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Erykah Badu
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Born
February 26, 1971 in Dallas, TX

Years Active:
90s | Current

 
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 langurous, 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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Selected Discography:
  Album Title Released Label Price
New Amerykah, Part 1- 4th World War



2008 Motown $6.99
Worldwide Underground



2003 Motown $6.99
Mama's Gun



2000 Motown $6.99
Baduizm



1997 Universal $6.99
Live



1997 Universal $6.99
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