Facebook - Rough Trade NYC - Erykah Badu's debut album 'Baduizm'
To understand the frenzy around a , you have to understand the context of 1997. R&B was smooth but increasingly synthetic. Then Erykah Badu arrived with jazz voicings, hip-hop beats, and a philosophy rooted in Afrocentrism and five-percent nation teachings. Erykah Badu Baduizm zip