This is a series of celebrated records from Erykah Badu where she explores a post-Civil Rights landscape in which African-Americans have been left to sort out how to have a cultural identity as part of a nation that had, up until very recently, been a dedicated adversary. Opaque Violet 2 LP.
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December 9, 2022
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