Live (Erykah Badu album)

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Live is a live concert album by American R&B singer Erykah Badu, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). Apparent throughout Live is the raw emotion that Badu shows when performing. An example of the emotion delivered in the album can be identified with the song Ye Yo where Badu, pregnant, can be heard crying while delivering a powerful performance dedicated to her son, Seven (although at the time of the recording, apparently the fetus' gender had yet to be determined because she refers to the baby in the feminine sense, seemingly assuming the gender would be female). Released in the fall of 1997, with her debut album Baduizm released earlier that year, Live quickly went platinum with the radio hit Tyrone.

The album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards, while the track "Tyrone" was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Track listing

1. "Rimshot (Intro)" (Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah) - 3:48
2. "Otherside of the Game" (Badu, Bro.?uestlove, Richard Nichols, James Poyser, The Roots) - 8:21
3. "On & On" (Badu, Jaborn Jamal) - 5:25
4. "Reprise" - 2:13
5. "Apple Tree" (Badu, Robert Bradford) - 2:54
6. "Ye Yo" (Badu) - 6:07
7. "Searching" (Roy Ayers) - 4:26
8. "Boogie Nights/All Night" (James A. Johnson, Rodney L. Temperton) - 6:03
9. "Certainly" (Badu, Chinwah) - 7:06
10. "Stay" (Richard Calhoun, Yvette Stevens) - 4:58
11. "Next Lifetime (Interlude)" (Badu, Tone The Backbone) - 3:56
12. "Tyrone" (Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt) - 3:56
13. "Next Lifetime" (Badu, Tone the Backbone) - 12:05
14. "Tyrone" [Extended Version] (Badu, Hurt) - 5:40

Personnel

• Erykah Badu - vocals
• Charles "Poogie" Bell, Jr. - drums
• Karen Bernod - background vocals
• Hubert Eaves IV - bass
• Norman "Keys" Hurt - keyboard
• N'Dambi - background vocals
• Joyce M. Strong - background vocals

Production

• Producers: Erykah Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt
• Executive producers: Erykah Badu, Kedar Massenburg
• Engineers: Erykah Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt, Gorden Mack, Kenny Ortíz
• Mixing: Erykah Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt, Gorden Mack, Kenny Ortíz
• Mastering: Tom Coyne
• Art direction: D. Simmons, M. Warlow
• Cover art concept: Erykah Badu, Clymenza Howkins
• Design: P. Geczik, Lance Ong
• Layout design: P. Geczik
• Photography: Imari Dusauzay, Imari Dusauzay
• Artwork: P. Geczik, Lance Ong

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1997	The Billboard 200	4
1997	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1