i love it!

i just found out that Lady Gaga is also a mezzo soprano. she really has a great voice and i love her style. *

I think starr hit the nail on the head. Erykah's video is sensual, naked in the way we are as babies, with an air of innocence. Lady GaGa's is sexual in an x-rated way, there is a huge difference. For me, it's like comparing an artistic nude with porn. I love both these artists but I have to say I was shocked by GaGa's video with the swearing, implications of a lesbian relationship. It obviously had the desired effect.

actually Badu has been getting back negative feedback..just read youtube comments. I like the video. She is not influencing anyone and we all get naked. Now I like Gaga's video as well but it's very sexual. Where as Badu just strips naked.

Gaga is an attention whore. She's either wearing something bizarre or near naked. She posed topless on the cover of Vogue. I watched the Telephone video - not only is it bursting at the seams with ludicrous imagery, it seems be suffering from an identity crisis. It starts out with Gaga stripped down to nude shorts and black tape over her nipples. Later she dances around in a bikini. Then she join Beyonce in a killing spree. The only time this video is remotely close to having anything to do with a telephone is when she talks on a phone in the prison. She does things for shock value, which is probably just to keep focus on her so that people won't get tired of her mediocre songs. Ms. Arie said it best as this video is socially irresponsible.

I'm just irritated that people are making it a black and white thing. Lady Gaga is the ish at what she does, and Erykah is the ish at what she does. People are just mad at the fact that she stripped naked in front of children, point blank. Now I can understand why they would be mad but shit happens, and that day it happened so people just gotta move on and get over it. A lot of worse things have happened, seeming someone naked isn't the end of the world. Clearly Ms. Badu doesn't give a damn at what anybody thinks of her actions and she has fully succeeded at what she wanted accomplished, getting people to talk about it!!! GO GIRLS!!!!

The fact that people didn't even realize that Miss Badu's rear was so plump gives proof to the fact that she does not go around half naked for no reason or for reasons of being photographed like the ladies mentioned above....people are not going off on this video because we understand the difference between a social message and a high prices stripper...

You all have lost your mind,when did it become necessary for a artist to have to strip nake to get a deep thought across. One has nothing to do with the other. Erykah Badu have lost her ever loving mind when try to use that attention getter to sale a record of get notice again after all this time. It's the same as useing a half nake girl standing in front of a car just to sale that car. It just made me laugh at her for going so low and having so litter respect for her body and talent.

Sista Badu"s vid was far more meaningful to me giving big shouts to her, the meaning of not being seen when amongst others as we should. Gaga's vid just didn't rock me. Prison scene painted a pic I just didn't wanna see.

@Deborah: I could be wrong but here's my interpretation of the song and video's togetherness: the lyrics are about her wanting her fans/the public to want/love/accept her. But when she disrobes, (some of them) cut her down and shoot her with their misunderstanding.

I have read a lot of comments on art but what does the lyrics have to do with either video. Unless I am not understanding the lyrics I see no association.

its just creativity. I do see the pure promotion of homosexuality in gagas vid., and i dont like it but i wont judge. As an artist, it was very creative,but also trashy. But hey her, and beyonce have never been very "classy" anyway. they r both comfortable w being tools for the record industry, and thats fine for THEM. Badu is a great artist, and has always been a little quirky w her image. The nudity in both vids reflect a seemingly unstoppable deterioration of society, but what's new? We really should be paying more attention to Black women training black girls to be whores, as well as black men teaching black boys how to be failures and liabilities..

I thought both videos were AWESOME!!!

I love the video I have always been a fan of
Erykah Badu I love her style she is a true artist.
I feell what we need to walk away with is she did
with ease and, to me with soft asertiveness and,
yes she rocks. To me lady Gaga is talented I like
her music but, she seems to be entering into a
Madonna type freaky type thing it has not class. The way Erykah Badu expressed her point was with
unlimited beauty and, class she is tell you that
nudity is beautiful love your body, now maybe she
didn't have to take to the streets but remember
Madonna stood butt naked walking down the street
holding some sign. I have to say I have never liked Madonna like I like her now she was too
raunchy and, no dept to her act but showed talent.
As for lady B miss Beyounce I love her I think she
is trailing off to the wrong path with that type
of act she's too damn good she don't need it to
make a hit Lady Gaga and, Beyonce could have collaberated on something far more better sorry the
whole concept sucks!!! big time. Thank Erykah Badu
for letting the world know to love your beautiful
body after call God and, Jesus gave it to you.

