Erykah Badu Suggests Black Eyed Peas Lifted Her Video Concept (VIDEOS)

BITING OR PAYING HOMAGE?

(AllHipHop News) California collective The Black Eyed Peas returned this weekend with a new video for their track “Yesterday,” and one fellow artist seems to feel like the group may have adopted her video treatment from an earlier vid.

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Soul singer Erykah Badu posted a message on Facebook featuring a link to BEP’s “Yesterday” clip as well as a link to her visuals for “Honey” off 2008’s New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) album. The Texas native pointed out both videos had very similar themes, but she was a good sport about the correlations.

Badu wrote:

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Besides Badu and BEP’s respective videos being shot in a record store, they both also feature animated vinyls. The artists appear in the LPs’ photos as they perform the lyrics of the song.

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Watch the video for Erykah Badu’s “Honey” and Black Eyed Peas “Yesterday” below.