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Baduizm

Erykah Badu

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Two 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. "On & On" and "Appletree," the first two songs on Baduizm, illustrated her talent at singing soul with the qualities of jazz. With a nimble, melodic voice owing little to R&B from the past 30 years, she phrased at odds with the beat and often took chances with her notes. Like many in the contemporary rap world, though, she also had considerable talents at taking on different personas; "Otherside of the Game" is a poetic lament from a soon-to-be single mother who just can't forget the father of her child. Erykah Badu's revolution in sound — heavier hip-hop beats over organic, conscientious soul music — was responsible for her breakout, but many of the songs on Baduizm don't hold up to increased examination. For every intriguing track like "Next Lifetime," there's at least one rote R&B jam like "4 Leaf Clover." Jazz fans certainly weren't confusing her with Cassandra Wilson — Badu had a bewitching voice, and she treasured her notes like the best jazz vocalists, but she often made the same choices, the hallmark of a singer rooted in soul, not jazz. Though many fans would dislike (and probably misinterpret) the comparison, she's closer to Diana Ross playing Billie Holiday — as she did in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues — than Holiday herself.

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’97年1st。とかくR&B系などは昨今過剰な...

投稿日:2010/04/17 (土)

’97年1st。とかくR&B系などは昨今過剰なマーケティング指向で新人は皆同じに聞えて、この辺のジャンルは嫌いじゃないのに、どれかチョイスして聴くのが億劫になってました。プロモーションもつわものキダー・マッセンバーグで、またイッパヒトカラゲかと思いきや、違いました。作られた新人ではなく無垢な素のまま。R&Bにも基本が有り、その本物を踏襲しつつ流行に左右されず、彼女の持ってるオリジナリティを最大限に活かした仕上がりに、業界の彼女に対する期待の大きさがうかがい知れます。詞や曲全てに彼女が関われてアルバムを出せ、存在感を誇示出来る新人なんて、最近そうそうお目にかかれません。同業者は羨望の眼で見てるんでしょうね。そういう意味で個人的にはこの1stと2ndはずば抜けた作品で、業界に一石を投じた功績は大です。1stにして既にエリケ様です。

birdy さん | 岩手県 | 不明

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このアルバムからオレは虜に…

投稿日:2010/01/15 (金)

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これは素敵だぁぁ。。。

投稿日:2009/12/17 (木)

これは素敵だぁぁ。。。

がすたふ孫 さん | 神奈川県 | 不明

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