The singer and songwriter Erykah Badu stopped by The New York Times and blessed the newsroom with a very special live performance, featuring songs from her classic albums “Baduizm,” “Mama’s Gun” and “Worldwide Underground.” Badu also sat down with the journalists and hosts of Popcast, Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, to discuss her quarter-century reign as one of music’s most idiosyncratic and spiritual figures, her kinship with D’Angelo & Questlove, and much more. Watch the full conversation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmtuerizmBw 00:58 “Echos 19 (mix 122)” 7:45 “Rimshot (Intro)” 10:08 “On & On” 13:50 “…& On” 17:30 “Love of My Life” 21:38 “Time’s a Wastin’” 27:48 “Didn't Cha Know” Follow Jon: https://twitter.com/joncaramanica https://www.instagram.com/joncaramanica Follow Joe: https://twitter.com/joecoscarelli https://www.instagram.com/joecoscarelli/ Listen to every Popcast ever https://www.nytimes.com/popcast Every episode of Popcast (Deluxe) on YouTube https://tinyurl.com/PopcastDeluxe Popcast Discord! https://tinyurl.com/PopcastDiscord Popcast Facebook! https://tinyurl.com/PopcastFacebook Popcast t-shirts & stickers http://itsthepopcast.myshopify.com Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video

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