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- As one of the earliest songs to be branded “neo-soul,” Erykah Badu’s debut single and video set the tone for a movement that would redefine R&B in the late 90s and early 2000s.
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Jan 4, 2023 · As for her singing voice, she says in Joel McIver’s 2002 book Erykah Badu: The First Lady of Neo-soul, “I’ve got tapes from when I was 5 years old, and I think I sound exactly the same ...
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Feb 7, 2024 · Baduizm sounded like both the past and the future, and it was ever-present in neo-soul’s infancy, providing a blueprint for what was to come in the next few years. Consider some of the music that...
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Aug 18, 2023 · Erykah Badu, also known as the “Queen of Neo-Soul,” has left an indelible mark on the music industry with her unique blend of jazz, soul, funk, and hip-hop. Her mesmerising voice, thought-provoking lyrics, and captivating stage presence have garnered her a dedicated fanbase and critical acclaim.
Feb 8, 2023 · The Rise and Rise of Erykah Badu’s Neo-Soul Style. When Erykah Badu released her Grammy-winning debut album Baduizm in 1997, she arrived with a fully formed, inimitable aesthetic. The...
- Hello
- Other Side of The Game
- Window Seat
- Telephone
- Back in The Day
- Time’s A Wastin’
- Soldier
- Fall in Love
- Tyrone
- Me
A highlight of Badu’s 2015 mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone, this brilliant rework of the Todd Rundgren/Isley Brothers hit was a collaboration with former beau André 3000. The pair were a much-celebrated couple in the 90s and the duet was inspired by their son, Seven. It ends with the sound of their voices singing in perfect harmony – a testamen...
The third single released from her debut album, Baduizm, tells the story of a woman grappling with the moral dilemmas involved with supporting a romantic partner involved in criminal activity. Its subtle, slow-burning blend of jazz and R&B, driven by the deepest of bass grooves, typified the baby-makin’ sonics that made Baduizmone of the biggest br...
A sensual midtempo groover, New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh)’s lead single gained infamy for its music video. Shot guerrilla-style, the film featured Badu walking through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, slowly taking off her clothes before being shot by an unseen sniper – an allusion to President John F Kennedy’s assassination at the same site.
Written the day after she heard of J Dilla’s passing, “Telephone” is a heartfelt and moving tribute to her former collaborator, who died tragically young from a rare blood disease. The song was inspired by a conversation she’d had with the producer’s mother, who told her that Dilla would experience dreams in which the recently-passed Ol’ Dirty Bast...
Released in 2003 as a supposed EP that was actually longer than most artists’ full-length albums, Worldwide Underground’s immaculately executed analog grooves were exemplified by the deep basslines, dreamy keyboard runs and exquisitely funky guitars of this single – a nostalgic ode to youthful days spent smoking weed with friends.
A highlight from her second album, Mama’s Gun, “Time’s A Wastin’” fuses funky bass lines with lush strings and playful keyboard interjections to underscore Badu’s cautionary tale to a young black man. The track ends with a delicious nod to rare-groove man Johnny Hammond’s “Can’t We Smile.”
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)found Badu taking a huge stylistic and thematic detour from her previous efforts. Its cutting-edge hip-hop sound – delivered here in the shape of an ethereal flute sample offset by sharp, clipped minimalist beats by producer Karriem Riggins – formed the backbone for the singer’s hard-hitting meditations on racia...
Another Karriem Riggins production masterclass, “Fall In Love” epitomizes the warm, analog-soaked grooves that Badu returned to on New Amerykah Part One’s follow-up album, Return Of The Ankh. A luscious melding of R&B grooves and hip-hop swagger.
Flush from the huge success of her debut album, Badu released a live album – a bold move for someone at the start of their career. Towards the end of her set, released as Livein 1997, she tests the recently-written “Tyrone” – an acerbic riposte to a cheapskate partner. Both the performance and its rapturous reception has gone down in legend.
Many of Erykah Badu’s best tracks are long-form exercises in riding the good groove – and few are more sumptuous than this effort by Sa-Ra Creative Partners producer Shafiq Hussein. Over a gorgeous wash of shuffling beats, tight basslines, and gentle brass arrangements, Erykah delivers a powerful ode to self-love.
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Smooth sounding, soul-infused tracks by Maxwell, D'Angelo and Erykah Badu ushered in neo soul and t... In the mid to late 1990's a new genre soul music emerged.
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Feb 10, 2022 · Erykah Badu’s Baduizm not only stamped neo-soul’s validity but foreshadowed its staying power decades after its invention.
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