Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)

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“Love of My Life”
“Love of My Life” cover
Single by Erykah Badu featuring Common
from the album Brown Sugar (Original Soundtrack)
Released August 20, 2002
Format CD single
12-inch single
Genre Hip hop
Length 3:55
Label MCA Records
Writer(s) Erykah Badu
Lonnie Rashid Lynn
Madukwu Chinwah
Robert Ozuma
James Poyser
Raphael Saadiq
Glen Standridge
Producer Raphael Saadiq
Erykah Badu featuring Common singles chronology
"Didn't Cha Know"
(2001)		 "Love of My Life"
(2002)		 "Back In The Day (Puff)"
(2003)

"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" is the title of a 2002 single by singer Erykah Badu and rapper Common. It spent four weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best Solo R&B/Soul Single. It additionally won a Grammy for best R&B song in 2003.[1] The song was featured in the 2002 film Brown Sugar and is found on the film's soundtrack. The song, the film, the Common song "I Used to Love H.E.R." and The Roots song "Act Too (The Love Of My Life)" all share a common theme: the personification of hip hop. The song won the Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song on the 2003 award ceremony, and was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.


[edit] Single track list

  1. "Love of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) (Radio Edit)" (3:50)
  2. "Love of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) (Radio Edit Without Rap)" (3:50)
  3. "Love of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) (Album Version Edit)" (3:50)
  4. "Love of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop) (Instrumental)" (4:28)
Preceded by
"Work It" by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott		 Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
December 28, 2002		 Succeeded by
"Miss You" by Aaliyah


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