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Mama's Gun is the second studio album by Neo Soul singerErykah Badu, released in 2000. Recorded at Electric LadyStudios in New York City, the album incorporates Funk, Souland Jazz styles. Covering themes of insecurity, social issuesand personal relationships, Badu delivered a highly intimateand personal album that reached Platinum two months after itsrelease. Mama's Gun features substantial contributions fromseveral members of the Soulquarians outfit, of which Badu was amember. It also features guests such as soul singer Betty Wright
and trumpeter Roy Hargrove.
The album contains the single "Bag Lady" which, with its colorful,artsy music video, shot to #1 on the R&B charts, and also intothe Top 10 on the billboard charts. "Bag Lady" was nominatedfor the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performanceand for Best R&B Song. Also the song "Didn't Cha Know?" wasnominated for Best R&B Song.
Rolling Stone magazine applauded her for taking "chances theway Stevie Wonder or Nina Simone did in their prime" and wenton to say "she has taken her art to the next level." EntertainmentWeekly called the album a "'70s soul homage featuring livemusicians and a smooth-funk sound that wouldn't be out of placeon a CTI record."
SIDE A
1. Penitentiary Philosophy 2. Didn't Cha Know
3. My Life 4. ... & On
SIDE B
1. Cleva 2. Hey Sugah 3. Booty 4. Kiss Me On My Neck
(Hesi) 5. A.D. 2000
SIDE C
1. Orange Moon 2. In Love With You
3. Bag Lady
SIDE D
1. Time's A Wastin 2. Green Eyes
