Baduizm is the debut album of R&B; and neo soul musician Erykah Badu, released February 11, 1997 on Kedar Records. Baduizm established Badu as a popular artist and received reviews lauding her return to the simplicity of early-1970s soul. (And, - "Like the conscious soul era it invoked - the Stevies , Slys and Marvins and Curtis Mayfields of the early '70s - its politics and social comment strived to be inclusive, to understand why a vicious, mat...
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Baduizm is the debut album of R&B; and neo soul musician Erykah Badu, released February 11, 1997 on Kedar Records. Baduizm established Badu as a popular artist and received reviews lauding her return to the simplicity of early-1970s soul. (And, - "Like the conscious soul era it invoked - the Stevies , Slys and Marvins and Curtis Mayfields of the early '70s - its politics and social comment strived to be inclusive, to understand why a vicious, materialist attitude had permeated black culture since the Reagan '80s.") Badu's original claim to fame was bass-heavy, groovy beats and emotionally charged lyrics. The most popular song off the album, which led to her subsequent fame, was "On & On". On July 17, 2007, a special edition of Baduizm was released which contains the original album plus a bonus CD which contains different versions on "On & On", "Appletree", "Next Lifetime", and "A Child With the Blues" (originally featured in the film Eve's Bayou). Baduizm's commercial and critical...
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