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i gotta make this quick. eve wasn't getting dissed. it was a lack of communication on all sides.<P>1) i never considered eve because if yet another person were alive in the video it wouldn't make sense. eyrkah (and mca) refused to let erykah "play dead" (because of her outfit/they wanted to capitalize on her cameo).<P>2. 'riq went ahead and cast the extra before we (the band) knew it. i sorta assumed that eve was gonna be "the girl". i thought she was way finer than the jawn tariq picked. plus i thought she was supposed to be ethiopean.<P>3. wait a minute.....there's no need to go on with a list of pointin fingers. although we "told eve" it wasn't stressed. i was upset because sanji(director of "everything is everything") got rejected by mca. then they was cuttin more of the budget....we wern't too sure of the treatment, erykah is not layin down.......the girl is jamaican.....it's freezin...i didn't care one way or the other....i will say an effort was put out though. if she made it i wouldn't have mind, but i think it would've confused the shit out of y'all. i didn't know that it was a big deal. when mtv interviewed me at woodstock chris connely didn't know my name...but he knew to ask "what's up with you guys and eve?". i guess it was a tad insensitive not to put her in (i'm the one who deals with such matters)i was just worried about the group. i hope eve isn't mad (being as though "what you want" is out BDS"n any song we put out to radio. i too feel that she is more a household word than us now, so i don't think she still is/should be riffin. sorry eve. i'm still a fan.<P>ps.. all that "featuring erykah badu stuff on the single and video was strickly the label. y'all know we have mad cameos and they are never credited. i don't like the artist to feel like we are "juicing them". mca did that stuff. oh god, watch this shit show up in vibe tommorow.<P><P><P><P><P><BR>"god get me outta this mess"

check the resume

organix-93
(from the ground up)-94
do you want more?!!???!-95
illadelph halflife-96
things fall apart-99
(the legendary)-99
the roots come alive-99
phrenology-2002
the tipping point-2004
(the roots present...) 2004
homegrown: the beginne

  

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Why was Eve not in the &quot;You got me video?&quot; [View all] , Cees, Wed Jul-28-99 08:06 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Bad timing?
Tone
Jul 28th 1999
1
Some people do think its Erykah
Cees
Jul 28th 1999
2
      Come now...
Jul 28th 1999
4
      does it look like she needs exposure???
WORD SMITH
Jul 28th 1999
14
      I don't think she cares now
BTMB?HKDR
Jul 28th 1999
5
      Eve needs as much as she can get
Cees
Jul 28th 1999
7
           I know you probably didn't mean it like that, but...
Jul 28th 1999
11
           You ARE reading too much into this...
Cees
Jul 28th 1999
12
           WHITE PEOPLE
WORD SMITH
Jul 28th 1999
15
                EXPLOITATION OF BLACK CULTURE
BILAL
Jul 29th 1999
28
                     AROUND?
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
30
                     Good point
Cees
Jul 30th 1999
31
                     Sometimes it has nothing to do with culture...
Jul 30th 1999
32
                     from the hip...
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
33
                     from the hip II
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
34
                     Reply
Jul 30th 1999
36
                          okay, phil...
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
37
                               Words Smith
Cees
Jul 30th 1999
38
                                    Real quick...
Jul 30th 1999
39
                     Tired of white people.. PERIOD
Catharsis_MI
Aug 05th 1999
57
                          GET A CLUE
WORD SMITH
Aug 06th 1999
62
                     come on now
KRISTINA
Jul 30th 1999
40
                     I'm glad you feel that way, but...
Jul 30th 1999
41
                     oh, boy...
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
42
                     WUT????????
Jul 30th 1999
44
                          now... TO NESTA
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
47
                               Anyhoo!
Jul 30th 1999
49
                     and...
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
43
                          Now you're buggin!
Jul 30th 1999
45
                          NESTA!!!
WORD SMITH
Jul 30th 1999
46
                               My BAD!
Jul 30th 1999
48
                     I'm offend by this....
Oktagon Samurai
Jul 30th 1999
51
                     who needs fakers?
Jul 30th 1999
52
                          yo i havn't heard somebody say that in the longest
iNDUCE
Aug 03rd 1999
55
                               &quot;BILAL SPEAKS!!&quot;
BILAL
Aug 05th 1999
61
                                    word up
WORD SMITH
Aug 06th 1999
63
                                    is this bilal...
iNDUCE
Aug 08th 1999
66
      &quot;Who's that guy on Erykah's song?&quot;
Jul 28th 1999
22
           What IS Erykah saying ?
Cees
Jul 29th 1999
24
                Lyrics
Jul 29th 1999
25
I did
Jul 28th 1999
3
Read the Liner Notes!
Jul 28th 1999
6
Yeah, right
Jul 28th 1999
10
      ROOTS/JAY-Z COLLAB
WORD SMITH
Jul 28th 1999
16
ms badu
Doctor Squeegee
Jul 28th 1999
8
Yup!
Jul 28th 1999
9
      erykah/rhyming
WORD SMITH
Jul 28th 1999
17
      apples and peaches.........nm
Jul 28th 1999
21
erykah's verses....
Jul 30th 1999
50
Big up to Cees
Jul 28th 1999
13
Big up to you too bc n/m
Cees
Jul 29th 1999
23
bullworth soundtrack
Jul 28th 1999
19
one more thing
Jul 28th 1999
20
      I usually hate when others do this, but
natural1
Jul 30th 1999
35
B.R.O.T.H.E.R.?.
Mal
Jul 29th 1999
26
BDS.... Beats Da Shit outta me...
Jul 29th 1999
29
response to ?'s response...
gREG bASS
Aug 03rd 1999
53
Quest's FAQ
Cees
Jul 29th 1999
27
where in the video
emceefaceless
Aug 03rd 1999
54
possibilities
WORD SMITH
Aug 06th 1999
64
      Gotcha!
Cees
Aug 06th 1999
65
i know why
iNDUCE
Aug 03rd 1999
56
badu has 5 star power
HoMeBrO
Aug 05th 1999
58
anudr ?uestion
Mr. ShizzaBits
Aug 05th 1999
59
n/m ma ?uestion
Mr. ShizzaBits
Aug 05th 1999
60

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