REVIEW | ERYKAH BADU LIVE AT THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE LONDON

It was cer­tainly god­dess energy in the South­bank centre tonight. I per­son­ally have now seen Erykah Badu four times live in con­cert over the last couple decades.

Tonight was a cel­eb­ra­tion of the 25^th anniversary of the her game chan­ging album Baduism. Erykah’s dis­co­graphy con­sists of four albums and one mix­tape provid­ing us with one of the strongest bod­ies of work in black music his­tory! Ms Badu has con­sist­ently delivered a live show that can rival any­one in Soul music his­tory past or present. Erykah Badu is a ground­break­ing artist, a gen­er­a­tion­al tal­ent mean­der­ing as a mare mor­tal (You can tell I’m a fan lol). The full live exper­i­ence was truly an awe­some wonder.

Her atten­tion to detail, the cre­ativ­ity, the bold fash­ion choices, the con­fid­ent mas­ter­ful use of her vocal range, the use of video, light­ing, lasers, the­at­ric­al move­ments, how she seam­lessly trans­ition­ing through her clas­sic cata­logue of songs that doc­u­ment an immacu­late quarter cen­tury career.

The sheer qual­ity of musi­cians and back­ing vocal­ists that accom­pany her includ­ing here daugh­ter who popped in for a quick vocal cameo, even how she com­mands her band was awe inspir­ing. We wit­nessed a Jedi at work.

Check out my high­lights from the show here