Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu: The Queen of Neo-Soul "What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that." Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright, on February 26, 1971 in Dallas Texas. Raised by her actress mother Kolleen Maria Wright, Badu was exposed to the arts early on. At a very young age she danced and sang for her mother and eventually began performing in shows at her local Dallas Theater Center. Badu graduated from Dallas' Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts, where she would flourish in the arts magnet school, focusing on dance and singing. Following her graduation from high school, she…

of the money in the world, would you let the money change who you are deep inside? Erykah Badu is best known for her soulful music style, showcased on albums such as the Grammy Award-winning Baduizm and 1997's Live. Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas. (She would later choose the moniker Erykah Badu—"kah" is an Egyptian term for one's "inner self," and "badu" is her favorite jazz-riff scat sound.) Raised by her actress mother, Kolleen Maria Gipson, Badu…

of the money in the world, would you let the money change who you are deep inside? Erykah Badu is best known for her soulful music style, showcased on albums such as the Grammy Award-winning Baduizm and 1997's Live. Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas. (She would later choose the moniker Erykah Badu—"kah" is an Egyptian term for one's "inner self," and "badu" is her favorite jazz-riff scat sound.) Raised by her actress mother, Kolleen Maria Gipson, Badu…

“Be you. Make sure you're saying something when you're saying something. It's important to sound like you, to feel like you, to be like you. Be you.” -Erykah Badu. Just one of the many inspirational quotes said by the soulful artist. Born Erica Abi Wright later change to Erykah Badu,("kah" is an Egyptian term for one's "inner self," and "badu" is her favorite jazz-riff scat sound.) on February 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas. Erykah was introduced into music and other arts in her early life because…

noticed that there were a lot of different ethnicities; Muslim, Asian, black, white, and Indian. One of my interviewees even mentioned that she felt as if this place was a “common ground” for people of different cultures. Three out of five of my interviewees pointed out that they essentially enjoy seeing the diverse crowd. They also support people who serve our country in domestic and worldwide by offering fifteen percent discounts to veterans, active military, police officers, paramedics,…

In a 1998 article on neo soul, Time columnist Christopher John Farley composed that artists, for example, Hill, D'Angelo, and Maxwell "share an eagerness to test melodic orthodoxy". Miles Marshall Lewis remarked that 1990s neo soul "owed its raison d'être to '70s soul whizzes like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder", including that "in show, Erykah Badu and D'Angelo consistently secured Chaka Khan, the Ohio Players, and Al Green, to make the heredity precious stone clear." In referring to Tony! Toni!…

The four songs, “Another,” “Retrospect for Life,” “Gold Digger,” and “Booty,” have some overlap as far as ideas and content, as well as how women are portrayed in hip hop. Some of the songs use similar language like “Another” and “Gold Digger.” Both songs mention women being gold diggers and only out for a man’s money. Biggie used derogatory words when referring to women, while the other songs do not do that so much. While, Erykah Badu is pretty much making fun of the other woman in ther song,…

Erykah Badu was born as Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971. She is known on stage as Erykah Badu. Erykah Badu is also known as a woman of influence. Erykah uses her music and knowledge of the world to make her influence her own. One big way she does it is with her music, and in this poem, “Friends, Fans, and Artists Must Meet”. Erykah’s poem, “Friends, Fans, and Artists must meet”, African-Americans. This poem represents Erykah’s view of the world in the different type of perspectives. These…

Which one are you? Which one is me? Erykah Badu an American singer-songwriter, activist and actress. She reached number two on Billboard charts and number one on the U.S. Billboard's “Friends, Fans, Artists Must Meet” was one of the spoken words she was known for. She performed this poem at Def Poetry Jam which aired on HBO. In this poem, Badu discusses how success can be a pro and a con whether it is our personal life or our social life. She talked about how her environment and personal…

I remember just quitting my job as a Drum Sales woman at Sam Ash music to Pursue Selling art full time. It was the summer of 2008; I was feeling liberated, free and ready for any opportunity that came my way. A week later from leaving my job, I received a call Cijan Graves of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble asking me to Sub on drums for them. This had been a group I had always looked up to and admired creatively. That day led to many other days and I was fortunate enough to gotten to have played drums…