ERYKAH BADU PERFORMS A MEDLEY THAT TOUCHES OUR SOULS | Soul Train Awards 2018
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The Legend Award honoree, Erykah Badu, preforms a sweet medley of songs that touch our souls.
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Does anyone else feel like Erykah Badu has transcended to another plane and learned something transformative and is keeping that shit to herself??
jillhbaudhaan Girllll....yess! Of course she can't share too much sacred information. Those who truly know how to read her frequency innerstand what she is saying without her verbalizing it.
I understand where you're coming from, However I will say that you are in part correct.. She has transcended only because we had to catch up....She's been schoolin us since day one, and now that more of us are awakening and becoming more aware, now she can transcend to the next level to learn and share ...Ase'
@@NomadicNotions866 well put
Hells yeah
But she tells you all the time... Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned...
Erykah Badu is not a person. She's a presence.
and a mood.
Or an alien from another planet
facts
word
You Know Bro Pisces Women Are From Another Planet!🌊Pure and Strong
You can tell she is lost in the PURE, SPIRITUAL energy of her own voice. She is MESMERIZING. This performance is hypnotizing. I adore her but stumbling upon this was LIFE ALTERING and there are people in the comments here who 100% feel me.
I probably watch and/or listen to this performance at least once a day. It brings me so much joy.
She is other worldly for sure.
Think she has also an extremely lovely high IQ , know a bit bout that, a bit. Not crazy yet very special./. we have to deal with it, No problm. Funny also yet very special. or no: both. Better.
When she started the set with "GREEN EYES", I KNEW IT WAS ABOUT TO GO DOWN...🙏🏿🙌🏿🙏🏿
Exactly that’s one of my favs of her’s 🥰👏🏾❤️
Yeah! Watching from Zimbabwe!
YESS 💚💚💚💚
whomever greenlit her for a 20 minute set....needs a promotion.
Yesssss! Great lighting direction. Saw this show in KC and it was phenomenal !
I mean... she is a legend 🤷🏽♂️
fr fr that's that Baduism that just reels you in and you can't say no lol
What's crazy is i tried to watch the whole award show on here and it didn't include the whole set we see here which i was confused about. I thought it was kind of lame that it may have been cut short for TV. I didn't watch it on Tv when it premiered. So was it cut short then as well???
If im not mistaken, when you get awarded "living legend" you get to do a mini set like 20 min or so...
She doesn’t get enough credit for being a natural vocalist remember she was a rapper ..her vibe is insane ...
She's always been a vocalist who could rap.
passion4posh She rapped under the name MC Apples
And she is a DJ and certified Doula as well. Ms. Bday wears many hats
Why separate the two , she’s simply an artist . Same with Lauryn hill .
Her vibe is definitely insane,love everyminute of it!!!
Love the synergy between her, the band, and the backup singers.
Her band is actually a microcosm for African American culture. Thats the genius of this.
That's a fact... professionals at work
@@chat.lives.matter you are so right, watched It again just to see your point. Thank you.
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Why do so many people call her weird, unearthly, magical. She s soooo real, honest, earthy and intouch with her own experience of the world she s in. That's why she s so amazing!
Cause she's not prancing around half naked in clownism & bafoonery. Erykah is a 'wake up' artist. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE her staying true to her craft. Class & wisdom & ethics & thought provoking lyrics. ✊🏽❤️☮️🧘🏽♀️🙏🏽❤️🎶💃🏾
Not trying to be funny at all, but if she doesn't live her life, caring what others call her then why should you? She's living in her moment and not letting the opinions of other's take focus from her journey. A lot of people can learn from being the same way. They would enjoy life more!
@@AntoinetteGenesis we don’t have to admonish one artist to praise another. It’s bad practice. Okay
I met her and believe me she's all of those things she's magical she's weird and unearthly and that is a great thing and she knows it I'm the same way she spoke to me through her eyes it was weird as f*** never experienced nothing like that in my life fyi she's a witch as well a good one though
@@Wholesomereads Who's admonishing another artist? Not me.🤔
This is not an award show. This is a funk sermon.
