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Although commercially successful and warm critical reception, initially it would not meet the commercial expectations or critical acclaim of her debut album, however, overtime it would gain further acclaim and be considered an unique record in its own right and one of the finest neo soul records of its time.
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->''Love is life, and life is free\\
Take a ride of life with me\\
Free your mind and find your way\\
There will be a brighter day''
-->- "Didn't Cha Know"
''Mama's Gun'' is the second studio album by American [[NeoSoul neo soul]] singer-songwriter Music/ErykahBadu, released in 2000 by Motown Records.
After the success of her debut record ''Baduizm'', Badu took some time off for introspection and to raise her son. After which she returned to recording her second studio album with help from Questlove of Music/TheRoots. Due to their collaborations, Erykah would also become affiliated with the Soulquarians, a experimental black music collective that would be present during the recording of the record as well as other noted neo soul / hip hop releases of the late 90s & early 2000s (i.e ''Black on Both Sides'', ''Like Water for Chocolate'', ''1st Born Second'').
Noted for its confessional nature and groove-oriented live instrumentation, ''Mama's Gun'' would experiment with jazz, funk, soul, reggae and psychedelia, with it being favourably compared to fellow neo soul artist and Soulquarian member, Music/DAngelo's ''Music/{{Voodoo}}''. With both records coming out in the same year, experimenting with black musical styles and being recorded in Electric Lady Studios (Music/JimiHendrix's recording studio).
Although commercially successful and warm critical reception, initially it would not meet the commercial expectations or critical acclaim of her debut album, however, overtime it would gain further acclaim and be considered an unique record in its own right and one of the finest neo soul records of its time.
!!Tracklist
# "Penitentiary Philosophy" (6:09)
# "Didn't Cha Know?" (3:58)
# "My Life" (3:59)
# "...& On" (3:34)
# "Cleva" (3:45)
# "Hey Sugah" (0:54)
# "Booty" (4:04)
# "Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi)" (5:34)
# "A.D. 2000" (4:51)
# "Orange Moon" (7:10)
# "In Love with You" (5:21)
# "Bag Lady" (5:48)
# "Time's a Wastin'" (6:42)
# "Green Eyes" (10:04)
----
!! Time's a Tropin'
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''P'''enitentary '''P'''hilosophy"
* BadassBoast: "Booty" subverts this, with the track having Badu tell a woman that she could easily take her man despite her being more conventionally attractive than Badu herself. However, she doesn't want her man as she respects her, seeing their sisterhood as black women.
-->''I don't want him, cause of what he's done to you\\
And you don't need him, cause he ain't ready\\
See I don't want him\\
If he ain't made no arrangement with you\\
And you don't need him, cause the boy ain't ready''
* BreakUpSong: "Green Eyes" is this. Detailing the stages involved in dealing with a relationship that has ended in three suites, all of which are sonically different from each other.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Didn't Cha Know" has Badu go through shades of this, while reaffirming herself things will be alright in the end.:
-->''Time to save the world\\
Where in the world is all the time?\\
So many things I still don't know\\
So many times I've changed my mind\\
Guess I was born to make mistakes\\
But I ain't scared to take the weight\\
So when I stumble off the path\\
I know my heart will guide me back''
* EpicRocking: There are a decent amount of tracks that go over the five minute mark on this record. Hell, the first track is six minutes, but that track is dwarfed by the final track, which is ''ten''.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Employed throughout the record.
* FemaleEmpowermentSong: "Bag Lady" is this with her telling a woman that she musy let go of her emotional baggage (i.e. "pack light") if she wants to move on from her grief.
-->''Bag lady, you gone hurt your back\\
Draggin' all them bags like that\\
I guess nobody ever told you\\
All you must hold onto\\
Is you, is you, is you''
* LongestSongGoesLast: "Green Eyes" is the final track and the longest at ten minutes.
* MinisculeRocking: "Hey Sugah", which is essentially just Badu and background singer, N'Dambi, scatting for less than a minute.
* NeoSoul: Considered one of the greatest works in the genre.
* OutOfGenreExperience: "Penitentiary Philosophy" has more in common with a psychedelic jam session than with most of the songs on the record and it's the ''first track'' at that.
* ProtestSong: "A.D. 2000" is an odd one. As although the song is essentially about the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Amadou_Diallo killing of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo]], the song is moreso an elegy, sung from his perspective.
