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02-28-2012, 09:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | Erykah Badu Concert Banned in Malaysia
Malaysia bans Erykah Badu show over Allah body art - MSN Music News
It pays to have a bit of knowledge about the culture when you go to work in a different country. A woman showing her body and having Allah writing on that exposed body was guarranteed not to go over well in a Muslim country.
I do feel for the Malaysian music fans because they are going to miss out on some great grooves, especially when it comes to the bass! 
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02-28-2012, 10:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Québec | | | Erykah Badu is a freakin genius artist. Her 2 last records New Amerykah part 1 & 2 are modern day classics.
IMO Erykah & D'Angelo are some of the last real torch bearers for true soul music. |
02-28-2012, 10:11 PM
|  | I promised myself I would stop buying pedals | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Perth, Australia | | | Neither of those albums lasted long on my player. I just saw her live on the weekend and although the band was great, the songs didn't groove enough for me. She was better than I was expecting, but well short of Fat Freddy's Drop, who were the main drawcard for me. I had high hopes for them and I was still dumbstruck. |
02-29-2012, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by alec Neither of those albums lasted long on my player. I just saw her live on the weekend and although the band was great, the songs didn't groove enough for me. She was better than I was expecting, but well short of Fat Freddy's Drop, who were the main drawcard for me. I had high hopes for them and I was still dumbstruck. | I've seen Fat Freddy's Drop three times. They're really good. |
02-29-2012, 05:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | She's absolutely awesome, but that was a bad move on her part. One of those classic, "ya shoulda known better..." moments.
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02-29-2012, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese A woman showing her body |  |
02-29-2012, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Relic She's absolutely awesome, but that was a bad move on her part. One of those classic, "ya shoulda known better..." moments. | Its one of the moments where she was celebrated for what she did at home, without negative feedback from the Nation of Islam or the 5 Percenters of the God's and Earth's folks who she is linked to. And she was still invited to perform in an Islamic nation. She might have thought that the sponsors knew before she was invited. Perhaps they just remember On and On from those many years ago.
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02-29-2012, 10:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro-Boston North Showahhh | | | Malaysia has some of the lowest scores in terms of human rights and general freedom.. on par with Egypt, China, Sudan, Yemen, Eritrea, etc... Keep in mind, it's actually illegal to own an "UNLICENSED" printing press and self-censorship is "encouraged".. Add Malaysia to places I won't be visiting.. |
02-29-2012, 11:19 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dallas | | | i would think this isn't ignorance of customs at all, but rather an artistic statement...doing what artists do, testing the boundaries
she's a smart lady
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