She also drops some eccentric knowledge, in true Badu fashion: The intro to "Dial'Afreaq" informs listeners about how cell phone radiation interferes with bees' dependence on earth's magnetic fields, hence the phrase "Save the bees" appearing on the mixtape's artwork.īYCUMP proves just how skilled Badu is when it comes to applying current musical trends to classic sounds.
Sure enough, follow-up tracks “Phone Down” and “Hello”-the latter of which features former beau/elusive rap hero André 3000-demonstrate the various ways in which she interprets the theme throughout the 11 songs, using it as a running metaphor as she highlights the different stages and emotions in a relationship. When we spoke to Badu a couple of weeks ago, she gave us some insight into what we could expect from the mixtape-namely that it would feature reinterpretations of songs with phone-related themes, referencing her "Hotline Bling" remix (named "Cell U Lar Device" in the track list) as an example. Of the many things we were thankful for this holiday weekend, Erykah Badu's mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone, is undoubtedly near the top.
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