2 catalog entries, grouped by year.
Erykah Badu is a singer and writer from Dallas whose early musical experience included rapping and working with her cousin in Erykah Free. Her 1997 debut Baduizm, including 'On & On,' established her recording career. Mama's Gun followed in 2000, while Worldwide Underground explored a jam-session atmosphere in 2003. Collaborations included 'You Got Me' with the Roots and 'Love of My Life' with Common. Her later album work continued through the two New Amerykah records.
Universal Music Japan - Erykah Badu biography
Read the Japanese label biography for Baduizm in 1997 and On & On, Mama's Gun in 2000, Worldwide Underground in 2003, the Roots/Common collaborations and the two New Amerykah albums. Omit Grammy ceremony-year/category imprecision, sales/rankings and stale present-tense album-completion wording. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Red Bull Music Academy - Erykah Badu, Madrid 2011 lecture transcript
Read the relevant interview body on Dallas, early rapping and writing, Erykah Free with her cousin and the debut-era recording career, including the opening transcript through the Bob Power/On & On discussion. Use Badu's first-person career account. Omit the introduction's incorrect 2007 New Amerykah Part I date, overbroad claims that CDs/cell phones did not exist in 1997, private-life remarks and all lyric content. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Erykah Badu is a singer and writer from Dallas whose early musical experience included rapping and working with her cousin in Erykah Free. Her 1997 debut Baduizm, including 'On & On,' established her recording...
View background statusErykah Badu was inspired to write about emotional baggage and the importance of letting go.
View background status1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.