Baduizm

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Baduizm

Studio album by Erykah Badu
Released	February 11, 1997
Recorded	Battery Studios, New York, NY Dallas Sound Lab, Dallas, TX Sigma Sounds and Ivory Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Genre	Nu Soul
Length	58:15
Label	Kedar
Producer(s)	Erykah Badu, Jahphar Barron, Robert Bradford, Madukwu Chinwah, Jaborn Jamal, Ike Lee III, John Meredith, Richard Nichols, Bob Power, James Poyser, The Roots, Tone Da Backbone
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Erykah Badu chronology
	Baduizm (1997)	Live (1997)

Baduizm is the debut album by American nu soul singer Erykah Badu, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). Baduizm established Badu as a popular artist and received 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. The most popular song off the album, which led to her subsequent fame, was "On & On."

1 Track listing
2 Musicians
3 Production and Other Credits
4 Charts
5 Awards

[edit] Track listing

"Rimshot (Intro)" (Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah) - 1:56
"On & On" (Badu, Jaborn Jamal) - 3:45
"Appletree" (Badu, Robert Bradford) - 4:25
"Otherside of the Game" (Badu, Bro ?uestlove, Richards Nichols, James Poyser, The Roots) - 6:33
"Sometimes" [Mix #9] (Badu, Nichols, Poyser, The Roots) - 0:44
"Next Lifetime" (Badu, A. Scott) - 6:26
"Afro" (Badu, Jahphar Barron, Poyser) - 2:04
"Certainly" (Badu, Chinwah) - 4:43
"4 Leaf Clover" (David Lewis, Wayne Lewis) - 4:34
"No Love" (Badu, Bradford) - 5:08
"Drama" (Badu, Ty Macklin) - 6:02
"Sometimes..." (Badu, Nichols, Poyser, The Roots) - 4:10
"Certainly [Flipped It]" (Badu, Chinwah) - 5:26
"Rimshot (Outro)" (Badu, Chinwah) - 2:19

[edit] Musicians

Erykah Badu - keyboard, vocals, background vocals
Ron Carter - bass
Madukwu Chinwah - voices
Ike Lee III - keyboard
N'Dambi - voices
Bob Power - guitar, keyboard, multiple instruments
Tone Da Backbone - multiple instruments

[edit] Production and Other Credits

Producers: Erykah Badu, Jahphar Barron, Robert Bradford, Madukwu Chinwah, Jaborn Jamal, Ike Lee III, John Meredith, Richard Nichols, Bob Power, James Poyser, The Roots, Tone Da Backbone
Executive producer: Kedar Massenburg
Engineers: Lee Anthony, Tim Donovan, Michael Gilbert, Dave Ivory, Anthony Lee, Bob Power, Frank Salazar, Chris Trevett
Assistant engineers: Tim Donovan, Sharon Kearney, Charles McCrorey, John Meredith
Mixing: Ken Ifill, Tim Latham, Bob Power
Mixing assistants: Martin Czembor, Tim Donovan, Paul Shatraw
Programming: Erykah Badu, Ike Lee III, Bob Power, Tone Da Backbone
Drum programming: Erykah Badu, John Meredith
Art direction: Sandie Lee Drake
Design: Susan Bibeau
Photography: Marc Baptiste
Stylist: Andrew Dosunmu

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	2
1997	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1997	"On & On"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	3
1997	"On & On"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	9
1997	"On & On"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	1
1997	"On & On"	Rhythmic Top 40	23
1997	"On & On"	The Billboard Hot 100	12