Pitchfork's Sunday Album Club takes an in-depth look at Erykah Badu's 1997 debut album, Baduizm, which was an existential anchor of the neo-soul movement. The article discusses the subgenre's foundational crew of rebels and their lush serenades and instrumental jam sessions with a political center. It also touches on the music world's presentation of neo-soul artists as saviors who were bringing R&B 'back to basics,' which dismissed the innovation that was already driving the genre.