Erykah Badu is on the phone and she’s in the mood for some fun.
Acts from Justin Bieber to Sufjan Stevens were inspired to do a take on Drake's Hotline Bling, but only Badu had the wit and gumption to go a little further.
Put together with Dallas producer Zach Witness, But You Caint Use My Phone pulls together a bunch of funk and soul songs about phones from New Edition, The Isley Brothers, Usher and others, before unleashing a spirited hip-hop attitude which plays fast and loose to create tracks which sound both then and now.
There are some references to Badu's past here – loads of great jazzy scatting about Baduizm characters and yarns – alongside hints of great songwriting sparks still to be harnessed, as in Phone Down. Call her up right away.
