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In 2008, Badu received eleven nominations and won two, including Best Director for "Honey" at the BET Awards and Best Direction in a Video for "Honey" at the MTV Video Music Awards. Overall, Badu has won 16 awards from 59 nominations. [150] [151] [152] Impact and legacy [ edit ] Erykah Badu has been dubbed "the first lady of neo-soul" and "the queen of neo-soul". [124] [153] [154] [155] Badu: That’s Dallas, Texas. Once I was out of school, I’d met this young, maybe 18 or 19, underground producer in Dallas named JaBorn Jamal. We created the beat to “On” together. Mary J. Blige had used audio-tuned drums in “Real Love” [starts imitating that drum beat], so I wanted to start the song like that because she was one of my biggest inspirations. And the rest is herstory.

Lewis: Yeah, she was mad about that. [ Laughs.] I showed her the [ Rolling Stone] review fresh off the press — I was so happy to be in Rolling Stone— and she didn’t realize I wrote it and was like, “This is bullshit, I don’t sound like Diana Ross.” And I was like, “Well, Erykah, I’m sorry… I wrote it.” [ Laughs.] a b "Gold and Platinum". Cria.ca. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010 . Retrieved January 4, 2012. Ryzik, Melena (March 2, 2008). "The Mind of a One-Woman Multitude". The New York Times . Retrieved May 2, 2010. In 1996, Badu's demo caught the attention of music producer Kedar Massenburg, who signed her and paired her with D'Angelo to record the song "Your Precious Love." Kedar Entertainment, then a small start-up label, later merged with Universal Motown. Musical SuccessMadukwu Chinwah (co-writer/producer): I was a rapper and Erykah was a rapper — I met her at Dallas’s KNON community radio station via a DJ named Nippy Jones. Her appearance was always original. It was different than what we see now — she dressed more like TLC— but it was fly then as it’s fly now. Badu released her fourth studio album New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War in 2008. Rolling Stone named the album one of the year's best. In 2009, Badu and Jay Electronica announced the birth of their daughter, Mars Merkaba. Baduizm, Badu's debut album, was released in early 1997. The album met with critical and commercial success, debuting at number two on the Billboard charts and number one on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. [13] [14] Baduizm 's commercial and critical success helped establish Badu as one of the emerging neo soul genre's leading artists. [15] Her particular style of singing drew many comparisons to Billie Holiday. [16] Baduizm was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, Gold by the British Phonographic Industry and the Canadian Recording Industry Association. [5] [17] [18] Badu alongside Brenda Cherry, Creola and Shaquanda Cotton at the Africa Care Academy 10th Annual Educational Awards Banquet in Dallas, Texas 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.

As an outreach for B.L.I.N.D., Erykah traveled to Africa in February 2003, where she worked with children affected by AIDS and poverty. Badu has also received the Key to the City of Dallas and been recognized in Philanthropy Magazine for her efforts in community service. [170] European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.14, no.17. April 26, 1997. p.17. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Grammys – Media". VH1. Archived from the original on November 1, 2007 . Retrieved December 30, 2008. Badu: During that time period, I had to make the most adult decision of my life: whether I wanted to be in the squatting or sitting position during childbirth. [ Laughs.] In all seriousness, my cousin Free and I were a group called Erykah Free. Sometimes we called ourselves the Funky Cousins. I never really wanted to be apart, but I didn’t really want to be a group — I wanted to be a solo artist. I didn’t say anything for a long time, because we are just so good together. When I did finally decide to express that, it was very difficult. And it took some of the sweetness out of signing the deal. But Free, being the human being he is, said he understood. He didn’t go anywhere, of course; he’s produced on all the rest of my albums.and number one on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. [25] [26] The album was certified two times platinum by RIAA for shipments of over two million copies. [5] The album's lead single, " Tyrone", was released in October 1997 and became another R&B hit single. "Tyrone", lyrically, is a song chiding a selfish, cheap, and inattentive boyfriend. [27] Badu again waded into controversy the following year with her views toward singer R. Kelly, who was facing accusations of sexual abuse. Badu recorded her first live album, Live, while pregnant with Seven, and the release of the recording coincided with his birth. [23] The album was released on November 18, 1997 and reached number four on the US Billboard 200 [24]

