Badu has always been ideally positioned between the reverence of classic soul and the irreverence of hip-hop. And on But You Caint Use My Phone she taps into her own language and influence along with everyone else's.
What’s most charming about But You Caint Use My Phone is how unpretentiously Badu comports herself, ever-mindful that one of her most special qualities as a vocalist remains her ability to entwine the resilient with the goofy.
But You Caint Use My Phone is a fantastic collection of songs, and while Badu has dubbed the release a mixtape, it's as strong, cohesive and consistent as any proper soul LP put out in recent memory.
Despite the continuing theme the mixtape is no way disappoints, exuding a level of excitement and appreciation of a body of work that Erykah display’s both through music and her own style.
On But You Caint Use My Phone, Badu achieves an intimacy and warmth that makes you feel that it’s best to bare your emotions on your sleeve.
It’s a funny and effortless mixtape. But there are little glints of excellence—parts of songs, particular grooves—that make it a substantial entry into the Erykah Badu canon.
Erkyah Badu's love letter to.. Hotline Bling by Drake! This is the sorta project that you 100% should get a disclaimer for - this is straight up, 100%, Badu's interpretation on the previously-mentioned hit Drake single. The first song Caint Use My Phone is this trippy, weird journey that is so jarring and outright odd, you would THINK it was preparing you for something similarly wacky and wild. But, no, it's straightforward RnB vibes for teh majority of the run. Which, done by Badu, is still ... read more
Erykah Badu really made a whole mixtape based around Hotline Bling by Drake. No I’m not joking.
I don’t know how she managed to squeeze so many tracks out of a single Drake song, but she did.
She even has a rapper doing an extremely good Drake impression on several tracks.
Bizarre.
its not what i expected, and was this whole thing inspired by hotline bling or drake?? i liked the andre 3k feature
flows very well and some really good songs
but together it didnt sound amazing
muito criativo e divertido??????? eu amei????????
preferidas: cain't use my phone / call u back / cell u lar device
1 | Caint Use My Phone (Suite) 3:34 | 91 |
2 | Hi 0:35 | 100 |
3 | Cel U Lar Device 6:28 | 89 |
4 | Phone Down 3:28 | 80 |
5 | U Use to Call Me 1:13 feat. ItsRoutine | 92 |
6 | Mr. Telephone Man 3:11 | 86 |
7 | U Don't Have to Call 2:00 | 84 |
8 | What's Yo Phone Number / Telephone (Ghost of Screw Mix) 5:10 | 90 |
9 | Dial'Afreaq 3:10 | 87 |
10 | I'll Call U Back 1:57 | 100 |
11 | Hello 5:19 feat. André 3000 | 96 |
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