Recent controversy surrounding Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” music video has taken a turn for the worse. The neo soul singer now faces charges of disorderly conduct for baring it all during the March 13 video shoot in downtown Dallas.
During the performance, Badu walked along the sidewalk of the historic Dealey Plaza, shedding her clothes until she was nude. Filmed during the day where children and families were present, the artist continued to act out a death scene where a shot rang out, resulting in a fatal gunshot to the head at the same location where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
A witness, Ida Espinsoa, who was on location with her young daughter, came forward to police and gave a sworn statement. “She was exposed to a level of indecency that most children shouldn’t be exposed to,” according to Dallas’ Fox 4 News.
Dallas Police Sgt. Warren Mitchell held a press conference Friday announcing the charges against Badu. “Having a fact witness that was there is what let us file the charges,” Mitchell said. “After much discussion, we feel that these charges best fit her conduct. She disrobed in a public place without regard to individuals and small children who were close by.”
Earlier in the week, Badu spoke about the video to Dallas News online, commenting “It was a protest to awaken the term called ‘groupthink’,” she continued, “It’s the recognition of a state of being for humans… and when I fall to the ground in the video, the word groupthink spills out of my head, because I was assassinated by groupthink.”
Since being hit with misdemeanor, Badu updated her Twitter feed with “the garment of any leader is his people. when stripped of his people his message is lost. 1 DOLLAR FOR EVERY NEW AMERYKAH PRODUCT SOLD AT GOOD RECORDS TOMORROW WILL GO TOWARD MY BAIL MONEY. THANK YOU. (kidding)but im just saying. charged on good friday… return of the ankh.”
“Window Seat” is the first single to be released from Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) which dropped March 30 on Universal Motown.
Badu will have the option to fight the charge of disorderly conduct or pay a fine of up to $500.
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Get outta the clouds with that bullshit. Erykah Badu and all them weird NeoSoul m’fuckas try too damn hard to be on the edge. The shit doesn’t even seem natural and real to me. When it all boils down, and all the costumes and make up come off, they still do the same shit, make the same mistakes, and think the same way as everybody else. Nothing personal about this, but she babbled the same kind of bullshit to explain why she’s had so many failed relationships and children born to each by different fathers. What happened to all the nubian princess bullshit? Now it’s ok for the sisters to walk butt-ass-naked down the street just to be expressive? Everything she does, says, and the way she carries herself tells me that she is one arrogant and selfish woman. The kids didn’t need to see that.
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your telling this man to get outta the clouds but truely i think you’re the one that needs to open your eyes… See im not the type of idiot that buys into “illuminati” & all that bullshit. But you are a perfect example of what “groupthink” is… it frightens & angers you to see something like this because of all the BULLSHIT you have been feeding into all your life… Its true what you say, yea we all work, we pay bills & make the same mistakes.. But that doesnt necessarily mean that we all share the same thought pattern & that we all should just do as everybody else does. Some people see things like this & get angry. While others may see this & get that spark in their head that makes them actually question why things are the way they are. I think erykah badu’s ideology & views would FRIGHTEN you simply because you dont understand them. & people dont like what they cant understand.
I respect your opinion nonetheless… I just called u a faggot cause that was my first reaction
I think erykah badu’s ideology & views would FRIGHTEN you simply because you dont understand them. & people dont like what they cant understand.
Ideology my ass…more like chaos, which is not to be understood. You don’t just do whatever the fuck you want. You don’t want to live in that kind of world. That has nothing to do with groupthink; it has everything to do with standards and laws of decency. People pulling stunts like this are taking advantage of all the civility around them, not venturing off into some dangerous and mysterious unknown. She’d already calculated and accepted the cost before she stripped. She came out with a camera and it was choreographed, even if it didn’t involve anything more than than walking, stripping, and falling on the ground. What if somebody…YOU…came stripping through her neighborhood? Do you think Ms. Badu would salute you and your “ideology” or call the law? Covering nakedness has been around since the Garden of Eden…or at least since it was written about, when there were only 2 people on the planet…Groupthink? Kill the bullshit about how enlightened and liberated she is. She’s selfish and apparently desperate.
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ppl in Amerikkka is too uptight i swear. let Miss Badu show her body off it’s behind a good message. I’m riding with u Miss Badu
I LIKE THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE SONG. IAM FROM DETROIT BUT NOW I LIVE DOWN HERE IN DALLAS AND IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHERE IAM FROM.PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SAY.BUT ALL THEY WANT TO LOOK AT IS THE BULLSHIT.YOU GOT ALL KIND OF KILLING RAPE AND WORSE PART “Tv”. PEOPLE WAKE UP.. WE ARE IN THE LASTS DAYS.
