?Erykah? at Block Party premier:
http://static.flickr.com/19/106349960_6b5123bc70_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/27/106349961_dffdec68e3_o.jpg

Maybe I'm having a brain lapse and that's someone who looks similiar to Erykah Badu, but... uh... if that is her... Erykah lost.


But anyway, Jill Scott looked lovely as usual:
http://static.flickr.com/52/106349959_5be2e96c88_o.jpg

or is she supposed to check with you before she, uh, does whatever the fuck she wants

hhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa
!V.I.P!

.

just because someone is a vegan/vegetarian, doesn't mean that they are p.e.t.a. people...not speaking for erykah, but some people don't eat chicken cause they don't believe people are supposed to eat meat...has nothing to do with the rights of the chicken or how it was killed (in some cases)...people just assume that one thing (vegan/veggie) automatically links up to an association with an animal rights organization...not so

>just because someone is a vegan/vegetarian, doesn't mean that
>they are p.e.t.a. people...not speaking for erykah, but some
>people don't eat chicken cause they don't believe people are
>supposed to eat meat...has nothing to do with the rights of
>the chicken or how it was killed (in some cases)...people just
>assume that one thing (vegan/veggie) automatically links up to
>an association with an animal rights organization...not so

good point

great point!


www.myspace.com/prigatuso

> some
>people don't eat chicken cause they don't believe people are
>supposed to eat meat...has nothing to do with the rights of
>the chicken or how it was killed

>just because someone is a vegan/vegetarian, doesn't mean that
>they are p.e.t.a. people...not speaking for erykah, but some
>people don't eat chicken cause they don't believe people are
>supposed to eat meat...has nothing to do with the rights of
>the chicken or how it was killed

The LEAST you could do is look up VEGAN online before you post some pretentious knowitall shit.

Vegans don't even wear leather or eat real cheese, man. If it's animal-based, it's out. That goes for food, clothing, household products, etc.

...I dont eat anything that casts a shadow"

(c/o Hippie guy talking to Lisa on the Simpsons)

HAHAHAHA

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001964629_hiphopvegan25.html

Also says Common is into veganism because he didn't want to take animals lives away.

from the people i know who are vegans, if you are true vegan... you don't wear leather or fur. Vegan, by what i understand by definition, means no animal products in your life period. but that's just what i always thought from my experience.

my initial point though was, none of us really know what lifestyle choices Erykah makes, has made, currently makes, whatever. Who cares? We're judging her now?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001964629_hiphopvegan25.html
http://www.petaworld.com/veg.asp
http://www.bvsga.org/articles/article_073003_Vegetarianism.php
http://www.thepresent-book.com/rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345434869
(she with queen afua and dem)
http://www.queenafuaonline.com/about.htm
http://www.blacknet.co.uk/sacredwoman/bio.htm
transcript of an interview where she states she is a
"chlorophyllian"
http://p076.ezboard.com/fpoliticalpalacefrm33.showMessage?topicID=42.topic
http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=2228
http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12061681

thanx 4 the linkz kid

>or is she supposed to check with you before she, uh, does
>whatever the fuck she wants


come on, let be confrontational why don't we.

that outfit she got on is cute tho.

bigger than usual....

she needs a star jones surgery becasue homegirl will not willfully put the food down

no it doesnt.

big = unhealthy

so many scientific studies point to this. don't fool yourself or others. get on that treadmill and swap those smothered pork chops for roasted chicken (small portion) and a large assortment of veggies

You guys are on some shit...
Girl got a few pounds of goodness on her, and you write her death sentence.

Stop.
She looks gorgeous.

Fuckin Fat Police.

............

Personally I think Jill is beautiful no matter what!!!! BIG, small.. bigger.. who fucken cares!

As far as Erykah, give me a break. What’s the point? So she wears “fur” which we don’t know that’s what it is. It dumb to waste energy on what the fuck my Erykah wears, doesn’t wear, say. No matter what the girl is TIGHT!!! She’s rocking that shit like what?!?! And got you all talking about it.. at a girl! ;) Now lets talk about more important shit.. like when the album going to drop!

No disrespect, I just feel like Erykah gets hated on for no reason.

haha

>bigger than usual....
>
>she needs a star jones surgery becasue homegirl will not
>willfully put the food down


hahaha. but naw she didn't look "humongous" (did i spell that right) but she was pretty big

Stop the hating!! Jill is fine.

