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Erykah Badu

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Biography

She grew up listening to '70s soul and '80s hip-hop, but Erykah Badu drew more comparisons to Billie Holiday upon her breakout in 1997, after the release of her first album, Baduizm. The grooves and production on the album are bass-heavy R&B, but Badu's languorous, occasionally tortured vocals and delicate phrasing immediately removed her from the legion of cookie-cutter female R&B singers. A singer/songwriter responsible for all but one of the songs on Baduizm, she found a number 12 hit with her first single, "On & On," which pushed the album to number two on the charts.

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Top Tracks

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  1.  
    Lyrics
    So, presently
    I'm standing here right now
    You're so demanding
    Tell me what you want from me
    Concluding, concentrating
    Window Seat - (4:50)  -  55,717 plays
  2.  
    Lyrics
    Oh my my my
    I'm feeling high
    My moneys gone
    I'm all alone
    The world is turnin'
    On & On - (3:46)  -  43,567 plays
  3.  
    Lyrics
    Du, ru
    Du, du, du, ru, du, ru
    Du, ru, du, ru
    Du, du, du, ru
    Du, du, du, ru, du, ru
    Gone Baby, Don't Be Long - (4:40)  -  29,710 plays
  4.  
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    Who gave you permission to rearrange me?
    Certainly not me
    Who told you that it was alright to love me?
    Certainly, certainly not me
    I was not looking for no love affair
    Certainly - (4:43)  -  27,267 plays
  5.  
    Lyrics
    Bag lady you goin' hurt your back
    Draggin' all 'em bags like that
    I guess nobody ever told you
    All you must hold on to
    Is you, is you, is you
    Bag Lady - (5:49)  -  25,891 plays
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