Erykah Badu famously sang about seeing you “Next Lifetime” — as if this mystical priestess of otherworldly R&B was operating on a whole different frequency than the rest of us.Nearly 25 years later, it almost feels like a lifetime ago since a headwrapped, ankh-rocking Badu dropped the neo-soul classic that is “Baduizm” on the universe. “It kinda was, you know, ’cause those babies are now 25,” Badu told The Post of the songs that gave birth to an R&B revolution. “So yeah, it was kind of a lifetime ago.
But I remember it like yesterday. It was my story. I know every page and how to flip back to which page it was in one movement.”No doubt, when she headlines Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, the artist born Erica Wright will be revisiting.
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