Erykah Badu – Baduizm (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl 2LP Heaven Surrounds Us Like a

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Dave Okumu of The Invisible and legendary drummer Tony Allen shortly before he passed away

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The long-time collaborators Hariet Ellis and Yolanda Fagan (both having worked together on BOZO

while their post 2004 reunion has seen them alchemize more sophisticated dark arts - a return which has them add another three UK Top 10 albums to the three they achieved on their first run

Erykah Badu – Baduizm (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl 2LP Heaven Surrounds Us Like aTwo years after D'Angelo brought the organic sound and emotional passion of R&B to the hip hop world with 1995's Brown Sugar, Erykah Badu's debut performed a similar feat. While D'Angelo looked back to the peak of smooth '70s soul, though, Badu sang with a grit and bluesiness reminiscent of her heroes, Nina Simone and Billie Holiday. Like many in the contemporary rap world, though, she also had considerable talents at taking on different personas;