 NYTimes.com:
Erykah Badu came onstage about as incognito as a
headliner could, wearing a hoodie (Public Enemy
logo) with shades over artfully ripped and paint-spattered
blue jeans. At one point, she even had a hat on
top of the hoodie. But even before she showed her
face, her songs were tell-alls: about her age,
her babies, her gap between albums, her body, her
first romance, with each revelation drawing
approving oohs from women in the audience. Her
band played serenely undulating vamps as Ms. Badu
sang, rhymed and scat-sang what might have been a
stream-of-consciousness autobiography. But it
wasn’t; her backup singers, both rehearsed
and attentive, underlined selected phrases with
neat harmonies, proof that Ms. Badu had her story
all planned out.
Rolling Stone:
Erykah Badu brought the metaphorical and physical
sunshine for her set on the gargantuan What Stage.
She came out with a slow sassy strut, wearing a
Public Enemy sweatshirt and a tall bowler hat.
“Peace and love y’all,” she
announced before singing “The Healer,”
a jazzy rap with lyrics befitting the Bonnaroo
spirit: “Sex, music, hip-hop is bigger than
religion here. Sex, music, hip-hop is bigger than
government here.”
Check out HQ and regular
photos from the festival and video
of Erykah's performance with Snoop Dogg.
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