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If your child was exposed to that without warning I very much doubt that you’d be so forgiving or even have the audacity to call them “uptight”.
This charge sounds fair. Message or not, what she did was careless and inconsiderate. Exactly what oppression is she suffering that warrants such a overdramatic act of protest? And how does stripping naked in front of unsuspecting stranger further the cause? I don’t get it.
Plus she herself expected the cops to come and haul her off during the shoot. Careful what u wish for…
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your a faggot, now shut up, i’ll tear that ass up
seriously…anyone who understands what this crazy bitch is sayin it just fakin it, hopefully the charge stands and she pays up…u dont just get naked in the middle of the damn street..where was she fuckin raised..in a barn?
Ms. Badu got a fatty son. That is official. Whens the sex tape coming out?
People pulling stunts like this are taking advantage of all the civility around them, not venturing off into some dangerous and mysterious unknown. She’d already calculated and accepted the cost before she stripped.
If she already knew the consequences she would face then how the hell is she “taking advantage of the civility around” her?? we all know she was fully aware of the impact this would have…. I think there is a difference between a crazy naked person walking down the street for no reason, & a woman being naked for a minute or so in a MUSIC VIDEO, for the sake of making a point. or to protest. She herself stated that the video is about anybody who has ever done anything out of the normal to make people think or question things, mostly the government. & how somehow they always end up being assassinated for it… That actually makes perfect sense to me! so how in any way is this video inappropriate or inaccurate??
did u know that nakedness was actually not a problem between adam & eve?? it bacame so after they ate the forbidden fruit & god punished them…. But thats a whole nother subject.. & i hate talking religion. But like i said pimpin… everybody has a right to their own opinion.. do what u do.
The civility that I’m talking about is the extremely remote possibility that an angry mob would have jumped on her, or that some perv wasn’t going to take 10 seconds to stick a fist in her. In the days of JFK, she probably would have gotten jumped on, and the statements people were trying to make were a lot more profound and important to the masses.There’s an order to the world and people that do this stuff are not revolutionaries. There’s different types of courage and sources for it. I’m just saying I’ve got no reason to be proud of Ms Badu or to have discovered some new found respect for her over this. My opinion is that she is selfish, and that this act was self-serving in every possible way.
cosign selfish nothing more. Being a rebel or going against the grain doesnt automatically equate being a revolutionary or a hero.
They stole that video idea from Matt & Kim. Nothing new under the sun, I guess. Still dig EB, though.
I just wanna bite dat ass yo! She’s a bad momma. I’d hit that any day with no hesitation. God bless Erykah Badu!!! and the song itself is great. She’s the truth!!!
the dallas police must have payed someone to press charges, coz when they shot the video not one person came out to press charges.
It was the end of the month when they pressed charges…Dallas PD must have been tight with the quota.
yo ms badu you have a fatty, give me a chance and no doubt u will be calling me daddy
Great fucking video! Very deep, just not as much as the lyrics though. The song talks about how she’s tired of being judged and she wants to go away to another world, hence the “window seat”. On the bus, of course. She also talks about how she just wants to be accepted as an “individual”, and not be forced to blend in with the popularity.
The video showed the results of what happens when you show who you “really†are, or when you embrace your individuality. Therefore, she strips naked, takes away all material items, throwing them away portray the fact that they don’t mean anything, they’re just a “cover up”. Once she’s completely naked, she’s shot, symbolizing when you stand out from the crowd, which is normally termed “lame”, you’re criticized or “shot down”….. How real is that? If the peep the beginning with the car and the voice over, as well as the setting, I think that’s where Pres. Kennedy was assassinated…. Assassination of one’s character? How deep? Great video!
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If Britney Spears or one of them other poptarts had of done the same thing, they wouldn’t be pressing charges, tmz would’ve had a field day and that’s about it. And what point are they proving when they decide to be naked on tv? Exactly. Intelligence is NOT allowed anymore.
shes lucky she wasnt charged with indecency with a minor or any other sex offender crimes considering the children that were there when she decided to press her beliefs on people rather than take the typical route of obtaining a license to film in the area and hiring actors who supported her ideas and were willing to be involved.