Erykah Badu - Certainly (Live1997)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
  • Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright in Dallas, Texas on February 26, 1971. Her mother raised her, her brother (Jabbada), and her sister (Nayrok) alone after their father, William Wright Jr., deserted the family early in their lives. To provide for her family, the children's grandmother often helped looking after them while Erykah's mother, Kolleen Maria Gipson (Wright), performed as an actress in theatrical productions. Influenced by her mother, Erykah had her first taste of show business at the age of 4, singing and dancing with her mother at the Dallas Theatre Centre.
    By the age of 14, Erykah was free-styling for a local radio station alongside such talent as Roy Hargrove. In her early youth, she decided to change the spelling of her name from Erica to Erykah, as she firmly believed her original name to be her slave name. The term 'kah' signifies the inner self. Badu is her favorite jazz scat sound and is also an African name for the 10th born child used for the Akan people in Ghana.
    Upon graduating from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Badu went on to study theater at the historically black college Grambling State University. Concentrating on music full-time, she left the university in 1993 before graduating and took on several minimum wage jobs to support herself. She taught drama and dance to children at the South Dallas Cultural Center. Working and touring with her cousin, Robert "Free" Bradford, she recorded a 19-song demo, Country Cousins, which attracted the attention of Kedar Massenburg, who set Badu up to record a duet with D'Angelo, "Your Precious Love," and eventually signed her to a record deal with Universal Records.
    Early in her career, Badu was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a range of supporting roles in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules and House of D. She also speaks at length in the documentary Before the Music Dies.

Комментарии • 110

  • @팍머훈
    @팍머훈 4 года назад +66

    미노이 보고 온 사람👍

  • @MB-jt9mo
    @MB-jt9mo 3 года назад +74

    One of the top top basslines. That whole album is a masterpiece

  • @DreSama336
    @DreSama336 10 лет назад +149

    1997-1999 were GOOD ASS years. Neo Soul was going, Hip Hop was going, The rest of the Marleys were appearing and there was this futuristic african style going on that lasted till like 2004. It was because of Erykah Badu, The Roots, OutKast and the rest of that movement. I'm happy I was raised through those years because im living my life how they did with a conscience . :)

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova 4 года назад +46

    She is something out of this world

    • @xmxm011
      @xmxm011 3 года назад +2

      Wow. Her younger self

  • @AlignedLibra
    @AlignedLibra 11 лет назад +72

    She sang so beautifully.

  • @nocabron2684
    @nocabron2684 2 года назад +17

    Truly the best album she ever made. Great memories.

  • @henryphilipbelliIII1074
    @henryphilipbelliIII1074 10 лет назад +47

    Song takes me back .So deep and emotional.The hypnotic ability and internal strengths and sensuality expressed in the raw emotion and self assuredness of WOMEN is quite unique and it is in an arena all by itself Thanks for the vibes

  • @bombaymahogany
    @bombaymahogany 11 лет назад +30

    LOVE ERYKAH BADU AND THE BACKGROUND SINGERS ARE AWESOME!!

  • @pobtyxfhn4k
    @pobtyxfhn4k Месяц назад

    Quando estava grávida do meu filho, eu ouvia muuuuuitas vezes este álbum. E hoje, 25 anos depois, vejo que ele é uma pessoa muito inspirada.

  • @msnos6245
    @msnos6245 3 года назад +11

    This album took me to many places in my mind

  • @77hodag
    @77hodag 9 лет назад +23

    Her band is sooo tight!

  • @preciouseaglecactusfruit
    @preciouseaglecactusfruit 6 лет назад +12

    when she lies down like that! what a queen

  • @Theonlysun
    @Theonlysun 10 лет назад +18

    Most definitely one of my all time favorites. And she keeps reinventing herself. The keeps me wanting more. Love you sister!

  • @ladyjayderam
    @ladyjayderam 4 года назад +11

    Never a bad performance from Badu. I like the sped up version of Certainly better

    • @cm9241
      @cm9241 10 месяцев назад

      It's on the same album. It's called the "flipped it" remix.
      I think the bass line is just nasty on the original.

  • @maryburrell3948
    @maryburrell3948 9 лет назад +31

    I love this one too. It's so bluesy and funky

  • @grammyseagal7161
    @grammyseagal7161 8 лет назад +10

    Love U Erykah. Especially Certainly! There's No such thing As A Kept Woman! We pay 1 way or another!

  • @ΚωνσταντίνοςΒΑΒΟΥΔΑΚΗΣ-ξ2λ

    Very special album in my collection of CDs that I used to had.

  • @mjolden
    @mjolden 7 лет назад +10

    Flipped It Mix was hard af.

  • @slowmotionlightning
    @slowmotionlightning 11 лет назад +15

    The whole year of 1997, I had a man chasing and wooing me. This was my theme song as I resisted and teased him into submission! I will always love this song and the CD it was on. It reminds me of happy times and my past lover.

    • @byanymeansnecessary398
      @byanymeansnecessary398 6 лет назад +1

      How did YOU tease HIM into submission when you were the one being seduced?

