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- Record Label: Motown
- Genre(s): Pop, R&B
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Top Track
| Bag Lady | |
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| Bag lady you goin' hurt your back Draggin' all 'em bags like that I guess nobody ever told you All you must hold on to Is you, is you, is you One... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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It's everything we say we want in music: gutsy, introspective, innovative, bold, real in a way that few other albums even try to be...
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The production, lyrics, and hooks make this an impressive sophomore effort from Ms. Badu.
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Beyond Badu's self-appointed role as a teacher, what she does best is create really good music.... It should come as no surprise that Mama's Gun's organic feel comes from the team that helped produce D'Angelo's Voodoo. However, the most important sound of all is her unmistakable voice, making all of her songs like ornately crafted gems - even the unintelligible ones.
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A definite work of art, destined to remain in heavy rotation for some time to come.
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Mama's Gun wisely doesn't stray too far from the free-flowing R&B of Baduizm: Almost every track here is slinky, scat-influenced soul with rich female backing voices, seeded with the occasional string section, trumpet, or sample (most notably Dr. Dre's "Xxplosive"). Lyrically, most of Mama's Gun rings true, with "Bag Lady," the somewhat draggy first single on which Badu dispenses soulful advice to a homeless woman, as the sole exception.
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Mama's Gun is the female companion to D'Angelo's ''Voodoo,'' with which it shares a reactionary pseudo- sophistication that too often substitutes good taste for good tunes. It's soul music for people who -- wrongly -- think rap is dumb and contemporary R&B is simplistic. Unlike D'Angelo, however, Badu has a nuanced voice that pokes through the bland surfaces; sometimes she manages moments worthy of her forebears, as on the slinky ''Bag Lady'' and the syncopated ''Booty.''
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The songs on Mama's Gun slip from one to the next effortlessly, coming together as a set of sedate, buttery-smooth grooves.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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VernishaFeb 25, 2003
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BrandiC.Oct 26, 2001This albumis a classic.
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Dec 11, 2017
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MonicaCJul 26, 2004This is a timeless, timeless masterpiece.
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DH.Mar 4, 2008I luv it. U can get up and groove to it its amazing.
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Oct 4, 2010I listened to this album more than any other during the 00's
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Feb 11, 2022
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