ERYKAH BADU LIVE IN BERLIN 

TIMELESS MAGIC. LOVE ALWAYS. ERYKAH BADU. URE IT.

shot by Thomas Peiser and me (@dreea_dreea) for various media 

I remember getting an email in early February 2010 from a dear friend stating: download this before she puts it back down again.. No clue what it was but since it came from a man I trust when it comes to whatever, I clicked on the link. Once I had it saved, I pressed play. Weird galactic sounds resonate and a familiar voice sings: „My love what did I do to make you fall so far from me?“ - my sister comes jumping out her room yelling: You got the new Erykah? For the rest of the year, NEW AMERYKAH Pt. 2 was all we played at the house.

Those were my thoughts last night at the Tempodrom in Berlin, while I was in the press section with my photographer waiting for Ms. Badu to come on stage and when I heard the amazing voices of her six background singers (including Millie Jackson’s babygirl and Erykah’s god daughter) going: Badu.. Badu.. Badu.. - I felt the same excitement. Out of the darkness the called for will not let the audience wait any longer and the Goddess appears on stage with a powerful outfit that had reminded me of an indigenous Peruvian with the funky energy of James Brown.

Last time I saw Erykah was in 2000. Mama’s Gun had just been released and she looked like some pharao’s daughter but she was greatness and bless but now this woman is simply mindblowing. I guess it is partly because she is more natural in a way. She joked on stage, she did a little crowd surfing, she danced - things she used to not do at her older shows.

Erykah and her band killed it! They easily make a crowd of thousands jump and wild out to verses like „ Annie dont wear no panties“ or „she aint wear no drawers but that bitch never forget the hot sauce“ , enchants with the melodic track Bag Lady, will make you feel like attending an Afrika Bambaataa show in 1986 with the beats she drops from her MPC and sprinkle you with magic for your way home within a two-hour-show - ultimate proof for the power of music and the strength to stay true to yourself.

This woman will make you wanna live your life right.. She made me individualize and filled me with love for a whole life time. Her show was simply amazing and I am glad I got see her again.