ERYKAH BADU - MAMA'S GUN (25TH ANNIVERSARY D2C ONLY /2LP)

Five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning neo-soul trailblazer Erykah Badu commemorates the 25th anniversary of her influential sophomore album, Mama’s Gun, with the release of new limited-edition Vinyl options out now. The 2LP UMe Ecomm variant is pressed on Gold Black Ice Vinyl and features a newly redesigned gatefold jacket, alternate cover, and special lithograph.

The indisputable influence of Mama’s Gun looms over every corner of the culture. It first arrived in stores on November 21, 2000. It peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200, scoring her strongest first-week sales ever and moving north of 191K copies. Within the span of only four weeks, it reached the threshold for a Platinum certification from the RIAA. Not to mention, this landmark body of work garnered three GRAMMY® Award nominations, including “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance” and “Best R&B Song” for “Bag Lady” and “Best R&B Song” for “Didn’t Cha Know?”

Indicative of the record’s impact, it has claimed spots on numerous marquee lists such as Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” Pitchfork’s “The 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years,” and NPR’s “The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women,” among many others. Resonating from one generation to the next, it has also impressively tallied over 1 billion streams. Retrospectively, Pitchfork rated it a rare “9.4,” marveling at how, “She made a record that wore its awareness of the larger traumas and challenges that complicate human intimacy on its sleeves.”

Badu’s unparalleled alchemy of soul, R&B, jazz, rock, reggae, and poetry underscores these 14 tracks, enshrining Mama’s Gun as a game-changer whose influence continues to grow.

Check out the full tracklisting below.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Penitentiary Philosophy

2. Didn't Cha Know

3. My Life

4. ... & On

5. Cleva

6. Hey Sugah - Interlude

7. Booty

8. Kiss Me On My Neck

9. A.D. 2000

10. Orange Moon

11. In Love With You

12. Bag Lady

13. Time's A Wastin

14. Green Eyes