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On & On by Erykah Badu

Artist Biography For Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu Born Erica Abi Wright On February 26 1971 In Dallas Texas Is An American R'n'B/neo-Soul Artist Whose Work Crosses Over Into Jazz. She Is Best Known For Her Singles You Got Me Her Collaboration With The Roots As Well As Her Own Songs Tyrone Love Of My Life On & On Bag Lady The Healer Honey And Soldier. Her Lyrics Are Highly Personal Urban Philosophy Which Throw Emotional Challenges In The Face Of The Listener. She Weaves Unusual Musical Influences Together Creating A Rich Texture Of Sound. Some Music Journalists Have Labeled Her Nu Soul Nouvelle-Soul Or Neo Soul Often Comparing Her To Billie Holiday In Lyrical Delivery And Grouping Her With Maxwell And D'Angelo In Musical Genre. Baduizm Badu's Highly Acclaimed Debut Album Was Released In Early 1997 And Debuted At #2 On The Billboard Charts. Lead Single On & On Reached #12 On The Singles Charts In Both The U.S. And UK. Badu Received Notice For Her Introspective Lyrics And Jazzy Bass-Heavy Sound And Was Hailed As One Of The Leading Lights Of The Burgeoning Neo Soul Genre. Her Sophisticated Style Of Singing Drew Many Comparisons To Billie Holiday. Baduizm Eventually Went Triple Platinum And Along With On & On Won Grammy Awards At The 1998 Ceremonies. During That Year Badu Became Involved With Rapper André 3000 Of OutKast With Whom She Had A Child Seven Who Was Born In 1997. Their Relationship Ended Sometime In The Late 90s. Badu Recorded Her First Live Album Live While Pregnant With Seven And The Release Of The Recording Coincided With The Birth To Her Child. Live Reached #4 On The Billboard Charts Selling Double Platinum And Spawned Another R&B Hit Single In Tyrone A Song Chiding A Selfish Cheap And Inattentive Boyfriend. Badu Also Collaborated With The Roots Who Had Previously Handled Production Duties On A Number Of Tracks On Baduizm On Their Breakthrough 1999 Release Things Fall Apart. She Was Featured On The Song You Got Me Co-Written By Jill Scott Which Hit The Top 40 And Won A Grammy For Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group. After Taking Some Time Off To Raise Her Child Badu Returned In 2000 With Mama's Gun An Album More Organic In Sound Than Her Previous Studio Album And Primarily Produced By The Soulquarians And Noted Bassist Pino Palladino. A Remix Of One Of The Album's Songs Bag Lady Was Issued As The First Single And Topped The R&B Charts For Seven Weeks. The Album Was Well-Received With The Lyrical Content Winning Notices From Many Publications Who Found Some Of Her Lyrics Hard To Decipher On Her Initial Releases. Despite Not Charting As High As Her First Two Albums Mama's Gun Was Another Platinum-Selling Success And Bag Lady Was Nominated For A Grammy. By 2000 Badu Was In A Romantic Relationship With Fellow Soulquarian Common And Love Of My Life An Ode To Hip-Hop Was Released As A Collaboration Between The Two On The Brown Sugar Soundtrack. Love Of My Life Hit #9 On The Pop Charts Topped The R&B Listings And Badu Was Awarded Her Fourth Grammy For The Song In 2003. After The Release Of Mama's Gun And Love Of My Life Badu Went Through A Period Of Writer's Block. She Hit The Road Throughout 2002 And Much Of 2003 On What She Dubbed The "Frustrated Artist Tour " In Search Of Inspiration To Write And Perform New Material. The Conclusion Of The Tour Saw Badu Head Back To The Studio With New Material And In September Of 2003 The Worldwide Underground Was Released. More Jam-Oriented Than Any Of Her Prior Releases Badu Was Quoted As Saying That The Release Was Designed To Serve As One Continuous Groove. Worldwide Underground Reached #3 On The Billboard Charts And Was Certified Gold Not Long After Its Release And Badu Received Four Further Grammy Nominations For The EP. After Almost Four Years And The Birth Of A Daughter Puma It Was Revealed In 2007 That Badu Had Three Albums In The Works Over The Course Of 2007 And 2008. Honey A New Single Produced By 9th Wonder Was Leaked Online In November 2007 And The New Album Titled New Amerykah Part One 4th World War Was Released On February 26 2008. On August 23 2008 Badu Joined The Rock Band My Morning Jacket On Stage At Their Show In Dallas Texas To Perform Her Song Tyrone. Her Surprise Appearance Was Met With An Enthusiastic Reaction From The Audience. On February 1 2009 Badu Gave Birth To Her Third Child A Girl Named Mars Merkaba With Her Boyfriend Jay Electronica. Her Album New Amerykah Part Two Return Of The Ankh Was Released On March 30 2010.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: On & On

