#But You Caint Use My Phone

[poseurson]

hello @//petshopjc 👋🏽 Ofc it was another great night of spinning from @//andylvlac

& music from us and the artists we got to share the stage with ❤️‍🔥

@//__chrysalismusic__

@//pootie_____

heres a lil cover from that night 📞🌙

[reckonslepoisson]

Baduizm (1997), Mama’s Gun (2000), Worldwide Underground (2003), New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War (2008), New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (2010), But You Caint Use My Phone (2015), Erykah Badu

One can all too easily be swayed by Baduizm’s titular pitch of a way of being, a belief system, a cult, even; Erykah Badu’s subdued R&B began as something of a micro take on the genre, a style both so evidently rooted in its soulful elders but so fresh that it has since seen countless imitators. Badu’s vision has been complete since that debut, occasionally deviating into cheeky self-reference, stripped-back basics, slick futurism, loose jam, quick-shifting plunderphonics. One imagines reverence of Badu – Baduizm, of the proper kind – will last longer and run deeper than devotion of so many of this era’s greatest artists. 

Pick(s): ‘Next Lifetime’, ‘Green Eyes’, ‘I Want You’, ‘Soldier’, ‘Window Seat’, ‘Hello’

[thatwritererinoriordan]

[yummy-tummy-time]

Okay I expected super tacky music, but I literally love Protect Ya Noggin' and Phone Away?? And the producers did a great job emulating all the different styles they wanted to represent!

So my latest obsession is apparently the official twitter for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is about half recall announcements for various shitty amazon products and half…..memes? pseudo-memes?? works of surrealist art??? what do i even call these

Whoever made these is either a random middle-aged government worker who’s spent enough time with Young Internet People to be at least 60% sure what a meme is or a Gen Z artistic genius and i can’t decide which

[aunt-grandma]

What I Listened to in July 2024

1. MEGAN—Megan Thee Stallion

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Moody Girl

• Least favorite song: Worthy

2. BRAT—Charlie xcx

• Rate: 10/10

• Favorite song: Apple

• Least favorite song: I might say something stupid

3. Ctrl—SZA

• Rate:10/10

• Favorite song: Broken Clocks

• Least favorite song: Garden (Say It Like Dat)

4. Stick Season—Noah Kahan

• Rate: 10/10

• Favorite Song: Growing Sideways

• Least favorite song: Strawberry Wine

5. Hells Welles—Jesse Welles

• Rate: 6.5/10

• Favorite song: Misery

• Least favorite song: Slaves

6. Self Portrait EP—Sasha Alex Sloan

• Rate: 8/10

• Favorite song: Dancing With Your Ghost

• Least favorite song: Thoughts

7. I Can’t Let Go—Suki Waterhouse

• Rate: 7/10

• Favorite song: Melrose Meltdown

• Least favorite song: Wild Side

8. Melodrama—Lorde

• Rate: 9.5/10

• Favorite song: Sober II (Melodrama)

• Least favorite song: Liability (Reprise)

9. Ungodly Hour—Chloe x Halle

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite Song: Don’t Make It Harder On Me

• Least favorite song: Tipsy

10. But You Caint Use My Phone (Mixtape)—Erykah Badu

• Rate: 7.5/10

• Favorite Song: Hello

• Least favorite song: Cel U Lar Device

11. How Do You Sleep At Night?—Teezo Touchdown

• Rate: 10/10

• Favorite song: Stranger

• Least favorite song: Daddy Mama Drama

12. BOY ANONYMOUS—Paris Texas

• Rate: 8/10

• Favorite song: FORCE OF HABIT

• Least favorite song: SITUATIONS

13. elated!—Bea Miller

• Rate: 5/10

• Favorite song: FEEL SOMETHING DIFFERENT

• Least favorite song: self crucify

14. Sour Soul—BADBADNOTGOOD, Ghostface Killah

• Rate: 10/10

• Favorite song: Sour Soul

• Least favorite song: Mind Playing Tricks

15. Hell Or Highwater—nothing,nowhere.

• Rate: 6/10

• Favorite song: New England

• Least favorite song: Honey

16. YOUR FAV KID IN THE CLIQUE—Justraw

• Rate: 5/10

• Favorite song:TRAPHOUSE POSSE

• Least favorite song: SHAWTYREDEYE

17. PARAVI EP—Paravi

• Rate: 5/10

• Favorite song: Stargirl

• Least favorite song: Skeleton

18. Back in Time—Judith Hill

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Cry, Cry, Cry

• Least favorite song: Angel in the Dark

19. Old Habits—The Deadbeat Cousins

• Rate: 7/10

• Favorite song: Heaven Help Me

• Least favorite song: The Wolf

20. Children Play With Fire—NombreKari

• Rate: 5.5/10

• Favorite song: TELL ME

• Least favorite song: DIMLIGHT

21. Highway Hits EP—Afan

• Rate: 5/10

• Favorite song: Wow

• Least favorite song: Sunset

22. semua, semua.—Teddy Adhitya

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Takkan Berpaling

• Least favorite song: Caraku, Caramu

23. Let Love Be Love EP—Carter Faith

• Rate: 7.5/10

• Favorite song: Joyride

• Least favorite song: Cowboys & Dreamers

24. lost a friend EP—Saint Harison

• Rate: 8/10

• Favorite song: homies

• Least favorite song: james (bleeding alone)

25. OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES—SOPHIE

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Immaterial

• Least favorite song: Whole New World/Pretend World

26. boy—Luke Hemmings

• Rate: 6/10

• Favorite song: Shakes

• Least favorite song: Garden Life

27. Alone In A Crowd—Oliver Tree

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite Song: One & Only

• Least favorite song: Ugly Side

28. Prelude to Ecstasy—The Last Dinner Party

• Rate: 10/10

• Favorite song: On Your Side

• Least favorite song: The Feminine Urge

29. Rainbow—Kesha

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Rainbow

• Least favorite song: Godzilla

30. u made me a st4r—4batz

• Rate: 8/10

• Favorite song: act iii: on god? (she like)

• least favorite song: act i: stickerz “99”

31. NO HANDS—Joey Valence & Brae

• Rate: 7/10

• Favorite song: OMNITRIX

• Least favorite song: OK

32. American Hero—Towa Bird

• Rate: 6.5/10

• Favorite song: B.I.L.L.S.

• Least favorite song: Last Dance

33. empathogen—WILLOW

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: pain for fun

• Least favorite song: between i and she

34. COWBOY CARTER—Beyoncé

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: II MOST WANTED

• Least favorite song: FLAMENCO

35. Ms. Elle EP—Luna Elle

• Rate:5/10

• Favorite song: Baby Please

• Least favorite song: Taking Control

36. Atavista—Childish Gambino

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Sweet Thang

• Least favorite song: Time

37. Let’s Hope Heteros Fail, Learn and Retire—Alice Longyu Gao

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Come 2 Brazil

• Least favorite song: Hëłlœ Kįttÿ

38. Zephyr—NIKI

• Rate: 5/10

• Favorite song: Around

• Least favorite song: Dancing with the Devil

39. Stay Proud of Me—NoSo

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Sorry I Laughed

• Least favorite song: Suburbia

40. In Another Lifetime—Paige Fish

• Rate: 5.5/10

• Favorite song: 24/7

• Least favorite song: The Bad Guy

41. Where To Find Me EP—Katie Tupper

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Comfort

• Least favorite song: Little Love

42. Made In Hell—Scarlxrd

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Black Rxses

• Least favorite song: indecisixn

43. The Bible 2–AJJ

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: No More Shame, No More Fear, No More Dread

• Least favorite song: White Worms

44. Unreal Unearth—Hozier

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Francesca

• Least favorite song: Son of Nyx

45. 3 (The Purple Album)—Lukas Graham

• Rate: 7.5/10

• Favorite Song: Hold My Hand

• Least favorite song: Lullaby

46. I Was/ I Am—Noah Kahan

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Bury Me

• least favorite song: Animal

47. Fine Ho, Stay—Flo Milli

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Neva

• Least favorite song: Life Hack

48. Gag Order—Kesha

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite song: Happy

• Least favorite song: Ram Dass Interlude

49. MUSE—Jimin

• Rate: 5/10

• Favorite song: Slow Dance

• Least favorite song: Who

50. GOLDEN—Jung Kook

• Rate: 6.5/10

• Favorite song: Standing Next To You

• Least favorite song: Please Don’t Change

51. ATE—Stray Kids

• Rate: 6.5/10

• Favorite song: Chk Chk Boom (Festival Ver.)

• Least favorite song: Stray Kids

52. DIVE—TWICE

• Rate: 9.5/10

• Favorite song: DIVE

• Least favorite song: Inside of me

53. Pony—Rex Orange County

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Face to Face

• Least favorite song: Pluto Projector

54. Trip—Jhené Aiko

• Rate: 8/10

• Favorite song: Ascension

• least favorite song: Moments

55. Bando Stone and The New World—Childish Gambino

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite Song: A Place Where Love Goes