Jill.

She looks absolutely beautiful. She always does. Her complexion, her smile, and her face. Y'all are a mess. Skinny don't equal pretty.

>bigger than usual....
>
>she needs a star jones surgery becasue homegirl will not
>willfully put the food down


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>
for real? you got a link to that?

According to PETA world website:

What's a vegetarian or vegan?
A vegetarian doesn’t eat any animal flesh—like chicken, beef, pork, or fish. A vegan doesn’t eat animal flesh or any other animal products—like eggs, milk, or cheese. Most vegans also don’t wear animal skins, such as fur or leather.


MOST being the keyword here. Maybe she is one one who does.
OR better yet its posssible its a fake (faux) fur.

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Oh and I forgot ... DO PANIC!

wearing things that look like something you just pulled out of a hole in the ground and stuffed... isn't.

because that's the only claim i've heard(read)about erykah

>
hahahhaha

im not in any vegan organization or vegetarian club. lol.
Dont think we need organizations or individuals to help define our lives.
I kinda enjoy making my OWN choices . It's a new concept called thinking.

i am offended, and,
sorry if you are offended, but you need to find some mo shit to do.
bottom line,
im a health consious sister who loves to create.
ang grow, and change.
and i am allowing and inviting yu to watch me do so.
not easy.
so be easy with your words.

go on disect me.
i can take it.

my spelling is awful. lol

Please feel free to do as you wish (as long as you are not hurting anyone or yoursel). There is nothing wrong striving to do what you feel is the right thing.


"The master stays behind thus he is always ahead"
- Loa Tzu 'Toa Te Ching'

Who gives a shit, i mean honestly would you feel of somone watched your every move. Give musicians a break shit...surprsied anyone makes music anymore.

animals is pretty wack.

I dig what your sayin as i have alot of vegan straight edge friends. What im tryin to say is i don't see erykah on the front of peta ads getting all hard about veganisim. I had no clue she was a vegan but then again i don't follow her career and can't say i know a shitload about her. I might just be out of step and uninformed about erykah but who knows that could be faux. I just try to keep what artists do out of my worrys. I mean there just people its not like we should hold them to strict guidelines. Think about how many times most people change their minds about their oppinions and belifes in there life. What if we took every person and expected them to never alter their beleifes or ideas. Fuck I'm rambeling, all im saying is erykah is a person she also seems like a pretty real person if shes a vegan than im sure she wouldn't stroll out with a dead animal around her neck without a good explanation. Me personally i don't need to hear that explanation...you know why...cuz Mammas gun was so fucking good.

>Me personally i don't need to hear that explanation...you know
>why...cuz Mammas gun was so fucking good.



:) And what a wonderful album it is.

>

damn yo. just post a link quoting erykah saying she's a vegan and a link stating that all vegans are not to use animals as clothing and we'll close the book on it

That's just your opinion. *shrugs* & we all know what people say about opinions...

Get that signature out of your posts you fuckin selfish, no confidence having bitch..

You owe me money and don't forget it...

Two things are going to happen here:

you're either going to build up some confidnece and pay my ass or I'm going to make your time at Okayplayer pretty rough'


bye

>Who gives a shit, i mean honestly would you feel of somone
>watched your every move. Give musicians a break
>shit...surprsied anyone makes music anymore.


EXACTLY.

i don't give a isht what she eats long as it doesn't kill her. nor do i care what she wears. nor do i care if she's a hypocrite (and for the record, i don't think she is one) 'cause that ain't got isht to do with when her next album is coming out.

the fake shit look just like the real shit nowadays. hell that might be her dread wig touched up!!!

Nobody seems to be THINKING the shit might be fake.

Even if it's not...so what?

>the fake shit look just like the real shit nowadays. hell
>that might be her dread wig touched up!!!


hahahahahahaha

she's a "black vegan". that means like andre 3000 you are in it for just health reasons and have no ethics about fur.

russell simmons is another "black vegan," one who exploits cows to make leather shoes.

he definately shows that he cares about them... just not enough to stop making shoes out of them I guess... lol.

That is all.




