The Coming (1996)
1. Coming (Intro)
2. Do My Thing
3. Everything Remains Raw
4. Abandon Ship (featuring Rampage The Last Boy Scout)
5. Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check (Feat. Rampage The Last Boy Scout)
6. It's a Party (featuring Zhané)
7. Hot Fudge
8. Ill Vibe (featuring Q-Tip)
9. Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad (featuring Jamal, Redman, Keith Murray, Rampage The Last Boy Scout & Lord Have Mercy)
10. Still Shining
11. Keep It Movin' (featuring Dinco, Milo & Charlie Brown)
12. Finish Line
13. End of the World (Outro)
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When Disaster Strikes... (1997)
1. Intro
2. Whole World Lookin' at Me
3. Survival Hungry
4. When Disaster Strikes
5. So Hardcore
6. Get High Tonight
7. Turn It Up
8. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
9. There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix (featuring Jamal)
10. We Could Take It Outside (featuring The Flipmode Squad- Rampage, Serious, Spliff Star, Lord Have Mercy, Rah-Digga & Baby Sham)
11. Rhymes Galore
12. Things We Be Doin' for Money Part 1
13. Things We Be Doin' for Money Part 2 (featuring Rampage, Anthony Hamilton & The Chosen Generation)
14. One (featuring Erykah Badu)
15. Dangerous
16. The Body Rock (featuring Rampage, Sean 'Puffy' Combs & Mase)
17. Get Off My Block (featuring Lord Have Mercy)
18. Outro (Preparation for the Final World Front)
19. Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up'
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Extinction Level Event*The Final World Front (1998)
1. There's Only One Year Left!!!
2. Everybody Rise
3. Where We Are About to Take It
4. Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation)
5. Tear da Roof Off
6. Against All Odds (featuring Flipmode Squad)
7. Just Give It to Me Raw
8. Do It to Death
9. Keepin' It Tight
10. Gimme Some More
11. Iz They Wildin Wit Us & Gettin Rowdy Wit Us? (featuring Mystikal)
12. Party Is Goin' on over Here
13. Do the Bus a Bus
14. Take It Off
15. What's It Gonna Be?! (featuring Janet Jackson)
16. Hot Sh** Makin' Ya Bounce
17. What the F*** You Want!!
18. This Means War!! (featuring Ozzy Osbourne)
19. Burial Song (Outro)'
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Anarchy (2000)
1. Current State of Anarchy (Intro)
2. Salute da Gods!!
3. Enjoy Da Ride
4. We Put It Down For Y'All
5. Bladow!!
6. Street Sh**
7. Live It Up
8. Fire
9. All Night
10. Show Me What You Got
11. Get Out!!
12. The Heist (featuring Raekwon The Chef, Ghostface Killa & Roc-Marciano of the Flipmode Squad)
13. A Trip Out Of Town
14. How Much We Grew
15. Here We Go Again (featuring The Flipmode Squad)
16. We Comin' Through
17. C'mon All My N***az, C'mon All My B****es
18. Make Noise (featuring Lenny Kravitz)
19. Ready For War (featuring M.O.P.)
20. Why We Die (featuring DMX & Jay Z)
21. Anarchy
22. Outro
23. Live It Up (Remix)
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Genesis (2001)
1. Intro
2. Everybody Rise Again
3. As I Come Back
4. Shut 'Em Down 2002
5. Genesis
6. Betta Stay Up In Your House (feat. Rah Digga)
7. We Got What You Want
8. Truck Volume
9. Pass the Courvoisier (feat. P. Diddy)
10. Break Ya Neck
11. Bounce (Let Me See Ya Throw It)
12. Holla
13. Wife in Law (feat. Jaheim)
14. Ass on Your Shoulders (feat. Kokane)
15. Make It Hurt Listen
16. What It Is (feat. Kelis)
17. There's Only One (feat. Mary J. Blige)
18. You Ain't F***in' Wit Me
19. Match The Name With The Voice (feat. Flipmode Squad)
20. Bad Dreams
21. Pass the Courvoisier Part II (feat. P. Diddy & Pharrell)
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It Ain't Safe No More... (2002)
