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Erykah Badu (Music)

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Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright, February 26, 1971) is an American musician from Dallas, Texas. She is best known for helping in the rise of Neo Soul.Her rise to fame came with her first album, Baduizm, which was released in 1997. The first single, "On & On", was a huge hit, and the album received positive reviews from critics, debuted at number two on the Billboard charts, and won many awards. She also recorded her first live album, simply titled Live, around this time. During this time, she also became notable for her fancy African headwraps, which came in many colors.In 2000, she recorded her second album Mama's Gun, which, according to critics, "had a more organic sound than her last record". It spawned the hit "Bag Lady", which remix topped many charts. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award. Her next album, Worldwide Underground, came out in 2003, and while not getting as great criticism as Mama's Gun and Baduizm did, it nonetheless got good reviews. It, according to Erykah herself, was designed to be "one continuous groove".In the 2000s, she also started a series of albums called New Amerykah, and the first of which came out in 2008. The album was recorded mainly on a laptop. The second album in this series, titled New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), came out in 2010.In 2010, she caused some controversy with the video for her song "Window Seat", in which she gradually stripped herself nude while walking through a Dallas neighborhood in full public view. The video was inspired by a group called Matt and Kim's music video for their song "Lessons Learned".Badu is also notable for being barred from entry into Malaysia by the immigration and customs in 2012 on the grounds of putting on a temporary tattoo of the Arabic glyph for "Allah" in one of her earlier shows in some other countries, due to the Information Minister of the time listening to the demands of the extremist conservatives. Needless to say, her Malaysian fans weren't happy with the government's move.Her music incorporates elements of R&B, Hip-Hop, and Jazz. Her later albums also incorporate elements of Electronica and Funk. Lyrically, she is known to be very deep, as opposed to most R&B music. She's also known to explore her African heritage a lot, as if her headwraps, clothing, and constant afros give any indication.
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Take Off Your Clothes: She does this throughout the music video for "Window Seat".
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Album Intro Track: "Rimshot (Intro)" for Baduizm (and Live, in that same vein) and "World Keeps Turnin' (Intro)" for Worldwide Underground.
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Book Ends: The intro and outro of Baduizm are both called "Rimshot". Similarly, the intro and outro of Worldwide Underground are both called "World Keeps Turnin'".
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Let's Duet
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Let's Duet: Most notably with Common on "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)", as well as many others.
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Central Theme: Baduizm deals a lot with plants and fruits. But You Caint Use My Phone reasonably focuses on the theme of communication through phones.
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Supergroup: She was a member of the Soulquarians collective, which also included J Dilla, Questlove, and D'Angelo, among many others.
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Caught Coming Home Late: In the music video for "Love of My Life", Erykah returns home late and likely drunk after a date night. She later finds her mother sitting on the couch asking where she's been.
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Stage Names: Her real name is Erica Abi Wright.
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Neo Soul
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Neo Soul: Leading figure in this genre's popularity.
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Shout-Out: From "...& On": "I be that gypsy flippin' life game from the right brain". Erykah and Andre 3000 dated for a time, and were also involved creatively, so cross-pollination between their songs wasn't too surprising.
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Refuge in Audacity: If the page quote is any indication, she believes in art without fear.
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: The opening line of "Appletree".
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Word Salad Lyrics: She sometimes can do this.
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