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You know, Baduizm was already finished by the time I got a record deal. I went into the studio to either add to it or refine it and the first studio I went into was Battery Studios in Manhattan, NY. I was in one room, Wu-Tang was in one room, Common was in one room and Mos Def was in one room. I think Baduizm has had a big impact on genres like Neo-Soul and music in general, but one of the most obvious aspects of the album is how hard it is to categorise and genre-lise. It is, in my view, such a broad and unique album that one struggles to compare it or easily label what its sounds/styles consist. Nearly twenty-four years after its release, and Baduizm is still being discovered, played and loved. Pitchfork wrote an article in 2017 to mark twenty years of Erykah Badu’s extraordinary debut. I wanted to bring in a few passages from that piece: In 1997, Badu received six nominations and won three: Favorite Female Solo Single for "On & On", Favorite Female Solo Album for Baduizm and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year for "On & On" at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. In 1998, Badu received fourteen nominations and won eight, including Favorite R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist at the American Music Awards; Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "On & On" and Best R&B Album for Baduizm at the Grammy Awards; Outstanding New Artist and Outstanding Female Artist at the NAACP Image Awards; Favorite Female Soul/R&B Single for "On & On", Favorite Female Soul/R&B Album for Baduizm and Favorite New R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist for "On & On" at the Soul Train Music Awards”.

Can it really be that long ago? In many ways, it feels like we’ve benefitted from Erykah Badu’s idiosyncratic style and lyrical insights since time immemorial; yet it also feels like only yesterday that Baduizm, originally released on February 11, 1997, made its creator a household name, taking her to No.2 in the US while cruising to the top of the R&B chart. Badu began interrogating big ideas when she attended a Catholic school. “I thought it was odd that we didn’t question what we were doing,” Badu said in a 2018 interview with Vulture. “What is this ‘blood of the lamb’? What does this mean? And whenever I would ask questions, I would either get manufactured answers or get in trouble for asking questions. I just thought I was not fit for society.” In reality, it was the best artistic vantage point and the genesis of Badu, the philosopher. Curiosity is the centerpiece of her work. She later studied dance at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and majored in theater at Grambling State University before dropping out in 1993. Post-college, she taught dance and theater to a youth group, along with disciplines like yoga and breathwork. Her growing attraction to spiritual methods became the fabric for a body of work devoted to pursuing wisdom and healing. She actually practiced what she preached, then took her studies out on the road, exposing listeners to strange and deeper ways of thinking.when it comes to Vinyl Corner selections, as I realise that I have to get a bit creative when it comes to genre and time period. I have not included Erykah Badu’s debut album, Baduizm, yet, and it is one of my favourite albums of the 1990s – it arrived on 11th February, 1997. In terms of cribbing from Wikipedia: I want to source from another article that reflected on Baduizm twenty years after its release. When Stereogum explored a truly captivating album, they made some interesting observations: The album’s most transcendent moment, “Next Lifetime,” finds her at another crossroads, not above entertaining an illicit affair. The possibility of it hangs in the air and folds beautifully into the song’s woozy ambiance: “How can I want you for myself when I’m already someone’s girl?” Her solution is more divine than definite: She’d have to see him in another lifetime, maybe as butterflies, such a gorgeous way to use reincarnation as a send-off. Baduizm went on to earn Badu numerous awards, including Best R&B Album at the 1998 Grammy Awards. The album itself charted at #2 on the Billboard charts and spent 58 consecutive weeks on the chart.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Baduizm is the debut album from Neo-Soul singer/songwriter/producer, Erykah Badu. The album is cited as one of the most iconic and reputable R&B albums of all time by many, and received praise and acclaim upon its release. It’s known as the album that established and cemented her as one of the leading artists of her genre.Erykah spoke on the process and effect of the record over a decade later during an interview with Billboard;



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