Released August 20, 2002 Genre Underground hip hop | Recorded 2001 Label MCA Records | |
Format CD single
12-inch single Length 3:50 (Radio Edit)
5:37 (Soundtrack Version) | ||
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" is the title of a 2002 single by singer Erykah Badu and rapper Common. It spent four weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best Solo R&B/Soul Single. It additionally won a Grammy for best R&B song in 2003.
Contents
The song was featured in the 2002 film Brown Sugar and is found on the film's soundtrack. The song, film, Common's song "I Used to Love H.E.R." and The Roots song "Act Too (The Love Of My Life)" all share a common theme: the personification of hip hop. The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song on the 2003 award ceremony, and was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Remix
In 2003, the official remix entitled, "Love of My Life Worldwide" appeared on Erykah Badu's album, Worldwide Underground. "Funk You Up! (Love Of My Life Remix)" is another version of the song, with Badu rapping different lyrics. The remix contained rap vocals from Badu, Queen Latifah, Bahamadia and Angie Stone. This remix sampled "Funk You Up" by the rap group The Sequence which Angie Stone was a member of.
Track listing
- "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (Radio Edit)" (3:50)
- "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (Radio Edit Without Rap)" (3:41)
- "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (Album Version Edit)" (3:50)
- "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (Instrumental)" (4:28)