I love that analogy.... this performance is spiritual
Amen
You most don't know her style very well then and to the rest of the 1k people that agreed with your comment!
I'm here 💯💯💯
Yessir
Who in 2020 still bumpin Erykah Badu give me a like........
Always! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
I'm so with you on this Saturday afternoon!
@@shashamarie4760 Erykah Badu is my riding Positive Vibe Music
You know it. I keep this on my favorites.
Mamas Gun is still top 5 R&B album of all time.
She is has mastered her thoughts and turned them into musical poetry.
I can tell she treats her background singers like family she kept giving them things to hold lol 🤣 😩❤️
I think one is her sister
Durand Bernarr in the middle!
@@sunnydaysatl I'm not her sister, but she does treat us like family. You are referring to Nayrok Udab, who used to tour with us. I'm the only chick in the band, besides the Queen herself; though I do miss Nayrok 💜💜
This Black Woman KNOWS whose shoulders she's standing on: Billy Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitgerald, Etta James, Eartha Kitt, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Roberta Flack, Dinah Washington, Chaka Khan, Minnie Riperton, and the late, immensely great Nina SImone, just to name a few.
Don't forget Glenn Goins of Parliament .... He still has the best live performance of " Swing Down Sweet Chariot " ....
Y'ALL BETTS PREACH ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Standing on their shoulders, yet also a peer in her own right.
....and Marlena Shaw too!
Say it again! Greatness!
This girl is in a league of her own.... there will never be another Badu.
I was in high school when she first came out in the mid 90's and knowone really knew what to make if her. I knew she was going to be a monster because my parents (who were born in the 40's) thought her music was a throwback and incredibly refreshingly. On and on was just too funky back in the day. I don't think we really understood we were witness to true greatness back then as we do now.
She’s absolutely amazing but check out ari lennox. She has a similar voice and it’s amazing! I recommend you listen to her song shea butter baby
She is not a girl.
Still have Dubai
Facts!!
Still playing in 2024
I'm here in 2022 and everytime I hear Erykah and her baduism, I get chills..
Here in 2022 also!
Me too ! Watching from Zimbabwe!
Amen
That’s me right now 🙌🏼
I love her and at 70 and in 2022 I love to hear her silky voice she make think of Miss Billie Holiday
Am I the only one that keeps coming back to watch this? Damn Badu is a beast. I don't even think the crowd realizes how sick this performance really is. Today's wanna be artist need to take notes.
Almost everyday. I work out to the "I want you" song lol
I honestly have no idea how many times I watched this. Has to be 30+
Meat Mane your a dumbass because all the song she did were her classic. She didn’t do anything new in this performance. Know what you’re talking about before you spread ignorance
William Wells you’re not alone sir!! The crowd was LOST on the pure genius before them. They was too chill for me - LOL
Yesss so true
Shout out to my cousin, Melvin, holding it down on that trumpet!!!!!
Own level this woman. I stan👏👏👏👏👏
Kodi Morgan : He’s a bad mfka! channeling Miles...👏🏾👍🏾😎🎺
yeh melvin so dope
Kodi Morgan love
Kodi Morgan shout out!
thats called a Jam session...the ancestors approve.
"Sza can you hear me when I tell you I UNDERSTAND 🎶🎶" - Badu👑
Green Eyes 0:00-3:00 I Want You 3:01-6:30 Tyrone 6:39-9:06 Otherside of the Game 9:07-14:45 On&On 14:50-15:15 &On 15:17- 18:29 You're welcome! 💛
TamIam thank you
Good look. That’s a new rendition of &on, she need to drop that pronto!
NimbusAri Beasley lol so its on&on......&on,&on?
