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Erykah Badu

Baduizm Blueprint

The high priestess of neo-soul, raised on Donny Hathaway, Alice Coltrane, and the Native Tongues. Her favorites map a lineage of spiritual jazz, deep soul, and conscious hip-hop.

The 50 songs on heavy rotation

The 50

Curated by Erykah Badu
  1. 01

    A Song for You

    Donny Hathaway

    1971
  2. 02

    For All We Know

    Donny Hathaway

    1972
  3. 03

    The Ghetto

    Donny Hathaway

    1970
  4. 04

    Someday We'll All Be Free

    Donny Hathaway

    1973
  5. 05

    Feel Like Makin' Love

    Roberta Flack

    1974
  6. 06

    Killing Me Softly

    Roberta Flack

    1973
  7. 07

    What's Going On

    Marvin Gaye

    1971
  8. 08

    Inner City Blues

    Marvin Gaye

    1971
  9. 09

    Distant Lover

    Marvin Gaye

    1973
  10. 10

    I Want You

    Marvin Gaye

    1976
  11. 11

    Golden Lady

    Stevie Wonder

    1973
  12. 12

    As

    Stevie Wonder

    1976
  13. 13

    Rocket Love

    Stevie Wonder

    1980
  14. 14

    Knocks Me Off My Feet

    Stevie Wonder

    1976
  15. 15

    Everybody Loves the Sunshine

    Roy Ayers

    1976
  16. 16

    Searching

    Roy Ayers

    1976
  17. 17

    We Live in Brooklyn Baby

    Roy Ayers

    1971
  18. 18

    Red, Black & Green

    Roy Ayers

    1973
  19. 19

    Mystic Brew

    Ronnie Foster

    1972
  20. 20

    Butterfly

    Herbie Hancock

    1974
  21. 21

    Cantaloupe Island

    Herbie Hancock

    1964
  22. 22

    Watermelon Man

    Herbie Hancock

    1962
  23. 23

    Ptah, the El Daoud

    Alice Coltrane

    1970
  24. 24

    Journey in Satchidananda

    Alice Coltrane

    1971
  25. 25

    Turiya and Ramakrishna

    Alice Coltrane

    1970
  26. 26

    Astral Traveling

    Pharoah Sanders

    1971
  27. 27

    You've Got to Have Freedom

    Pharoah Sanders

    1980
  28. 28

    The Creator Has a Master Plan

    Pharoah Sanders

    1969
  29. 29

    Little Sunflower

    Freddie Hubbard

    1967
  30. 30

    Red Clay

    Freddie Hubbard

    1970
  31. 31

    Cristo Redentor

    Donald Byrd

    1963
  32. 32

    Wind Parade

    Donald Byrd

    1975
  33. 33

    Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)

    Donald Byrd

    1975
  34. 34

    Brown Sugar

    D'Angelo

    1995
  35. 35

    Lady

    D'Angelo

    1995
  36. 36

    Untitled (How Does It Feel)

    D'Angelo

    2000
  37. 37

    Africa

    D'Angelo

    2000
  38. 38

    The Light

    Common

    2000
  39. 39

    I Used to Love H.E.R.

    Common

    1994
  40. 40

    Umi Says

    Mos Def

    1999
  41. 41

    Ms. Fat Booty

    Mos Def

    1999
  42. 42

    Get By

    Talib Kweli

    2002
  43. 43

    The Blast

    Talib Kweli

    2002
  44. 44

    Electric Relaxation

    A Tribe Called Quest

    1993
  45. 45

    Bonita Applebum

    A Tribe Called Quest

    1990
  46. 46

    Can I Kick It?

    A Tribe Called Quest

    1990
  47. 47

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

    Lauryn Hill

    1998
  48. 48

    Ex-Factor

    Lauryn Hill

    1998
  49. 49

    Nothing Even Matters

    Lauryn Hill

    1998
  50. 50

    Cranes in the Sky

    Solange

    2016

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