In early 1997, a 25-year-old Erykah Badu glided onto the set of BET talk show “Planet Groove” flanked by her backup singers and immediately started lighting incense. “Planet Groove” had attracted some of the era’s biggest hip-hop and R&B stars, from Missy Elliott to Mariah Carey, but none had done it quite like Badu. Source PITCHFORK REVIEW
