AlbumE · 2000
Mama's Gun
by Erykah Badu
Mama's Gun is a 2000 jazz album by Erykah Badu. It runs 14 tracks across 72 minutes on Motown Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.2/5 from 10 ratings.
#12 in Best albums of 2000 · #9 in Best jazz albums
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- 4.2 /5
- 10 ratings
- 80 /100
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- 14
- Tracks
- 72 min
- Runtime
- 151 bpm
- Tempo
- G# major
- Key
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10 ratings · avg 4.2
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- The Guardian5/5
- The Village VoiceA
- Boston Herald3.5/4
- Rolling Stone4/5
- Slant Magazine4/5
- Los Angeles Times3/4
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- Dotmusic3.5/5
- Uncut3/5
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Mama's Gun is Erykah Badu's second studio album. Released on November 21, 2000 the album received mainly excellent reviews. Cleva, Didn't Cha Know were released as album singles along with Bag Lady which received highest reviews and led to Grammy Award nomination. Like everyone else, we first fell in love with Erykah Badu on her 1997 debut single, On & On “On & On.” But it was her 2000 sophomore studio album, Mama’s Gun—creatively restless, stylistically adventurous, lyrically direct—that made us stay in love. The screaming live-band funk of opener “ Penitentiary Philosophy” tells you right away you shouldn’t settle in expecting a rehash of her debut’s smooth R&B. And while a remix of “Bag Lady” was its biggest single, we’ll never get over album closer “ Green Eyes,” a wrenching, ravishing song suite narrating the end of a relationship.
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In brief
- Is Mama's Gun good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Mama's Gun 4.2/5 from 10 ratings.
- When was Mama's Gun released?
- Mama's Gun was released in 2000 on Motown Records.
- How many tracks are on Mama's Gun?
- Mama's Gun has 14 tracks, with a runtime of 72 minutes.
- What genre is Mama's Gun?
- Mama's Gun is catalogued under Jazz, Downtempo, Neo-Soul.
- What BPM is Mama's Gun?
- Mama's Gun runs at a median tempo of 151 BPM across its tracks, most often in G# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Mama's Gun?
- Listeners of Mama's Gun also rate Voodoo by D'Angelo, A Seat at the Table by Solange, To Whom This May Concern by Jill Scott.
- Who produced Mama's Gun?
- Mama's Gun was produced by Erykah Badu, Kedar Massenburg, James Poyser and J Dilla, among 13 credited in total. Erykah Badu produced 13 of them.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
- Leslie BrathwaiteRussell ElevadoShinobu MitsuokaSteve MandelTom Soares
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Vincent AlexanderBrian GetenJason DalePaul Gregory - Engineered by
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Leslie BrathwaiteMichael VerdesMike TurnerSteve MandelVernon MungoRussell ElevadoVincent AlexanderJon SmeltzMark “Exit” GoodchildErrol BrownGeff GrimesKrystof ZizkaMitch GetzWill Jackson- Played by
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Geno Young
- Vocals by
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YahZarahN’DambiChinah
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