Mama's Gun (studio album)
by Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu bestography
Mama's Gun is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Erykah Badu on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Erykah Badu is Baduizm which is ranked number 1028 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,698.
(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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Mama's Gun track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 2 hours ago | mutant | 1,634 | 55/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 06:34 |  Kingturtle | 7,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2025 21:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,521 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2025 15:03 | byuzak | 3,219 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 12:49 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,731 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Jboy56 02/11/2022 14:49 | #281116
Fantastic, moody, and stylish neo-soul for your late afternoon doze off...
planetneutral 11/28/2020 03:22 | #261531
Perhaps a step above Baduizm.
VictorVale 01/06/2019 22:27 | #229159
Nu Soul fantástico.
This album is such a good listen
Brad1770 12/17/2017 01:09 | #203317
R and B goodness, smooth as a Dolphins skin.
Tamthebam 01/22/2017 20:08 | #183905
The 2nd E.Badu album was a double album. Mama's Gun carries on where Baduizm left off, more laid back neo soul jazz sounding songs. The whole album flows along at a slow & mellow pace with jazz leanings. No song is better than the other as all the parts of this album make the album whole, so it would be unfair to single out one track above the rest. I should add that it takes a few listens before it all sinks in.
One of the great r'n'b albums. Mama's gun, deals predominantly with Erykah Badu's break up with Andre 3000, and is an excellent collection of beautiful and original soul. Even if you're not a massive r'n'b fan, Mama's gun, is still an album you might just enjoy. Brilliant.
rogue 12/07/2015 19:34 | #154078
Smooth, sensual, real. Love me some Badu.
covecove 02/28/2013 06:12 | #66444
Haven't listened to it in a while, a pitty that is, a phenomenally smooth recording by a seriously underrated goddess...
junodog4 01/24/2013 19:26 | #62695
A little more rootsy, a little more down home... and another knockout from Erykah Badu.
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