All The Women In My Family Were

[the Land] Is A Film That Just Happens To Be Directed And Written By A Puerto Rican Guy With A Black Dad. It Seemed Like A Very Natural, Human Interaction Between People Who All Just Came From One Common Cesspool Of Bad Luck.

I Remember When I Signed With Kedar Entertainment Through Universal Records. It Was My First Record Deal And It's The One I Still Have Now. At That Time, There Had Been A Couple Of Opportunities I Was Almost Given, But At The Last Minute The Giver Came Back And Told Me It Couldn't Happen.

People Who Say That Music Is Dead Or Hip-hop Is Dead Are Refusing To Evolve.

When I Get Ready To Do An Album, That Means I Have Something To Say For The Sake Of Words, And I Listen Back To All Of The Things I've Been Creating And Pull Things From Out Of The Air To Go With Them. It's Almost Like I Start Creating The Album Before I Even Think About Creating It.

Society Has A Problem With Female Nudity When It Is Not . . . ”—badu Pauses To Get Her Words Together; She Wants This Point To Be Very Clear—“. . . When It Is Not Packaged For The Consumption Of Male Entertainment. Then It Becomes Confusing.