Andrea

>she's a "black vegan". that means like andre 3000 you are in
>it for just health reasons and have no ethics about fur.
>
>russell simmons is another "black vegan," one who exploits
>cows to make leather shoes.

good one

>>she's a "black vegan". that means like andre 3000 you are
>in
>>it for just health reasons and have no ethics about fur.
>>
>>russell simmons is another "black vegan," one who exploits
>>cows to make leather shoes.
>
>good one


Is this exclusively a black thing? Is choosing not to eat meat "just for health reasons" such a bad thing? I tried vegetarianism(?) for like half a year, and it comes with so many preconceived notions and expectations from others, but bottom line, it's a personal choice. If any of you are deeply hurt by this, to the point of NOT liking Erykah anymore, then there's something wrong with you, not the person you're criticizing.

let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go (c) Erykah

.

as a talisman or some shit, who knows? (shrugs)....

How is Samahj(sp.?) Tawi & Queen Afua's group "Ifa-LIKE"?

we are.

Bingo
No offense honey but...
Let a black queen do her muthafuckin thing already, Holly Hippie.
I bet you walk past po' ass, down-and out negroes laying in a puddle of their own piss everyday on your way to work,and don't even bat a blue eye.

You need to get over yourself with the self-righteous finger pointing.

Peace

that people always want to put someone under the microscope. The main thing that an artist is doing is giving you their art. If they are not hurting somebody or themselves, the choices they make in there life are theirs and theirs alone. How would you like if by posting on OKP that your every move, thought, etc. was put under the microscope? You have to give the artist a break. They will let you know when they need your opinion.

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trying to look different, look "exotic", look like she "Stands for someone"...

Erykah is full of shit. Ever move she makes if 100% fake and I'm sorry it took me this damn long to see through it. I mean, she isn't a political activist, she isn't a activist period... she really is nothing special... the only thing she has going for her is ?uestlove and James Poyser production.

Shes a taletned musician that makes her something. Who gives a shit if shes an activist.

if anything, i remember her doing videos about holistic lifestyle. either way, i think people get too wrapped up in image

>trying to look different, look "exotic", look like she
>"Stands for someone"...
>
>Erykah is full of shit. Ever move she makes if 100% fake and
>I'm sorry it took me this damn long to see through it. I
>mean, she isn't a political activist, she isn't a activist
>period... she really is nothing special... the only thing she
>has going for her is ?uestlove and James Poyser production.


oooooh. damn. you've really got it in for her. damn, do you know her personally or something? but once again i must say. i need links to her being quoted saying that she is an activist/political activist etc.

and besides ?uest and James....the girl can still sing.

with all due respect,
have we met?
im sorry....

pay them no mind.

>trying to look different, look "exotic", look like she
>"Stands for someone"...

Trying to look different?

How would you like her to look? Since, apparently you hold the
what-you-can-wear authority. I don't understand. How should she look?


>Erykah is full of shit. Ever move she makes if 100% fake and
>I'm sorry it took me this damn long to see through it. I
>mean, she isn't a political activist, she isn't a activist
>period... she really is nothing special... the only thing she
>has going for her is ?uestlove and James Poyser production.

Now this mess is just mean. I don't know about her, but if you said
these things about me, my feelings would be hurt...then I would get some of my geeky groupies to kill your computer, permanently.

did you photoshopped this? cause it looks weird...
if it's real, she does what she wants, but it's still bad taste. i mean the head and all... it's disgusting

The second one was more realistic.

f'real. you sound stupit

word. go get you a fuckin tofu burger. you suck at life

They have faux fur that looks like it's real as hell. But of course it's not your run of the mill shit it'll be pricey as well. They also have faux diamonds that are really fine crystals but they are cut in the way diamonds are which gives them a more realistic look. You know technology can do wonders today. Don't be so quick to judge, research it first.

> They have faux fur that looks like it's real as hell. But of
>course it's not your run of the mill shit it'll be pricey as
>well. They also have faux diamonds that are really fine
>crystals but they are cut in the way diamonds are which gives
>them a more realistic look. You know technology can do wonders
>today. Don't be so quick to judge, research it first.

