Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)
2002 single by Erykah Badu featuring Common From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2002 single by Erykah Badu featuring Common From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" is a song recorded by American singer Erykah Badu for the Brown Sugar soundtrack (2002). It features American rapper Common, who co-wrote the song alongside Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Robert Ozuma, James Poyser, Rashad Smith, Glen Standridge and the song's sole producer Raphael Saadiq. The song follows the film and its soundtrack's common lyrical theme of personifying hip hop. It was released as the lead single from Brown Sugar on August 5, 2002, by MCA Records.
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| Single by Erykah Badu featuring Common | ||||
| from the album Brown Sugar and Worldwide Underground | ||||
| Released | August 5, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
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| Label | MCA | |||
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| Producer(s) | Raphael Saadiq | |||
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A commercial success, "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" spent four weeks atop the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Critically acclaimed, the song won the Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best Solo R&B/Soul Single and the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. A year after its release, it was included on international editions of Badu's third studio album Worldwide Underground (2003).
The official remix of "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)", entitled "Love of My Life Worldwide" appeared on Badu's third studio album Worldwide Underground (2003). The remix featured guest raps by Queen Latifah, Bahamadia and Angie Stone, and sampled "Funk You Up" by the rap group the Sequence, of which Stone was a member. Another version of the remix, titled "Funk You Up! (Love Of My Life Remix)", features Badu rapping different lyrics.
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US 12-inch vinyl[1]
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European CD single[2]
European maxi CD single[3]
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| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 9 |
| US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard)[5] | 4 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] | 67 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | August 5, 2002 | Urban contemporary radio | MCA | |
| August 20, 2002 | 12-inch vinyl |
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