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I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.
Erykah Badu
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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
Composer
Jazz Musician
Poet
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
Erica Wright
Basically
Ears
Produce
Read
Anything
Music
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