Global InformationBut You Caint Use My Phone information
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| Mixtape by Erykah Badu | ||||
| Released | November 27, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
| Studio | The Badudio, World Witness Studios (Dallas, Texas) | |||
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| Length | 36:05 | |||
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But You Caint Use My Phone is a mixtape by American singer Erykah Badu. It was released on November 27, 2015, by Motown and Control Freaq. Following the release of New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) (2010), Badu embarked on a five-year hiatus, during which she traveled to Africa in an attempt to record new music, though this never surfaced. After receiving a remix of "Bag Lady" from producer Zach Witness, Badu contacted him in order to record with him. Shortly thereafter, the pair met again and went to Witness's home in Dallas, Texas, and worked in his bedroom studio, where they recorded the mixtape in 11 days. The mixtape features appearances from rapper ItsRoutine and André 3000.
Described by Badu as "TRap & B", the mixtape takes influence from hip hop, R&B, jazz, and art rock, with lyrics that focus on the themes of communication, notably through phones, with lyrics that touch upon ideas of "missed connections, call waiting, answering machines". The mixtape debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200, generating 35,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[1]
- ^ Caulfield, Keith (December 10, 2015). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Pentatonix & 47 More Holiday Albums Shine Bright on List". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2015.