4real? give me a link to them fake diamonds nigga!
hahaha

anyone who wears that loses points in my book...that shit is disgusting and in bad taste. It's 2006. Stop wrapping a full fucking animal around your neck...head and all???? get the fuck outta here

that said, i like her music...and this has no correlation to that. Still absurd though

I know plenty of vegans, and none of them care about saving animals. They just realized how unhealthy it was to eat them. I think there is definately a difference between the two, and if there is a different name for those type of vegans I would say that most vegans are this way. Even the whole deal wit spesticides in the veggies and all that, my brother doesn't mess with it cause he read too much on its long-term effects. I'm guessin Erykah is the same way, unless y'all have heard her say different. If she isn't, it'd be pretty corny even if the fur was fake for her to rock it. I really don't see her doin anything like that though. I've only heard her talk about being healthy and taking care of oneself, much like dead prez did. I guess its like dude said earlier, they're "black vegans", being that our people need enough saving, it would be foolish to worry bout some cows, chickens, and whatever she got on her neck, first.

This does not apply to ALL vegans. Unless you know ALL vegans, which I know you don't, b/c U don't know me.

i don't really see the point in this.

- - - - -

jy
1974-2006

peace & love

Vegan or not, I think she looks great in those pix.

I'm with you.. let it go! Who lost something over this? Besides the animal? lol ;) peace guys who gives a shit what ANYONE wears!

sheesh

she looks fabulous! Eff a fur.

HEY, I HEARD ERYKAH WAS ROCKIN FAKE DREADS, TOO!!!!

KILL THE BITCH!

lol.

...How was the premiere?

shake that hate off ya shoulders

she wearing it dont mean she killed it and ate it.....
guess you never hear of faux fur......

anyway my homie is a vegan and he wear leather so.....shit vegans get cold too


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http://www.concreteloop.com/archives/2006/02/the_roots_host_a_party.html

(scroll down to the bottom)

I think she looks cute here in this pic.
The look is mad vintage and reminscent of clubwoman times
I was a vegan for a bit and have had a lot of vegan friends and it was more about what we were putting into our bodies, rather than the leather our sneakers were made of.
The head does seem a little gross, but it's a look and she is an artist/freespirit kind of gal
I'm not really surprised, she keeps on changing it up and it's not like she's decked out head to toe in a fox fur coat...everything in moderation...and if she did i'm still not her moms, or the vegan fashion po po

And the next day showing up at a movie premiere with a chain gang of toddlers... I mean, it flat out makes no sense.

But who knows with Erykah... I can definately see her and Lauryn Hill in matching stripped turtle-necks and afros, holding hands and skipping to the Looney Bin.

It's really not that serious.

Would you roll up on some shaman and be like you selling out cuz you're wrapping your loins in some animal skin?

Put things into perspective please.

Fur is not slavery. And a random fur scarf doesn't mean selling out as a person or an artist.

I mean she surely is not the quintessial vegan spokes model, but she's E. who said she ever had to be.



-don't eat fashionistas-

This don't have shit to do with you being offended.
You're being hypocritical.
You don't like Erykah for whatever reason, and clearly you were mad (or jealous or threatened) way before you saw the girl with a dead vermin on her neck.

You're hating and projectorating (yeah I said it).
Damn, you see the woman's actually taking in your hatefulness on these boards, and it seems to actually give you pleasure to be mean.

So what if you're a (self-righteous) vegan, if you're a mean-spirited and envious. Better off eating pork cracklins with a clean heart.

You're a hypocrite. Yeah. I said it.

WHY ARE THE HEAD AND FEET STILL ON IT??!?!?!? that's gross.

I'm with the post maker. Being a vegetarian..I don't know, to me it seems like they would go hand in hand. One reason that I look up to Erykah is because I thought she was vegan, and still do..But fuck. I'm sorry guys, but they do USUALLY come hand in hand. BUT, at the same time, there is people that listen to Com, and then the next day listen to Paul Wall. It's not like I'm blowing a whistle on this...Just dissapointed.

eating an animals guts is different than feeling it's nice soft fur...hahahah

yes, she wore it... it's also a symbol for everyone that's judging her.. in the end of the day.. she's a vegan that wears fur.. and some of us wear nike.. and others eat meat.. what have you.. there are so many things that we can judge eachother on and argue about and it doesn't begin with one person wearing fur... someone in the public eye is definetley going to be the highlight of everyone elses insecurity or reflection... shrug

@}-,-`-

He looks determined without being ruthless
Something heroic in this man, there's a courage about him
Doesn't look like a killer
Comes across so calm, acts like he has a dream
Full of passion

Mom, someday I'm going to be running with the Justus

.... but i all ready spoke with the DEVIL and she said it was cool.... geeeez guys.

whats next?

brush the hate off ya shoulders its not that deep

No message

Hahaha.