@NimbusAri Beasley &on was dropped on her Mama's gun album it's the 4th song in 2000 😊🙌🏽
NimbusAri Beasley not new...Mama's Gun album
These are the moments that make you realize just how great it is to simply be black.
You better know it! This "magic" can't be erased, imitated, duplicated or recreated. It simply is what it is. 😎
CAN YOU SAY BLACK GIRL MAGIC... SHE'S MY FELLOW PISCES💝... MARCH 5TH HERE‼💞💞
YES! Drinking it in with this performance.
Makes my heart full
There are lots of beautiful black people in this world. Thankful for their kind souls ❤️
Durand B is on another level of genuis with Erykah. His voice is so distinct.
i was waiting for someone to point this out!! love me some Durrand 😩
Does anyone else watch this on repeat , this vibe opens my soul, love it.
Yeah. I'm prolly gone get a million views in myself.
On the DAILY at least once but sometimes 5 times. Prob my all time fav /watched you tube video. She is so special.
Indeed 💯
Her on brandy's remix of I Wanna Be Down...bruhhhh
At least once a week!!
Black culture is so creative & talented I thank GOD for how gifted we are 🙌🏽❤️
Don't forget your natural God given gift too Enheritance. Give yourself credit.
Yeah....we have so much feeling, struggle and soul in our music. The most hated people on the planet earth but we continue to press forward!!!
...
@@zagibohls7631 Stop trolling and get yourself a life
Low Life you can go be a lowlife somewhere else sweetie
That RANGE she is a LIVE Singer
Right
1. One of the best live performers in the game. 2. The house band is MURDERING!
there's poetry, groove, lots of fun and tons of soul from erykah. it's 2023 and this piece is timeless music.
The people who disliked this video needs to call Tyrone ✌🏽☎️
FACTS
😂
That Part Okay!!✌✌
Ok...💯🤞🤗😂😂🤣🗣️
and tell him come on.....
Only real Erykah Badu fans understand this groove. ❤️
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU HUNEY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Omg 🙄
FACTS!!!
Yassss
Asha Abdullah free spirit, truth, real God, love, inspiration, #love
0:00 Green Eyes 3:00 I Want You 6:38 Tyrone 9:07 Other Side of the Game 14:48 On & On / ...And On
God bless you ✨ 🍯
Thank you for the people in the back😂❤
Ty ty
🗣️ FULLY CLOTHED YOUNG ARTISTS.... FULLY CLOTHED 💅🏾
We pretending like she don't have Chaka Khan like vocals,.... wrapped up in Billie Holiday isms with HIP HOP flare. This woman is G.O.A.T.
Speak
True indeed!
You should check out her performance tribute to chaka khan at the 2013 BET honors 🎖😀
PREACH ✨🙏💞🙏✨
I really appreciate this description lol
I LOVE seeing black people having a good ole' funky time in the audience
WOW!
It be joyful and full of energy.
Me too
People
Too much sauce!
Queen Erykah Badu in her 8th Element!
@@jesusisking120 then don’t listen to her 🤣
@@jesusisking120 okay..... but what did you gain here🌝???
@@jesusisking120 and that's why the freak spirit says u said that then but u know and feel different now so apologize and if not I got something to tell you
@@laurynsvibezzz4178 well did you or you couldn't comprehend her either
I want all the smoke to the igsssss
So even within an old white lady like me (59), Queen Erykah has always spoken into my soul. She awakens the spirit of authenticity cultural norms do there best to suppress.
I'm 36, have loved Erykah for years!
Your comment was so spot on. I just feel differently when I hear her music-as if I’m being transported to another dimension.
Music is universal and music was bomb back then 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰. You free up in the most fun time of music! I'm 12 years younger and OMG my mom looked like she was having a ball.... So you are going at ❤️ and badu is a Force!!!
