Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)

"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.

ReleasedAugust 5, 2002

Recorded2001

Studio

• Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY)^[1]
• The Kitchen (Dallas, TX)^[1]

Genre

• R&B
• hip hop

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"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
Single by Erykah Badu featuring Common
from the album Brown Sugar and Worldwide Underground
Released	August 5, 2002
Recorded	2001
Studio	Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY)[1] The Kitchen (Dallas, TX)[1]
Genre	R&B hip hop
Length	3:50 (radio edit) 5:37 (soundtrack version)
Label	MCA
Songwriters	Erykah Badu Lonnie Rashid Lynn Madukwu Chinwah Robert Ozuma James Poyser Raphael Saadiq Rashad Smith Glen Standridge
Producer	Raphael Saadiq
Erykah Badu singles chronology
"Sweet Baby" (2001) "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (2002) "Danger" (2003)
Common singles chronology
"Dance for Me" (2002) "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (2002) "While I'm Dancin'" (2002)

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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).