-->''No you won't be name'n no buildings after me\\
To go down dilapidated\\
No you won't be name'n no buildings after me\\
My name will be mistated, surely''
* {{Sampling}}: "Didn't Cha Know" samples "Dreamflower" by Tarika Blue. Which was unauthorized, leading to an out of court settlement.
** "Penitentiary Philosophy" would interpolate a verse from Music/StevieWonder's "Ordinary Pain".
** "My Life" samples the reverse drum loop from "Paul Revere" by the Music/BeastieBoys.
** "....& On" would heavily sample Badu's own track "On & On" from her previous album, ''Baduizm''.
** The Cheeba Sac Remix of "Bag Lady" (released as a single), makes heavy use of a sample of a wah-wah guitar loop from "Xxxplosive" by Dr. Dre, which in turn sampled "Bumpy's Lament" by Soul Mann & The Brothers.
* {{Scatting}}: Utilized on multiple tracks, however is most apparent on tracks such as "In Love With You" and "Hey Sugah".
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "Cleva", on which Badu sings that despite her not necessarily being physically attractive, she is still comfortable in her own body and can attract people through her other qualites such as her intelligence:
-->''This is how I look without makeup\\
And with no bra my ninny's sag down low\\
My hair ain't never hung down to my shoulders\\
And it might not grow\\
You never know\\
But I'm clever when I bust a rhyme\\
I'm cleva always on ya mind\\
She's cleva and I really wanna grow\\
But why come you're the last to know?''
* SequelSong: "....& On" is this to "On & On".
* SillyLoveSongs: "In Love With You", "Kiss Me On My Neck", "Orange Moon"
* SingerNamedrop: On "...& On" and "In Love With You". Granted it's quite simple to do this given Badu is already a scar sound.
* SolarAndLunar: "Orange Moon" has Badu compare herself and her lover to the sun and moon.
-->''I'm an orange moon\\
I'm brighter than before\\
Brighter than ever before\\
I'm an orange moon and I shine so bright\\
Cause I reflect the light of my sun''
* SopranoAndGravel: "In Love With You" features the soft, lilting voice of Erykah and the raspy, rough vocals of Stephen Marley.
* WordSaladLyrics: "...& On" pokes fun at the criticism of her doing this on ''Baduizm'':
-->''What good do your words do if they can't understand you?\\
Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu''
----
[[caption-width-right:350:''This world done changed since I been conscious'']]
->''Love is life, and life is free\\
Take a ride of life with me\\
Free your mind and find your way\\
There will be a brighter day''
-->- "Didn't Cha Know"
''Mama's Gun'' is the second studio album by American [[NeoSoul neo soul]] singer-songwriter Music/ErykahBadu, released in 2000 by Motown Records.
After the success of her debut record ''Baduizm'', Badu took some time off for introspection and to raise her son. After which she returned to recording her second studio album with help from Questlove of Music/TheRoots. Due to their collaborations, Erykah would also become affiliated with the Soulquarians, a experimental black music collective that would be present during the recording of the record as well as other noted neo soul / hip hop releases of the late 90s & early 2000s (i.e ''Black on Both Sides'', ''Like Water for Chocolate'', ''1st Born Second'').
Noted for its confessional nature and groove-oriented live instrumentation, ''Mama's Gun'' would experiment with jazz, funk, soul, reggae and psychedelia, with it being favourably compared to fellow neo soul artist and Soulquarian member, Music/DAngelo's ''Music/{{Voodoo}}''. With both records coming out in the same year, experimenting with black musical styles and being recorded in Electric Lady Studios (Music/JimiHendrix's recording studio).
Although commercially successful and warm critical reception, initially it would not meet the commercial expectations or critical acclaim of her debut album, however, overtime it would gain further acclaim and be considered an unique record in its own right and one of the finest neo soul records of its time.
!!Tracklist
# "Penitentiary Philosophy" (6:09)
# "Didn't Cha Know?" (3:58)
# "My Life" (3:59)
# "...& On" (3:34)
# "Cleva" (3:45)
# "Hey Sugah" (0:54)
# "Booty" (4:04)
# "Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi)" (5:34)
# "A.D. 2000" (4:51)
# "Orange Moon" (7:10)
# "In Love with You" (5:21)
# "Bag Lady" (5:48)
# "Time's a Wastin'" (6:42)
# "Green Eyes" (10:04)
----
!! Time's a Tropin'
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''P'''enitentary '''P'''hilosophy"
* BadassBoast: "Booty" subverts this, with the track having Badu tell a woman that she could easily take her man despite her being more conventionally attractive than Badu herself. However, she doesn't want her man as she respects her, seeing their sisterhood as black women.
