ERYKAH BADU could’ve been slapped with a year behind bars if she was caught parading around downtown Dallas without any clothes on.  If you haven’t heard [that] is exactly what she did for her new music video “Window Seat”.

A rep from the Dallas Police Department says, quote, “They definitely did not get a permit.  To shoot that video they would have had to get a special events permit from the events office and it would have had to specify what type of filming they were doing, what subjects they would use and any traffic control they would need.”

Of course, they probably didn’t bother trying to secure a permit because there’s NO WAY IN HELL THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN ONE.

If a cop saw her, she could have been arrested for misdemeanor indecent exposure, which since there were children around, could have carried a maximum penalty of a year in prison and/or a $4,000 fine.

The video’s two directors said, quote, “Her contingency plan was get arrested.  She was big on doing it.  We had bail money and everything.  I think she really wanted to get arrested and even make a bigger message.  You know what I’m saying?”

For reasons that require no explanation, VANILLA ICE will release yet another new album.  It’ll be called “WTF”.  My thoughts exactly.

Vanilla says, quote, “The album is awesome!  It’s called ‘WTF’ for a reason, and you will understand that reason when you hear it.  It has everything from techno to hip-hop to country to acoustic.  It will blow you away!”

He says a release date will be announced soon.  Vanilla Ice’s last album, “Platinum Underground”, was unleashed in 2005.

During her appearance on “The View” last week, MILEY CYRUS said that she has another album on the way but that it would be, quote, “the last thing I do in music for a while.”

She added, quote, “I just feel like the music industry isn’t as positive as I’d like it to be.”  Instead, she said she wants to focus on her movie career.

Well, it sounds like she’s serious about that.

Over the weekend, she told E! Online, quote, “I’ve got a record coming out in June and then I’m done.  I just want to work in movies.  That’s what I like and that’s what I want to be doing.” 

Meanwhile, in a separate interview, Miley dropped a huge bomb.  She said she’s not a JUSTIN BIEBER fan but her 10-year-old sister, Noah, is.

She said, quote, “Bieber fever, I’m not necessarily a fan.  I don’t listen to that kind of music.  I like Kurt Cobain.  [He] is like my dream boyfriend. 

“My little sister was obsessed with [Justin], and he actually gave her a shout-out on Twitter.  And I thought that was really sweet.  So I was like, ‘Thank you so much.  That meant a lot to her.’   He called her a cutie, and I haven’t stopped hearing about it.”

COURTNEY LOVE recently apologized to SMASHING PUMPKINS singer BILLY CORGAN for whatever the latest drama between them is  and hopefully he’s accepted it, because otherwise things could get heated.

Yesterday, Courtney released the album art and the track list for the new HOLE album, “Nobody’s Daughter” and it includes the two songs Billy co-wrote with her:  “Samantha” and “How Dirty Girls Get Clean”.  Last we heard from Billy, he was NOT allowing her to use those songs.

He said, quote, “I haven’t given my permission.  I have no interest in supporting her in any way, shape or form.  You can’t throw enough things down the abyss with a person like that.”

The album hits stores on April 27th.

If you’re not diggin’ the LADY GAGA phenomenon that’s OK, not everyone is going cuckoo over her.  In fact, her epic “Telephone” video is getting some backlash.   It’s the new video that co-stars BEYONCÉ.

And you can count INDIA.ARIE among the detractors.

On Twitter, she wrote, quote, “Don’t be offended, this is all MY opinion.  Am I the only one who thinks the ‘Telephone’ video is going a bit too far?

“I’m not referring to the abstract nature of the video.  I’m talking about the IMAGERY, the unspoken back-story, the language, the message.  I agree Gaga is being her image.  I dig her creative mind.

“But still [There is such a] thing as socially irresponsible.  I’m just sayin.”

She added, quote, “I don’t live under a rock and I get that a lot of work [was] put into it.  I’m talking social responsibility.  There’s an artist [every] 10 years who pushes the envelope  but it’s ’bout to fall off the table.

“When is it too far?  I respect the creative mind but disagree with the ‘choices’ as a dish meant to be served for mass consumption.”