Erykah Badu Baduizm (Vinyl)

Two years after D’Angelo brought the organic sound and emotional passion of R&B to the hip-hop world with 1995’s Brown Sugar, Erykah Badu’s debut performed a similar feat.

While D’Angelo looked back to the peak of smooth ’70s soul, though, Badu sang with a grit and bluesiness reminiscent of her heroes, Nina Simone and Billie Holiday. Like many in the contemporary rap world, though, she also had considerable talents at taking on different personas; “Otherside of the Game” is a poetic lament from a soon-to-be single mother who just can’t forget the father of her child.

Erykah Badu’s revolution in sound — heavier hip-hop beats over organic, conscientious soul music — was responsible for her breakout, and she had a bewitching voice, treasuring her notes like the best jazz vocalists.

2 x Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Gatefold, 180 Gram

Tracklist:
Rimshot (Intro) 1:56
On & On 3:45
Appletree 4:25
Otherside Of The Game 6:33
Sometimes (Mix #9) 0:44
Next Lifetime 6:26
Afro (Freestyle Skit) 2:04
Certainly 4:43
4 Leaf Clover 4:34
No Love 5:08
Drama 6:02
Sometimes… 4:10
Certainly (Flipped It) 5:26
Rimshot (Outro) 2:19