Baduizm

“if the head wrap was my trademark, the drums, African drums, were my soundtrack,” Erykah Badu said. Her debut suggested a Billie Holiday raised on hip-hop and Stevie Wonder, celebrating herself and her heritage over resplendently relaxed grooves. Baduizm’s Seventies-meets-Nineties vibe, as well as Badu’s exquisite lyricism and jazz-steeped cadences, made her a neo-soul queen.