Uma ucelwa ukuthi ukhumbule umculi womphefumulo ogqamile, igama elithi Erykah Badu lizovela ngokushesha enkumbulweni yakho. Lo mculi uheha hhayi kuphela ngezwi lakhe elithandekayo, indlela enhle yokusebenza, kodwa futhi nokubukeka kwakhe okungajwayelekile. Intokazi enhle enebala elinsundu inothando olumangalisayo lwama-eccentric headdresses. Izigqoko zangempela nezikhafu esithombeni sakhe sesiteji ziye zaba ukugqama kwangempela kwesitayela.
Ubuntwana kanye nomndeni usaziwayo wakusasa u-Erykah Badu
U-Erica Abi Wright, kamuva owaziwa ngokuthi u-Erykah Badu, wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 26, 1971. Kwenzeka eDallas, eTexas, e-USA. Intombazane yayinomfowabo kanye nodadewabo. Ubaba wawushiya umndeni ngokushesha. Umama, oshiywe nezingane ezintathu, uphakathi komsebenzi nekhaya.
Umama wakhe wasiza ekukhuliseni abazukulu bakhe. Ugogo akagcinanga ngokubheka nokunakekela izingane, kodwa ubebuye abe nesandla ekuthuthukisweni kwazo okuphelele. U-Erica ujabule ngamandla akhe okudala kusukela ebuntwaneni. Kakade lapho eneminyaka engu-3 ubudala, ugogo wakhe waqopha izingoma kusiqophamazwi esaculwa ngumzukulu wakhe.
Ukuthuthukiswa kokudala kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kwe-Erykah Badu
U-Erica waqala ukubonakala esiteji eneminyaka engu-4. Kwakuyi-Theater Center yedolobha lakubo. Umama wakhe wasebenza lapha njengomdlali we-actress. Etiyetha, umalume ka-Erica wakha isitudiyo sobuciko samathalente anebala elimnyama. Ukusebenza kokuqala kwentombazane phambi kwezilaleli ngezingoma nemidanso kwenzeka ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukankulunkulukazi wakhe.
U-Erica, ebona isibonelo sabathandekayo bakhe, wabona kusenesikhathi ukuthi uzophumelela ngempela emkhakheni wokudala. Le ntombazane yaphinde yavela esiteji ngesikhathi sisafunda. Lapho efunda ibanga lesibili, wavolontiya ukuze ahlanganyele emdlalweni wezingane. U-Erica ngokwakhe wakhetha indima yomfana oyisiqhwaga.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zika-Erykah Badu ekwenzeni umculo
Ngaphandle kwamakhonsathi asekhaya, le ntombazane ayizange iwufundele umculo noma kuphi. Ubelokhu elalele umphefumulo wama-70s ngomdlandla. Abaculi abathandayo bentombazane kwakungu-Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. U-Erica waqamba ingoma yakhe yokuqala eneminyaka engu-7.
Eminyakeni yakhe yobusha, waba nesithakazelo ku-hip-hop. Intombazane yayinemilolozelo ehlale izungeza ekhanda layo, yayibhala futhi ifunde imibhalo engaxakile. U-Erica waze wadlala ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi MC Apple. Ikhula intombazane ithanda umculo we-jazz. Lapho eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, wakwazi ukubhanqa noRoy Hargrove esiteshini somsakazo sendawo.
Igama lika-Erik Badu liyashintsha
Ngisho nasebusheni bakhe, u-Erica wayebheka igama lakhe lokuzalwa njengelingafanelekile kumuntu ophumelelayo. Wabona izimpande zesigqila kuye. Usanda kushintsha isipelingi waba ngu-Erykah. Wabuye wanquma ukungasibizi isibongo sikayise. Umphumela waba u-Erykah Badu, kwaba ngaleli gama lapho aduma khona.
Ukuthola imfundo
Ngemva kokuphothula imfundo yakhe yesibili eyimpoqo, u-Erykah waya kofunda eWashington High School of the Arts. Lapha wafunda kahle izisekelo zokucula namakhono asesiteji.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikhungweni semfundo, intombazane yafuna ukuqhubeka nokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bokudala. Ungene eGrambling State University. Intombazane ayizange ihlale isikhathi eside, yashiya isikhungo, yanquma ukuzibandakanya ngokujulile ekusebenziseni amakhono ayo.
Umsebenzi wokuqala wochwepheshe
Ngemva kokuyeka inyuvesi, u-Erykah wabuyela edolobheni lakubo. Wathola umsebenzi esikhungweni samasiko. Lapha uBadu wafundisa izingane izisekelo zedrama nomdanso. Lo msebenzi wawudingeka ukuze uthole imali encane.
Intombazane iphuphe lesigameko. Ngesikhathi sakhe samahhala, wadlala emaphathini e-duet nomzala wakhe uRobert Bradford. Amakhonsathi ka-ErykahFree abe yimpumelelo. Ku-duet nomfowabo, umculi uqophe inguqulo yedemo yeqoqo lezingoma ezingu-19.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe wokudala, le ntombazane yahlangana no-D'Angelo. Lo mculi ubelungiselela ukuqopha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala. Wamangazwa izwi lomculi futhi wamema u-Erykah ukuba ahlanganyele emsebenzini wakhe. Bendawonye bacula "Uthando Lwakho Oluyigugu". Ingoma ifakwe kwiculo elithi High School High, elakhishwa ngo-1996.
