Erykah Badu - Mama`s Gun

Artist:

Badu, Erykah

See Also:

Black Eyed Peas Various Artists - Erykah Badu Smooth Jazz Tribute

Description:

Personnel includes: Erykah Badu (vocals, acoustic guitar, whistle, synthesizer); Jef Le Johnson (acoustic & electric guitars); Dready (acoustic guitar, bass); Pino Palladino (electric guitar, bass); Russell Elevado (guitar); Igor Swzec, Emma Kummrow, Charles Parker, Gregory Teperman, Charles Kwas, Olga Konopelsky (violin); Davis Barnett, Peter Nocello (viola); Larry Gold (cello); D`Wayne Kerr (flute); Jacques "Pepe" Swarzbart (saxophone); Roy Hargrove (trumpet); Frank "Roots" Lacy (trombone); James Poyser (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, organ, ARP synthesizer, Mini-Moog synthesizer); Geno "Junebugg" Young (Fender Rhodes piano); Bilal Oliver (Fender Rhodes piano); R.C. Williams, Shaun "Fingers" Matin (keyboards); Roy Ayers (vibraphone).
Producers include: Erykah Badu, James Poyser, Jay Dee, Jah Born, Shaun Martin.
Engineers include: Chris Bell, Russell Elevado, Tom Soares.
"Bag Lady" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and for Best R&B Song.
"Didn`t Cha Know" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.
R&B diva Erykah Badu`s long-awaited second studio release finds her incorporating pronounced jazz influences into her history-cognizant mixture of hip-hop and soul. Jazzy touches, from the vibes on "My Life" to the ballad "Orange Moon," with its languid upright bass and bop-schooled piano, abound. Jazz trumpeter extraodinaire Roy Hargrove was responsible for all the horn arrangements on MAMA`S GUN.
"Booty"`s Crusaders-style horns and loose, funky rhythm nod to mid `70s R&B, and the guitar lines on "Bag Lady" could have come off a vintage Marvin Gaye album. With its delicate acoustic guitar textures, lush background vocals, and `70s-style keyboards, "A.D. 2000" occupies a classy middle ground between Sade and HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS-era Joni Mitchell. The album closes with the adventurous, suite-like "Green Eyes." The first section of the song finds Badu crooning in a `30s jazz-blues style over crackles that emulate a scratchy old 78. The second "movement" grows jazzier, led by flute and punctuated by acoustic bass lines and brush-strokes on the drums. The final section bears a more modern R&B feel, with syncopated rhythms and a carefully arranged horn section. Ultimately, Badu`s self-description of an "analog girl in a digital world" proves highly apt on MAMA`S GUN.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Penitentiary Philosophy
2. Didn`t Cha Know
3. My Life
4. & On, ...
5. Cleva
6. Hey Sugah
7. Booty
8. Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi)
9. A.D. 2000
10. Orange Moon
11. In Love With You
12. Bag Lady
13. Time`s a Wastin
14. Green Eyes

Album Information

Release Date:

11/21/2000

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Contemporary R&B

Label:

Motown Records

Catalog Number:

153 259

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Roy Ayers; Roy Hargrove; Betty Wright

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