    • @Msangel06
      @Msangel06 Год назад

      We may never know. @By Any Means Necessary

    • @giraffebecky
      @giraffebecky 11 месяцев назад

      You go girl! Times just aren't the same. All the young people hooked on their damned phones! How can you have a GOOD romance with these damned phones taking the attention away!? Cheers!

  • @channing0216
    @channing0216 11 лет назад +7

    I felt like I was at the show watching this it was so good

  • @carlettadavis7986
    @carlettadavis7986 5 месяцев назад

    I wore this whole cd out
    Listening in 20 24

  • @grammyseagal7161
    @grammyseagal7161 8 лет назад +16

    1997 I watched you live on Cable! Im white but it was raised on Soul! It's the best music. I Thank My Dear Departed Mother for She was tired of the Stereotyping of People! I own everything on vinyl still Marvin Gaye. Erykah your song Tyrone! Wow, But You CAN'T USE MY PHONE!

  • @karltonparker9443
    @karltonparker9443 10 лет назад +6

    Forever my jam

  • @QUIETSTORM43
    @QUIETSTORM43 6 лет назад +9

    If N'Dambi's afro isn't luxurious!!!!✊

  • @Glam_Broker
    @Glam_Broker 5 лет назад +3

    The world is MINE when I wake UP🙏🏽

  • @mickeyrouke
    @mickeyrouke 9 лет назад +5

    Planet Groove!!

  • @ohall33
    @ohall33 11 лет назад +7

    Love this jam

  • @mox95CrazySongz
    @mox95CrazySongz 10 лет назад +7

    Great Black music here !
    certainly

  • @Trishala005
    @Trishala005 8 лет назад +4

    Certainly magical!

  • @LauraPalomeque
    @LauraPalomeque 5 лет назад +12

    She is awake af, she is Cleva

  • @robbieallure669
    @robbieallure669 5 лет назад +3

    Yes I'm listening to this January 2019💖

  • @mazzamunchkin465
    @mazzamunchkin465 8 лет назад +8

    One of my favourite albums

  • @andersonmusicful
    @andersonmusicful 5 месяцев назад

    3:38 is really good. Love Erykah. ❤ the background singers are also very good

  • @goodjuju320
    @goodjuju320 7 месяцев назад

    Love the switch-up for emphasis.........partner.

  • @allthaticansay
    @allthaticansay 3 года назад +1

    Great.

  • @zoeeknotzoe3203
    @zoeeknotzoe3203 2 года назад

    I live with Erykah everyday o"my life

  • @peanutbuttergirl6098
    @peanutbuttergirl6098 2 года назад

    Omgosh..I thought I loved the song already but then she switched it up!!...and I love the song that way too ❤️

  • @tsmith3745
    @tsmith3745 4 года назад

    She Did THAT, Miss Badu bady

  • @chaza.2891
    @chaza.2891 2 года назад

    She is so fine boy... and yea the song's dope as hell

  • @afrolofi
    @afrolofi 11 лет назад +7

    Love this song.... Certainly not me. I was not looking for no affair

  • @MrsRettaJean16
    @MrsRettaJean16 11 лет назад +1

    I love this song.. This is my second time hearing this song

  • @wootoodoo
    @wootoodoo 12 лет назад +1

    omg that voice!

  • @MeisterAbela-eo6pi
    @MeisterAbela-eo6pi Год назад

    I love it:)Love this masterpiece cause is eternal &1of the best;)

  • @PublicEnemy-je8kh
    @PublicEnemy-je8kh 11 лет назад

    FUNKY !!! STILL LISTENING TO THIS IN 2013 !!!!!

  • @michelletjieanjiem7629
    @michelletjieanjiem7629 8 лет назад +5

    soul fulfilling...Baduizm

  • @grn_cty897
    @grn_cty897 3 месяца назад

    Just an amazing song on an amazing album 🤩

  • @morenomedicci9868
    @morenomedicci9868 6 лет назад +2

    no se como llegue asta aquí pero esto me agrada.., suena hermoso muy apreciable a los oídos un matiz diferente..!!

  • @malvavisco10
    @malvavisco10 9 лет назад +20

    1:45 "You're really try'na get creative with my love/And that's all right but you tried to get a little tricky/Turned my back and then you slipped me a mickey
    Aww SNAP! This song is about Bill Cosby :O

  • @ZhannaK23
    @ZhannaK23 9 лет назад +4

    шикарный голос .

  • @gdwb1805
    @gdwb1805 5 лет назад

    Like a future Queen .... she BECAME!

  • @a.taylor8294
    @a.taylor8294 Год назад +1

    Who are the background singers? I recognize them from plenty of other neo-soul time jams. They deserve plenty of credit for the sounds of that precious time in music!

  • @skatinwhenican
    @skatinwhenican 11 месяцев назад

    Love.

  • @robertmcintosh3847
    @robertmcintosh3847 4 года назад

    Listening December 2019...

  • @yendys631
    @yendys631 10 лет назад +5

    ❤️

  • @ReggieRedNobel
    @ReggieRedNobel 11 лет назад +1

    damn I really love her!