• Least favorite song: Talk My Shit

56. The Great American Bar Scene—Zach Bryan

• Rate: 10/10

• Favorite song: Oak Island

• Least favorite song: Memphis; The Blues

57. Big Ideas—Remi Wolf

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite Song: Toro

• Least favorite song: Cherries & Cream

58. Positions—Ariana Grande

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: pov

• Least favorite song: six thirty

59. Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent—Lewis Capaldi

• Rate: 8/10

• Favorite song: Heavenly Kind Of State of Mind

• Least favorite song: Any Kind Of Life

60. Y2K!—Ice Spice

• Rate: 4/10

• Favorite song: Did It First

• Least favorite song: Phatt Butt

61. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We—Mitski

• Rate: 9/10

• Favorite Song: I Don’t Like My Mind

• Least favorite song: The Frost

62. SHE EP—Anayka She

• Rate: 6/10

• Favorite song: Berry

• Least favorite song: Mental Peace Is A Luxury

63. Beatopia—beabadoobee

• Rate: 8.5/10

• Favorite song: Ripples

• Least favorite song: tinkerbell is overrated

64. Electra Heart—MARINA

• Rate: 10/10

• Favorite song: Homewrecker

• Least favorite song: Hypocrates

65. RINA—Rina Sawayama

• Rate: 7/10

• Favorite song: Cyber Stockholm Syndrome

• Least favorite song: Tunnel Vision

66. HOLY FVCK—Demi Lovato

• Rate: 9.5/10

• Favorite song: HAPPY ENDING

• Least favorite song: COME TOGETHER

[gods-ipod]

“Ok, challenge

Leave your phone unlocked and right side up, walk out the room without throwin’ your bitch off balance”

[toomanyfandomsorkinafs]

OH MY GOD- YEAHHH

(Without spoiling to much) I’ve got so much planned I could literally explode but like mostly sad

Once forgotten, remember the next. Twice forgotten and remember never again. Once remembered, remembered only when needed. Twice remembered and remembered for a lifetime. Once helped, the next forgotten in the dirt. Twice helped and the rest of your life, that hand is your lifeline. Once forced to live a way you never loved, allowed to heal forever more. Twice forced to live a way you never loved and you’ll live that way in fear of what’s to come.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Afraid are those too stupid to see passed the tip of their noses. Afraid are those too stupid to find the truth in the lies they believe in. Afraid are those too stupid to see behind your mask. Afraid as those too stupid to know that you are not theirs. Afraid are those too stupid to realise when your shell has cracked and you are to attack.

ALSO RAMBLING HERE CAUSE YEAH

I LOVE OLD SONGS??? Like I listen to old ass songs from the 80s or older but Erykah🫶 she’s from the 90s-early 2000s and like ERYKAHHHHH I love her voice and the way she sings and her music!! And like on my ao3 I’ve got a series where I write fics using her songs for life series/hermitcraft/empires characters and while I’ve only got a hand full there all her songs match someone and like AAHHGGG AND I COULD RANT ABOUT HOW MUCH HER SONGS MATCH SCOTT AND GRIAN but not today-

But like my favourite album has to be Caint use my phone. Cause following all the albums by order of when they were released, it’s a story. Baduizm - In a relationship you’ve lost love for

Mama’s gun - Getting out of the relationship and finding another while trying to learn how to deal with trauma

Worldwide underground - You left this lover and have found peace with your friends

New Amerykah, pt.1(The 4th world war) - Your slowly realising that everything you thought you knew might not be true

New Amerykah, pt.2: Return of the Ankh - learnings to live again

Cain’t use my phone - Your learning how to stand for yourself as you finally truly heal

AND THIS COULD BE ME READING INTO IT TOO KUCH AGAIN BUT- JUST LISTEN TO EACH ALBUM AND ITS JUST A STORY I CANT EXPLAIN WHY I LOVE SO MUCH-

Like the amount of pushing away the love/finding fault in love songs there are in Baduizm, The I love you but will you ever love me back songs in Mama’s gun, Worldwide Underground explains itself really, The “society isn’t what I thought, it’s trying to silence me but I won’t be silent” kinda of songs in New Amerykah pt.1, all the long songs in new Amerykah pt.2 and then Cain’t use my phone the name speaks for it self. You can go and be what I won’t help but you can’t except me to help. It’s just. So Aahgaahahsgas

Thanks for letting me ramble lol

Anyone willing to have my rough draft poems? Or willing to hear me ramble about Erykah Badu?

[filipinhoe-pancit]

Erykah Badu via Instagram ⏳

[crayboy3000]

[holdenreviews]

Hello - Erykah Badu feat. Andre 3000

[fromblack2blue]

Had this on repeat for the past hour 🔥

[homagecollage]

HomageCollage: Erykah Badu, “But You Caint Use My Phone” 🔊💜Today, November 27, 2015, Erykah Badu released her “But You Caint Use My Phone” mixtape. This trap&B album was recorded at Badu’s studio, and it went on to peak at no.

[thedailyplaylis]

"I'm in the kitchen I'm cooking And mixing And fixing The sauces And I'll call you back..."