Damn, bro, I thought you had a pic of her eatin' a chicken wing or something.

lol
funny.

whatever nigga

I was thinking it was going to be like that episode of Marting when
they had the picture of the veg. chick tearing up some ribs -- sauce
on the face and errthang.

that they themselves have not said they adhere too...
let these folks live for crying out loud...

yall need to find some personal hobbies or something

i heard that she watches television too.
the nerve of this broad!

Didn't Dave Chappelle say in "Block Party" that Erykah has a very strong sense of humor? So, isn't it possible that Erykah is wearing faux fur to make a satirical statement, of the whole bourgeois Hollywood world of celebrities walking on red carpets "like royalty" to a movie premier, wearing dead animals-visual and everyone is trippin over nothing?

That stuff gives me the willies!

lawd...I hate to even say it but some of ya'll think to hard...

freezin' ya brain....

she looks fly to me....dead animal and all.
________________________



Humility before Honor.....

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2 a m ish .
just reading over this post again .
trying to think of a slik comment .
a feelin comes over me.
that fur looks all wrong.
i should have re-thought that one.
you guys are right .
really.
all bullshit aside.
gotta be more mindful.
forgive me .
it s a living thing .
even though i'm not all the way sure that wearing it is wrong....
i respect the beliefs of those who do.
i used to feel that way too.
i dont know.
gotta keep it movin.

n/m

I don't know if I agree with all the harsh view in here but I am very envious of your humility, honesty and self-reflection. Right on sis.

it(the fur fox) was some very special totem,
or some deconstruction art... lol

peace and soulmodulations 2ya

E...don't even worry about it, you are so real, so raw. Shit, just do you...every body wont always like it...but that's their problem, you have a legion of fans that love you, (like myself), We love you for your talent, your gift, your honesty...and wouldn't give a damn what u wear!

Peace

Erykah is tha truff! How can you not love and respect an artist so damn truthful, keep doin you E!

it takes a mature person to admit their mistakes and i respect you even more now. you seem like a really great person, nevermind artist. i'm just curious though, did you ever in fact call yourself a "vegan" or did people just assume that because you say you don't eat meat? a lot of people confuse veganism with vegetarianism, but then again a lot of people call themselves vegan not knowing all that that entails (for example not wearing animal furs). anyway peace erykah.

didnt see that coming. good stuff.

....we all make decisions we wish we could undo. making mistakes is just part of this journey. but it's easy to forget that and just pass judgement when you don't have someone going over your wardobe, diet, love life or what ever else with a fine tooth comb.

don't let it ig you. just live and learn and start over. cause at the end of the day you're only accountable to God, yourself, and those who really know and love you. and i'm pretty sure that not even a fraction of us okps fall into that category.

i think it's mostly b/c the head is still on it. i don't think i would have noticed it otherwise.

even then, who really cares? you know...other than the fox.

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even then, who really cares? you know...other than the fox.


^^^^LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jill looks like heaven in a blanket

*wishes for x-ray vision*

WOW...this thread is funny. I'm vegan and real vegans don't eat or wear animal products....I only believe in using animal products for medicine as a last resort. Now this could be some fake fur or she is what ya call a "half-ass" vegan...But who cares?? And I see a lot of PETA comments...PETA is just a terrorist group that hates humans. I don't have any respect for them at all.... But anyways I will give her benifit of the doubt that fur isn't real..




"Amerikkka is like the uncle that paid your way through college but molested you" -Chris Rock

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"And I see a lot of PETA comments...PETA is just a terrorist group that hates humans."

I think this may be the most ignorant comment I've ever read... do your research. I didn't know it was necessary to hate humans in order to love animals.

dont mesh with your concieved ideas about how a vegan should live their life you on here calling them a hypocrite...


funny

>dont mesh with your concieved ideas about how a vegan should
>live their life you on here calling them a hypocrite...

actually VEGANISM has a strict set of rules including not wearing animal furs, VEGETARIANISM does not. it's not something anyone on okayplayer made up. if you call yourself a vegan and wear real fur you are contradicting yourself, not someone else's "conceived ideas" of veganism.

but that dont mean all i do is talk shit.

give her a break.

Matt

lol.

Naw naw...i've already asked her haah

She did it just to show how ridiculous it looks.