On & On" Is A Song By American Neo-Soul Singer Erykah Badu Released As The First Single From Her Debut Album Baduizm 1997 . Released In January 1997 The Song Won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance At The 1998 Grammy Awards. It Spent Two Weeks At Number-One On The US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart And Went To Number 12 On The US Billboard Hot 100. It Reached The Same Position On The UK Singles Chart. Patrick Corcoran From Albumism Said That "with Its Talk Of Ciphers And Cups Of Tea" "On & On" "cast Her As Serenely Disassociated From The Troubles And Strife Of The World Somehow Able To Rise Above It All." 3 Larry Flick From Billboard Wrote "While Everyone Else Is Trying To Mimic Faith Evans And Mary J. Blige Newcomer Badu Is Going One Step Further. She Is Taking The Jeep-Soul Concept And Expanding It With Her Own New Ideas. With The Aid Of Producers Bob Power And Jamal Cantero She Infuses Elements Of African Culture With A Touch Of Middle-Eastern Vocal Flavor. The Result Is A Refreshing And Adventurous Single That Could Easily Lure Hard-Core Hip-Hop Kids—and Their Parents Too. This Bodes Extremely Well For The Creative Depth And Commercial Reach Of The Forthcoming Album "Baduizm"." 4 Ralph Tee From Music Week's RM Dance Update Rated The Song Four Out Of Five Adding That Badu "sounds A Touch Like A Young Ella Fitzgerald On This Sparse But Effective Debut. Booming Bass Jazzy Keyboards And Percussion Hold The Track Together This Not Being The Most Typical Of R&b Records But A Healthy Alternative To The Hip Hop/swing Side Of Soul That D'Angelo And Maxwell Have Already Lapped Into. Erykah Badu Is Depicted As A Maid In A Black Family Household In The Music Video For The Single Showing Her Doing Her Chores. Scenes Of Her Chasing A Dog That Bit The Laundry That She Put To Dry Tying A Little Girl's Hair Into A Ponytail And Falling Into Mud Could Be Seen Throughout The Video. The Video Ends With Badu Dressed Fully In Green With Several People In A Farm Singing And Dancing. The Video Is Loosely Based Upon The 1985 Film Adaptation Of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. The Video Was Also Nominated At The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards Including Best Female Video And Best R&B Video Slant Magazine Listed The Song At Number 46 In Their Ranking Of "The 100 Best Singles Of The 1990s" In 2011 Writing "Boasting The Roundest Bassline Since Digable Planets Got Cool Like Dat "On & On" Is Erykah Badu's Mission Statement From A Higher Plane. Her Money Might Be Gone She Might Be All Alone But She's Feeling High And Mighty And The Siren Song Pours Forth From Her Honeyed Lips Like A Fount Of Alien Wisdom. Backed By A Languorously Snapping Swinging Backbeat And Expansive Half-Heard Piano Chords That Repeatedly Collapse Back On Themselves "On & On" Is As Sonically Introspective As Its Creator A Woman Who Can Believably Claim To Have Walked The Entire Cipher Of Earth Clear Her Throat Utter "Goddammit I'ma Sing My Song " And Still Seem Like She's Hiding More Than She's Revealing.

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