Erykah Badu Gets Naked:How Far is Too Far?

Wow! I did not think that R&B/Neo-Soul singer Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” video would get this much attention until I seen her drop her panties in the video…YIKES! This video has become the most controversial video of the year and has been banned on Youtube. How ironic is that…I can Youtube a “sexual fetish” video or “two hot girls kissing” on Youtube anyday (Youtube ya’ll get the mean side eye for that one). None the less,  the video has been banned on many sites, but I think many people have missed the point of the video.  The message in the video is broken down like this….

We as people shun who we are as individuals and build up layers to hide our individuality( which is why Ms. Badu is fully clothed in the beginning). Then as we become wiser and evolve we begin to take the steps on becoming conscious (hence Ms. Badu taking off the layers of clothing while the word “evolving” is written on her back).  Thirdly, once we liberate ourselves from mental imprisonment (which is why Ms. Badu is completely naked), we are crucified for going against the grain and being an individual (hence Ms. Badu being assassinated in the end of the video, and what better way to choose the path of where JFK was assassinated, since it was believed that JFK was assassinated for being someone who went against the grain). To sum it all up Erykah’s “blood” spells out the word “group think,” which explains the whole “assassinate one’s character” message that Erykah was conveying through the video.

Now my question is, how far is too far when you express your beliefs? Or is being completely naked in the middle of a big city just because “you don’t give a f*ck” a more justifiable way of being “artistic”? Shouldn’t we not judge one act to be more morally wrong than the other? So why is Erykah Badu being crucified more than the artists that inspired her? Check out Erykah Badu’s video here: Window Seat and Matt and Kim’s video here:

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