Baduizm: Vinyl 2LP BF25BOOKS20 and the first self-titled album

and the first self-titled album that started it up in the now-distant year of 2008 — is a clean flow

and what you can create

featuring string arrangements from Kim Moore and drumming from Alex Thomas (Squarepusher

the black-humoured bard of Newcastle

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Baduizm: Vinyl 2LP BF25BOOKS20 and the first self-titled albumBlending hip hop with traditional soul and jazz vocal stylings, Erykah Badu took the music world by storm with her first album "Baduizm" in 1997. Politically and socially engaged, Badu drew comparisons to Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. "Baduizm" rose all the way to #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart, also scoring a big hit with the song "On & On." Badu won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance on that song. Better yet, "Baduizm" won the