Extractions: or presentations of published writers. By Katherine Josephs o hear Erykah Badu's voice is to be shocked, surprised and delighted. At first, it sounds as if Bille Holiday lives on, but soon Badu's deep, soulful, and brutally honest lyrics bring us back to the present. Besides being compared to Holiday, Badu is hailed as the leader of neo-soul, the rebirth of classic rhythm and blues. Pulling on her influences of Marvin Gaye, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughn and Stevie Wonder, Badu has combined the classic, soulful sounds of these legendary artists with lyrics that reflect the harsh realities of the modern world. Born Erykah Wright and raised in Dallas, Texas, Badu always knew she was destined to let her voice be heard. She changed her surname to Badu in honor of scat music. After attending Grambling State University in Louisiana, she left without earning a degree. She felt that "a degree was just a piece of paper." Badu found
Extractions: Erykah Badu has a good attitude. But, hey, no one’s perfect. She states that "being righteous is a full-time job" and proclaims herself a "messenger of spiritual and artistic rebirth." On the cover of her debut CD, Baduizm The print press has been quick to compare her to the late Billie Holiday. There is a resemblance, I suppose, but basically the point has been overwrought. At times, yes, she does sound hauntingly close to the legendary jazz vocalist but Badu’s voice is far less pained than that of Holiday’s. Nonetheless, her vocals have a cool, moody quality that offsets her occasional foray into syrupy sentimentality (witness the introduction of "Appletree" where she dishes out "food for thought" to some hungry young listener). RealAudio Sound Clip... "On & On" Download RealAudio at NY Rock Home Page Badu somewhat reluctantly acknowledges the tie to Billie Holiday but also lists Chaka Kahn, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye as influences. In fact, one of Badu’s early successes was a cover of the Marvin Gaye-Tammy Terrell classic "Your Precious Love."
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Extractions: Quick Links to related pages) "Next Lifetime" - Erykah Badu "Next Lifetime" shows Erykah Badu in three time periods, two historical (in Africa and the U.S.) and one imagined (in the future). There are a number of historical images in the first two periods. Besides singing about love, is Badu (who was co-director) making other statements? About history? About struggles? About morality? About the role of women? Is there a significance to the date "1637 A.D." at the beginning of the video?
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Extractions: THE year 1997 couldn't have possibly been any bigger for Erykah Badu. The sleepy-eyed twenty-something singer released two albums that wowed critics and fans alike; appeared on a soap opera and in her first feature film; directed two of her own music videos; headlined one of the summer's biggest tours; and somehow managed to find time to have a child. In the process, Badu, who has a voice like ... more
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Extractions: L a ventiseienne texana va sempre più imponendosi come la regina incontrastata del panorama soul contemporaneo. Questo Live è la sintesi dei molti concerti tenuti da Erykah Badu nell'ultimo anno, propone i migliori pezzi del suo giovane repertorio a base di soul hip hop funky ed un pizzico di jazz , oltre ad un brano nuovo e ad effetto come Tyrone (addirittura in due versioni), che ha costituito il clou delle esibizioni live della cantante , solitamente agghindata con vesti di foggia afroamericana e felicemente incinta. L'album ha l'intensità di un vero concerto, e già questo è un grosso merito: dopo l'introduzione di Rimshot arrivano Other side of the game Apple tree e Certainly : brani già inclusi nel suo disco d'esordio
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Extractions: Check this rags-to-riches story: Erica Wright, a 22-year-old schoolteacher who wants to sing, gets a gig opening for the just-about-to-break-wide-open D'Angelo in 1994. She belts it out, D's manager likes her, she gets a contract and a new name: Erykah Badu. (No, I don't know what it means either.) When Ms. Badu busts out with Baduizm , her 1997 debut album, it storms out of nowhere to get to #2 on the charts. (Remember that song "On and On" where the singer sounded like Billie Holiday on attitudoids? That was her.) Yeah, she was the headwrap, but also the galvanizing live performer (her second album, which produced the great single "Tyrone") and burgeoning actress (she was Rose Rose in The Cider House Rules ), as well as half of a heavy-hype celeb couple with André Benjamin of
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