Whether it be expansive production styles or out-of-the-box lyrics, artists after Badu came up have been more willing to represent themselves without having to pander to widely-understood stereotypes or norms. In a contemporary music landscape where authenticity comes from materialism and misogyny, Erykah Badu’s realness and empathy create a space for artists to express themselves in a genuine fashion. ‘Baduizm,’ her personal philosophy, is based in empathy and honesty and impacts the way she carries herself as well as the way she makes music. Check out parts two, three, and four.įrom her debut in 1997, Erykah Badu and her music have empowered people across intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, and class. This is part four of a four-part series on Erykah Badu’s massive role in communicating and normalizing Black feminism and Afro-futurism in contemporary discourses.
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