#89 Erykah Badu, 'Baduizm' (1997)

Another new entry for the Queen Of Neo Soul, Ms Erykah Badu; this time her debut. In the lead up to this record, Badu dropped out of her Theatre degree at university to focus on music full-time. To support herself, she would take on multiple minimum wage jobs. The album was inspired by Brandy’s debut, as well as Badu’s African roots. Drums play a major part of this record, and like her follow up, ‘Mama’s Gun, (#158), Questlove was behind the kit.