Musically the record has a looser feel than her debut, thanks to the informal nature of the sessions. It's just one of many brilliant lines Badu uses to explain the experience of being a black woman. ' I remember when I went with Mama to the Washateria/Remember how I felt the day I first started my period/Remember there was school one day, I learned I was inferior,' she sings later on in the same song. Her wordplay and rhyming are so adept that it feels just as artful as her wordy debut. The more direct approach is certainly more powerful. How does it sound so smooth? How does it make us feel the way it does? Chapter 3 Mama's Gun: 2000
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The kind of music you could spend your entire life trying to understand. You could easily read opening track 'Rimshot (Intro)' as a double entendre, while the bluesy interlude 'Afro' is a simple, cute dedication to ?uestlove from The Roots, who was sleeping next to his drums while recording tracks for the album.īut, for the most part, this is deeply serious, soulful music. Whether we decode her lyrics accurately or not, Baduizm was clear evidence that Badu thought a lot about religion, art, music, sexuality and the cultural woes of modern society and was unafraid to put those thoughts into song. "But I memorised and understood all the information, and I use it every day, just like I use Christian proverbs and text, Islamic proverbs and text, and Buddhist proverbs and text. "I'm not a part of the organisation because I don't think any one organisation can define your relationship with the Creator," she said. Speaking to Vibe magazine in August 1997, Badu spoke about her relationship with those teachings. There are countless claims that Badu's dedication to the Nation of Gods and Earths is all over the record, particularly in early single 'On & On'.
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Those who delve deeper into Badu's lyrics find plenty of mystery hidden in these slinky jams. The opening bassline for Baduizm still moves me. I love the fact that that was over big, fat, bass-heavy hip hop grooves. "She bridged all my favourite genres together – jazz, soul, hip hop – in such a beautiful, poetic way. "Erykah always sings with cheek, she's always smiling. "I love that she sounded like Billie Holliday, but not sad. I was listening to a lot of hip hop and R&B at the time and it was such a relief to know that you didn't have to look or dress like Lil Kim to like hip hop. "I was in my mate's garage, I fell in love instantly. "I remember the first time I was handed the Baduizm CD," Eliza Wolfgramm says. The impact was felt worldwide, with a new breed of Australian singers instantly taken with the Dallas singer. I love that she sounded like Billie Holliday, but not sad.