Baduizm
Baduizm is a
nu soul album by
Erykah Badu, released on
February 11,
1997 (see
1997 in music). Her debut album,
Baduizm establish Badu as a popular artist, as well as receiving 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.
Baduizm went to #1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, and #2 on the Pop Albums chart.
Track listing
- Rimshot (Intro) (Badu/Chinwah) - 1:56
- On & On (Badu/Jamal) - 3:45
- Apple Tree (Badu/Bradford) - 4:25
- Other Side of the Game (Badu/Bro ?uestlove/Nichols/Poyser/Roots) - 6:33
- Sometimes [Mix #9] (Badu/Nichols/Poyser/Roots) - :44
- Next Lifetime (Badu/Scott) - 6:26
- Afro (Badu/Barron/Poyser) - 2:04
- Certainly (Badu/Chinwah) - 4:43
- 4 Leaf Clover (Lewis/Lewis) - 4:34
- No Love (Badu/Bradford) - 5:08
- Drama (Badu/Macklin) - 6:02
- Sometimes (Badu/Nichols/Poyser/Roots) - 4:10
- Certainly [Flipped It] (Badu/Chinwah) - 5:26
- Rimshot (Outro) (Badu/Chinwah) - 2:19
Personnel
- Ron Carter - Bass
- Lee Anthony - Engineer
- Martin Czembor - Mixing Assistant
- Ike Lee Ill - Keyboards, Programming, Producer
- Dave Ivory - Engineer
- Tim Latham - Mixing
- Kedar Massenburg - Executive Producer
- Bob Power - Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- James Poyser - Producer
- Frank Salazar - Engineer
- Chris Trevett - Engineer
- Ken Ifill - Mixing
- Robert Bradford - Producer
- Richard Nichols - Producer
- The Roots - Producer
- Jahphar Barron - Producer
- Michael Gilbert - Engineer
- Erykah Badu - Keyboards, Programming, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Drum Programming
- Anthony Lee - Engineer
- Charles McCrorey - Assistant Engineer
- Tim Donovan - Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Paul Shatraw - Mixing Assistant
- Madukwu Chinwah - Voices, Producer
- Jaborn Jamal - Producer
- Sharon Kearney - Assistant Engineer
- Tone Da Backbone - Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer
- Susan Bibeau - Design
- Andrew Dosunmu - Stylist
- Sandie Lee Drake - Art Direction
- Marc Baptiste - Photography
- John Meredith - Producer, Drum Programming, Assistant Engineer
- N'Dambi - Voices
Charting singles
1997 On & On The Billboard Hot 100 No. 12
1997 On & On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 1
1997 On & On Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 3
1997 On & On Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 9
1997 On & On Rhythmic Top 40 No. 23
