Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu, cantante de neo soul, nacida el 26 de febrero de 1971 en Dallas (Texas). Creció escuchando el soul de los '70 y comenzó a vivir el hip hop de los '80, pero también está muy influida por grandes del jazz como Billie Holiday. Su verdadero nombre es Erica Abi Wright, y cursó estudios en una escuela de arte, y años después estuvo un tiempo dedicada a la docencia, hasta que en 1994 apareció en un show de D'Angelo. El manager de D'angelo, Kedar Massenburg, quedó impresionado por la actuación y la contrató para hacer una versión a dúo del tema de Marvin Gaye y Tammi Terrel "Precious Love". En poco tiempo fichó para la discográfica Entertainment, comenzó a grabar su debut "Baduizm" bajo la producción de Kedar Massenburg, y la compañía de Ron Carter, contrabajista de jazz, en alguno de los temas. El primer single "On & on" se convirtió en un hit a principios de 1997, y en marzo el álbum ya había llegado al número uno. En el álbum había una conjunción de neo soul, jazz y rap que lo hacen una gran pieza musical. Ganó dos Grammy en 1997, uno al mejor álbum de R&B y otro a la mejor interpretación vocal femenina de R&B, por el single "On & on". A este le siguieron otro por el tema "You got me" en 1999 y otro en 2002 por el single "Love of my life". Desde que en 2003 editara "Worldwide Underground" no ha vuelto a grabar ningún álbum propio pero ha colaborado con diversos artistas como Zap Mama ("Bandy, bandy" en 2003), Roy Ayers ("Searching" y "Everybody loves the sunshine" en 2004) o Sergio Mendes ("That heat" en 2006).

Letra de Appletree
I'd like to dedicate this to all the creator's rightious children
I have some food in my bag for you
Not the edible food, the food you eat, no
I have some food for thought
Since knowledge is infinite
It has infinitely fell on me, so um...

It was a stormy night,
you know the kind where the lightnin' strike
And I was hangin' out with some my yatzhee friends
ooh wee ooh wee ooh wee
The night was long, the night went on,
people coolin' out until the break of dawn
Incense was burnin' so I'm feelin' right, aight

See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
I work at pleasin' me
Cause I can't please you and that's why I do what I do
My soul flies free like a willow tree
doo wee doo wee doo wee

And if you don't want to be down with me,
then you don't want to pick from my
apple tree x3
And if you don't want to be down,
you just don't want to be down

I have a hoe
And I take it everywhere I go
Cause I'm plantin' seeds so I reaps what I sow, ya know, ya know
On and on, and on and on
my scipher keep's movin' like a rollin' stone
I can't control the soul flowin' in me
ooh wee ooh wee

See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time trying to get what ya got
I work at pleasin' me
Cause I can't please you and that's why I do what I do
My soul flies free like a willow tree
doo wee doo wee doo wee

And if you don't want to be down with me,
you don't want to pick from my apple tree x3
And if you don't want to be down with me,
you just don't want to be down
Oh my my my my, oh my my my my, oh my my my my my my my

I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time trying to get what you got
I work at pleasin' me
Cause I can't please you, and thats why I do what I do
My soul flies free like a willow tree
doo wee doo wee doo wee

And if you don't want to be down with me,
you don't want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don't want to be down with me,
dum dum diddy
And if you don't want to be down with me,
you don't want to pick from my apple tree
And if you don't want to be down with me,
you just don't want to be down
You just don't want to be down,
You just don't want to be down

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