This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Either way, the song is still the hotness 13 years later, and I still feel for any brotha named Tyrone when it plays. In the case of ‘Tyrone” Live versus “Tyrone” Studio, the rawness and realness of the live performance gets my vote, but the studio version does have its appeal with the extra lyrics and polish. (See also, Maxwell‘s “This Woman’s Work” from MTV Unplugged then later Now.) Maybe it’s because I heard it first and that’s the version that I’m used to, so when another rendition by the same artist comes out I compare it to the version that I know. I typically gravitate more to the live recording. Interesting to me when an artist records a song live, then later goesīack to record the same song in the studio. Of the track, which I all but forgot about until recently–not because I didn’t like it, but I just didn’t love it like the live joint. Badu but are still fantastic songs in themselves and are different enough to maintain the listener's interest but at the same time similar enough to subconsciously 'please' the listener as there aren't any drastic changes that come as a big shock.And in case you didn’t get enough with the live version, at the close of the album was the studio version The laid-back, 'chilled', minimalistic vibe is Erykah Badu's stylistic fingerprint that points out to the listener that "Yes this is an Erykah Badu song", for example, listen to the songs Other Side Of The Game ( )and Rimshot (Intro) ( ) both of these songs still have that exact same stylistic fingerprint of Ms. Badu, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Badu creates, which some may see as a bad thing as she doesn't push herself as an artist to expand her music into new directions or reach new audiences, however, I would argue that even though this song is very reminiscent of many other songs by Ms. The laid-back, 'chilled', minimalistic vibe of this song can be seen in nearly every song that Ms. Badu is out to live her life and not care about what others think of her.įor me this song shows exactly who Erykah Badu is as a musician and an artist. On the other hand the repetition, of the pre-chorus and chorus, really drills the message of the song into the reader's mind, that Ms. Badu's part, as we know she is very capable of writing intelligent and fitting lyrics that could've offered more to the song but she gets away with this laziness because her sultry vocal styling make whatever she's singing pleasant to listen to regardless of the lyrics actually are. Some individuals may see this as laziness on Ms. However, despite being very cleverly written in some places there is also a great deal of repetition of lyrics, for example the last four sections of the song are just repetitions of what has already been said. I think overall the lyrics are very cleverly written with intelligent references to the Tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden and that her knowledge is like the apple that Eve picked from the tree and that knowledge is like food that has to be planted and grown before being passed on to other people.