-->''I don't want him, cause of what he's done to you\\
And you don't need him, cause he ain't ready\\
See I don't want him\\
If he ain't made no arrangement with you\\
And you don't need him, cause the boy ain't ready''
* BreakUpSong: "Green Eyes" is this. Detailing the stages involved in dealing with a relationship that has ended in three suites, all of which are sonically different from each other.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Didn't Cha Know" has Badu go through shades of this, while reaffirming herself things will be alright in the end.:
-->''Time to save the world\\
Where in the world is all the time?\\
So many things I still don't know\\
So many times I've changed my mind\\
Guess I was born to make mistakes\\
But I ain't scared to take the weight\\
So when I stumble off the path\\
I know my heart will guide me back''
* EpicRocking: There are a decent amount of tracks that go over the five minute mark on this record. Hell, the first track is six minutes, but that track is dwarfed by the final track, which is ''ten''.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Employed throughout the record.
* FemaleEmpowermentSong: "Bag Lady" is this with her telling a woman that she musy let go of her emotional baggage (i.e. "pack light") if she wants to move on from her grief.
-->''Bag lady, you gone hurt your back\\
Draggin' all them bags like that\\
I guess nobody ever told you\\
All you must hold onto\\
Is you, is you, is you''
* LongestSongGoesLast: "Green Eyes" is the final track and the longest at ten minutes.
* MinisculeRocking: "Hey Sugah", which is essentially just Badu and background singer, N'Dambi, scatting for less than a minute.
* NeoSoul: Considered one of the greatest works in the genre.
* OutOfGenreExperience: "Penitentiary Philosophy" has more in common with a psychedelic jam session than with most of the songs on the record and it's the ''first track'' at that.
* ProtestSong: "A.D. 2000" is an odd one. As although the song is essentially about the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Amadou_Diallo killing of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo]], the song is moreso an elegy, sung from his perspective.
-->''No you won't be name'n no buildings after me\\
To go down dilapidated\\
No you won't be name'n no buildings after me\\
My name will be mistated, surely''
* {{Sampling}}: "Didn't Cha Know" samples "Dreamflower" by Tarika Blue. Which was unauthorized, leading to an out of court settlement.
** "Penitentiary Philosophy" would interpolate a verse from Music/StevieWonder's "Ordinary Pain".
** "My Life" samples the reverse drum loop from "Paul Revere" by the Music/BeastieBoys.
** "....& On" would heavily sample Badu's own track "On & On" from her previous album, ''Baduizm''.
** The Cheeba Sac Remix of "Bag Lady" (released as a single), makes heavy use of a sample of a wah-wah guitar loop from "Xxxplosive" by Dr. Dre, which in turn sampled "Bumpy's Lament" by Soul Mann & The Brothers.
* {{Scatting}}: Utilized on multiple tracks, however is most apparent on tracks such as "In Love With You" and "Hey Sugah".
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "Cleva", on which Badu sings that despite her not necessarily being physically attractive, she is still comfortable in her own body and can attract people through her other qualites such as her intelligence:
-->''This is how I look without makeup\\
And with no bra my ninny's sag down low\\
My hair ain't never hung down to my shoulders\\
And it might not grow\\
You never know\\
But I'm clever when I bust a rhyme\\
I'm cleva always on ya mind\\
She's cleva and I really wanna grow\\
But why come you're the last to know?''
* SequelSong: "....& On" is this to "On & On".
* SillyLoveSongs: "In Love With You", "Kiss Me On My Neck", "Orange Moon"
* SingerNamedrop: On "...& On" and "In Love With You". Granted it's quite simple to do this given Badu is already a scar sound.
* SolarAndLunar: "Orange Moon" has Badu compare herself and her lover to the sun and moon.
-->''I'm an orange moon\\
I'm brighter than before\\
Brighter than ever before\\
I'm an orange moon and I shine so bright\\
Cause I reflect the light of my sun''
* SopranoAndGravel: "In Love With You" features the soft, lilting voice of Erykah and the raspy, rough vocals of Stephen Marley.
* WordSaladLyrics: "...& On" pokes fun at the criticism of her doing this on ''Baduizm'':
-->''What good do your words do if they can't understand you?\\
Don't go talkin' that shit Badu, Badu''
----
