Subject: Erykah Badu

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  January 28, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Mic Skills, Foxy Brown, KRS-One, Eve, Do or Die, The Kanye, Erykah Badu, 5th Ward Boyz and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Anthony RathbunSingle of the Week: "Criminal," Mic Skills Wire To Wire Foxy Brown, recently an indirect victim of the 50 Cent/Rick Ross shenanigans, told 50 Cent he had better retract previous statements about her lest he be handled "Brooklyn-style." Someone must've wrote her about the comments, seeing as ho

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• Tonight: Erykah Badu at the Arena Theatre

  Marc Baptiste/ courtesy www.baduworld.comLast week, Rocks Off had the distinct pleasure of chatting with R&B Earth mother Erykah Badu as she looked after her brood at her South Dallas home. The first part of our interview appears in this week's print issue and online here. Here's the rest. Rocks Off: How have you managed to stay so independent within the structure of the major-label music business? Erykah Badu: I don't know. I'm not trying to do anything in particular. I just do what

  March 6, 2009

• Aftermath: One Wild Weekend

  Craig Hlavaty The Imani School Student Jazz Ensemble Craig Hlavaty Erykah BaduRocks Off is still in the very early recovery stages from this weekend, which was one of the most satisfying musical whirlwinds he's been sucked into in quite some time. He started off Friday evening at the Arena Theatre (his new favorite local venue) for Erykah Badu's retro-futuristic benefit for Houston's Imani School. The local private academy's jazz ensemble - no member was over age 13 - ev

  March 9, 2009

• Turning the Screw: K-Rino, Nosaprise, Method Man, T.I., Devin the Dude, Trick Daddy, Flo Rida, The Kanye, Jim Jones, Botany Boyz and More

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: K-Rino, "Past, Present, Future" Wire To Wire In case you forgot about him, here's the link to Houston rapper Nosaprise. We caught his performance at the Westheimer Block Party and felt obligated to mention that, after some early sound trouble, he ripped it the last half of his set. Bad week for T-

  March 30, 2009

• Artist of the Week: Caretta Bell

  Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. Photos courtesy of Caretta Bell Caretta Bell opened the Arena Theatre's Keith Sweat/Bell Biv DeVoe MLK weekend concert in January.We are all about making predictions, assumptions or whatever. Did you know that we've gu

  April 1, 2009

• Roy Hargrove Quintet

  March 19, 2009

• R&B Queen Erykah Badu's Egyptian Mystique

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• 2008 in Texas Albums and Local EPs

  January 1, 2009

• Omar

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• Erykah Badu: New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)

  March 13, 2008

• Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker

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  January 31, 2008

• Floating over to Monarch Lounge

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• This Week's Houston International Festival Highlights

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• Toro! Toro! Toro!

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• Erykah Badu

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• Local Album of the Week: Leela James' Let's Do It Again

  Leela James Let's Do It Again www.leelajames.com To understand what an arresting, puzzling record Leela James' Let's Do It Again really is, look no further than the L.A. native and adopted Houstonian's cover of Foreigner's mid-'80s soft-rock/gospel-lite singalong "I Want to Know What Love Is." James takes it about as far over the top as a church-raised singer who recalls Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige and Erykah Badu can be expected to, but both her demanding vocals - she needs to know what lov

  April 17, 2009

• Aftermath: Neon Collars at Rocbar

  Photos by Chris GrayWith a heavy funk groove, guitar equally rooted in jazz and rock and soulful vocals as fierce as anything Sasha could belt out, Neon Collars makes you wonder - happily, for once - what they're teaching in the schools these days. The five-piece sometimes telegraphs its age in Franchelle Lucas' starry-eyed lyrics - planting seeds, trusting "intuition" and "guidance" - but with a voice that could stop traffic, she deserves a little leeway. Thursday night at Rocbar, Neon Collars

  May 1, 2009

• Aftermath: Mos Def at House of Blues

  Larami Culbertson​ 9:30 p.m.: Just walked in to see the place pretty well filled. Snoop is playing through the speaker system. If you walk into a venue and "Gin and Juice" is playing, you can take that as a sign that you're going to have a good time. Well, that or that a riot is going to break out at some point in the evening. Either way, you're a winner. 9:44 p.m.: Jay Electronica, who will forever be known as Erykah Badu's husband, just wandered out on stage. Some lady behind us very politel

  August 20, 2009

• Turning the Screw: Clinton Sparks, Bun B & Slim Thug, More Bun B, Jazzy Jeff, Erykah Badu, Pitbull, Big Mello, etc.

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. (Super, Super Cool) Single of the Week: "Pack The Gat," Clinton Sparks feat. Bun B and Slim Thug Wire To Wire If there's a rap concert anywhere in Houston, do not be surprised to see Bun B called out on stage. We're not completely sure, but we suspect there's some sort of message that Rock City is trying to relay with th

  August 24, 2009

• Artist of the Week: Funk/Soul Rockers and Microsoft Word Mortal Enemies Kuumba Freeque

  Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com.​ Hi there. Welcome back to the most popular Houston-based weekly artist showcase on the planet. We sure hope you're in the mood to funk yo' soul til it rocks, because this go-round we've got funk-soul-rockers Kuumba Freeque

  November 4, 2009