1. Intro
2. It Ain’t Safe No More… (feat. Meka)
3. What Do You Do When You’re Branded
4. Call the Ambulance
5. We Goin’ to Do It to Ya
6. What Up
7. Turn Me Up Some
8. Make It Clap (feat. Spliff Star)
9. Take It Off Part 2 (feat. Meka)
10. Taste It
11. Hey Ladies
12. I Know What You Want (feat. Mariah Carey & Flipmode Squad)
13. Riot
14. Hop
15. Together (feat. Rah Digga)
16. Struttin’ Like a G.O.D.
17. The Struggle Will Be Lost (feat. Carl Thomas)
18. Till It’s Gone
19. Make It Clap (feat. Spliff Star) (Remix)
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The Big Bang (2005)
1. Get You Some (featuring Q-Tip & Marsha from Floetry)
2. Touch It
3. How We Do It Over Here (featuring Missy Elliott)
4. New York S*** (featuring Swizz Beatz)
5. Been Through the Storm (featuring Stevie Wonder)
6. In the Ghetto (featuring Rick James)
7. Cocaina (featuring Marsha from Floetry)
8. You Can't Hold the Torch (featuring Q-Tip & Chauncey Black)
9. Goldmine (featuring Raekwon)
10. I Love Me B**** (featuring Kelis & will.i.am)
11. Don't Get Carried Away (featuring Nas)
12. They're Out to Get Me (featuring Mr. Porter)
13. Get Down
14. I'll Do It All (featuring LaToiya Williams)
15. Legend of the Fall Offs
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Back on My B.S. (2009)
1. Back on My B.S. Intro
2. Wheel of Fortune
3. Give Em What They Askin For
4. Respect My Conglomerate (Ft. Lil Wayne & Jadakiss)
5. Shoot for the Moon
6. Hustler's Anthem '09 (Ft. T-Pain)
7. Kill Dem (Ft. Pharrell & Tosh)
8. Arab Money (Ft. Ron Browz)
9. I'm a Go and Get My... (Ft. Mike Epps)
10. We Want In (Ft. Ron Browz, The Flipmode Movement, Spliff Star & Show Money)
11. We Miss You (Ft. DeMarco Brothers & Jelly Roll)
12. Sugar (Ft. Jelly Roll)
13. Don't Believe Em (Ft. T.I.)
14. Decision (Ft. Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend & Common)
15. World Go Round
16. How You Really Want It
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Erykah Badu is so frustrating.
Common - Unamerican Caravan (1991) 1. First Days Of New School 2. Take It EZ (Demo Version) 3. Vero nome: Erica Abi Wright. Profilo: Grammy Award-winning American R&B/Soul singer, songwriter and actress born in Dallas, Texas on February 26, 1971. She is known as the first lady of Neo-Soul. She also DJs under the name 'Lo Down Loretta Brown'. Artist: NaS Genre: Hip-Hop Year: 1994 - 2017 Format: MP3 / 128-320 kbps Duration: 36 CD, 36:56:34.
On one hand, she’s spent the past 20 years redefining modern soul, delivering albums and songs that have become the stuff of pop culture legend.
On the other hand, she’s been notoriously stingy with new material over the years. Since 1997, the enigmatic Badu has only given us five LPs, one live album and one mixtape.
I swear we got more Young Thug albums in 2017 alone than Badu has delivered her entire career. But her mystique has only added to her legacy.
Let’s look back at Erykah’s catalog from bottom to top. As always, we’ll be excluding mixtapes, live albums and compilations. If you’ve got a problem with that, call Tyrone.
5. Worldwide Underground (2003)
Soul In Stereo rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
Edd said: Let’s clarify one thing right off the bat – there’s no such thing as a “bad” Badu album. But something has to come in last on the list, right? Don’t consider that a slight on the quality of Worldwide Underground – it’s filled with strong, hip-hop influenced cuts that will be greatly appreciated by old school fans. Still the set feels a bit too much like an unfocused jam session in spots instead of a fully formed LP. It’s solid but Badu would top this one many times over.
Forgotten favorites: “Love of My Live Worldwide,” “I Want You,” “Back in the Day (Puff)”
4. New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
Soul In Stereo rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
Edd said: I’m sure this ranking will be the one that will set my mentions ablaze. I totally get why. New Amerykah Part One is an extremely difficult album to categorize – it’s like nothing that came before or after it. Outside of a few familiar tracks like “Honey” (maybe my favorite Badu song of them all), its brand of futuristic funk is can be tough for more traditional R&B fans to digest. But stick with it and you’ll be treated to bleak yet insightful political commentary that proved to be way ahead of its time. Trust me, if this thing dropped in 2017, Twitter would lose its collective hive mind. This album makes you work to love it. It’s still a satisfying journey.
Forgotten favorites: “The Healer,” “My People,” “The Cell”
3. New Amerykah Park Two (Return of the Ankh) (2010)
Soul In Stereo rating: 4 stars out of 5
Edd said: If New Amerykah Part One was the sharp left turn in Badu’s trajectory, Part Two was a bit of a course correction. While less sonically challenging as its predecessor, Part Two is much more warm and inviting, with smooth production and generous use of memorable samples making this feel like a bit of a homecoming. Of all her releases, Part Two feels most like the sonic sibling of Badu’s classic debut. Despite the occasional weak spot here and there, it’s a fulfilling soulful experience.
Forgotten favorites: “Out of My Mind, Just In Time,” “Umm Hmm,” “You Loving Me (Session)”
2. Mama’s Gun (2000)
Soul In Stereo rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
Edd said: Raw. That’s the best description of Erykah Badu’s sophomore album – the perfect evolution from her celebrated 1997 debut. From attempting to ease the burden of the working woman on “Bag Lady” while also celebrating the importance of self-love on “Kiss Me On My Neck,” Mama’s Gun’s key theme is liberation. In an era where love in R&B was becoming more superficial, Badu pushed for authenticity, and in the process created some of her best work.
Forgotten favorites: “Kiss Me On My Neck (Hesi),” “Booty,” “Time’s A Wastin'”
1. Baduizm (1997)
Soul In Stereo rating: 5 stars out of 5
Edd said: I still remember hearing Badu’s “On and On” for the first time – it was so rich, so soulful, so different, that I though it was a commercial for one of those chitlin circuit plays that would come to town every few months. Seriously. I caught the video on BET soon after and I was immediately hooked. Baduizm is an album that linked two generations, one that borrowed from the blueprint set by legends like Billie Holiday and infused it with late 90s hip-hop sensibilities. Jazz, ’70s soul and rap were blended to create an album that directly spoke to its young audience by using a voice dripping with the wisdom of their forefathers. Baduizm still stands as one of the greatest R&B albums of the past 20 years.
Forgotten favorites: “Appletree,” “4 Leaf Clover,” “Certainly (Flipped It)”
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