She weaves unusual musical influences together creating a rich texture of sound. Her lyrics are highly personal urban philosophy which throw emotional challenges in the face of the listener. She is best known for her singles You Got Me her collaboration with The Roots, as well as her own songs Tyrone, Love of My Life, On & On, Bag Lady, The Healer, Honey and Soldier. Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing GroupĮrykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright on Februin Dallas, Texas) is an American R'n'B/neo-soul artist whose work crosses over into jazz. Hang around in bars try to hang around with starsĪnd tell him come on, help you get your shit They don't never have to pay, don't have no cars
To pay your way and your homeboys way and sometimes your cousin's way Oh, Well hold up, listen partna, I ain't no cheap thrillĬause Miss Badu is always comin' for real you know the deal, niggaĮvery time we go somewhere, I gotta reach down in my purse You say no and turn right around and ask me for some ass Now everytime I ask you for a little cash So matter of fact, I think ya better call Tyrone (call him)Īnd Tell him come on, help you get your shit (come on, come on, come on) I just want it to be, you and me, like It used to be, Baby See I've been having this on my mind for a long time See why can't we be by ourselves, sometimes In 2015, Badu ended a seven-year hiatus as a recording artist with But You Caint Use My Phone, a deliriously odd and enthralling mixtape filled with her riffs and spins on Drake’s then-inescapable “Hotline Bling.” Only Badu could carry off such a wild idea and do it with such imagination and style.You got to bring Jim, James, Paul, and Tyrone Blazing her own trail, she became an icon and inspiration to younger musical adventurers like Flying Lotus, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Tyler, The Creator, all of whom later became her collaborators. 1 (4th World War), Badu crafted her own bewitching and sometimes bewildering brand of soul, funk, and psychedelia, which she laced with stinging sociopolitical commentary and sly humor.
On 2000’s Mama’s Gun and both parts of 2008’s ambitious New Amerykah, Pt. While Badu’s deft and playful vocal delivery garnered early comparisons with Billie Holiday, her creative vision proved to be much broader than the slinky, coffee-bar-ready jazz and soul of her early releases. Indeed, no one could have predicted just how unique her trajectory would be when the singer and songwriter-born Erica Wright, in Dallas, in 1971-first became a leading light of the neo-soul movement alongside friends like D’Angelo and The Roots with the 1997 release of her first hit single, “On & On,” and Baduizm, her impossibly cool full-length debut. As fearless as she is unpredictable, Erykah Badu is one of American music’s true originals.
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