In February 2012, Badu's concert was cancelled in Malaysia because it was found that she had applied a temporary tattoo of the word Allah on a part of her body. [185] Badu flipped people on their heads with the intriguing teachings of the Five-Percenter Nation on her first single “On & On.” Unlike most artists, Badu expanded her listeners to a higher level of consciousness, exposing them to tenets and ways of life they may not have previously considered. Baduizm also stood out for its incorporation of hip-hop. Tapping into her teenage rapping days, Badu fused the spoken and sung word in a way that beautifully married the two, whether it was the freestyle flow of " Sometimes (Mix #9)" or " Otherside of the Game."Discography – Erykah Badu – Baduizm". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007 . Retrieved December 29, 2008. On July 5, 2004, Badu gave birth to a daughter, Puma Sabti Curry; Puma's father is Texas-based rapper The D.O.C. On February 1, 2009, Badu gave birth to her third child, a girl named Mars Merkaba Thedford, with her boyfriend of five years, rapper Jay Electronica. [178] Poyser: We’re messing around, and she starts soloing over the 12-bar blues — she calls them 12 ba-blues, as a joke. I think I was playing chords underneath with two hands, like “Heart and Soul” style. Then she grabbed the mic, started singing and that was it. Really, we were just playing around. She might have been talking about Questlove — she definitely wasn’t talking about me. [ Laughs.] Massenburg: “Badu” came from how she would always say “Ba-duuu, ba-duuu” [sings] when she’d sing — so, Baduizm. Robert Christgau, March 11, 1997 in his Consumer Guide column for the Village Voice:“For one thing, Billie didn’t write her own material.”

On August 15, 2018, the NPR video series Tiny Desk Concerts, released a new episode featuring Erykah Badu and her band performing live. [112] The same day, NPR released the What's Good with Stretch & Bobbito podcast episode featuring a fresh interview with Erykah Badu where she spoke of being a certified Doula, her inherited sense of humor from her mother, stand-up comedy, her avoidance of print interviews after her 2008 experience being misquoted, and Prince. [113] On November 7, while hosting NTS series Sound of Color Badu debuted a studio recording of a previously unreleased and untitled song that has been dubbed Money Can't Buy Me Love by fans. Erykah Badu Unveils 'New Amerykah, Part II' ". Billboard. February 23, 2010 . Retrieved October 27, 2013. a b McIver, Joel (2002). Erykah Badu: The First Lady of Neo-Soul. Sanctuary. ISBN 978-1-86074-385-6. Known for speaking her mind, Badu caused an uproar with comments that appeared in a January 2018 article in Vulture. After refusing to judge comedian Bill Cosby on the accusations of sexual assault against him, she said, "I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler." Asked to elaborate, she pointed out that Hitler was a painter, adding, "He had a terrible childhood. That means that when I’m looking at my daughter, Mars, I could imagine her being in someone else’s home and being treated so poorly, and what that could spawn. I see things like that."DaCosta, Jamaias (March 16, 2012). "On the record: Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun". CBC Music. CBC. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016 . Retrieved March 16, 2013. Badu's career began after she opened a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in Fort Worth, leading to record label executive Kedar Massenburg signing her to Kedar Entertainment. [3] Her first album, Baduizm, was released in February 1997. [4] It spawned four singles: " On & On", " Appletree", " Next Lifetime" and " Otherside of the Game". The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [5] Her first live album, Live, was released in November 1997 and was certified double platinum by the RIAA. [5] Listen To A New Mixtape Of Jazz & Funk From Erykah Badu Okayplayer". Okayplayer.com. July 25, 2015 . Retrieved January 1, 2016. Erykah Badu Joins Leg Of Mos Def's Ecstatic Tour". HipHopDX. August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014 . Retrieved January 1, 2016. Baduizm ended up being a commercial and critical success, with the album going three times platinum and winning the Best R&B Album honor at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards. With her debut, Badu cultivated a space for artists who wanted to create boundary-pushing soul music like herself. Her introduction laid the groundwork for the likes of Jill Scott and India.Arie to build upon, as well as contemporary descendants like Ari Lennox, Mahalia, and Durand Bernarr. But it also foreshadowed just how interconnected soul, R&B and hip-hop would become, offering a taste of the innovative impact that came with the Soulquarians’ release of influential and timeless albums in the early 2000s.