U not old honey.just seasoned.🙏🙏🙏👍👍
@Sharon I'm 49 and I've been dreaming of seeing Badu perform live since the '90s when I first fell in love with her live album. This Friday I finally get to do it, and I'm more than happy to do a 3 hour drive just to get there. She's one of the few artists who still makes me feel the same enthusiasm for music as I did as a teenager. So damned excited!!!
Shout to the new BET staff ... y’all almost lost us 😂
The TWA LIFE I been looking for this upload since it aired! About time!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
How perfect is this comment?!🤣🤣🤣
The TWA LIFE darn u beautiful how you doing
Also, I absolutely love being black. 😭
Right?!? Moments like this make me feel that EXTRA hard.
LOVE LOVE LOVE being BLACK
Team Melenated
AND U KNOW THATS RITE SISTER, PEACE & BLESSINGS
Wow that is really cool!
The transition from tyrone to the other side of the game gave me goosebump. Really. Y'all feel it too?
Spring of 2023, as I rewatch this Masterpiece and to see Durand Bernarr singing back up here and to see how his career has taken off is such a JOY. A gifted man who worked with an ethereal 👑.
WHEN SHE DID THAT TWIRL I FELT THAT. go head with your free soul erykah!
I loved the twirl too♡♡♡ It also reminded me of Mahogany! I love creative free souls and independent thinkers♡♡♡
She's not from this planet. She's from another world.
lets be honest in this generation who can perform like this and make us feel proud to have that skin? give me 5 names
The amount of times I've watched this is unhealthy
That ladies and gentlemen... is MOTHER! 😭😭😭🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Say it louder!!!!
@ Ven your mother and definitely not mine.
@Ven ..Facts.💥💥
YEEESSS YES YES!!!! DAMMIT
YES!!! Motha!!!!!! 🙌🏾❤️🙌🏾❤️
Erykah is the bridge between soul and hiphop! She is a big part of our music develpment. And man what a show, pffff!
*REAL Hip-Hop has ALWAYS been full of soul.* Just that sadly, this new crap that they LABEL as HipHop is soul-destroying.
@@TubeBoober I bet Cardi B nd others can't copy sis shit it's too uuhhhhh...MELANATED👊🏿🎧🎤🎵🎼🎶🥁🎶🎹
A lil jazz
After this performance, she is the bridge between soul and another galaxy! I do believe we just located Marvin Gayes "Funky Space Reincarnation".
Aside from being my favorite artist, she really changed culture for black woman. From fashion to slang, I stand in awe of her. This was incredible.
I’m not the only person who listens to this everyday right
Every time Badu performs, it feels like a warm hug, a cup of tasty tea and a deep therapy session. LOVE YOU BADU
She is so refreshing because her music is 100% original and is powerful.
Yes..and I hope to hear more airplay from her besides her older songs.
Agree, real artist
18:08 im sure that aint her music
@@Isiah_N Sorry dude. Everything is hers. You have to understand arrangements in music.
@@ladyluck7481 must of herd it resampled. Could you give me the link to original track? I'm a producer I know about arrangement lol thanks
Her background singers are FIRE!!
I keep coming back here. This touches the soul. Much love to the incomparable Erykah Badu.
Yesss ....Her singing is in a class by itself 🗣️🎤🎶🎵
Back again 2024❤
Those back up singers slayed as hard as Erykah did, DAMN!
yesssssss not playing with noboy....
They was on it 100%
Yes they did that
yes they diddddd, thats how you do it!!
By the way, do you know, a back vocalist standing in the centre is Jon Mero??
Nobody else like her on this planet, forever grateful to witness her talent in my generation. More young people need to listen!
Yoey Rosado couldn’t have said it better! What a talented lady. They don’t make music like this anymore, so it is refreshing to hear real musicology!
Yoey Rosado your comment is the TRUTH! I’m forever thankful.
even though Durand was her backup singer i was cheering him on like I was Cheering On Erykah😩 they need to produce an album together🤧
Erykah is soooo GANGSTA..DAMN! I loooooooove Ms. Badu 4evaaa
Erykah was vibing so hard!! So in love with this whole performance!!! Awesomeness at its finest!!
