New Erykah Badu interview: I saw something good in Hitler; Defends Cosby

[Trajan]

Also I thought Hitler was a failed artist?

Part of the reason why he was so mad...he couldn't get on

 

[chowism]

Came in to say I don't give a fukk

 

[get these nets]

cued to verse 2

 

[Wildhundreds]

Black coli militants (white trolls) going to be conflicted today

You've blown their cover.

 

[25YOUTHS!!]

Did ya'll actually read the interview?

The interviewer trynna get her to tamper some of her views and she like
I said what I said

 

[O.G.B]

WRONG . There has to be a level of skill in a piece.

You can have an emotional attachment to a work but, all bad pieces lack things like depth, clarity, understanding of light and shadows,nuanced brushwork, interesting/provocative themes, etc.

With this obtuse, recycled Art gibberish! One's "emotional attachment" (or lack thereof) to any artwork clearly makes it subjective.

 

[Iceson Beckford]

When the talent outweighs the bad shyt they did,or you can find reasoning in the bad shyt

Saying you see good in Hitler basically means you see some good in him killing a bunch of jews ,and being a racist who thought whites were the superior race.

If thats what you believe stand on it,don't hide behind fake deep/enlightened nonsense

Being a terrible human and talented aren’t mutually exclusive traits. Theres good and bad in everyone, just in vastly different amounts.

Saying an evil person had a capacity for good doesn’t quite equate to supporting their ideologies either.

There’s reasoning behind every action really but I don’t think thats enough to bypass it or accept it.

Nothing “fake deep” or enlightened about objectively weighing up people but I digress

Saying Hitler had “good” art or R Kelly is good sadly doesn’t make you a neo nazi child molester


Anyway, I appreciate the response and I’m just trying to understand an opposing view point on whether we can seperate art from artist or whether anyone is pure evil, not trying to disrespect

 

[BaltimoreTwilightMarauder]

Hitler was definitely a good painter.

Though, killing 6 million people in a genocide really kinda eliminates any chance of seeing much "good" in him. Having a skill does not mean that THAT is a sign of good in you, it's a sign that there's talent in you. Erakuh Badu has always been on that hipster, "try to act different" BS and didn't even think this one out.

 

[Iceson Beckford]

With this obtuse, recycled Art gibberish! One's "emotional attachment" (or lack thereof) to any artwork clearly makes it subjective.

One could really argue that whilst objective metrics do exist, who says they really matter or are universal?

 

[get these nets]

 

[dj-method-x]

I salute Erykah for this. She’s basically saying that the truth is not Democratic and that she’s not scared to think things through instead of going along with what every one else thinks. I ain’t mad at that.

 

[Gravity]

doesn't sound like she's defending hitler. She's just saying he wad skill as a painter, which is true.

No she didn’t just saying that Hitler has skill as a painter. She tried to use hitler’s skill as a painter as evidence that there was good in him. Good thing the interviewer checked her on that dumb shyt

Sad to say, but she’s the typical fake deep bird brain. That “why I can’t say that?” response to being challenged was rich.

You no puss getters fukk up a lot of threads with your thirsty contest deflections

 

[Dad]

With this obtuse, recycled Art gibberish! One's "emotional attachment" (or lack thereof) to any artwork clearly makes it subjective.

You really believe there's no such thing as bad art?

 

[get these nets]

No she didn’t just saying that Hitler has skill as a painter. She tried to use hitler’s skill as a painter as evidence that there was good in him. Good thing the interviewer checked her on that dumb shyt

Sad to say, but she’s the typical fake deep bird brain. That “why I can’t say that?” response to being challenged was rich.

You no puss getters fukk up a lot of threads with your thirsty contest deflections

"Fathers of this country" are called great men and they owned plantations and human beings. Many of them openly contradicted their own writings about men and freedom..

 

[EndDomination]

She’s stupid

But that’s not news to anyone.