UMG - Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (+Bonus Track) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Limited double vinyl LP pressing. Baduizm is the1997 debut album by neo soul singer-songwriter Erykah Badu. The album won numerous accolades including winning awards for InchOn & OnInch and a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 40th Grammy Awards in 1998. Baduizm's success earned Erykah Badu popularity at the time and helped establish her as one of the emerging neo soul genre's leading artists. Recording sessions for the album took place during January to October 1996 at Battery Studios in New York City, Sigma Sounds and Ivory Studios in Philadelphia, and Dallas Sound Lab in Dallas. Continuing with it's Respect The Classics initiative, UMe reissue this album in it's entirety, on double vinyl LP for the first time. Album Tracks 1. Rim Shot (Intro) 2. On & on [Explicit] 3. Appletree 4. Other Side of the Game 5. Sometimes (Mix #9) 6. Next Lifetime 7. Afro (Freestyle Skit) 8. Certainly 9. 4 Leaf Clover 10. No Love 11. Drama 12. Sometimes 13. Certainly (Flipped It) 14. Rim Shot (Outro)

Relationships, Badu delivered a highly intimate and personal album that reached Platinum two months after it's . MAMA'S GUN features substantial contributions from several members of the Soulquarians outfit, of which Badu was a member. It also features guests such as Soul singer Betty Wright and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. The album contains the single 'Bag Lady' which, with it's colorful, artsy music video, shot to #1 on the R&B charts, and also into the Top 10 on the Billboard charts. 'Bag Lady' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and for Best R&B Song. Also the song 'Didn't Cha Know' was nominated for Best R&B Song. Album Tracks 1. Penitentiary Philosophy 2. Didn't Cha Know 3. My Life 4. ... & on 5. Cleva 6. Hey Sugah 7. Booty 8. Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi) 9. A.D. 2000 10. De Three 11. Orange Moon 12. In Love with You 13. Bag Lady 14. Time's a Wastin 15. Green Eyes

Limited double vinyl LP pressing. Mama's Gun is the second studio album by American neo soul singer Erykah Badu. It was recorded between 1999 and 2000 at Electric Lady Studios in New York and released on November 21, 2000, by Motown Records. A neo soul album, Mama's Gun incorporates funk, soul, and jazz styles. It has confessional lyrics by Badu, which cover themes of insecurity, social issues and personal relationships. The album has been viewed by critics as a female companion to neo soul artist D'Angelo's second album Voodoo (2000), which features a similar musical style and direction. The album contains the single InchBag LadyInch, a top 10 Billboard hit, nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and for Best R&B Song. Continuing with it's Respect The Classics initiative, UMe reissues this album on standard weight vinyl for the first time since it's original pressing. Album Tracks 1. Penitentiary Philosophy 2. Didn't Cha Know? 3. My Life 4. ...& on 5. Cleva 6. Hey Sugah 7. Booty 8. Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi) 9. A.D. 2000 10. Orange Moon 11. In Love with You (Featuring Stephen Marley) 12. Bag Lady 13. Time's a Wastin 14. Green Eyes