Baduizm

Baduizm is a nu soul album by Erykah Badu, released on February 11, 1997 (see 1997 in music). Her debut album, Baduizm establish Badu as a popular artist, as well as receiving reviews lauding her return to the simplicity of early-1970s soul. Though she has since become known as much for her sometimes extravagant traditional African fashion, Badu's original claim to fame was bass-heavy, groovy beats and emotionally charged lyrics.

Baduizm went to #1 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, and #2 on the Pop Albums chart.

Track listing

1. Rimshot (Intro) (Badu/Chinwah) - 1:56
2. On & On (Badu/Jamal) - 3:45
3. Apple Tree (Badu/Bradford) - 4:25
4. Other Side of the Game (Badu/Bro ?uestlove/Nichols/Poyser/Roots) - 6:33
5. Sometimes [Mix #9] (Badu/Nichols/Poyser/Roots) - :44
6. Next Lifetime (Badu/Scott) - 6:26
7. Afro (Badu/Barron/Poyser) - 2:04
8. Certainly (Badu/Chinwah) - 4:43
9. 4 Leaf Clover (Lewis/Lewis) - 4:34
10. No Love (Badu/Bradford) - 5:08
11. Drama (Badu/Macklin) - 6:02
12. Sometimes (Badu/Nichols/Poyser/Roots) - 4:10
13. Certainly [Flipped It] (Badu/Chinwah) - 5:26
14. Rimshot (Outro) (Badu/Chinwah) - 2:19

Personnel

• Ron Carter - Bass
• Lee Anthony - Engineer
• Martin Czembor - Mixing Assistant
• Ike Lee Ill - Keyboards, Programming, Producer
• Dave Ivory - Engineer
• Tim Latham - Mixing
• Kedar Massenburg - Executive Producer
• Bob Power - Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• James Poyser - Producer
• Frank Salazar - Engineer
• Chris Trevett - Engineer
• Ken Ifill - Mixing
• Robert Bradford - Producer
• Richard Nichols - Producer
• The Roots - Producer
• Jahphar Barron - Producer
• Michael Gilbert - Engineer
• Erykah Badu - Keyboards, Programming, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Drum Programming
• Anthony Lee - Engineer
• Charles McCrorey - Assistant Engineer
• Tim Donovan - Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
• Paul Shatraw - Mixing Assistant
• Madukwu Chinwah - Voices, Producer
• Jaborn Jamal - Producer
• Sharon Kearney - Assistant Engineer
• Tone Da Backbone - Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer
• Susan Bibeau - Design
• Andrew Dosunmu - Stylist
• Sandie Lee Drake - Art Direction
• Marc Baptiste - Photography
• John Meredith - Producer, Drum Programming, Assistant Engineer
• N'Dambi - Voices

Charting singles

 1997	On & On	              The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 12
 1997	On & On	              Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	        No. 1
 1997	On & On	              Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales        No. 3
 1997	On & On	              Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales        No. 9
 1997	On & On	              Rhythmic Top 40	                        No. 23