Yaaaaaaaaaassssssssss
PSA: To all of these mumble rappers “what good does your words do, when they can’t understand you” -The Queen Erykah Badu
Rachelle D WHA WHA WHA WH WHAAAAAT! 😂😂😋
Anthony Tyler you sound cringey asf
@@anthonytyler4998 I hear it in my head now! haha
SHE IS THE BEST.. SAW HER WHEN SHE CAME TO CINCINNATI🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.. PEACE & BLESSINGS GODDESS BADU
Rachelle D 😩Facts‼️ 😂😭😭
An absolute archetype of feminine and earthly energy. Still rocking through the ages, queen baby
Durand voice is so distinctive
The back up singers are on a point..those vocals.
Charmaine Harris yes they did that
THE Durand Bernarr of course! I know that damn voice anywhere!
Periodt
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
NoxiousSubstance that voice and that earring 😂
Badu is a national treasure and must be protected by all cost 💪👑🙇🏽
She's more than that, she's the 8th wonder of the world! ^_^
more like galactic
She is a unique treasure of your nation, luckily there are many nations... What a wonderful world!
Respect
Agreed
She can sing in real life seen her live and in full effect she’s a different type of vibe and she gone make you feel it!!!
In a way her voice and style reminds me of Ms. Billy Holiday. Badu is amazing!
You gotta have the 'stank' face when you listen to this.....
11:07 like a boss! Lol
I did the whole time! 😄
Swear I just told my Boyfriend this while watching this.
I didnt even realize I was making it until my 12yr old daughter asked me Daddy why you makin that face? lolol
Aint nothing like some Erykah Badu stank! Dat shit stank like a mufuka!!
I'm convinced erykah is our version of the blue lady from 5th element
YAAAAASSSSS!
EXACTLY!
Yeeess!
Diva Plavalaguna
You already know 💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏
mother earth personified
i love the mystery of not seeing her eyes.
1. Green Eyes 2. I WANT YOU 3. TYRONE 4. The Other Side Of The Game 5. .. & On
Omg thank you
Indeed, thank you.
thank you!
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. Didnt know the second song but it sounds soo good. (Snaps fingers)
WeLcome..
Erykah Badu is Afro-futurism at its finest!
Eric Pegues Afro-Futurism. I love that.
Afro Futurism... I love that Word Ma Brotha.
Her lyrics are flawless most underrated female MC ever
Indeed
Erykah is such a natural performer. I feel so relaxed when she performs, its out of this world...literally in erykahs case 😂
Only real fans will undertstand how this touches your soul!🥺😭
Erykah’s art is crazy and unique...Legendary
She is one of the greats...recognized that way back in '97.
Can I ever get tired of this performance? I cannot.
No best performance ever
I Keep Coming Back To This Fyah!!!💥
Riiight! It be on repeat
It’s one of my favorite performances from her. I love everything about her . Especially that we share the same home town. Dallas STANDUP!!!!
rihhhhhh?
I cannot believe i don't need to pay to watch this. this is criminally good
This woman is UNIQUE ONE AND ONLY....
The saddest part is everything she did is still going to go over 95% of peoples heads
Facts
You should do her justice and explain it for those who may have missed it.
No we all get it that’s why we love her. We are a very smart people.
@@IrresistibleWitch Then why are some people in the culture acting the same way 🙄
Yeah, completely agree man
this performance deserves an award
This women from another planet 🌎
This is an old musical soul. Period. Just a classic singer. I love how Badu plays and experiments with her sound. a confident queen.
It’s not necessarily a matter of having an old soul. She just sings soul music and jazz. Those genres are thriving today. Mainstream R&B is almost a different genre e firefly
So unashamedly comfortable and empowered by her blackness... this woman is the embodiment of soul. Welcome to masterclass.
