33. "A new golden age" In response to In response to 0 Thu Apr-01-10 01:57 PM by Jrod Indigo
Erykah. Your concepts and creativity never ceases to amaze me. I was really moved by the video and the fact that you choose such a soulful and musical song like "Window Seat" as your first single. That's a risk in itself..let alone the video. The song has live drums and like Maxwell's Pretty Wings..it"s winning over the people. When was the last time you heard a new song on modern r&b radio with live drums that's actually hitting?! The album takes more chances than ever before with the production and the people at large are gonna own a copy. People at large will really know who Madlib and J-Dilla is..not just "the heads", but EVERYONE (feel that?). What you are doing is making a bold statement that organic soul music has it's place amongst all the current bs that's hitting at the moment. It's a divine plan with divine timing seeing how it's a back-to-back situation with you and Maxwell..setting the tone for Michael Archer's return. You are making it easier for so many other great soul artists to stick their necks out there and give the world "what they really want to give them" instead of what a record label tells them they should give the people. We know what the people want because we know what we want..
God bless you on this journey and I hope to cross paths with you someday soon on a higher note..