Mama's Gun

Mama's Gun is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Erykah Badu. It was released on November 18, 2000, by Motown Records. Largely recorded at the Electric Lady Studios in New York City with the collective Soulquarians, the album is a neo soul record predominantly driven by live instruments. Writing all its songs, Badu explored themes of love, self-worth, and social equity. After giving birth to her son with rapper André 3000 and experiencing writer's block in the aftermath of her debut studio album Baduizm, Badu began writing and recording Mama's Gun in 1999. Badu primarily collaborated with drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, bassist Pino Palladino, pianist James Poyser, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and producer Jay Dee. As the musicians simultaneously contributed to albums recorded by D'Angelo, Common, and Bilal, also at Electric Lady, the artists began collaborating, forming the Soulquarians. Consequently, Mama's Gun emerged more sonically eclectic than Baduizm, experimenting with genres such as jazz, funk, rock, reggae, and traditional soul. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama's_Gun) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)