  • @mahaliamata5283
    @mahaliamata5283 7 лет назад +1

    HOLY FUNKING WOW

  • @melissagrubb6710
    @melissagrubb6710 11 лет назад +1

    Luv it

  • @mayemcdonald4392
    @mayemcdonald4392 9 лет назад +5

    Where is the CD version of this song? I love it too! Erykah is such an inspiration. Love her so much.

    • @NitaCashmere
      @NitaCashmere 7 лет назад +1

      Maye McDonald the album is simply called Live.

    • @mayemcdonald9111
      @mayemcdonald9111 7 лет назад

      Nita Cashmere Thank you. ❤️

  • @Betty_Monroe
    @Betty_Monroe 4 года назад +1

    Who told you, it was ok to love me. Certainly not me! I wasn'y looking for a love affair. #thatpart # loveit

  • @treeeva
    @treeeva 11 лет назад

    Been looking to replace my CD since.... forever. Thank you You Tube...

  • @honeydip328
    @honeydip328 11 лет назад +4

    I was not looking for no love affair

  • @KATHYY4
    @KATHYY4 11 лет назад

    Someone hug me.

  • @uneafv3302
    @uneafv3302 4 года назад +1

    G I R L I K N O W

  • @나여이-y2x
    @나여이-y2x 3 года назад +7

    미노이때문에 들으러옴

    • @ch-dh2kq
      @ch-dh2kq 3 года назад

      좋죠 !!??!!

  • @mariaisabelgonzalez9063
    @mariaisabelgonzalez9063 2 года назад

    😍🤗💓

  • @wr513
    @wr513 4 года назад

    Classic

  • @simplymelodicmeissimplyme237
    @simplymelodicmeissimplyme237 3 года назад

    Grown people sexy smooth jazzy music

  • @BalonDigz45
    @BalonDigz45 3 года назад

    😍😍😍😍😍

  • @noegojimmy
    @noegojimmy 5 лет назад +1

    Have you ever seen the Queen?
    Well... You've just heard her too...

  • @blacksncommercials
    @blacksncommercials 11 лет назад

    WHEN I WAKE UP!!!

  • @검지손가락-d4t
    @검지손가락-d4t 3 года назад +6

    미노이 때문에 듣기시작했다

  • @v12j12g12
    @v12j12g12 7 лет назад

    2017

  • @enhadassah5336
    @enhadassah5336 5 лет назад

    Haha Whst does slip me a mickey mean and how Would you interpret this song

  • @ThomasOLeary-uj1jv
    @ThomasOLeary-uj1jv 2 месяца назад

    Would you love me back? I got a Mickey too, but I’m still in love with you.

  • @ThomasOLeary-uj1jv
    @ThomasOLeary-uj1jv 2 месяца назад

    Can I love you?

  • @shamaraLthomas
    @shamaraLthomas 9 лет назад +1

    How do you interpret this song?

    • @The0Way0i0Figure0it
      @The0Way0i0Figure0it 9 лет назад +5

      ***** Controlling relationship, Or Loosing self Identity after being slipped a mickey. Now waking up to see that the world is yours when you wake up.

  • @ThomasOLeary-uj1jv
    @ThomasOLeary-uj1jv 2 месяца назад

    Would you love me back?

  • @Bene-r2t
    @Bene-r2t 5 лет назад +6

    Who gave u permission to rearrange me
    certainly not me
    who told you that in was alright to love me
    certainly not me
    i was not looking for no love affair
    and now you wanna fix me
    i was not looking for no love affair
    and now you want to mold me
    was not looking for no love affair
    now you wanna kiss me
    was not looking for no love affair
    and now you wanna control me
    hold me
    you're really trying to get creative with me love ane that's alright, but
    you tried to get a little tricky turned ny back
    and then you slipped me a mickey
    The world is mine
    when i wake up
    i don't need noboby telling me the time
    Certainly,Certainly,Certainly not me
    Who gave u permission to rearrange me
    Certainly not me
    who told you that in was alright to love me
    Certainly not me
    i was not looking for no love affair
    Certainly,Certainly,Certainly not me

  • @RGX003
    @RGX003 7 лет назад +3

    tyler brought me here

  • @raeannthomas5362
    @raeannthomas5362 7 лет назад +1

    Lived this song. Literally. Knew a very controlling man who I later figured out wanted to take me away from my own husband. He hired me to clean his house, and literally, while I was at his house,I turned my back to use the restroom, and then he actually did "slip me a mickey".

  • @jojoyce08
    @jojoyce08 7 лет назад

    Tyler made me do it

  • @oOJAYDILLAOo
    @oOJAYDILLAOo 9 лет назад +1

    what's a mickey and what does 720 mean?

    • @ItsLanay
      @ItsLanay 9 лет назад +1

      She's from Texas

    • @ItsLanay
      @ItsLanay 9 лет назад +2

      A mickey is a drug

    • @HunnifredBee
      @HunnifredBee 8 лет назад +4

      360 twice - double clear vision

  • @beloit22
    @beloit22 11 лет назад

    NUTTY-BROAD

  • @PublicEnemy-je8kh
    @PublicEnemy-je8kh 11 лет назад

    FUNKY !!! STILL LISTENING TO THIS IN 2013 !!!!!