Baduizm
by Erykah Badu
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Erykah Badu bestography
Baduizm is ranked as the best album by Erykah Badu.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Baduizm track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Baduizm rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 94 Music Albums of 1997 | 75/94 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 94 Music Albums of 1997 | 33/94 | 3 |
| 2026 | stanchoiaz | Top 15 Music Albums of 1997 | 4/15 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 301-400 | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 | jtrizzle35 | Top 49 Music Albums of the 1990s | 18/49 | 13 |
| 2026 | benodeno | Top 10 Greatest Music Albums | 10/10 | 10 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 37 Music Albums of 1997 | 6/37 | 4 |
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | Top 63 Music Albums of 1997 | 7/63 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 255 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,678 | |||
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Baduizm ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 20:24 | Foxforce5 | 485 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 11:33 |  Gammarus1979 | 631 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 07:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,663 | 70/100 |
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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.
Baduizm favourites
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Baduizm forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5416): By C_Krug2009View latest topic →
BestEverAlbums 06/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - May 2026View latest topic →
Romanelli 08/29/2024 15:14 in The Romanelli Music Diary: ExciterView all forum mentions
Baduizm comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/24/2013 19:25 | #62694 | TOP COMMENT
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The music world needed this album and this woman in the worst way. Badu is the definition of real. There's no pretention, or attempts to be something she's not. There's just the coolest woman in the business putting it out on a soulful, funky record. Brilliant.
Listmeister 09/23/2013 17:48 | #86625 | TOP COMMENT
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Daaayyyyuuummm, she is good. It's relaxed contentment, like being out on a date with the one you love, the two of you sitting in a night club and this band is playing and Erykah is chanteusing and it's feeding your mellow contentment and they are feeding off your relaxation until it spirals into a feedback loop of happy dreaminess. So you're having a good time, and then the track Afro comes along, which enhances the intimacy of the night club effect. 4 Leaf Clover comes and adds elements of harmony. Reprises of the first song at the end. After you hear the album, in the silence after the last notes, it feels wrong that you don't have a standing ovation.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/07/2016 13:55 | #163444 | TOP COMMENT
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If Billie Holiday was to come back & make a record this would be it. Erykah Badu has that special voice that leaves you wanting more. This again is a debut album that is ranked in my Top10 albums of all time. I never tire listening to this amazing album, On & On is one of the best tracks but my favourite track is Next Lifetime along with 4 Leaf Clover. But the whole album is full of great tracks with a Jazzy neo-soul feel and her amazing voice adds to the atmosphere.
Soulful, genuine, funky hip hop. Real good easy listening & so well done. A- MEZ
Mildly entertaining with a few good tracks. And everything sounds the same.
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