José James Gracefully Reimagines Erykah Badu’s Imaginative Songs with ‘On & On’ | Album Review

February 4, 2023 Patrick Corcoran

By covering Badu’s songs, James is not only offering a valid and enjoyable reinterpretation of them, but he is also showing that these compositions should be considered part of soul music’s canon.

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