against them instead of taking credit for their own shortcomings but then will have the nerve to say someone with an opposing point of view is not thinking for themself.
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*shakes tambourine* CHUUUCH *praise dancing*
Erykah is very talented, but she exhibits some hoodrat tendencies in my book.
@ms everything
Its called I gotta make it to Heaven for going thru Hell.
You can click my name “iscream” to get more information on what its about. thanks for asking.
And I’m gonna choose to ignore those who feel that I’m taking it personally. I think I just explained my annoyance and please excuse any typos as I was multi tasking. I don’t take her nakedness personal, I do however take being insulted, called ignorant and having people say the most ridiculous things possible in order to defend something that they know nothing about. Not too many were on SR this weekend so I was mostly on other sites but still. And the worst were those pulling the race card saying it was racist to charge her for breaking a clear common sense law. Maybe my actual issue is with the amount of ignorance in the black community right now and how blind some of our people really are. Believe what you want but don’t blindly follow, research, do the math and know what and who you are following. I got called out on here this weekend because I dared mention that she has three babies by three different rappers as I was listing how contradictory Erykah can be as well as a tweet where she mentioned Good Friday and ankh in the same sentence or the fact that she claims enlightenment while high, is rumored to be a five percenter but will sing about God but othertimes its just a higher power. When I said that I was told I’m not a true fan even though I’ve bought every album since she came out. She is eccentric, off the wall, but talented so people choose to overlook the bad for the good and I’m not that type of person.
Thanks @ Iscream
On some serious ish, it’s not that serious. Some folk have done worse for less. It’s not that big a deal. This is getting blown way out of proportion… Which was kind of the whole point!!! So let’s all make a deal, let’s stop magnifying this situation, and no one has to get their panties in a huge bunch anymore, and all the hippie liberal folks (aka the folk who don’t give a damn either way)can go their way. Do that ish on twitter or facebook… One of the websites where you update people on your “feelings” and ish. If people put this much into things that actually MATTER, all would be good.
I got called out on here this weekend because I dared mention that she has three babies by three different rappers as I was listing how contradictory Erykah can be as well as a tweet where she mentioned Good Friday and ankh in the same sentence or the fact that she claims enlightenment while high, is rumored to be a five percenter but will sing about God but othertimes its just a higher power.
Their is a lot of truth in those statements. I agree.
@ Sweet D: I could or I could air my grievances on here under a topic about this very thing
To put it simply and then drop it hopefully once and for all this whole thing has brought to light how blind, uneducated and painfully lost many in the black community are today especially the youth. Not for agreeing or disagreeing to the video or message but those who went pro or con based off what the majority is saying or those who went completely off the wall and conjured their own meanings that carried no logic or those who took Erykahs words to be undeniably true without researching, looking at the entire picture or even applying critical thinking but decided that this was gonna be the new cause of the century a revolution against the masses with Erykah leading the charge when if she had secured the proper permits, closed off the street and had the assassination portion take place at a generic locale before debuting the video while tweeting exactly how she did it (thus bringing attention to the misdemeanor(s) she committed) this all would’ve been a non issue, the video would’ve aired, people would have watched and drawn there conclusions without it turning into the massive controversy that it ended up being which is why myself and others believe it was a marketing strategy especially since the message is a recycled philosophy that’s been around for years. She made this into the huge issue it became and she is ultimately profiting from it when you consider how many hits her website has gotten, how many people who had no idea who she was are know aware and possibly bought the cd, and the amount of free publicity this has garnered. But when I suggested that the rabid masses went after me saying Erykah is above a marketing scheme and she doesn’t care about record sales only making good music… umm yeah okay. I just wish our people especially the younger generation weren’t so easily blinded by celebrity status that they could look at the whole picture before attaching themselves to a cause and/or person that’s all. Just because a person is talented or good looking does not mean they are perfect or have their best interests at heart. The bottomline for most entertainers now a days is money: they don’t care what they are selling as long as it brings in a profit and the fact that her cd was not being marketed speaks wonders. Alright my PSA is over you can go back to your regularly scheduled programming 
Please ignore the typos. Im usually better than that but I’m doing a million things at once
Okay so the whole nudity thing doesn’t offend me but, she has to understand that was not the time or the proper place to do that.We have to respect other peoples opinions and their space.
OMG, WOW!! Cows are being born rapidly today!!!
People who dont take things personally, usually dont come to blogs and write ESSAYS full of run-on sentences.
Its real funny how what someone else does, which has NO affect on you personally, is causing you to RANT continuously.
Sure, like someone else said, there is a time and place for everything. SugarPieHoneybunn wont be having any cows because someone didnt do it how and when I wanted them to.
Now that Erykah Badu will get a ticket in the mail, for DISORDERLY CONDUCT, not public indecency, Sandra. The ticket is equivalent to a speeding violation this should bring the nudity issue to a close. The ticket has nothing to do with the nudity. Basically, the ticket is for not getting a permit to shoot the video, that is the law that she broke. The Dallas Police and the city attorney are not going to say this publicly they are going to let the general public think it’s for the nudity and put “Baduism” to bed. This is the best they could come up with, because the Dallas nudity laws on the books only address nudity in public for sex or sexual pleasure and the two minute video was considered to be neither. Her nudeness was not sexual according to the nudity laws, as she was not trying to get her freak on or anyone else’s. Shooting video is considered a form of art, so Erykah did not break the law for nudity.
For three weeks this video was not even on the radar for the Dallas local news media. Once it hit the national news and people discover the woman in the video was Erykah Badu, then it became a problem. Local people did not give a kick, until the national news picked the story up. You see craziness on a regular in downtown Dallas, you chuck it up to drugs, homeless, drunkenness or whatever and keep it moving. The person who came forward and file the complaint so the police could issue the ticket is not a member of the Dallas community and lives about 100 miles outside of the city. She came forward after probing from the news media and getting her 15 minutes, admittedly did not see Erykah’s genital area. When Erykah passed the complaintant and her daughter she had on her sweat bottoms and bra. Erykah was several yards away from the child when she pull off the sweat pants and bra. None of the Dallas citizens that were at the site when the video was made filed a complaint. That says a lot about what they thought, much to do about nothing.
Those of you talking about discretion of the JFK memorial come through the weekend nights or a big event night and take a chance on what you might see, guaranteed it will not be artistic.
Well IMO Eryka is just another video HO I mean she is an artist who I don’t think until now has ever really used nudity to sell cd’s but all that junk in her trunk just made me think IT STINK-SO NO PLS KEEP YOUR PANTIES ON!