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Erykah Badu | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (November 18, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Format: Live
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B000005B0M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #91 in Music > R&B > Neo-Soul

Track Listings

1. Rimshot (Intro)

2. Other Side of the Game

3. On & On

4. Reprise

5. Apple Tree

6. Ye Yo

7. Searching

8. Boogie Nights/All Night

9. Certainly

10. Stay

11. Next Lifetime (Interlude)

12. Tyrone

13. Next Lifetime

14. Tyrone [Extended Version]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stay, indeed, November 27, 2000

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Pharoah S. Wail (Inner Space) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

This cd is a wonderful companion piece (with great new stuff as well) to the Baduizm studio cd. I wouldn't exchange one for the other though, both have their strengths and show a side of Erykah that the other does not.

This cd starts with something that I imagine many of Erykah's fans may not pick up on. The first minute or so of "Rimshot" is actually the Miles Davis masterpiece "So What" (originally appearing on the album, "Kind Of Blue"), with Erykah's backing vocalists chanting Badu over it. This leads to my only complaint... The liner-notes should have acknowledged the Miles tune, if for no other reason than to allow someone with no jazz knowledge to seek out the original Miles album if they are so inclined.

"Other Side Of The Game" and Chaka Khan's "Stay" both get incredible, all-out, going-for-it vocal fluorishes. These two songs alone would make this cd worth purchasing. "Ye Yo" is a song that says all the words that every child deserves to hear coming from their mothers lips, and it says them without being sappy and stupid. Again, this song sets Erykah far above the great majority of the R&B world. While others are yet again singing of wanting to get someone into bed, Erykah unleashes an emotional blessing for her unborn (at the time this was recorded) child.

I read a couple of the previous reviews that basically made it sound like this cd has no new material. That's incorrect. "Ye Yo", "Searching", "Boogie Nights/All Night", "Stay", and both versions of "Tyrone" (one is Live and one is studio) are not found on any of Erykah's other cd's. "Tyrone" is the ultimate kiss-off song, and her unique and spiritual vocal phrasings and lyrics permeate this great cd.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore reviewer luke, this is LIVE!!!!!!!, April 29, 2006

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Melancholy "Gymnopedies" (Pico Rivera, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

Just wanted to point-out to those of you out there who are hesitant to purchase this because of the god-awful review by (luke).

What I'm reading from reviewer (Luke) about this gem is that he's reading the final credit's and coming to a false conclusion & totally overlooking the most obvious point that there are two recording crew's on this project. It's almost laughable that amazon let his review exploit falsehood's to us buyer's of real music.

(First)ofcourse is (The Live Recording & in-house Mixing Crew) which is stated (on the disc itself mind you) the vocal's(front & back)/instrument's/band & the wonderfully captured particapation of the audience which to me is just as important as the muisc in this case becasue the whole vibe is perfectly in sync.

(Second) is the Sony Music Stuido he's is talking about where they proceed(just like any other live show) with the final mixdown of this timeless (LIVE) cd.

This is the smoothess Live cd of 97'no doubt. Come on luke relax baby and don't mess with the structure and authentcity of grown folk's music, this is the real deal yah...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Live Album That I Have Ever Heard!!, December 2, 2001

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Tourmaline (ATL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

I purchased Baudizm back in February of 97' and I thought it was an instant classic. I was sure that it would be a while before anything topped it. But, when I bought the live album a couple of months later, it blew me away. First of all, the live album is much better than Baduizm. It is flawless. This is the best live R&B album that I own, with Maxwell's MTV Unplugged EP ranking at a close second. On this album, the band is on point and Badu's cover of Chaka Khan's "Stay" is amazing. Even with the disc in your stereo, Badu makes you feel as if you are there in the audience. That is how hospitable and personal this album is. This album proves that Erykah Badu is more than just a singer, she is an artist and a great live performer. With that said, I conclude that is album is Badu's best work to date and it is a must have for those that enjoy live performances. This album is over four years old, but I still whip this masterpiece out quite often, mainly because the performance on this disc has yet to be matched.