{"title":"Erykah Badu","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe grew up listening to '70s soul and '80s hip-hop, but Erykah Badu drew more comparisons to Billie Holiday upon her breakout in 1997, after the release of her first album, Baduizm. The grooves and production on the album are bass-heavy R\u0026amp;B, but Badu's languorous, occasionally tortured vocals and delicate phrasing immediately removed her from the legion of cookie-cutter female R\u0026amp;B singers. A singer\/songwriter responsible for all but one of the songs on Baduizm, she found a number 12 hit with her first single, \"On \u0026amp; On,\" which pushed the album to number two on the charts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Erica Wright in Dallas in 1971, Badu attended a school of the arts and was working as a teacher and part-time singer when she opened for D'Angelo at a 1994 show. D'Angelo's manager, Kedar Massenburg, was impressed with the performance and hooked her up with the singer to record a cover of the Marvin Gaye\/Tammi Terrell duet \"Precious Love.\" He also signed Badu to his recently formed Kedar Entertainment label, and served as producer for Baduizm, which also starred bassist Ron Carter and members of hip-hop avatars the Roots on several tracks. The first single, \"On \u0026amp; On,\" became a number one R\u0026amp;B hit in early 1997, and Baduizm followed it to the top of the R\u0026amp;B album charts by March. Opening for R\u0026amp;B acts as well as rap's Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu stopped just short of number one on the pop album charts in April. Her Live album followed later in the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2000 she returned with her highly anticipated second studio album, Mama's Gun, which was co-produced by Badu, James Poyser, Bilal, and Jay Dee and contained the hit single \"Bag Lady.\" Worldwide Underground, a loose affair billed as an EP despite being longer than many full-lengths, was released in 2003. Her next step, 2008's New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War, was a heavy and abstract release featuring collaborations with the members of Sa-Ra and Georgia Anne Muldrow; it reached number two on the Billboard 200 and Hot R\u0026amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums charts. New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh, looser and more playful than Pt. 1, followed in 2010. Appearances on Flying Lotus' Until the Quiet Comes (2011), Robert Glasper's Black Radio (2012), Tyler, The Creator's Wolf and Bonobo's The North Borders (both 2013), brought the artist to 2015, when she released the official mixtape But You Caint Use My Phone on the Motown label. ~ John Bush, Rovi\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"erykah-badu-baduizm-2lp","title":"| Baduizm (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLimited double vinyl LP pressing. Baduizm is the1997 debut album by neo soul singer-songwriter Erykah Badu. The album won numerous accolades including winning awards for \"On \u0026amp; On\" and a Grammy Award for Best R\u0026amp;B Album at the 40th Grammy Awards in 1998. Baduizm's success earned Erykah Badu popularity at the time and helped establish her as one of the emerging neo soul genre's leading artists. Recording sessions for the album took place during January to October 1996 at Battery Studios in New York City, Sigma Sounds and Ivory Studios in Philadelphia, and Dallas Sound Lab in Dallas. Continuing with it's Respect The Classics initiative, UMe reissue this album in it's entirety, on double vinyl LP for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ePersonnel: Erykah Badu (vocals, keyboards, programming); Madukwu, N'Dambi (vocals); Bob Power, Tone The Backbone (various instruments, programming); Ike Lee III (keyboards, programming); Ron Carter (bass); John Meredith (drum programming). Producers include: Madukwu Chinwah, Bob Power, JaBorn Jamal, Ike Lee III, Erykah Badu. Engineers include: Michael Gilbert, Chris Trevit, Bob Powers. Recorded at Battery Studios, New York, New York; Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, Texas; Sigma Sounds and Ivory Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Erykah Badu was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. BADUIZM won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best R\u0026amp;B Album. \"On \u0026amp; On\" won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Female R\u0026amp;B Vocal Performance and was nominated for Best R\u0026amp;B Song. BADUIZM marks the debut of a true songstress, with a voice like Billie Holiday's and a style that crosses many boundaries. Erykah Badu has exceptional rhythm, character and vibe, and a songwriting style that should restore some life to modern R\u0026amp;B. From her groundbreaking single \"On \u0026amp; On\" to freestyle skits like \"Afro\", Badu separates herself from other '90 vocalists with a style that is as broad as it is original. It's also real: On \"Next Lifetime\" and \"Certainly,\" Badu demonstrates a remarkable ability to turn life's experiences into beautiful songs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eA1        Rimshot (Intro)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA2        On \u0026amp; On\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA3        Appletree\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA4        Otherside Of The Game\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB1        Sometimes (Mix #9)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB2        Next Lifetime\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB3        Afro (Freestyle Skit)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB4        Certainly\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC1        4 Leaf Clover\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC2        No Love\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC3        Drama\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD1        Sometimes...\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD2        Certainly (Flipped It)\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD3        Rimshot (Outro)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e*Audio and\/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003eLabel: MOT\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRel. 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Williams (keyboards); Braylon Lacy (bass); Doc Gibbs (percussion); Rashad Smith, Dead Prez (programming); Zap Mama, Karon Wheeler, China Blac, Robert Pack, Sam Bell, Jazz Bell (background vocals). Producers: Erykah Badu, James Poyser, Rashad Smith, Dead Prez. WORLD WIDE UNDERGROUND was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best R\u0026amp;B Album. \"Back In The Day\" was nominated for Best Female R\u0026amp;B Vocal Performance. \"Danger\" was nominated for Best Urban\/Alternative Performance and for Best R\u0026amp;B Song. Despite being classified as an EP, the near 50-minute length of WORLD WIDE UNDERGROUND makes it closer to being Erykah Badu's fourth full-length outing. Inspired by the Frustrated Artist Tour that found this Texan crisscrossing the world in 2002, Badu uses a very groove-oriented and loosely defined approach towards these songs, thanks to the collaborative skills of her fellow members in the Freakquency team--James Poyser, Rashad \"Ringo\" Smith, and RC Williams. The results range from the light and sensual flow of \"Back in the Day,\" (featuring some crisp guitar licks by Lenny Kravitz) to \"Bump It\" with its mix of sprinkled in hip-hop beats, lightly layered synths, and a sweet mix of harmonies by Zap Mama and Karon Wheeler. Along the way, Badu must have been digging in the crates for inspiration, because she includes a hypnotic take on Donald Byrd's 1975 recording \"Think Twice\" (featuring tasty playing by trumpeter Roy Hargrove). 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