Playlist
Erykah Badu: Influences
Apple Music R&B
Tracks: 1769:36
The neo-soul Texan mines ‘60s folk and glittering R&B.
Updated Jan 21, 2022
Tracks 17
- 1Young, Gifted and Black3:34
- 2Lady in Satin4:29
- 3Relaxing Driving Songs4:20
- 4Street Player5:39
- 5The Uno Melodic Story5:28
- 6Hip Hop Samples - Vol 24:36
- 7Rapture4:26
- 8Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone2:34
- 9Maggot Brain (2026 Remastered)2:50
- 10Fulfillingness' First Finale4:56
- 11Pure... Movies2:50
- 12COSY - La compilation à écouter cet hiver tranquillement au coin du feu3:00
- 13The Hissing of Summer Lawns (2022 Remaster)3:19
- 14Ella Fitzgerald Sings: The Duke Ellington Songbook (Expanded Edition)3:40
- 15Just As I Am3:51
- 16Straight Outta Compton (Music from the Motion Picture)4:00
- 17This Is Niecy (Expanded Edition)5:58
About this playlist
At first listen, Erykah Badu's off-kilter neo-soul owes much to her sisters from another era, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone; their husky vocals and political messages are mirrored in Badu's approach. But dig a little deeper and you'll glimpse her farther-reaching inspirations: the heart-wrenching ‘60s folk of Roberta Flack, the strident ‘70s funk of Rufus and Anita Baker's glittering ‘80s R&B.