Oooooooooooooh! "Say That"!! 👑💪🔥☺😃❤
@Coleman. You wrote the truth so eloquently .
@@carmenredman407 As someone who is not black I can still appreciate this is the absolute height of the artform.
Black or any other, she is so talented and gifted. Frankly, she is a gift to us.
Yaassssss a Masterclass!!!
I feel like she just took us on a journey of the past, present and the future!
I'm 63 and just heard about Ms Badu about a year ago. Crazy right? But the deal is I could play this over and over all day which I do sometimes. I dooo get it.
I remember 8years ago talking with my ex manager about how great we both thought Erykah was...1.5 yrs later my Manager died. Something I will always cherish is our bonding moments over Ms.Badu ☺😇 R.I.P Lorraine
I tell you this woman changes the whole atmosphere of a room. I've seen her live twice now... but she gives folks just an unexplainable feeling. Just unreal
It's TRUE. I saw her twice at Jazz in the Gardens & once in her own show. She is mesmerizing
You get your $ worthl
Badu can sing how many old songs she wants. These are the songs that made her legend! I love it miss these type of performances!
Erykah Badu needs more recognition on her timeless and electric talent and supernatural voice and spiritual appearance and ora... Icon of soul music
Still watching this on the regular....
They don’t make em like this no more!!
EXCATLY
But they never made anybody else like Erykah Badu. she is her own person. Along with the young amazing vocalist in gen z they are their own person.
iman bell I meant artist like her......the d angelos, angie stones and and Jill Scots.....neon soul
Silky smooth2000 and they never will sadly to say
Have you heard her sing with her children? She got the kids on point
Yo those backup singers served her so WELL!!!
typhlosionisbest we appreciate it
@@DurandbernarrTM baaaaaaaaaaby okaaaaaay
Duranddddd!!!!!!
@@DurandbernarrTM just subscribed ayyyyyye that &On.... chiilllllld Yalllllllll did then vocals. I felt that in my heart. 💎💎💎
@@DurandbernarrTM y’all created straight unapologetic magic up there together.
After more than 2 decades of loving her magic, Erykah still slays, still impresses, and still surprises. Much love and thank you.
The fact that I listen to this almost everyday since it came out. It’s literally musical perfection. I recently got a chance to see her live and I’m just even more obsessed now😌
Who else keeps coming back to this 😭🔥 ?
cant stop, wont stop.
Broke the replay button 😭🔥💜
Errrrrrrry g o t d a m n DAY 😲😲😲😲
September 2019
Yes 😊💕 Love Erykah Badu
She has always been a trendsetter. ..loving the look...With the hat...no nudity necessary..QUEEN...
David Ramos : She is just being an Original of this land...and left the false myth behind a long while ago.
She too grown to be walking around naked tho. She got a grown son too. But she know what we here for too tho 🤗
Nothing wrong with nudity. Grow up. Did you not see her Window seat video?
@@kissit012 there was a message in the video not for her just being nude.
That’s our GenX for you❤️❤️❤️
Erykah Badu is amazing. She was a pioneer of Neo Soul and continues to be great.
ol'boy in the middle of the backing singers is MAD talented! He did a window seat cover and she saw it, she took him on tour with her a few years ago and pulled him out to sing with her in London.....it was EVERYTHING and then some. Erykah live is otherworldly, I'm telling you!
wow!!! I was loving him! all the singers were wonderful! This performance has been a gift to me healing my heart mind and soul.. I'm gonna look for him on youtube
Durann Bernard!! So much talent going on!!
You know your gorgeous when you dont even need eyebrows to look good!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
nelliebpink13 girrrlllll 😳😩😂
Whoopi been on this wave for years
Yup! Got that perfect symmetry where the brows aren't even necessary
Just noticed
😂 the fact that I can hear Durand’s voice over all the background singers
“What good do words do if they caint understand you” damn she been knew… I’m ready for her fr