Price's hiphop/Southern Soul crossover hit single and video, "Friend Of Mine." Biggs?) were undoubtedly influenced by Badu when they collaborated on Ms.
Kelly, Kelly Price, and Ronald Isley (remember Mr. Kelly would turn the chords of "Tyrone" inside out for his own Southern Soul classic, "When A Woman's Fed Up." And R. In 1997, when "Tyrone" was recorded, there was no talk of "Southern Soul." Although the genre's core artists had been active for years, few would have believed the movement might grow big enough to require anything as official as a name.īadu's minimalist, bass-heavy "Tyrone" fell like a smart bomb on the "urban" and the chitlin' circuit worlds alike. More importantly, "Tyrone" was a milestone in bridging the gap between commercial and chitlin' circuit R&B.
Back in the day, Deep South radio outlets played the radio ("live") version of "Tyrone" as much or more than their urban counterparts. But R&B fans are not immune to having short memories, either. Badu as an outsider-and, frankly, she is. In a past generation Badu (who favors tall, head-turning, African turbans) might have been called "uppity," and amongst the black audience today she is seen variously as the "princess" or the "hipster" or simply the classic "over-achiever" who wants to keep her feet in the folksy world of chitlin' circuit R&B while keeping her head in the rarefied cash-money air of the hiphop scene.Ĭhitlin' circuit purists like to think of the Texas-bred Ms. After all, few vices in Southern Soul R&B are as rare as hubris. Prodigiously talented and self-aware, Erykah Badu walks a very fine line artistically speaking, one that has gained her detractors as well as admirers. There's nothing wrong with that, but it is our loss. In her private life, Badu may be too comfortable, too happy-without that special "hunger" for an audience that fuels the great performers. She's dabbled in musical projects and worked as an actress, most prominently in 2004's "House Of D" with Robin Williams. The pity is that Badu isn't really lighting up the hiphop world either. Which means she is becoming less and less relevant to Southern Soul. Nice poses in the guide below-will Erykah Badu continue to drift away from traditional R&B into hiphop-the answer is yes. Now the curious can sample the real thing, something they couldn't do pre-2000.Īs to the question your Daddy B. What has changed is the accessibility of Southern Soul music.
It's easy to forget that 99% of Southern Soul's potential audience is still out there, untapped. Not only that-I still think it fulfills the same function today. I needed a reference point (and "Tyrone" was a good one) to give them an inkling of what this "southern soul" music was all about. So the insertion of a Badu Artist Guide wasn't a slap in the face to chitlin' circuit artists (whose potential space it took) it was a conscious decision to throw a "rope" out to the mainstream music fan. I followed the hiphop scene with the fanaticism with which I now follow Southern Soul, and at the time nobody-I mean nobody outside the Deep South-wanted to believe traditional R&B still lived, i.e. Nice's #67 ranked Southern SoulĪuthor's Forward: It seems like I wrote this critique in another century, and that's almost true. The remixes reflect Erykah’s daring and dynamic, unique and always interesting track selections with a twist.Erykah Badu - Southern Soul Music Artist - Southern Soul RnBĮrykah Badu Daddy B. We put out the call for Badu remixes, covers etc and received so many it was impossible to include them all in this mix. Once again we find ourselves curating a mix of a large number of producer’s love for one amazing artist: Erykah Badu! This mix is more than just a Badu tribute, it’s a testament of her creativity and it’s influence on so many.
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