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

"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.^[1]

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. The remix is a semi-remake version of "Funk You Up" by the rap group The Sequence at the time Angie Stone was a member of the group.

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)

Preceded by "Work It" by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single December 28, 2002	Succeeded by "Miss You" by Aaliyah

References

Erykah Badu

Studio albums	Baduizm (1997) Mama's Gun (2000) Worldwide Underground (2003) New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008) New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) (2010)

Other albums	Live ICON: The Best of Erykah Badu But You Caint Use My Phone

Singles	"On & On" "Next Lifetime" "Otherside of the Game" "Appletree" "Tyrone" "You Got Me" "Southern Gul" "Bag Lady" "Didn't Cha Know? "Cleva" "Sweet Baby" "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" "Danger" "Back in the Day (Puff)" "Honey" "Soldier" "Window Seat" "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)"

Tours	Baduizm World Tour Mama's Gun World Tour Frustrated Artist Tour Worldwide Underground Tour Sugar Water Festival Summer Tour The Vortex World Tour Jam Tour Out My Mind, Just in Time World Tour

Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Soulquarians

Common singles discography

Discography Awards and nominations Videography

Can I Borrow a Dollar?	"Take It EZ" "Breaker 1/9" "Soul by the Pound"

Resurrection	"I Used to Love H.E.R." "Resurrection"

One Day It'll All Make Sense	"Retrospect for Life" "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" "All Night Long"

Like Water for Chocolate	"The 6th Sense" "The Light" "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)"

Electric Circus	"Come Close"

Be	"The Food" "The Corner" "Go!" "Testify" "Faithful"

Finding Forever	"The People" "The Game" "Drivin' Me Wild" "I Want You"

Universal Mind Control	"Universal Mind Control" "Announcement"

The Dreamer/The Believer	"Ghetto Dreams"

Nobody's Smiling	"Kingdom" "Speak My Peace" "Diamonds"

Other singles	"The Bitch in Yoo" "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" "Car Horn" "Hurricane" "While I'm Dancin'" "Panthers" "A Dream" "Glory"

Featured singles	"Respiration" "Dance for Me" "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" "Make Her Say" "Favorite Song" "Switch Up"

Category:Common (rapper) songs Portal:Hip hop

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