65. "RE: Why Brainchild should release a record" In response to In response to 59
give me some studio time and i'll gladly cook something up
>Brainchild, this is not to be >mean or overly harsh.
ok.
>But, of all the subjective reviews >I have read that said >nothing about Voodoo, I must >say that yours belongs squarely >in their ranks.
i said nothing about Voodoo? what the fuck did I write up at the top of this post then?
>Voodoo "backfired?" How did it "backfire?" >According to which standard? Certainly >not commercially.
Voodoo backfired commercially due to bad marketing. It's sales could've increased sharply had the singles been chosen better.
>And from a >"critical" standpoint - well, HA >HA - cri-ticks PANNED Erykah's >album and I think that >that shit was 100% FEAR >on their part. Badu made >a record that moves gracefully >through more changes than most >artists' whole discographies.
i think there's a couple filler tracks on there, but yeah, mama's gun is excellent... although after "orange moon" i start waiting for the end to arrive.
>Dig on all the references made >to Voodoo as a "bedroom" >album - which I agree >with - D's Let's Get >It On if you will,
whoa... whoa... whoa... let's not do make that comparison yet. Give the album about 5 more years before you say stuff like that.
>and maybe you might see >why it's ludicrous to talk >about D's singles choices. I >think you're looking at it >all wrong.
albums aren't released just to make some kind of statement.
>The repetitiousness of that record is >epiphany.
what's an epiphany to some may be a bad dream to others.