Erykah Badu News

She grew up listening to '70s soul and '80s hip-hop, but Erykah Badu drew more comparisons to Billie Holiday upon her breakout in 1997, after the release of her first album, Baduizm.

Along with fellow founders D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell was enormously important in defining and shaping the neo-soul movement that rose to prominence over the latter half of the '90s. Drawing his greatest inspiration from the concept of the R&B auteur (looking to artists like Prince, Marvin Ga... MORE

Rocketjuice And The Moon , the new project featuring Damon Albarn , Flea and Tony Allen, will release their debut album on March 26.

MAY31: Erykah Badu, singer and special guest of My Morning Jacket performs on their tour, My Morning Jacket "Unstaged: An Original Series From American Express, in Partnership with VEVO and YouTube" at the Louisville Palace Theatre on May 31, 2011 in Louisville, Kentucky Erykah Badu may be 40 years-old but she still loves to make a statement with ... (more)

Item 1: To borrow a line from Public Enemy, who stole the soul and shipped it to New Zealand this month? Honestly, there's a soul kind of feeling going down in Aotearoa in February.

Though the California evening was unseasonably warm, she decided to go for a winter theme with the rest of her ensemble.

For the first time ever The Recording Academy partnered with beauty companies CoverGirl, Olay and Venus to debut GRAMMY Glam.

The supergroup comprising Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen revealed that their self-titled debut album will be out March 12th via Honest Jon's , a label Albarn co-runs that specializes in reggae, jazz, and soul.

Erykah Badu is in her songwriting prime so Splore audiences are in for a treat with her as the headline act, writes Scott Kara.

After 15 years in the music business, Erykah Badu remains a fiercely independent spirit and genuinely inspiring artist.

Two prominent rappers honor "Big Blue" with anthems in time for the Super Bowl parade, which will be reportedly attended by Naughty By Nature and others.

The Red Bull Music Academy is residing in New York this year, but the traveling music workshop is giving L.A. artists a sample of its uber-exclusive program of lectures and seminars Saturday at downtown L.A.'s Ultra Lounge .

First of all, props to Erykah Badu for putting on close to a two-hour show while wearing those boots.Those amazing white boots with a stiletto heel that looked like modified ice skates and haunted my dreams.

Master your art and rise to the level of royalty. That's what Erykah Badu did when she assumed the moniker "Queen of Neo-Soul." While many would be satisfied with reaching the peak of a genre, Badu is ambitious enough to conquer new territory.

The economy of jazz has changed a lot in recent years. Fans constantly complain about it: Rarely does a big-name group, or any group, get a chance to settle in for a few nights at a club and let things happen.