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Mama's Gun

by Erykah Badu

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Overall Rating: 2.9833 Mama's Gun is ranked overall as 2.9833 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.9904 Mama's Gun has an avg. critic score of 2.9904 out of 4 stars

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Slant Magazine

Erykah Badu's second studio albumMama's Gunopens with the old-school funk of "Penitentiary Philosophy." Badu declares her status as "a warrior princess," urging us all to get along and "take all the funky tones and make up a funky song." The album ...more

Adrian Denning.co.uk

There was a long old wait for this official follow up to the mighty 'Baduizm'. It finally arrived, and after some confusion concerning the track-listing ( two different versions were released, initially ) has settled down to become the fine album ...more

Vibe

Beyond Badu's self-appointed role as a teacher, what she does best is create really good music.... It should come as no surprise that Mama's Gun's organic feel comes from the team that helped produce D'Angelo's Voodoo. However, the most important sound ...more

Sonicnet

But what makes Badu a source of deep pride for her black audience (and intriguing puzzlement for her ever-growing white one) is that her mysticism produces its most compelling poetry when set against gritty realities such as drug-dealing boyfriends, ...more

Rolling Stone

Mama's Gun finds Erykah disrobing emotionally, shedding the self-righteousness and goddess posture that marked Baduizm. The new Erykah isn't teaching, she's dealing with regular-person baggage. ...more

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Billboard

On the 14-track "Mama's Gun," Badu mixes a little rock, some jazz, and a whole lot of soul. ...more

PopMatters

A definite work of art, destined to remain in heavy rotation for some time to come. ...more

All Music Guide

Since the arrival of Erykah Badu onto the neo-soul scene back in 1997 withBaduizm, commercial music stood up and took notice with an onslaught of similar artists reaching comparable peaks of mainstream success. After taking some time off ...more

Yahoo! Music

'Mama's Gun', so called because it's the weapon "taking out the demons in my range" is Badu 's antidote to the pressures of enormous and sudden fame that she experienced after the release of her fantastic debut album 'Baduizm' four years ago. ...more

Dot Music

The Dallas native has created a womb of an album. It's a warm, soft, retreat from the outside world. Reading between the lines, this means no hits... ...more

CDNow

Mama's Gun wisely doesn't stray too far from the free-flowing R&B of Baduizm: Almost every track here is slinky, scat-influenced soul with rich female backing voices, seeded with the occasional string section, trumpet, or sample (most notably Dr. Dre's ...more

Armchair DJ

The overlong LP... reveals an artist who could use some discipline, but there's enough melody, wit and funk hidden among these 14 tracks to brighten any R&B fan's Christmas. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

Mama's Gun is the female companion to D'Angelo's ''Voodoo,'' with which it shares a reactionary pseudo- sophistication that too often substitutes good taste for good tunes. It's soul music for people who -- wrongly -- think rap is dumb and contemporary ...more

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