The Governors Ball Music Festival
NYC Randall's Island June 7, 8, & 9, 2013
ERYKAH BADU & THE CANNABINOIDS
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The 2013 Line-up
- KANYE WEST
- KINGS OF LEON
- GUNS N' ROSES
- NAS
- PRETTY LIGHTS
- THE AVETT BROTHERS
- GRIZZLY BEAR
- THE XX
- FEIST
- KENDRICK LAMAR
- BEACH HOUSE
- THE LUMINEERS
- THIEVERY CORPORATION
- ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
- CUT COPY
- EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
- ERYKAH BADU & THE CANNABINOIDS
- YOUNG THE GIANT
- BLOC PARTY
- BEIRUT
- OF MONSTERS AND MEN
- LOCAL NATIVES
- CRYSTAL CASTLES
- AZEALIA BANKS
- YEASAYER
- GARY CLARK JR.
- BEST COAST
- DIRTY PROJECTORS
- FOALS
- PORTUGAL. THE MAN
- COLD WAR KIDS
- DINOSAUR JR.
- HOLY GHOST!
- JAPANDROIDS
- TWIN SHADOW
- DIVINE FITS
- ALT-J
- DEERHUNTER
- THE VACCINES
- POLICA
- STEEL PULSE
- DILLON FRANCIS
- TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS
- PAPER DIAMOND
- FUCKED UP
- WILD NOTHING
- ICONA POP
- THE KNOCKS
- HAIM
- ST. LUCIA
- FREDDIE GIBBS
- GRIZ
- ROBERT DELONG
- MS MR
- REIGNWOLF
- SOLID GOLD
- BEAR MOUNTAIN
- SWEAR AND SHAKE
- CHERUB
- PACIFIC AIR
- THE REVIVALISTS
- ROADKILL GHOST CHOIR
- ON AN ON
- THE RUBENS
- RUBY VELLE & THE SOULPHONICS
- MOON HOOCH
Playing
Friday Jun 7 8:00 PM
on SKYY VODKA TENT
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Neo-soul queen Erykah Badu's first album, Baduizm, not only signaled the multi-platinum arrival of an auspicious R&B talent, it earned her a 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Album, and the single "On and On" nabbed her a Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Grammy. She's since earned two more golden gramophones for her smooth vocals and inventive tunes. Her one-take video for "Window Seat", a song from her new album, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh, shot March 13, 2010 at the infamous Dealey Plazaósite of President Kennedy's assassination featured her disrobing, then falling down, nude, as a shot rings out. Her nudity, pixilated onscreen, and choice of location earned her reams of print, electronic and blogosphere chatter, and a disorderly conduct citation after one bystander filed an official complaint.
Badu, however, has never been afraid to be bold. With her smooth R&B voice and poetic lyrics, she sometimes examines controversial subjects; this one, she said, was a shot against "groupthink". Badu, who has collaborated with several top hip-hop artists, has a son with Andre 3000 of Outkast, a daughter with rapper the D.O.C., and another daughter with rapper Jay Electronica. Her Dallas charity, Beautiful Love Inc. Non-profit Development, gives inner-city kids opportunities to explore visual and performing arts.
Badu, however, has never been afraid to be bold. With her smooth R&B voice and poetic lyrics, she sometimes examines controversial subjects; this one, she said, was a shot against "groupthink". Badu, who has collaborated with several top hip-hop artists, has a son with Andre 3000 of Outkast, a daughter with rapper the D.O.C., and another daughter with rapper Jay Electronica. Her Dallas charity, Beautiful Love Inc. Non-profit Development, gives inner-city kids opportunities to explore visual and performing arts.
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