Baduizm

Baduizm is the first album by Erykah Badu. The album was released on 11th February 1997, and consists of 1970s inspired neo-soul (a genre she would later be crowned the queen of), R&B and soul. 
Four singles were released with the album: On & On in December 1996 (as her debut single), Next Lifetime in May 1997, Other Side Of The Game in September 1997, and Appletree in March 1998. 
== Early stages of the album and background ==
Erykah had an interest in music and performance arts from a very young age. At age fourteen, she started freestyling at local radio stations and created the stage name Erykah Badu (Erica -> Erykah as she believed it sounded like a slave name, and Badu from her favourite Jazz scat sound as well as the Akan people in Ghana's term for the 10th born child).
After dropping out of Grambling State University (in which she majored in Performing Arts) in 1993 to pursue a more active career in music, Erykah would record a demo album with her cousin, which would create an interest in Erykah from record producer and label executive of Kedar Records and Universal Motown Records Kedar Massenberg and would then arrange a demo song with fellow neo-soul singer D'Angelo called 'Your Precious Love'.
== Writing and recording ==
Erykah began recording the album throughout January up to October 1996 in many different cities, including New York City, Dallas, and Philadelphia. 
== Tracklist ==
CD, cassette and streaming tracklist
Track no,	Song title 	Length	Writers	Producers
1 	Rimshot (Intro) 	1:56 	 	Madukwu Chinwah
2 	On & On 	3:45 	 	Bob Powers & JaBorn Jamal
3 	Appletree 	4:25 	 	Ike Lee II & Erykah Badu
4 	Other Side Of The Game	6:33 	 	The Roots & Richard Nichols
5 	Sometimes (mix #9) 	0:44 	 	David Ivory
6 	Next Lifetime 	6:26 	 	Tone The Backbone
7 	Afro (Freestyle Skit) 	2:04 	 	Erykah Badu, James Poyser, JaiFar Brown
8 	Certainly 	4:43 	 	Madukwu Chinwah
9 	4 Leaf Clover 	4:34 	 	Ike Lee & Erykah Badu
10 	No Love 	5:08 	 	Robert "Free" Bradford
11 	Drama 	6:02 	 	Bob Power
12 	Sometimes... 	4:10 	 	The Roots, Richard Nichols and James Poyser
13 	Certainly - Flipped It	5:26 	 	Madukwu Chinwah
14 	Rimshot (Outro) 	2:19 	 	Madukwu Chinwah
Vinyl editions of the album exclude the songs Other Side Of The Game, Afro (Freestyle Skit), Certainly, Drama, and Rimshot (Outro).
== Singles ==
File:On-and-on-erkyah-badu.jpg|On & On
File:Next-lifetime-erkyah-badu.jpg|Next Lifetime
File:Other-side-of-the-game-erkyah-badu.jpg|Other Side Of The Game
File:Appletree-erkyah-badu.jpg|Appletree
== Album booklet ==
File:Baduizmbooklet01.png|Cassette artwork
File:Baduizmvinylart.png|Vinyl artwork
File:Baduizmcdback01.png|CD back artwork
File:Baduizmcd.png|CD
File:Baduizmbooklet02.png|1
File:Baduizmbooklet03.png|2
File:Baduizmbooklet04.png|3
File:Baduizmbooklet05.png|4
File:Baduizmbooklet06.png|5
File:Baduizmbooklet07.png|6
File:Baduizmbooklet08.png|7
File:Baduizmbooklet09.png|8
== Photoshoot ==
Category:Albums
Category:1997
Category:Baduizm