Baduizm
by Erykah Badu

Album
Baduizm by Erykah Badu
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-02-11
Overall rank: 1,048th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 254 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (22nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (198th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,048th)

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Baduizm is ranked as the best album by Erykah Badu.

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- This album (1,048th)
Baduizm Lower ranked (1,098th) »
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Baduizm track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Rimshot (Intro)
Average Rating: 80 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
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On & On
Average Rating: 85 (61 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Appletree
Average Rating: 83 (51 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Otherside Of The Game
Average Rating: 82 (41 votes)Comments: View 1
5.
Sometimes (Mix #9)
Average Rating: 75 (30 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Next Lifetime
Average Rating: 84 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Afro (Freestyle Skit)
Average Rating: 74 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Certainly
Average Rating: 82 (40 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
4 Leaf Clover
Average Rating: 77 (34 votes)Comments: View 1
10.
No Love
Average Rating: 76 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Drama
Average Rating: 78 (35 votes)Comments: View 1
12.
Sometimes...
Average Rating: 77 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
13.
Certainly (Flipped It)
Average Rating: 77 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Rimshot (Outro)
Average Rating: 78 (31 votes)Comments: View 0

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Baduizm rankings

Baduizm rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,048th | 1990s rank: 198th | 1997 rank: 22nd  Overall chart history
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Baduizm ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 254 votes)
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65/100
 !		07/21/2026 11:33 Gammarus1979  Ratings distribution  62979/100
 
80/100
 !		05/27/2026 07:08 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,61570/100
 
80/100
 !		05/11/2026 19:30 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,53570/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.


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From BestEverAlbums 08/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5416): By C_Krug2009
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75/100
From 07/05/2025 07:41 | #309903
R&B album of the year at the 1998 Grammys (Edited)
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80/100
From 01/22/2025 08:41 | #307112
Once again I discover that my favourite tune is the one with the lowest rating. I know it's me not you. I'm good with that. No Love (Edited)
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From 06/16/2022 22:31 | #286447
Criminally underrated on here (Edited)
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From 12/12/2021 01:35 | #277400 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album is solid and isn’t great for lounging to a chill vibe. I wouldn’t want to listen to any other album other than this one for lounging. Just slaps through with consistent greatness (Edited)
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From 11/26/2021 21:09 | #276732
A perfect album for any occasion, especially for your lonely November Fridays as well for any party you might give to your friends. Amazing stuff.
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