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In honor of the 21st anniversary of Erykah Badu’s Worldwide Underground, we’re dropping more limited edition vinyl! Very limited of copies will be signed by Badu. 

Below, read some of Badu’s words about the iconic project.

On inspiration:

The inspiration was I thought I couldn’t write anymore. So I created a tour just to make up material onstage. It was called the Frustrated Artist Tour. It’s what spawned ‘Worldwide Underground.’

On the process: 

We started recording at Electric Lady Studios in New York. I kinda had what people call ‘writer’s block,’ but I found out later it really wasn’t writer’s block. It was a downloading period when I was supposed to be quiet, listen and live.

We took it on a tour bus – we had a studio built on the bus. Whenever I would run into fellow musicians and friends, I would put them on the album.