U-Kedar Massenburg, umphathi ka-D'Angelo, wayethathekile yizwi lalo mculi. I-debut esetshenziswe kule filimu yathandwa izethameli. Lesi bekuyisisekelo sesiphakamiso sokubambisana. U-Erykah Badu usayine inkontileka yakhe yokuqala futhi waqala umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa.
Ukuthuthuka komsebenzi
Ngo-1997, u-Erykah Badu wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala. "Baduizm" ngokushesha yaletha impumelelo. I-albhamu ishaye i-Billboard, yafinyelela phezulu endaweni yesibili. Eshadini elifanayo le-hip-hop, iqoqo lihole. Umculi waqashelwa ngokushesha, ebizwa ngokuthi inkanyezi yomphefumulo.
"I-Baduizm" yathola isitifiketi seplatinamu kathathu e-US, kanye negolide eNgilandi naseCanada. Eyodwa ethi "Vula & Vuliwe" idonse ukunaka okukhethekile. Akagcinanga ngokungena eshadini, uvele emazweni ahlukene. Ingoma iqokwe kuma-Grammy. U-Erykah Badu uwine Ingoma Engcono Kakhulu Ye-R&B Female futhi i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yaqanjwa ngokuthi I-Best R&B Singer. Kwakuyimpumelelo engenakuphikwa.
Erykah Badu Career Development
Ukuze avuse isithakazelo kurekhodi lakhe lokuqala, u-Erykah Badu wanquma ukuhlela uhambo lwekhonsathi. Ekuqaleni wacula neWu-Tang Clan, kodwa ngokushesha wakwazi ukwenza uhlelo lwakhe.
Ngemuva kohambo, ukhiphe i-albhamu ebukhoma ethi Live. I-disc entsha ayizange ibe yimpumelelo kuneqoqo langaphambili lesitudiyo. Wayenezikhundla ezi-2 kuphela ngemuva kwephrojekthi yokuqala yomculi osesikhundleni.
Umculi webhesi odumile uRon Carter, kanye neThe Roots, babambe iqhaza ekurekhodeni. Ngo-1999, ngengoma ehlangene neqembu elifanayo nomculi u-Eve Erykah Badu, uthole i-Grammy ekuqokweni kwegama elithi "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group".
Umsebenzi owengeziwe wokudala we-Erykah Badu
U-Badu ukhiphe i-albhamu entsha yesitudiyo ngo-200. I-Soulquarians kanye nomculi webhesi uPino Palladino babambe iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwe-albhamu ethi "Isibhamu sikaMama". Ingoma yesihloko ye-albhamu ethi, "Bag Lady", yashadi isikhathi eside yaphinde yaqokelwa Indondo YeGrammy. Kodwa akazange aphumelele.
Ngemva konyaka, u-Badu waya ohambweni olukhulu oluhlelelwe ukweseka i-albhamu esanda kukhishwa. Kusukela ngo-February, ukuvakasha kwaqhubeka kulo lonke ihlobo. Umculi wavakashela amadolobha amaningi eMelika, kanye nakwamanye amazwe aseYurophu.
Ngo-2003, u-Erykah wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe elandelayo, i-Worldwide Underground. Waxoxwa ngamandla ngabagxeki, kodwa wathandwa ngabalaleli. Umculi uthole imiklomelo engu-4 ye-Grammy, kodwa akazange athole imiklomelo. Ngo-2004, u-Badu waya kolunye uhambo lwekhonsathi.
Umculi ukhiphe i-albhamu elandelayo kuphela ngo-2008, futhi ngo-2010 i-sequel yayo yakhululwa. Phakathi kwemisebenzi yakhe eyedwa, u-Badu uthatha imisebenzi eyahlukene: ukubhala, izingoma ezihlanganyelwe, ukuqopha amaculo, nokunye, okuhlotshaniswa nephrofayili yakhe yobungcweti.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Erykah Badu
Kanye nokuzuza ukuthandwa, u-Erykah uthole uthando. U-Fate waphusha umculi no-Andre 3000, owadlala njengengxenye yeqembu le-Outkast. Ubudlelwano bebunamandla futhi bushesha. U-Erika wazala indodana, eyiSikhombisa. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ubuhlobo nesoka lakhe bahlukana.
Ukuzalwa komntwana akuzange kuthinte ukuthuthukiswa komsebenzi. U-Erykah wasebenza kanzima ngesikhathi ekhulelwe futhi waqhubeka enza kanjalo ngemva kokuzalwa komntwana. Ngo-2000, umculi waqala ubuhlobo bothando nozakwabo esiteji ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu Common. Umphumela waba umsebenzi wokudala onezithelo, kanye nendondo ye-Grammy.
Ngo-2004, u-Erykah waba ngumama futhi. Ugcina igama likayise wendodakazi yakhe liyimfihlo.
Cinema neminye imisebenzi
U-Badu akagcinanga ngokuqopha izingoma ezihambisana namamuvi. Unezindima ezimbalwa zesiqephu emsebenzini wakhe. Ukunakwa okuyinhloko kuqondiswe kwifilimu ethi "Imithetho ye-Cider House", eyawina i-Oscar. Umsebenzi wesibili obalulekile e-cinema ubizwa ngokuthi umsebenzi wefilimu ethi "Blues Brothers 2000".
Ngaphandle kokulingisa, ungumsunguli we-Sugar Water Festival. Esikhathini esizayo, umculi uhlela ukuvula isikole sokudansa, kanye nesitudiyo sobuciko.
