Baduizm - Definition and Overview

Baduizm
Album by Erykah Badu
Released	February 11, 1997
Recorded	Battery Studios, New York, NY; Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, TX; Sigma Sounds and Ivory Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Genre	Nu Soul
Length	58 min 15 sec
Label	Kedar
Producers	Erykah Badu, Jahphar Barron, Robert Bradford, Madukwu Chinwah, Jaborn Jamal, Ike Lee III, John Meredith, Richard Nichols, Bob Power, James Poyser, The Roots, Tone Da Backbone
Professional reviews
AMG	4.5/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2CBB5B07CCC8EE56F89061373F8EE4A665285E36&uid=MIWEB0412181923&sql=10:7gx7gjuro6ix~T1)
Erykah Badu Chronology
Baduizm (1997)		Live (1997)

Baduizm is the debut album by American nu soul singer Erykah Badu, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). Baduizm established Badu as a popular artist and received reviews lauding her return to the simplicity of early-1970s soul. Though she has since become known as much for her sometimes extravagant pseudo-traditional African fashion, Badu's original claim to fame was bass-heavy, groovy beats and emotionally charged lyrics.

Track listing

1. "Rimshot (Intro)" (Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah) - 1:56
2. "On & On" (Badu, Jaborn Jamal) - 3:45
3. "Appletree" (Badu, Robert Bradford) - 4:25
4. "Otherside of the Game" (Badu, Bro ?uestlove, Richards Nichols, James Poyser, The Roots) - 6:33
5. "Sometimes" [Mix #9] (Badu, Nichols, Poyser, The Roots) - 0:44
6. "Next Lifetime" (Badu, A. Scott) - 6:26
7. "Afro" (Badu, Jahphar Barron, Poyser) - 2:04
8. "Certainly" (Badu, Chinwah) - 4:43
9. "4 Leaf Clover" (David Lewis, Wayne Lewis) - 4:34
10. "No Love" (Badu, Bradford) - 5:08
11. "Drama" (Badu, Ty Macklin) - 6:02
12. "Sometimes..." (Badu, Nichols, Poyser, The Roots) - 4:10
13. "Certainly [Flipped It]" (Badu, Chinwah) - 5:26
14. "Rimshot (Outro)" (Badu, Chinwah) - 2:19

Personnel

• Erykah Badu - keyboard, vocals, background vocals
• Ron Carter - bass
• Madukwu Chinwah - voices
• Ike Lee III - keyboard
• N'Dambi - voices
• Bob Power - guitar, keyboard, multiple instruments
• Tone Da Backbone - multiple instruments

Production

• Producers: Erykah Badu, Jahphar Barron, Robert Bradford, Madukwu Chinwah, Jaborn Jamal, Ike Lee III, John Meredith, Richard Nichols, Bob Power, James Poyser, The Roots, Tone Da Backbone
• Executive producer: Kedar Massenburg
• Engineers: Lee Anthony, Tim Donovan, Michael Gilbert, Dave Ivory, Anthony Lee, Bob Power, Frank Salazar, Chris Trevett
• Assistant engineers: Tim Donovan, Sharon Kearney, Charles McCrorey, John Meredith
• Mixing: Ken Ifill, Tim Latham, Bob Power
• Mixing assistants: Martin Czembor, Tim Donovan, Paul Shatraw
• Programming: Erykah Badu, Ike Lee III, Bob Power, Tone Da Backbone
• Drum programming: Erykah Badu, John Meredith
• Art direction: Sandie Lee Drake
• Design: Susan Bibeau
• Photography: Marc Baptiste
• Stylist: Andrew Dosunmu

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Awards

Grammy Awards