The classically trained jazz pianist has always straddled the two worlds of jazz and hip-hop, most audibly on pathfinding albums the likes of ‘Black Radio.’
Here are all of the ways that you can toke-up and chill out while isolating at home.
The newest edition of Badu's unique live-stream series, “Quarantine Concert Series, Apocalypse Two: The Rooms”, will broadcast live on Sunday.
Genre-defining anthems from the finest golden age of R&B, the best 90s R&B songs still fill dancefloors while speaking to the soul.
With ‘New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh’, Erykah Badu delivered an “emotional and flowy” album “about feelings”.
As it stands, the ultra-eclectic playlist includes tracks from artists ranging from Erykah Badu to Tame Impala, Jessie Ware, Peggy Lee and Talk Talk.
Poetic and provocative, Common rose from underground hip-hop to become the music’s fiercest custodian. The best Common songs reveal how.
The full line-up of artists will perform over the course of two long weekends, first from 23 April to 26 April, and then from 30 April to 3 May.
In the early days of hip-hop, female rappers were essential to the genre’s biology, unapologetically detailing their experiences of the world they lived in.
The three-disc 20th anniversary edition of The Roots’ classic comes with 10 bonus tracks.
Erykah Badu’s soulful rendition of Squeeze’s 1981 hit ‘Tempted’ recorded exclusively for a Record Store Day release is now on streaming services.
Celebrated globally for reintroducing jazz to new audiences and upending traditionalist assumptions, Glasper will showcase the full range of his talents across the weekend.
Burt Bacharach, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Macy Gray are also among the big names who have already been announced for the event.
Dropped during the peak of coastal beef in hip-hop, Questlove breaks down the perfect storm that produced The Roots’ breakout album, ‘Things Fall Apart’.
'6 8' is a highly individual cover of Gabriel Garzón-Montano's smoky ballad and it also features on Springs' new album 'Indigo'.
Singer, songwriter and neo-soul icon Erykah Badu was the latest guest on NPR’s popular ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ series performing two of her defining hits, ‘Rimshot’ and ‘Green Eyes’