I think you hit the nail on the head when you said: :Is it because Erykah Badu is known for being “deep” and providing thought provoking music therefore she can get away with almost anything in her videos as long as their is a hidden message within the folds? While Beyonce and Lady Gaga are on the other end of the spectrum of music genres with their mostly Pop, top 100 radio friendly joints."
I guess this is what people mean when they say they are posing for Playboy and not Hustler (LOL)...both magazines feature nudity but I guess it's the way it was done!
This is actually the first time I saw the Badu video for Windowseat...but I get it..I see the point she was trying to make...could it have been done without her getting nude...sure - would it have the same impact probably not!
The Beyonce/Gaga video to me just pushed the envelope beyond boundaries...I don't see the need for half of what was done, and the mass killing was a bit much! I'm all for creativity, artistic expression but at some point there must be accountability as an artist!

I meant I will say I agree that mariage should be between a man and a woman, It's 4 am where I am, a little sleepy.

I hear you Rod, I kind of dig deep into artistic expression because I have allways loved art. I have been exposed to a lot I have heard a lot. There is no remedy in trashing people because of their beliefs, it only ads fuel to a fire. I won't say I agree that marriage should be between a man and a woman and I know I may get a few boos from lesbians and gay men. However I am in no place to judge them for I have not been imprisoned for years and years. There are things that have happened to people that they haven't been able to get over, they have their own views of seeing things. I can't say I tottaly agree with them but I will let God pass the judgement and use my own discretion.

Oh yeah, I'm not gay, but I'm not a judge either.

I think you missed the context of Gaga's video...it was nasty, raunchy, and advocated homosexuality...which may be ok to you. Most video's women are near to or naked so that isn't an issue...(it is) in this case it was the acts performed while being half naked. Gaga's video shows a world of just nastiness (jail, the system, etc). All the things other countries hate about us. If anyone let us down it was Beyonce by being in that a trash video, but it will sell and make her more money...notice she didn't anything over the top.

I think that the "social irresponsibility" sets in with the poisoning and murder of so many people in the Telephone video. An effective remedy for the images shown to our children on TV has yet to be achieved and Both Beyonce and Lady Gaga has an enormous fan base that involves babies as young as two doing the "Oh Oh" dance better than me. Both videos are artist expressions but there is a difference in the art forms that can't be denied. There was actually a naked photo shoot here in the Cleveland streets a few years ago by an artist. There are naked statues all over Europe, our children were born naked. Do we really have to dwelve that deep? I must say that I agree with India.Arie to a degree but then again, parents should take a stand at the content that their children are exposed to because even though the Lady Gaga video was twisted as hell, I found it intriguing.

Put the video in context.This was shot in Dallas along the route where JFK was assassinated.Her undressing in public and no one notices underscores the words of the song.Do your math, the mother ship won't leave you if you got something left!

Honestly, I feel like both videos are creative in their own way. You can't deny that Lady Gaga's video is, at the very least, visually stimulating. Its was also edited masterfully. Badu and Gaga both know how to push the envelope creatively. Badu does it mentally and creatively.

while I respect all opinions,my response is there are a lot of us ladies out there who are tired of the world accepting the fact that kissing all over another girl is ok. Erika has my respect because she is one of a many strong,black woman. Not to say beyonce isn't, but frankly, I think the neud body is beautiful, I don't think same sex kissing and fondling isn't.

That's Erykah Badu for crying out loud!!!!! She can do that because she rocks!!!!! Plus this is something out of the ordinary for her.

I agree with mensaja..call it bein a hypocrite or whatnot..but when I first saw erykah's video, I thought about how beautiful, soulful, and sensual it was..I haven't watched the full 9 minutes of the gaga/beyonce fuquery, but I know enough to know that the sexuality in that vid and the sexuality in erykah's, is a laughable comparison..the main thing is erykah is not a media whore like the other two..

*or...its early

I think you said it best. Its probably seen as more acceptable for Ms. Badu(an artist), because she makes real music. Also, she is not always in very video, at every award show, dinner, random outing practically naked. This is probably one of the few times we've seen Ms. Badu and all her glory or any portion of it.

My question is how many times have gotten crotch shots are outfits that say, "ok, I'm trying to be as naked as possible", from the other entertainers mentioned?...(in my best Katt Williams voice)
dont worry I'll wait.

This is an obvious case of ARTIST vs. ENTERTAINER.